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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1929
Page
23
A compact note reports a flag race event tied to the Texas League with references to Wee Clube and a participant named Siangigg of Wee Clube. The terse item notes the race as a local activity within the league context and provides minimal details on participants or outcomes.
The Meadow club invitation tournament in Southampton, with top English players and Americans like Bell and Dog seeded, will feature first round wins and tight matches as players from Berkeley Nell to Mangin strive for singles honors.
About 245 junior golfers, ages 11 to 19, gathered at Lagrange Country Club to qualify for the Western Junior Championship. Tek Mullin of Lagrange Club, defending champion, was favored to reach the finals as 82 entrants compete for spots on the 16 to 30 hole route. Tom Cooley of Kankakee was listed as runner-up, while some entrants were ruled ineligible for exceeding the age limit.
Brady Texas Aug 6 Add Mubert Adking to the number whose same 4a Inscribed in the golf hall of fame he having Jolnms the Hale is One club recently at the Brady Country club course. Hie drive war made off No 8 trey and represented a distance of 180.4 yards across the creek end over tremaining the brink and thew the level of a refrderable nileida. Adking in No 2 in the local Hole in One clu Aheridan Newman heaving supk a 156-yard drive ant yeary
CHICAGO August 6 1 A faithful Cubs fan Dr C R Wilson has followed the team for decades. Discovered by Cub traveling secretary Bob Lawin while the club toured major cities, Wilson says he has attended Cubs games on every trip for many years and never missed a game.
Eight matches Monday at the Southwest Net Tourney on San Antonio Country Club courts. Slow start left many first-round gaps as players like Esto Piviffer and Melton Arnett prepared for key later showdowns while Rob Tsunn, Fret, and others posted results in a day of tentative progress.
Brady Texas hosts the Mid-Summer Colt Tournament at Trady Country Club on August 15. Local enthusiasts expect strong play and renewed interest after long absence as course improvements raise expectations.
Twelfth Field Artillery beat the Second Medicos 31 to 6 on Monday at Fort Sam Flounton field. Errors by the Medicos aided the artillery in securing the victory in Western League play.
At Maidstone club the women’s Wightman Cup trials narrow the lineup for the Mor et Hills ties. Dorothy C Shepherd-Barron defeated Marjorie Gladman 6 2 7 5 for the British singles win while Mag Wills and Edith Crog beat Betty Nuthall and Phoebe Watson 6 4 2 0 in doubles. Wille and Cross appear to be the favored No 1 doubles pair, with Watson Saunders and Michen likely to fill other slots as England plans its strategy.
Dr Hugh Warren and companions Martin Dress and John Schott fished the Pinto river in Mexico. Warren landed a three and a half pound bass, Schott caught the largest five and a half pound bass, and Devise boasted five bass and four catfish averaging about four pounds. The trio also fished the prior week at the same spot, bringing home seven and a half pounds bass as the biggest.
New York reports three Argentine boxers under Alfredo Vorzio meet English challenger Charles Smith who seeks the British title. Smith, 6 feet 4 inches and about 24 years old, faces Phil Scott’s claims while rivals Humbesto Guri Pascan Tuangigilo and Eduardo Corti join the scene in heavy influx to the U.S. boxing arena.
Fragmented OCR lists various baseball games and venues across leagues. Teams like Beaumont, Ware, Delratt, and New York appear with unclear opponents. Several city names and dates are garbled, offering little coherent context or outcomes.
English sportswoman Miss Betty Carstairs travels to Canada to test her speedboat Estelle IV entered in the Detroit Labor Day International Harmsworth races. M Williams, 62, won a recent bicycle race from Longchamp to Buffalo France with thirty six competitors.
The Indians achieved their twelfth straight win in a lopsided 36 to 1 victory over Shreveport Sports in Shreveport. Carlton and Haker surrendered 15 hits while Cypher aided the Redskins with 12 safeties as the game turned into a country licking. details lie in the box score.
Alexander aimed to break a National League pitching record by tying Christy Mathewson with his 372nd win last Thursday, while Walter Johnson held the American League mark at 416 victories. The Finnla game against the Boston Braves featured Alexander on the mound seeking a historic milestone.
Mercer, 160 pounds, signs to meet Hammonds in a three fall bout at Gurertt field next Friday. Al Mercur is matched as the larger challenger amid a Dallas scrapper push while Hammonds eyes a return bout in Memphis. Wildcat Stephens faces Till Clwiste as latest card unfolds with pro bets and fan interest high.
Coles slunging outfielder 36 about even with Cats Vance alae Brooklyn luiler Wilson who until yesterdashed fanned eight straight times in attempting to get a hit off Vince came up in the sixteenth lite ning god peeled off so single which drove Englich over with the winning run in the to victory MICAGE Aux 4.-U ie
Chick Hafey is back in the game for the St. Louis Cardinals after a thumb injury sidelined him since late June. He delivered a key hit, returning to the lineup and energizing the offense as the team competes in the National League scene.
Universal Horder and AXA ES advertise a border fight card headlined by Max Hchenel Ing versus Nick Starkey set for Thanksgiving week in Tin Tusa. Agua Caliente Corp promotes a $200,000 purse for a major event with Tack Trempses handling arrangements. Local notes mention Yoakum Boasters defeating Nordheim Tigers and list players Henke, Kubala, Dosnisal, Nord brim, Woods.
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