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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1947
Page
9
The Los Angeles Dons of the All-America football conference announced Burr Baldwin signed a contract. Coach Dudley De Groot refused to disclose terms.
Ice hockey results from multiple leagues include Montreal 3 Boston 2 New York 3 Chicago 2 American League Buffalo 5 New Haven 3 Pittsburgh 1 Hershey 1 SL Louis 10 Philadelphia 8 Cleveland 3 Springfield 3 Chicago Dallas 7 St Paul 4 Kansas City 2 Minnesota 2 Hollywood 5 Los Angeles 3 Seattle 7 New Westminster 2 Eastern Kapus New York 3 Baltimore 1 Shawinigan Falls 1 Boston 7 Western International Kimberly 3 Spokane 0.
Feb 6 report states John Dibreil, Big Spring football coach since 1943, has resigned effective at the end of the current school term. The item lists historical coaching figures and tournament notes from 1924 to 1942, signaling a period of sports staff changes in the community.
Golf’s top pros teamed with eager amateurs for the Texas open pro-am at Brackenridge Park Links. A 200-player field tees off with a 1:45 p.m. final grouping as $575 in prizes and medals for amateur victors highlight the event preceding Friday’s main tournament. Notable pairings include Hogan with Dick Nauts, Keiser with Gene Towry, Sam Byrd with Jack Munger, and Jimmy Demaret with Dr. Arthur Zucht. Milton Demaret birdies No. 2 for a hole in one briefly steals the spotlight from Jim Demaret.
Famed golfers Dai Rees and Charles Ward visit San Antonio for the Texas Open events as Ed Oliver Dai Rees and Tod Menefee lead a busy week. Paul Weller shot two under par 35 at Willow Springs to lead the field while Hogan and Ward excel in practice rounds.
Qualifiers posted from Wednesdays 1 percent hole round at Willow Springs led by Paul Weiler and Georsi Payton with 69 and 70 respectively. Numerous players finished in the 70s and 60s, including Bud MecKhiney and Lefty Stackhouse at 71, and many others recording 72s through 75s.
Mrs Mildred Babe Yaharias and George Walker posted two over par 73 to lead qualifiers in the sixth annual Florida mixed twoball open at Riverside park amid high winds. Mrs Ethel Shormburgh won the Brackenridge Fark Women's Golf association tournament with a net 107 36 71 and Mrs Travis Sikes was low gross with 87.
James uses a drop kick to beat Wagner in the main event after a controversial call. Wagner won the first fall with a 23 minute headlock, James claimed the next two falls in quick succession, and a rope-foot foul reversal extended the match.
Boston manager Joe Cronin announced that Dave Ferriss, who had 25 victories last season, signed his 1947 contract. Ferriss informed Cronin by telephone from Shaw Mississippi that the contract was in the mail. Salary terms were not revealed.
A terse classified note touts buying selling huring and fing quick results in the jug is Light Want ads. It urges dialing F-1231 for an experienced adwriter to craft light weight ads.
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