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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
16
Fragmentary instructional passage discusses grip, wrist position, and body turn in golf. Mentions an above-away move and maintaining left arm motion. The text is garbled with nonstandard phrases and unclear terminology, but centers on achieving synchronized body and club movement for a smooth swing.
Pratt pressed by a torrid schedule loses five straight after a rough road trip. Ralph Michaels belts two homers driving in seven runs as Dallas Steers topple Pratt 7 to 5. Walter Kloney departs early. Irving Burns adds a ninth inning homer as the Spudders edge San Antonio 11 to 10, tying Fort.
Dirty Dean earned his third straight win for Houston, as the lownslaters defeated the Panthers 14 to 7 at Fort Worth. He limited the Cats to seven hits, homered, doubled and singled, aiding McCabe and Hardaway in the Buffs’ offensive rush. Brery Duff joined with a homer and four singles as Binder led the attack.
In Nottingham England Aug 14 jockey Steve Donoghue, famed for three consecutive Derby wins, lies in a nursing home with a broken leg and broken ankle after a fall from Pamplona. X rays show severe injuries. doctor Frank Rorter to analyze. Messages from King George and Lord Derby send cheer as retirement hangs on recovery. Steve plans a long Cuba holiday if well enough, marking a possible curtain on England's famed turf career.
An early season game notes New Orleans defeating Atlanta 35 to 10 with Nobile scoring 4 and Birighrharn contributing. Weather and regional results mention Omaha 7 as a forecast item and Topeka at Denver are listed with two games scheduled and practice details.
The report records box score fragments from a Texas League game with players Molsworth Moree J Moore Harris G Sigore Sifehaela G and Kinney Tauscher and others. It mentions runs hits errors and double plays with unclear attribution and several garbled names and actions. Umpires Fallantant and Evarn credited.
About 2000 fans packed San Pedro Park and Garrett Field for amateur boxing and wrestling events. Cyclone Herrera defeated Vic Cowart in the main event as Cowart followed him in the second round. Other bouts ended in draws or minor decisions with several near-matches noted.
Audrey Grubbs of California repeats as champion archer of the CRIVAGA circuit at Kemeton Park England. Elizabeth Rounseville placed second from Pinehurst North Carolina as Follow Through wins the Tertlington plate by Milesius from Grianez at 2 to 1, three lengths ahead of Sculp tor and half a length over Norman Duchess.
In New York City Aug 1 192? Yarry Johnson a Black heavyweight boxer sues for $1202 claiming the New York State Athletic Commission withheld part of his purse after a foul in the Latzo bout at Ebbets Field on June 18 The motion for a peremptory mandamus will be heard Thursday before Supreme Court Justice Bernard Sblentax.
Fifteen horses from the western division of Bradley's stable will be sold at public auction at Hawthorne on August 21. The thoroughbreds include Film Cove Big Star By Mistake Black Foot Bolling Bugs Leary Big Joke Bubble Height Brave Monkey Blunder Bug Water Burning Up Black Bull and Chan Buttered Toast.
Promoter Bob Warren announces a state amateur boxing and wrestling tourney starting next Wednesday at Garrett Field with Fort Worth champions and Duke Trammel guiding the slate. Floyd Frost of San Antonio headlines the card with several bouts listed. eight matches were held in a recent show.
A dramatic tale frames Ramon as conquering across America Europe and beyond in a flash, paralleling a national triumph with Old Gold cigarettes. The copy touts Old Gold as a fast growing brand offering mellower taste and throat comfort, likening it to a cinematic star Novoarra.
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