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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1936
Page
16
The piece notes surging sports crowds across the nation, with football at Rose Bowl selling out weeks ahead, basketball drawing 18000 weekly in New York, and tennis stars like Tilden and Lott drawing big turnouts. It mentions Pirates preparations for spring training and local expectations for players such as Randolph and Brooks in 1936.
Weekend action features Jimmy Himes winning an $8000 open golf event, Miami-Biltmore tennis results with Harris beating Painter, Ethel Arnold and Jane Briar in pro tennis debut, plus billiards, boxing, track and boxing results and a college boxing defeat for Virginia.
Fattsburg Pirates plan a split squad spring training trip with players arriving in San Antonio on Sunday March 4. First squad roster includes coach John H. Wagner and pitchers like James D. Weaver and Mace Brown. second squad heads to be announced for March 8. Exhibition schedule lists games in San Antonio, Austin, Jacksonville, Dallas, and other Texas cities, with a National League opener planned in April.
Sport round up notes Babe Roth as a possible concert attraction in Florida but the plan may crumble. Fritz Crisler predicts his 1995 basketball team will be solid though not as strong as last year. talks of boxing politics and New York sports chatter abound. JAYsERS TO SAN MARCOS reports a Texas Western college basketball game in San Antonio on Monday night.
Golfer Jimmy Hines, from Garden City, L. T., captures the Los Angeles open title with a 180 total and $3,500 in prize money. Henry Picard, Vic Gheryi, and Mark Fry follow in the top placements as pros travel to Sacramento and San Francisco opens in January.
The program at Walkathon arena headlines former world heavyweight Gis Son Rentere in a feature bout. George B Red and Ryan Ells Bashars clash in a semi final, while Humberto trains for a title. Pat Keilly and Dan Ostoporich open the show under promoter Hany Coffman as refs warn no advances this week.
The piece humorously notes only 44 states exist in the United States with four commonwealths named as Peausylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Kentucky. It invites readers to write Mr. Ripley at the paper with questions for tomorrow’s “A Daily Change of Nationality” feature.
Missouri Valley AAU basketball standings show Adal Bot and Hansa City leading with 878 points while Muteblandt and Hutchinson played games this week. Schedule details list games against McPherson and Kansas City, with Denver and Wichita also appearing in weekly tallies. Randolph Bowlers form a new league after finishing their first schedule, introducing team name changes and an opening match where the Pin Busters edged Eat Lucky Striker. total scores reach 1809 to 1536.
The Big Six standings show Nebraska and Missouri near the top with Oklahoma tied for second. Upcoming games include Wyoming at Nebraska and Kansas at Missouri on Wednesday, followed by Nebraska at Oklahoma and Kansas State at Iowa State on Saturday. Last week's results show Drake defeating Iowa and Nebraska losing to Drake 33 to 24, with Missouri and Kansas State posting wins. Also noted is a Henriken county stock farm for sale at 15 dollars an acre in the classified section.
San Antonio polo action features Smith leading the Austin Rangers to a 12 to 9 win over a Second Division squad at Georgia Miller field. Sudduth and Gilmore each score. Williams and Smith star as Army connections depart for Pacific coast and Florida. San Antonio club edges Twelfth Field Artillery 6 to 5 at Millerfield. Grid pros on coast as Packers crush Lighthouse 61 to 7 in San Diego. Winter series standings hint at Champagneville vs. Louisiana clash.
Charlie Yates the Western amateur champion leads Dr. Julia Hughes of Atlanta after 211 golf holes in a long match. Hughes won a recent round of the 500-tole matches, with the event nearing its finish as football season approaches.
In Tia Juana the Agua Caliente race track and facilities were posted for auction to satisfy labor and other claims exceeding 200000 dollars. The sale, ordered by the board of reconstruction, may be sanctioned by federal court as officials deny knowledge of the mover.
Corals Gables Florida January 13 4F1 Arthie Handrix defeated Sun Marlow No 1 seed and Bryan Busy Grant of Atlanta 2 6 4 5 2 60 to reach the net final. Hendrix now set to face Charles Harris of West Palm Beach after earlier Sugar Bowl victory and state titles across multiple states. Doubles action saw Grant and Russell Bobbitt reach the final by defeating J Gilbert Meir and Hal Surface.
Bud Browning led the Santa Fe five to a 91 to 39 win over a San Francisco team in a Sunday night barnstorming game. The forward scored a game high as Santa Fe dominated the contest in San Francisco.
San Jacinto Golden Bears of Houston edged Sidney Lanier for the tourney crown in the San Antonio high school invitational. Sixty players, sixteen games, and a total of 495 winning points and 261 fouls marked the event. Bussey led San Jacinto with 42 points, Krause and Moers shared top individual marks with 38, while Reagan posted 20 fouls in the semifinal. Athens traveled far, while Rice and SMU links weighed future college prospects for Bussey.
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