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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1940

Page

5

Dodgers Shortstop Pee Wee Bush Reese Out for Season

Dodgers lose rookie shortstop Pee Wee Bush Reese to a broken heel after a pitcher collision against the Phillies. Leo Durocher hails Reese as the greatest shortstop and spark plug, predicting a return bigger and better next year, crediting his fielding, speed, and hands.

Tat Robinson REW York Harold Bush Leo Durocher Brooklyn Dodgers Lal PeeWee Bush Reese Phils Thursiar Dodgers Reds Durocher Afl Elar Zookie Gear Gaesar

Dodgers Strike Back in Race as Reds Falter in Doubleheader

The Dodgers edged the Reds in a doubleheader split with Brooklyn winning the opener 1-2 and 3-1 while St Louis beat Cincinnati 5-4, lifting the Cards to fourth place. Reds have lost 19 of 20 since July end. weak hitting blamed. Durocher moved to short for the Dodgers, boosting their defense as Red hitters struggle.

Deacon Will McKecintie Cincinnati Reds Deacon Dodgers Brooklyn Rainelanders Reds Cincinnati Mess “Clutch" Whiting Bucky Wnh Paul Derringer Paul Aen St. Louis Stove Margirs

Brown Plays Tidball Here in Exhibition Tennis Night

Lefty Brown of Waco and Rice Institute upset Bobby Kamrath to win the T A A F men’s singles title and was named to oppose Jack Tidball of California in an exhibition at St Mary’s gym. Tickets go on sale Monday. Langham will deliver, with 40 cent prices. Tidball’s doubles partner may be Tom Wixon, with Brown yet to name a partner.

Lefty” Brown Waco Rice Institute Bobby Kamrath Austin Jack Tidball California St. Mary's Gym Twe Case Tits Raielitt Bente Saanich Boudreau Ty’ Mack Berardino Jimmy Langham Humne St. Louis St. Mary's Kence Langham Kennedy Tom Wixon San Antonio Tidball Brown Charles Hare England Wilmer Allison John van Ryn Elwood Cooke Bobby Higgs Ulnats Grieg

Boston Beats Washington In Wild AL Box Score

Disjointed box score notes show Washington 4 Boston 3 with Cronin and DiMaggio delivering key hits. Mentions include three base hits, home run by Cronin, stolen base by Doerr, and erratic play with Bud Johnson and Chase pitching referenced amid unclear inning counts.

Potshi Case Didtaggio Cramer Cronin Doerr DiMaggio Willie Bloodworth Chase Tabor Goert Fineley Finney Washington Boston Chive Johnson Strait Odl Huge Chase Sip Mesterson Uitpires Summers Pingrag Y Ormsby Ture Attundance Shuely Rine Medewick Vostaik Walker Rogs Camilli Moore Hessett Camii Medwick Lavagetto Waller Tons Doutle Iassett Sistico Rowell Durocher Camil Kastan Brooklyn Ety Tobin Wyatt Pweett Stewart Barr Magerkurth Berond Bisti Cooney Rawell Hanahi Berea Beens Berrey Mt. Brooklyn Gonenrart Ralker Medwiel Boutin Hemant

Baseball Standings Summary From Incomplete OCR

The fragmentary OCR lists team mentions and scattered words about baseball standings, players and schedules. It references teams and individuals in a disordered line of text without clear results or dates, giving a rough snapshot of a standings section with many garbled phrases.

Evangeline League Scores Reported for Natchez and Opponents

Natchez edges in a 7-2 win while Alexandria posts an 8-6 victory and Opelousas slides 3 to Lake Charles. The 4 Rayne and Iberia 9 Talay game lists Port Arthur 10 in a fragmented统计 summary of the Evangeline League results.

Natchez Alesandria Opelousss Lake Charles Rayne En Iberia Talay Port Arthur

Turnesa Substitutes for Jones Leads With 68

Elmsford New York August 18 2NB It's tough to replace Bobby Jones yet Mike Turnesa proves a capable stand in shooting a 68 at a Red Cross benefit event He teamed with Horton Smith in an 18 hole match against Jimmy Thomson Lawson Little ending all even as Turnesa carded the best round of the day

Elmsford N. Y Bobby Jones Red Cross Mike ‘Rururse Jonen Atlanta Turnesa Horton Smith Jimmy Thomson Lawson Little Little Smith Thomson

Rattlers Begin Gridiron Drills At Saint Marys

Coach Mose Simms and 1940 St Marys football candidates report for equipment and a light 4 p.m. workout on opening day. About 50 players attend with Doug Locke assisting. more join as drills ramp up. Morning sessions start at 4 30 a.m. as two weeks of practice continue with early light practices and site work.

Mose Simms St. Mary's University Simms Doug Locke Mattlers National Guard St. Mary's Couch Rattlers Lorig Skull

Tyler Advances In TAAF Playoff Race

CORSICANA August 19 The Tyler Dr Pepper team earned the flight here today to meet Fort Worth in the second round of the TAAF baseball competition after an 11-8 win over Corsicana.

Tyler Corsicana iTyler Dr. Pepper Fork Worth T.A. A. FL Corsicanr Cotitor Mills

Pacific Coast League Baseball Orioles and Dodgers Note

Fragmented wire style recap of Pacific Coast League games with multiple teams including Oakland Hollywood San Francisco Seattle and Sacramento. Mentions players such as Harrell Speece Swope Adama Howett Holm Orrell Fallin Thomas Berry Cantwell Rajroondi Pillette Detore Ardisoni Bithorn Gay Branzel Tost Mancrief Elthorn Gregory Catnmbet Schmidt Odrogowsk and Kearse across several matchups with partial scoring lines and battery details.

Harrell Speece Swope Adama Howett Holm Portland Orrell Fallin Thomas Berry Her Plypen Conroy Craghead Salkeli Oakland Cantwell Rajroondi Pillette Schmidt Odrogowsk Seattle Coroon Catteries Serthner Kearse Frotlas Oxrodowski

Baseball scores and schedule spark limited results

Early baseball scores show mixed results with Hunday's NY 9-3 and Philadelphia 1-7 while Boston 4, Washington 2, Cleveland 2, St. Louis 2. Several games were postponed in the second half of the doubleheader. Mon day schedule includes Xan at Daltes and other AL matchups with Chicago at Cleveland and New York at Washington among noted bouts.

Hunday New York Philadelphia Boston Washington Clevelag St. Louis Dowhiehender Mhicara Detroit Xan Aalomie Daltes Huuntog Tuba Beaumont Oklahome City Shireverurt Fort Worth Chicato Chindelelia Haube Warmiudton Hetruit Cleveland Kosta Natlanat Ah Ronam

National Trapshoot Crowns Up at Vandalia

Six titles crowned at Vandalia in a day of competition with top shooters Beyer and others cited. Box scores show hits by Ott, Mueller, Young, Wie, and Dun, with fielding and pitching notes from multiple games and officials including Jorda, Dunn, Sears, and Gumbert. Attendance listed as 21,178 with several errors marked in various innings.

Vandalia Ing Mueller Young Pitts Muedler Witek Cuvenjello Ork Ahnwen Schule Hite Gumbert Joiner Mucker St Johnson Ampires Jorda Dunn Sears Marty Hero Cucerello

Shot Restriction Is Big Question at Shotgun Meet

VANDALIA Ohio August 18 John Brown Martin a 16 year old Providence Kentucky high school student won the national Junior trapshooting championship at the Grand American program with 91 of 100 targets from 16 yards dethroning Rudy Etchen of Kansas City Missouri who had held junior crown the last two years Etchen finished with 93 Ray Flenup of St Louis Missouri was among the contenders as the big issue centered on the new maximum shot load decreed by the Amateur Trapshooting Association the load reduced from 11 4 to 11 8 ounces drawing protests from heavy yardage competitors while novices saw no difference The rule takes effect at the grand for the first time this year and the program included multiple 100 target races along with practice events ahead of the finale the Grand American handicap

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Toledo Hens Turn Hot With Streak Toward Playoffs

Toledo’s Mudhens break a slump with six straight wins as they climb toward the Shaughnessy playoff picture. A doubleheader sweep over St Paul leaves them five and a half games behind Louisville with about 30 games remaining. In the twin bill, Toledo won 8 to 4 and 4 to 2, extending their winning streak to six.

Treas Toledo St Paul Louisville

East Beats West in Negro All-Star Game

East defeats West 2 to 0 in the Negro professional baseball all star game played Sunday in Grigago. McHenry Ruiz R Brown Perkins Clark Bremner Calhoun Wright Smith Green L Grown and others contributed as East held West scoreless through seven innings. final line score listed as 2-0.

Fi MccHenry Ruiz R. Brown Perkins Clark Bremner Calhoun Wright Smith Green L Grown

Stewart Seizes Two Titles On Return From Vacation

In Albuquerque on August 10, Stewart and Shea returned to duties as Taslats gel Miilor of Hase. Stewart captured two titles amid a vacation break, signaling strong form in their comeback.

Alevquerque al—Wonderful West tWoewerk Vacations Jurt Spec Stewart Shea Taslats Gel Miilor Ol Hase

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