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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1941
Page
7
Hughie Mulcahy, once a top major league pitcher, has joined the Army at Camp Edwards. He says fans could not guess his new nickname Ma Mulcahy and describes his post baseball life while caring for comrades and adjusting to military service.
Van Daele field hosts four days of Spanish-American league action with All-State and La Junta clashing and a Friday slate featuring Quality Faint versus Bell Furpi. The headline event pits the All-Stars against the Boston Hoboes, a strong pro squad, in a likely tough game while local fans pay 30 cents for men, 15 cents for women and children.
Fragmented score table style notes show teams like Chattanooga Knoxville Memphis and Birmingham facing Atlanta as players Renan Payulek Jackson Garrott Lemnos and Crompton are mentioned amid uneven OCR. The text lists game results with scattered scores and names, indicating a historical standings snippet from the Southern Association with multiple cities and players.
Interscholastic League announces 283 more Texas schools have signed for football bringing total teams across divisions to 880 plus. Six man play leads as Texas tops nation with rapid growth. Houston coaching school to host first six man session led by Kurt Lenser. Noted instructors Fritz Coe, Jess Neely, and Frank Lealy to teach. Debate on 12 grade plan and basewell sponsorship for schoolboy sports continues.
A garbled boxing results snippet lists several fighters and outcomes across cities. Names include Mickey Dugan, Tommy Gennes, Larry Byuchird, Rivins, Shepnard, and Comiskey, with various locations such as New York Brooklyn Montreal Cleveland Pittsburgh Oakland and scores or decisions noted amid the confusion.
Fragmented OCR text lists race results and participant names across cities such as Minneapolis Kansas City Chicago St Paul Milwaukee and Atlanta. It includes car numbers, times, and scattered initials or surnames like Harahany Hutton Lacy Gus Tidlanayona Battertea and Gorthaunek with unclear context and many garbled entries.
Hollywood reports MGM and Christy Walsh courting a Gehrig biopic after the ALS victim’s death, with Norman Thurgood directing and Warner Baxter set to star. MGM and David Selznick pursue the project as industry talk swirls around cast and production plans in early July.
Walter Winchell catalogues a maze of show business chatter and political mentions. Names such as Carmen Miranda, Valerie Moore, and Harold Wann Makers appear amid Hollywood plans, divorces, betrothals, and book talk. The column threads through theater, film, and society with speculative notes on figures from Ziegfeld to Wagner.
An odd collection of names and snippets from a July night in a club scene includes Jack White Frankie Byers golfer Jimmy Thomson and the Joynt’s PR commissioner. Harry Hopkins questions war prospects while Tex McCrary jokes about Britain. A six-column photo from Berlin mocks Western press coverage and Russian state ownership is noted.
New York July 3 promoter Nake Jacobs announced the Fritzie Zivic versus Benny Davis fight drew a gross of 961,185 with 910,000 guaranteed to the U S army service fund. Davis absorbed brutal blows, a bloody face and a failing rally as Zivic dominated from start to finish at the Polo Grounds.
Fragmented OCR lists Knothole League participants with scattered names and places. It references Edgewood, Batterica Park, Emerson, and multiple players, indicating a regional youth game or roster noting venues and participants without clear outcomes.
S A Softballers 8 A SORTBALT clash amid chaotic play in the second game of a Halor A division doubleheader at San Pedro Park No 1. The lefty hurler Gual is slated to be rented off, with Trafton and Cox facing off as the crowd watches a string of pitching and fielding miscues. The event features multiple players, sponsors, and a series of scheduled matches as teams plan future visits and standings shifts.
The Twenty third Infantry loses to a local amateur team as Jack Lacy and Rudy Shnon lead with honors. Viksh'a founbasger and Sioyk's Vwattora secure the victory, while Schwartz, Cody, Gucle, Spicher, Katter, Pardo, and Bleckc guard the field.
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