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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1946

Page

4

Tom Brown Reaches Wimbledon Semi in Upset Victory

Tom Brown of San Francisco defeated Franja Punces of Yugoslavia 6-2 8-6 6-4 to reach the All England Club men's singles semifinals. He could face Dinny Pails or Yvon Petra in the next round. Drobny defeated Bergelin to reach the other semi. Pauline Betz and Louise Brough advanced in the women's singles. Geoff Brown, No.2 Australian, moved into the semifinals against Drobny.

Wimbledon Tom Brown San Francisco Franja Punces Pancho Segura Ecuador Dinny Pails Australia Yvon Petra France Jaroslav Drebny Czechoslovakia Pierre Pellizza Drebny Jack Kramer California Pauline Betz Valerie Cooper Britain Louise Brough Mary Halford Geoff Brown Slac Drobny Jeennart Bergelin

British Open qualifying pace set by Van Nida Whitcombe

In Scotland on July 1 Norman Van Nida of Australia and Reginald Whitcombe of England led the opening British Open qualifying on the new course with 72s. Henry Cotton posted 75, S. S. Scott 73, Joe Kirkwood 74 on the old course, while Bobby Locke carded 75 on the new layout.

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Baseball Openers Show Stars Shine Across Leagues

Players from several teams delivered strong openers with homers and RBIs. Hawagner and Priddy led early offense for their clubs as Newhouser and Cadicahine shut down opponents. In other games, Bithorn and Libke yielded runs in key innings while Rowe’s late double sealed wins. South Atlantic action featured Jacksonville, Columbus, and Savannah scoring decisive wins.

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Untitled baseball box score fragment from 1940s era game

Incomplete box score rundown shows DETROIT and ST LOUIS results with errors, hits, and player notes. Multiple line scores and pitching details are intermingled with unclear OCR marks, listing players such as Newhouser, Kramer, Lake, and others across both games and leagues.

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Roundup notes golf Davis Cup and racing results

Sports items report on a single-day dove shooting plan discussion in Austin to curb extinction, Dick Metz and Georgia Fazlo contending at the Canadian Open, USA Davis Cup doubles clinching victory over Vega brothers with Turpin and Malloy, Langhorne auto race winner Rex Mays, Indianapolis 500 finishers led by Robson, and various tennis and coaching moves including Norma Taubele Barney and Don McNeill title wins.

Dick Metz Georgia Fazlo Montreal Harry Todd Dutch Harrison Billy ‘Talbert Gardnar Mulloy Vega Brothers Rolando Armando United States Parker Bill Devore Buddy Busch Fittsburgh Hank Camelli Toronto Tra Bell Sr Rockford Club Montclair N.J Norma Taubele Barney Velen Pedersen Ribbany New York Don McNeill Seymour Greenberg

International League scores and standings update

In Newark the team won 3-0 with Svraclee scoring 26 in a dominant inning. Imiary City moved to 4-1, Batthmore 4, Toronto 2, Buffalo 241, Montreal 424, and Rochester 33 as the circuit develops.

Newark Svraclee Iningad Imiary City Batthmore Toronto Baffalo Montreal Rochester

Jalopy Races Suspended For Summer at Spillway Track

Promoter King Downam announced Sunday that racing at the Spill Way Jalopy track on Castroville road will be discontinued for the summer. Sunday's card saw Wade Bedell Le Roy Henderson Jack Gilmore and Curly Wharton compete with Bedell posting the first time trial and winning the feature race. Downam seeks more cars and drivers and can be reached at Biv12.

Castroville Road Jalopy King Dawnum Wade Bedell Leroy Henderson Jack Gilmore Curly Wharton Bedell Downam Moreras

Where They Play Mondays Major Baseball

Schedule notes show National League games including Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Pittsburgh at Chicago. American League entries list Detroit at Chicago and St Louis at Cleveland with night caps and other matching matchups.

Antonio Tine Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicaro Cincinnati St. Louis Detroit Cleveland Thespav's Scitedule National Teasne New York Brooklyn Pitt Burgh Chicago Detroi St. Lois Washington Boston

Riflemen sweep Texas Rifle Association matches at Camp Mabry

In Austin at Camp Mabry the Texas Rifle Association held its twenty third annual matches. Hugh White won grand aggregate with 3503, runner up was Tt C Pope with 3582, H E Evans placed third scoring 3538, and Earlton Smith was fourth with 3633. Individual matches went to W H Womack Staith Pope White and J E Norwood.

Austin Dallas Riflemen Texas Rifle Association Camp Mabry Hugh White Tt. C. Pope H. E. Evans Dallas Earlton Smith W. H. Womack Shreveport Staith Pope White J. E. Norwood

Service Nine Easy Winner in City League Baseball

The Anay nine crushed civilians 16 to 1 at Techfield Sun before 600 fans as regular league play resumed. Scoring details show numerous players with RBIs and hits, while pitchers and fielding miscues contributed to the lopsided result in a brisk early season matchup.

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Legion Baseball Sunday's League Results Broadcast

Brackenridge Post 375 defeated Har Jandale Post 336 17 to 8 at Pittman Sullivan park while Central Post 420 beat Jeffer son Post 2 5 to 3. Heights Post 178 toppled South San Antonio Post 399 12 to 6 and Edgewood Post 366 defeated Lanier Post 10 20 to 3 at Alamo Heights.

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Montes Beats Torres In 10 Round Boxing Bout

Patrina Montes of Los Angeles and Mexico City outpoint Luis Torres in a 10 round match. Both fighters weighed 1351-2 pounds. Local results from cities including Little Rock Chattanooga Mobile and Birmingham reflect a mixed boxing card with scores noted.

Montes Torres Mexico City Patrina Montes Los Angeles Calif Luis Torres

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