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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
11
A satirical letter from The Duffers to Gene about enlarging golf holes, predicting wide changes in the game and pushing for reforms. It ties in with sports budget concerns and mentions Cornell dropping intercollegiate sports, Carnegie Foundation critiques, and anecdotes about baseball figures like Big Ed Walsh.
Senior guard Diomy McMillan of Sterling Brackeneldee High will sit out two games with hay fever. Temple High School’s Eagles, missing McMillan, edged St Gerard's 12 0 and lost 41 21 to the Dixie Club. Voss moved to starting forward for Temple, with Slater at the other post. Seale scored 11. Abeer had 7. Brackenridge added 9 for St Gerard's. Series tickets cost 34 cents for four games. 25 cents at door. Andrews, Yands and Boggess officiate.
Texas Christian University Horned Frog basketball meets the New York Celtics five in a charity game at Frog Fieldhouse on Saturday night. The Celtics, recent national professional champions, are favored to win, with Detmert at guard and Dutch Debbert at center leading the lineup. The game does not affect amateur standings for the Christian players.
Amos Alonzo Stagg, the famed Chicago football coach, left the Medical Arts sanitarium cured of bronchial pneumonia and without a job. The 70 year old, who had coached Chicago teams for 41 years, had been ill since December 30 and received several offers from other institutions. He appeared in good spirits with Dr. Max Rohde, his physician, who once played right guard on one of Stagg’s teams.
Maxwell Stevenson chairs the rowing association meeting in New York to decide the fate of the 193% Poughkeepsie report. Charles McEligat of Chicago will referee the world championship three fashion billised tournament and opening here Monday with McBipolt and G Culler rotating as referees.
Readable lines show scattered scores across colleges and conferences. Notable results include Niagara 26 over Benapolyonia 28 and Mount St Meets 32 over Agracane 32, with teams like Florida and West Virginia also listed in varied matchups.
Adams Tarmer of Texas Christian University has signed with Westmoorland College basketball club. President Treksor announced the deal on Thursday. Adams played multiple sports under Marty Bell at T O U years ago and helped run a boys summer camp.
The Lulaes girls triumph at Lanier High Gym on Wednesday night in the Spaish-American Girls Basketball League beating the Orquidens 53 to 14. The What Next club defeated the Modern Matis 14 to 9.
Promoter Wright previews a high profile wrestling event at Beethoven Hall on Friday night. Australian heavyweight Jon Alwy vs Kansas City villain Billy Filwards headlines a card billed as Wright's main attraction. The show marks the first meeting between Alwy and Filwards in months amid lingering hype and last minute negotiations. Referee Mob Connor from Houston is named for the main event, with Wright touting strong interest from Southwestern cities.
After 21 sessions the International League raised monthly salary cap from 6500 to 7000 and adopted the Shaughnessy playoff system. A 1ha-game schedule starts April 12 with Sunday doubleheaders. Divisions split into North Toronto Montreal Buffalo Rochester and South Albany Newark Jersey City Baltimore. Playoff format: best three of five, then final series best four of five to decide champion and face the American Association.
USC football quarterback Orville Mohler, sidelined by a neck injury this season, signs to play baseball with the Los Angeles Angels next year. He’ll start with the Trojans this season before joining professional baseball. his father Kid Mohler was a noted Parisian star.
Simmons of the White Sox predicts the New York Yankees will win the 1934 American League race. He dismisses rivals like Red Sox Browns Indians and Washington and says Ruth may be back but the Yanks will still dominate. He notes youth can help the White Sox in the 1934 program and stresses training and rest as key.
Mangrum leads the Agua Caliente $7500 open after a 36 24 89 round on a windy Texan course. Archie Hambrick, Horton Smith, and John Rogers follow, with Espinosa among the few to stay close to par. favorites trail as wind and course conditions challenge the field of 127.
The Tuesday Night club basketball players will hold a meeting Friday at 7 30 PM at the Mexican Casino. Manager Flores asks all players to be on hand for important discussions.
New York report notes Nanny Macfayden a spectacled boaman of the Yankers as the clone member of the world champions not worried by mail deliveries. It says Daniel has a holdover contract and other championship members will secure contracts within a week amid revisions.
Sidney Lanier High School, nicknamed the Voks, defeated Austin Maroons 27 to 18 in a defensive battle. Mendoza led Lanier with 12 points while Austin’s Quinn, Beard, and Storm stood out for the losers in a hard fought Wednesday night tilt at Austin.
Squadron 67 defeated Boerne at Randolph Reid Wednesday night as Clark scored 22 points in the second half for the victors. Friday’s schedule shows Squadron 67 facing the Seventy-First Brigade at Camp Normoya. A post season grid victim report from Loling Texas notes 15 year old Francis Gilliam, member of a local Boy Scout unit, sustained a broken wrist during football practice after an accidental kick. he played the season with the Hagiets team injury free in regular games.
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