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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1932
Page
11
A fragmentary sports roundup notes various basketball games, player lineups, and league standings. Mentions include Monterey area teams, Oscarlan Chatillon, and Brackenridge play developments, with references to Inter-City and Southwest Tees leagues, upcoming matches, and a Roosevelt Mustain lead.
The article outlines coming games this week including Menai dleht and Curcimen Eye. It notes January 1934 events, matchups from Public t Berrie campany to Phi mat, and multiple junior and senior matches. Reports on Motor Transport and Quartermaster results, plus minor tramars and Temple Leamie Wien competitions.
Riverside's four man team edged Brackenridge 10-4 in a Sunday match at Brackenridge. Albaugh led with a 71, beating Bernhard Schriever two up. Grumbles won three points, Campbell took two, and Lawrence claimed three as Hillcrest defeated Willow Springs 6-4. Second round starts New Year with Brackenridge at Willton Springs.
New York reports show colleges weighing attendance figures against revenue risks. Directors consider lower admission, more marquee games, fewer cross country matchups, and sliding-scale guarantees as strategies. Large draws like Southern California Notre Dame or St Marys Fordham remain strong but uncertain bets.
Twenty two football stars from the East and Midwest assemble at Northwestern for the East team’s first practice. They will play a West Coast eleven in San Francisco on January 2 in the Shrine hospital benefit. Coaches Dick Hawley and Andy Kerr lead the squad, with 11 East and 11 Midwest players.
The York top 18 feature pairs Schaff with Sharkey in Madison Square Garden. Poreda, a rising Jersey City puncher, faces Schaff in a six round main event, with Brant parody and Glick also on the card. The show promises high power action as fans expect a pivotal night in the lightweight to welterweight division.
Abilene opens January 11 in Sherman with Sul Ross State? no, Saisons? The schedule spans January to March with roughly fifty league games to settle final Texas Conference standings. Southwestern plays every other team. several pairings and byes noted. no Simmons at Austin. Abilene Christian and McMurry skip Simmons. Daniel Baker and Renard Payne do not meet.
Jefferson university coach Nick Dabna announced a Jan 2 meeting with pro players in Dallas. The event aims to showcase the Jefferson gridders to NFL scouts from Portsmouth Ohio and the National Pepin Arnal Pootball league.
Carnegie Tech announces Harpster will succeed Bob Waddell as coach next spring after earlier coaching Grimner College and Brover Falls. Clarence Overend, athletic director, says a complete coaching faculty reshuffle follows Waddell’s resignation. Judge Walter Steffen moves from advisory to football committee as part of changes. Notre Dame faces Northwestern in Chicago as the Big Ten race heats up with Notre Dame as a longtime disruptor.
Dallas officials announced Dallas Fair Park Stadium cannot host the Texas Interscholastic League state championship game between Corsicana Tigers and Masonic Home of Fort Worth due to an all star Dallas Houston game on the same date. Corsicana beat Houston 19 7 to reach the final. Masonic Home defeated Amarillo 7 to 0 to earn the right to face Corsicana.
El Paso Times columnist Rile Paxton predicts the January 2 post season game between Southern Methodist and Mines will fail to draw expected crowds and guard the athletic fund from losses. He argues a financial dud despite potential onfield play.
Pirates of unclear standings in football and college matches appear alongside hockey and tennis notes. Notable items include Pittsburgh coaching mentions, Georgia Tech versus Oregon scores, Boston hockey results, and a mixed bag of college basketball and billiards results with several teams and players named in fragmentary form.
Stockdale Ramblers rally to beat Harlandale Hornets 6 to 0 at Eagle Field in a Sunday double header. Ramblers advance to face Roosevelt Tigers on Christmas Day in Stockdale for the semifinal showdown. Roosevelt edged the Americans 12 to 6 after a late break, with Rhino Hasse scoring the winning TD.
Brackenridge and Harlandale players train for a December 31 scrimmage against Dallas stars at Eagle Field. Coach Manor Puckett predicts Smith of Alamo Heights will be the top kicker, with Wildman Farrar and Osmahan sharing quarterback duties. Lineup remains unsettled as injuries and prep for the two‑week layoff affect selections.
Harvard University President A. Lawrence Lowell defends intercollegiate sports as a stimulant to contest and a focus for scholastic interest amid debates over over-emphasis. He argues that ambition cannot be promoted by abolishing contests and contrasts old curricula with new educational ideas.
Kentucky's coaches remain in place after the athletic council refused to dismiss head coach Harry Gamage amid student pressure following five straight defeats to end the 1932 season. The council closed the investigation with no charges and noted Gamage's contract runs another year at 7460 dollars.
Young Corbett III meets Joe Glick in Frisco tonight in a welterweight bout. Glick, a seasoned Brooklyn battler, challenges Corbett as the rival favorites. The event headlines a strong card at the Coliseum with Corbett seeking a decisive victory.
Reconstructed from a garbled item, the report states Faye Yanuakus a University of Illinois football mobil star wed Kealtrky girl Miss Hobbie Gros 21 of Padicah. It notes the ceremony involved a prominent figure and a fraternity context in New York.
Springfield Missouri reports that Western Baseball Association president Al G Tickert announced player moves. BNorkston Jimny Webb was activated for WE Tram Mine Bh, Lauin Candi nals. They Mad re outfielder went to Springfield on option from the Columbus club of the Americas association.
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