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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1939
Page
3
Texas League standings recount a Sunday card with scattered results. The report notes Cole still pursuing a 14th win as a deciding game flips outcomes, including references to Dallas, Philadelphia, New York, Washington, and Boston with partial scores and erratic OCR text.
Fragmented OCR item lists matchups across leagues with cities and teams. Entries include San Antonio at Houston, Detroit at Philadelphia, Chicago at New York, Cleveland at Chicago, Philadelphia at Boston, and other pairings. The text is garbled with misspellings and uncertain names but indicates a Tuesday playday in a national league schedule.
The national public parks tennis championships conclude with Greenberg, 19, from Chicago claiming the men's title after a four set final 6-2 8-7 4-6 6-2. Barnett of Miami tops in the women's final 19 6- last. The event marks the first time the West leads the men's and South dominates the women's in the tournament’s history.
Eddie Cole of the San Antonio Missions drives for No 14 during a Sunday game. Murray Dickson pitched seven innings for Houston, earning his 11th win as the Bulls defeated the Missions. Houston pulls ahead in the series and standings while Fort Worth, Dallas, and Shreveport remain nearby in the Texas league race.
Fragmented OCR boxscore lists players and scoring lines for a Texas League game with many garbled names and numbers. It references Dallas and other teams, pitcher performance, and inning by inning mentions, but lacks a coherent narrative or complete stats for a cleaner summary.
A historic Minnesota fishing tale recounts locals Latimore Powell and Clawverishing catching a four pound pike near Gull Lake. The angler wrestled the steel stringer free from the host’s prop boat and released the creature after a tense moment.
In Darien Connecticut Betty Jameson becomes the first San Antonian to start in the national women’s golf tournament, opening with a 28 while Dorothy Traung and Pam Darton post 38 and 41 respectively. Beatrice Barrett of Minneapolis shatters qualifying marks at Wee Burn, shooting 74, 2 under par, best since 1898. Eleanor Dudley of Chicago starts with a hole in one on the fourth hole, 121 yards, at Wee Burn in the qualifying round.
Darien Connecticut hosted a large field in the national women’s amateur tournament as players from Philadelphia to Portland faced a mix of strong rounds and scattered scores. Names such as Dorothy Germein of Manoa and Phyllis Huchanny of Ten are listed among many competitors, with several entries showing modest marks and others near top totals.
Local league play featured multiple decisive results including Falls City Brewers sweeping Furnituremen 10 0 behind Pawelak and Merk three hits each. Royal Sports Athletics defeated Beeville Tigers 6 4 as Maya limited Beeville to four hits. Dairyland slugged past Giants 18 10 with Schneider going 4 for 6 and Schnerr homering.
Play resumes Wednesday night at Wradlawn gym for the Table Tennis tournament after heavy rain disrupted Sunday matches. Cubby McCarley and Dorothy Sibley won the mixed doubles crown 24-18 21-14 46-21 19-21 21-18 over Marteen Ronk and Nate Snyder. Robert McKerzie and Leonard Hilppsehen reached men’s quarter finals. Jodie Mc Marley Cubby McCarley and Lee Tum ilainen Raymond Mendoza and Walter Thoberts Gene Bish advanced to semi finals in doubles.
In Stockton California the West's McDevitts beat the Sunrise post 4 to 3 in thirteen innings to win the western sectional of the American Legion baseball tournament. Omaha’s McDevitts advance to meet the eastern sectional winner in the Little World Series later this month.
In Hondo Sunday the Straus Frank Fat and Forty club faced the Redbirds who pulled ahead with a seven inning rally to win 6 to 2. Karting allowed four hits as Risinger homered for the Redbirds while Zerr homered in the seventh to seal Hands victory. Straus Frank will host Stowers Furniture Friday in a benefit game at Stern field.
All entrants prepared for the final swims at the city inlay meet in Sen Pedi next. Sunday eliminations at Brackenridge and San Pedro pools produced top scorers. Gus Clemens led with 14 points including two firsts and two seconds, followed by Deon Smith with 13 and Don Smith tallying 11 for San Pedro quedors. The event featured many names across men and women in various freestyle and stroke events with notable performances from multiple clubs and athletes.
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