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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1930
Page
5
An OCR fragment lists many cities and teams such as Dallas Fort Worth Houston Wichita Falls Chicago Cleveland Washington New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with scattered names and dates. The text lacks coherent structure or clear event details.
Indianapolis Star reports from reliable sources that Harry M. Bell becomes athletic director at Lombard College, Calerbure, UK, and George Clark named head of Hullur University athletics. The shakeup follows suspensions by the North Central Association of Colleges earlier this year amid allegations of misused funds in athletics.
The era's baseball dispatch reports injury plagued lineups for the National League series with Brooklyn and the Giants, noting Vance and others sidelined yet Cubs, Robins, and Hartnett excel in recent wins. Gasps for rest of league as scores show Cubs and Red Sox and others delivering powerful blows in a chaotic page of results.
Milwaukee sports page notes veteran welterweight NEI Allis celebrated his thirty sixth birthday by knocking out opponent Exlie Del Tt in the summer championship match. Del Tt suffered the defeat as Allis displayed skill and speed.
Unofficial batting averages show Bevo Labourveau of Toledo atop the circuit with .868, keeping his team at the lead for a fifth straight week. Milwaukee’s Christensen stands second at .382, while Simons of Louisville and Kohel, now with Washington, tie for third at .372. St Paul leads fielding, and Labourveau also shines on pitching, though several stars miss six weeks due to an injury.
A Coast Leaguer, reportedly crowned by an umpire, says he will sue the circuit after a disputed call sparked a confrontational scene. The incident involved a player striking an opponent and, amid threats of legal action, a focus on financial damages and possible league repercussions.
Box scores summarize Friday’s MLB games with details on pitchers Ruth, Donohue, and Frandt, run totals like Boston 4 and New York 7, and RBIs credited to Rice, Muth, and others. Includes notes on hits, errors, and pitching lines with time of 4 368.
London reports 41 British polo ponies prepared for the Wertekester cup in Hoyterer aboard the liner Minnetonka. Capt Maurice Kingsgate, horsemaster for Hurlingham, organized the purchase and care, with Gerald Halling and other British players sailing to join American contenders.
Arlington Park closes its meet with two big stakes at Chicago. The featured race, a fillies and mares event worth 7600 added, draws 16 top juveniles led by Siskin the Agua Caliente futurity winner. Other contenders include Deity Derr Bon Lean and Brak Hunter Ral, with a strong list of entrants from several barns set to contest the prize.
A lively field gathered for the Rich Ohio Derby at the Haibridge track near Cleveland as a $42,000 prize event unfolded. Notable contenders included Culinden Dark Entre and Plog ime with Dark Entre leading early, while Gallant and Tartioe chased in the Tatovin heat amid a royal turnout of spectators and supporting horses.
Fragmented OCR yields scattered mentions of Phillies Yankees Tigers and players like Ruth Gehrig Tankers and Reynolds. Notes reference runs, doubles, stolen bases and team mentions with unclear counts and dates, suggesting a messy box score summary from a late 19th century game layout.
Universal Mervicy reports Primo Crenera of Italy may secure a stay by the board of review in a lingering immigration matter. If allowed to remain in prohibition land for six more months he could depart with the heavyweight title intact, while American sports circles anticipate a payoff. The Pacific Coast League standings show San Francisco 4, Sacramento 4, with others close behind as Hollywood and Portland play later.
About 150 golfers expected for a night driving event at Antolock Runway Golf Course with competition across three flights women and amateur divisions. Prizes include a Burl Golf set for the longest drive and ten dollars for the winning pro. Five judges plus strong lighting will ensure accuracy over 400 yards. An exhibition by Fred Satanus is noted along with unique tees measuring seven by nine feet.
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