Baseball Standings Tursdia's Krentts Chimes and Scores
Baseball standings show New York ahead with 44 wins and 5 losses. Detroit trails after a 11 to 6 defeat while Bora St. Latin and Waste follow with mixed results from recent games.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1940
Page
10
Baseball standings show New York ahead with 44 wins and 5 losses. Detroit trails after a 11 to 6 defeat while Bora St. Latin and Waste follow with mixed results from recent games.
Amateur league listings show teams and venues for midweek games across cities including Fort Worth Shreveport Tulsa and Philadelphia. Matches feature various regional clubs such as Ameruste Leagns and Chivers with entries for Cleveland New York Boston and Detroit in mixed league play.
Related baseball notes show the Dodgers and Tigers dropping both games in a twin bill. Reds rally past the Giants while the Cardinals fall twice, leaving standings tight as pennant races heat up. Indians rout the Red Sox with Ken Keltner driving in runs, Feller earning win. Yankees split with Tigers, White Sox pull even in standings.
Aug 21 report from Weimar details Schulenburg baseball club events as Dan Cupid inspires weddings and contract talks. Manger Dave Ketch announces seeking insurance for future playing dates while two regulars lose no games. Violet Tanber Jaster marries Walter Bonar. Yoakum wins 18 to 5 and 4 to 18 with official scorer Lars Mrange noting the honeymoniy.
Vague box score text lists players Errota Hassett and Carine Lanman with West team. Mentions sacrifices double plays and multiple shifts. Includes scattered names Vaughan Waner and Batlan with 1950 attendance figures and game notes.
A list of 19 officials was named for the annual city swimming meet at Woodlawn pool starting Thursday at 2 30 pm. Men’s women’s and boys divisions begin at 5 30 pm with entries accepted until 5 pm Thursday. midget entries close at 3 pm. The meet uses NCAA rules for men’s events and scholastic rules for women’s and boys’ divisions.
Amateur fights evolve at St Gerard's School gym led by Perpetuadely Athletic club as Vera vows revenge on Serna after their Golden Bloc decision. The main card includes Gealry, Edwards, Alserude, Settler, Brig, Cary, and others with several prelim bouts and exhibitions by Harrison Ownby Alyarade and more. Pedro Medrana and Dokle Joe also noted.
In an inter city match series Phar San Juan Alano beat McAllen two matches to one. Raymond Miller beat Gene Fowler 6 4 3 and Walter Brent defeated Gordon Baxter 6 2 8 3. Emily Richmond and Kay Gatva won the doubles 6 4 3. Taylor Noack Eagles beat Seven Up Sparklers 10 7 to win the best of three. Beven Up players held Eagles to 4 early before late surge. Sielatt started for Taylor Noack, Woflord relieved.
Harleigh Grimes, a former prominent pitcher, is suspended for one year by the National Association of Prospecting Baseball leagues after an incident with umpire Robert K. Walebams during a game with Saginaw. He may appeal to baseball's commissions, including Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
National Lageral tournament details list venues and teams across multiple cities including Wichita, St. Louis, Springfield, and Glendive. The fragmentary OCR names Wilmineton, Ded, Stillwater, Natrona, and Cleland as participating locations with several squad identifiers and dates.
The opening game for the city softball finals will be at Bluvoin Park on Thursday with Alamo Jewelry facing Lott's Grocery. A second game is planned for next Monday and a potential third on August 29. Lott's Grocery advanced by beating Flack's Grocery 10 to 4 at Lincoln Park, while Alamo beat St. Anthony Hotel 11 to 26 last Thursday.
New York sports reporter Norton Murad quotes Cleveland skipper Baker predicting a tight pennant race with the Yankees and Orioles, noting Cleveland’s need for strong hitting from Rowe, Gorsia, and younger pitching while downplaying expectations for rival teams. Baker asserts confidence as the season nears and stresses readiness to chase leaders.
The Bove club coached by Milo Haskinson will enter a squad in the WPA county recreation show starting Thursday at Wells High School. Read list includes Santos Teiton Henry Resteten Rudy Peni Tom Alcala Tony Rivera Walter Kelly Tony Jasna Manor Gorralez Henry Perez and Leo Amara.
In a delayed start at Siig field, teams from Kaw and Hublehewtnn faced tough play and notable runs. Leen Beth and Phe Janme led offense while Rune aterpomy drew attention with solid pitching during the late innings.
Fat Fraley of Los Angeles defeated and unmasked the mysterious Superman after pinning him in Dallas. The crowd thrilled as the masked figure was exposed, but the unmasking did little to identify him, leaving the mystery unresolved.
The readable text shows a garbled compilation of battery and crew names with city and state references across multiple places including New Orleans Birmingham Memphis Knoxville Spokane Wenatchee and Tacoma. The fragment lists individuals such as Martynik Horn Shefeer Gleagon Byomey Tuklenin Dy Boore Fietches Bauers Owens Veverka Kohimian Smith Pendergast Watters Woffenbereer Twards George Konett and Sheo An. The overall piece reads like an unfinished roster or results table from an international batteries event or match listing.
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