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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1944

Page

7

McSpaden Big Gun Leads Open Second Round

McSpaden of Philadelphia shot 67 to lead by two at the Texas Open in Brackenridge Park as gusty north winds hindered field. Byron Nelson slipped to eight behind after a rough start. several veterans and amateurs posted 69s and 70s in the cold, with Royal Hogan leading the amateurs on 73 and Ed Dudley noting his 43rd birthday.

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Golf Results From City Meet With Wide Field

Scores list multiple players and towns from Evansville to Dallas, with names like McSinden, Hamilton, Garrard, Penick, and Cooper noted. Several regional clubs and venues appear, including San Antonio, Austin, and Chicago connections. The dense OCR yields a sprawling, fragmentary results page reflecting numerous competitors and placements across many locales.

Southwest Conference Basketball Scores and Campsites Mixed Results

A chaotic OCR list shows many college and military teams with scores from various venues. Notable entries include Norman Navy Skylockota 50 over Enid Army Air Base 79, Washington 5 percent and Washington State 40, Fort Custer 24, Bowling Green 44, Great Lakes 83, Northwestern 42, and Drury 41 among scattered results.

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Derby Weighs And Field Hopes At New Orleans Fair Grounds

The Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds sees a strong field of top three year olds led by Gay Bit and George Case with 120 pounds, and Olypig Zealth at 117. Dagpone is watched for distance stamina while contenders from Weyandie to Fox Brownie vie for Derby glory in a pivotal winter meeting.

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Texas Open Pairings at Millennia Park Golf Meet

The list shows players and pairings for the Texas Open at Millennia Park Wichita Kansas with participants from San Antonio, Port Worth, Laredo, Galveston, Dallas and many others. Notable names include Don Valerio, Tony Holauin, Jack Te Stone, John Gavison, Bryan, Don Chery, Huse Crownover, Johnny Whitten and Leonard White in a dense, multi city roster.

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Tigers A s Hit Hardest in Service Draft

Chicago and Detroit account for the largest share of MLB players in military service during World War II with 23 Athletics and 23 Tigers alumni serving. Earl Hilligan disclosed that 196 players were in service, 23 from each club with Chicago third at 26 and other teams following.

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USC Goalers Medical Services Triumph in League Play

In a Friday night basketball thriller, USC Goalers Medical Services beat Army Navy MLC 80 to 50. Iscovera led with 24 points, Olson added 17, Broadway 16 for the winner as the Kelly Field War Worker Craft of the Workers team showed strong scoring depth.

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Florida golf open reaches semi finals at Dubsdread

Sunday Schools favorites dominate Florida golf Open action at Dubsdread, advancing to the semi final round as Bartit meets Alam. In other brackets, Pant Nerrin and Freda Nolan pair clash with John Christian Inalitnte, while boxing promoter Mike Jacobs reports $201,909 gross for recent Madison Square Garden shows.

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Austin Plays Eagles for District Title

The Aust Maroons face Brackenridge Eagles in a seven team district tournament final at Brackenridge gym. Austin, unbeaten and the odds on favorite, seeks another tourney win after forward Purday scored 19 and 12 in recent bouts, while Brackenridge edged Kerrville and toppled Tend in earlier rounds. Jefferson showed late rally strength in pool play before falling to Austin.

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Boxing Fight Results Across Cities Use Fragmented Scores

A compiled list of boxing results from multiple venues reports outpoints and knockouts. Fighters named include Pat Demers, Johnny Jones, Leo Sawicki and Al Michaud with various scores and locations such as Brockton Worcester and Augusta.

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Henry Equals Record as Rice Beats Texas Christian 63 34

Rice University center Hill Tenzy Teleewstitute, 6-foot 6-inch, nears sole point to tie the Southwest Conference single season scoring record with 21 points in a 63 34 win over Texas Christian University in Houston. Arkansas remained unbeaten in conference play after defeating Texas Longhorns 59 95 in Fayetteville as Cox led with 27 for Parker High.

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Leafs Face Canadiens in Toronto Showdown

The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Montreal Canadiens in the lone Saturday game, aiming to close the gap on the Detroit Red Wings. A win would pull Toronto within two points of Detroit in the NHL standings.

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Ohio State Loses to Hawkeyes in Western Conference Clash

In a Big Ten basketball game Friday night the Hawkeyes defeated Ohio State 49 to 6. Purdue also beat Wisconsin 42 to 2 and Northwestern won over Illinois 62 to 21.

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SAACC League Psyenomenat Victory Night Results at Cadet Center

The AR Squadron beat S840 squadron 29.42, RaSh defeated 50Mth 95-11, and Qyiplormaster won a forfeit as the league’s Friday night games decided titles and standings. The home squad trailed at half and fought to win by two points.

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Hot Wells Upsets South San In District Finale

Hot Wells Blue Devils defeat South San Antonio Hobcats 21 to 20 ending the district schedule for 28-A. Bobcats miss five straight foul shots in final minute. Hot Wells secures second league win and knocks South San from sole third place. Edison 28-A beats Central Catholic 32 to 28. Central B( team) 28 Edison 12. Kelly Field Base Detachment tops St Anthony’s 28-22.

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War actually helping pro baseball says Pirates president

PLASBURG February 12 1941 Pirates president Willian Bens Wanger says the wartime draft is not harming baseball. He argues the draft has balanced talent across teams and even improved the game by boosting competition. He cites St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati as strong in the draft era and notes veterans returning to fill gaps. The overall tone supports the sport thriving despite wartime changes.

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Baseball Asks No Draft Favor, Landis Speaks

WHICAGO Feb 12 18 The baseball commission and players reject any request for preferential treatment in the wartime draft. Commissioner Landis says no exemptions or deferments are sought and none will be granted while war continues. He notes a letter to Major General Hershey outlining baseballs wartime stance and denies authorization for any speaking for the sport.

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