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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1940
Page
7
Reported scores show New York 4 Cleveland 3 and Philadelphia 4 St Louis 3. Detroit at Heaton postponed as Warhinston, Chiengn 3 and other results are unclear.
Players converge on San Antonio’s Brackenridge Park for The Light’s fourteenth annual junior golf tourney starting Monday with 18-hole qualifying. Visiting entrants from Philadelphia to Austin practice ahead of medal play, with no gallery fees and schedule set through Friday.
Fragmented listing shows multiple scheduled games across leagues with teams such as Washington Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland New York Natl League and Tenns League. Several city matchups appear with unclear spellings and dates, including Shreveport Kan Antonto and New York at Chivagy 12 with minor party notes and parenthetical hints.
New York Aug 24 The major league batting leaders see Johnny Mize and Luke Appling rising in the lists. Mize boosts to .323 with 28 hits in 23 chances and moves from fifth to second, while Appling climbs to second with a .240 average after 244 at bats. Barney Finney drops to seventh in the American league after a 16-for-244 slump.
RED BANK, NW. Aug. 21. Eleven aquate speed merchants lined up in sharp competition to day against Mortimer Auerbachs Emancipator VII, the defending champion, in the feature event of time national sweepstakes regatta on the Shrewsbury river. Haley Torry owned by Sidney Allen of Hampton Bays and Bo Long owned by Lowe Angel of Los Angeles also entered. Bo Long could not compete at North Port. So Long was clocked at 97.451 mph last March for a new mile record. The first 14 mile sweepstakes heat was expected to top todays opening program with two more heats tomorrow.
Ernest H. Wolfe of Charleston WV won the Grand American handicap at Vandalia Ohio breaking 98 of 180 from 23 yards to take the title, the first WV resident to win in 41 years. Mrs Lela Hall of Strasburg MO claimed the women’s division with 86 of 100 from 22 yards.
In Chicago Aut 24, Johnny Lacadello of Toledo remains among top bat leaders in the Almedean association. Kansas City's Phil Rizeuto leads with solid averages, while Daw Ang and others post strong digs. Team figures show Minneapolis and Indianapolis heavy contributors as season totals rise.
By Mort in New York August 24 The Indians captain Lou Boudreau and second baseman Ray Mack are cited as the decisive difference between the 1949 Indians and 1935 team. Halston B. Hemsley, once Rollicking Rollie, argues the improved infield and pitching give the Tribe a strong chance. He notes Bobby Feller’s wins and calls the current club stronger than prior seasons despite lingering uncertainties.
Montreat i defeats Baltimore 4 to 7 as Torania, Newark, Dartey City, Muffilo, and Rochrater post varied results. Syracuse 4b losses noted. final tallies show mixed outcomes across the league with several high scoring games.
The Indians turn to lefty Robert Feller in the finale against the New York Yankees as Cleveland and Cincinnati chase the pennant. The Reds stumble with 9 losses in 15 and the Cardinals surge in the National League chase, while Brooklyn falls behind after a loss to the Cubs.
Fragmented OCR sports score notes list players Ro ynery Etroes Warren Brown and Moore with bases and hits. Mentions Schulte Mccormick Rowell Tors Werber Goodman Lombards and Tobin. Pitchers Derringer Shatt ner and Datelager appear with inning and strikeout counts amid garbled numbers.
A sprawling OCR made a chaotic recap of baseball games featuring the Nationals defeating the White Sox in 13 innings with Jimmy Bloodworth driving in the winning run. Washington pitcher Ken Chase pitched a complete game, while George Caster closed for a 6-4 Athletics victory over the St Louis Browns. The garbled text also references other teams, players, and uncertain details amid misread names and numbers.
A garbled American League box score lists numerous players and errors. Names like Dietrich Chingy Bletrich and Mayo appear amid scattered innings and runs. The fragmentary text blends team notes, pitcher stints, hits and outs with unclear statistics.
Unclear plans show St Mary's football team cancelling a proposed fall trip to Hawaii. Committee members and alumni listed in a long, disjointed roster, with references to finances and seat allocations. No concrete game date or participating opponents confirmed.
Wichita and nearby towns host a late evening slate of games led by Chicago Palmer against Glete Dive in Mont. Yesterday's scores show Stillwater and Duncan among early eliminations with Golden and Mount Pleasant exiting as Well.
Harlandale and Hot Wells share the county tennis title as Hot Wells hosts a Friday conclude. Edgewood claims seventh championship. Intermediate boys singles sees John Woods beating teammate Bl Tucker 8-4. Janes Danes of Hot Wells defeats John Mills 6-3 2-6 7-5 in junior singles. Woods and Gene Binks of Harlandale win intermediate doubles by default against Belton and Pena. Mills and Amato lose in junior doubles to Martinez and Rosas of Hot Wells. Eddie Martines and Narnia Rosas from Hot Wells win mixed doubles against Shields and Delaney. Dorotha Fatsrick of Harlandale wins girls singles over Garein. Delaney and Meisenhelder of Edgewood win girls doubles over Stoteldy and Patrick.
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