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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1932
Page
5
Fragmentary ledger style recap lists players and teams from the American and national leagues. Mentions include Pirates Giants Braves Cardinals Dodgers and Athletics with scattered scorelike figures and player names such as Klein Wagner and Farnsworth. Details are garbled but point to a broad season summary and standings.
In Memphis July 4 1930 the Southern Lawn Tennis Association tourney opens with a potential Grant Sutter clash. Bryan Grant ranked No 2 and Clif Butter No 1 are set to duel for the men’s singles title after Sutter’s intercollegiate upset. Wilmer Hines No 3 and Billy Hughes No 4 also compete as Harvey Harris and Dunlap Cannon win junior and overathletes titles respectively.
The American Legion rodeo at Madla ranch near Scenic Loop opened Sunday with a good crowd and was scheduled to resume Monday at 2 PM in fair weather. Goforth of San Antonio won the pair racing with partners Becker and Hoffman taking second and third. Goforth also won the second event with Laidley and Brauchle taking third. Mayfield Tigers defeated Minor Bluckers 4-3 in Somerset with Lara and Aguilar the winning battery.
Multiple military football style matchups listed with dates and locations including Randotoheld Fort Sam Houston and Fort Earl Horetan. Notable teams include Twenty-third Infuniy and Minin Infanicy with planned games through Thursday and Friday week.
Box score style summary with scattered names and figures shows Texas team dominant over Galveston 13 to 1. The page lists players, innings, and various run totals with unclear OCR artifacts but indicates Galveston struggled while Beaumont and other entries appear.
Semi finals set in San Antonio Country Club golf tourney with multiple flights. Pairings list players by name and club, including Crawford Groos Sullivan Bartrand Seeligson and Gugenheim McCarthy Gresham Ormsby, with first flight results, second and third flight outcomes, and looming matchups at Tow Tow Tow tale course.
Stewart of Tyler Speedy, a veteran base thief, is a top threat in the Texas league. He holds the Southern Association single season record with 87 steals for the Birmingham Barons in 1924, and by 192? had 418 career steals across seven seasons averaging 36 per year. He often missed parts of seasons, filling in with other teams and roles.
Dusty cgotos, manager, president and catcher for Hutchinson’s club in the Western association, added pitching duties in the off season. He pitched Sunday against Topeka, lasting four scoreless innings before being lifted. Hutchinson won 6-6 in 10 innings as Riza, ex-Texas leaguer, drove in the deciding run. Haris of San Antonio caught for Hutchinson.
In a reshuffle from Lampview to St Louis, Arthur Beharein Khartaton becomes involved as Sl Loin Arlowne from their Trxns JeaRie tim and Jack Kloza, an outfielder, have been released by Browin to Longtiew.
Chicago veteran Levinsky seeks revenge against California’s Max Baer in a 20 round heavyweight bout in Reno. Baer held a previous in ring decision over Levinsky last year in New York. Bout expected to attract about 25000 to 35000 dollars in gate receipts with George Blake refereeing in Los Angeles.
Saturday’s Explanations surveys the grand Gopora carved from a single rock near Bindy pilgrimage site, a 200 foot temple dedicated to Vishnu on 96 columns with intricate Dravidian carvings. It questions the labor of generations in building what it calls a wondrous spectacle amid an exotic landscape.
Arlington Park hosted the F20p00 Stars and Stripes handicap where Equipoise carried 139 pounds over a mile and a furlong. Jamestown ran second at 119 pounds, while Mate underperformed this season. Polydorus and Yonkel, Dr. Freeland, Cami, Paul Bunyan and others were also listed in overnight entries. Sydney reports Young Britling scoring a tenth round TKO over Ambrose Palmer, the Dominion’s champion, in a 15 round bout that ended early.
Van Bebber, former Oklahoma A&M wrestler now with Los Angeles A C, wins eight straight matches by falls to retain the national amateur 150-pound title. He and Joe Probel of Kansas State College are the only non eastern winners. New York's Louis Conte, Joe Rapory, Joseph Shutt and Louis Putein take 119, 123, 125, and 135 pound crowns. Lieut. Louis Hammack wins heavyweight, and Ben Hishop claims 145 pounds.
Springfield, Mo July 4 The Western association resumes after a split season with Springfield, winner of the first half, favored to stay a top contender. The team finished the season 6 6 2 in the six win league, while Bartlesville trailed four games back at 60. Standings show Topeka and Independence close behind as Muskogee and Hutchinson lag.
Archery contest underway with fifty archers from Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Missouri. C D Curtis of Pemabing North Dakota set the 3901-2 yard mark in free style while top contenders include Russell Hoogerhyde of Pinehurst North Carolina and Mrs Nat B Lay of St Louis, last year's Missouri Valley and mid Western champion.
A charity ball game arranged by Army Charity for the Ninth Infantry was rained out and rescheduled for next Sunday at Ease Meld. Uckel holders with tickets will be allowed to use the name Uckels at the forthcoming tracan.
Ralph Kross and White Box-Led attack on Brown pitching with three elegies. Bill Clzsell and Earl Averill Homers help Indians beat Tigers. Ovarge Pipgras with five hits as Yankees field Red Box. Pinkey Whitney drives Phillies runs against Dodgers with homer and two singles. Paul Waner for Pirates drives in go-ahead run in fourth. Oranisee Hendrick Lombard triple to beat Cardinals. Hubbell tops Bray with seven hits.
In New Braunfels on July 4, the James Bikes from San Antonio defeated the New Braunfels Tigers 3 to 1 at Landa Park. Phelps and Gerbie led the offense with key hits and pitching, while Adama and Rose starred for the Tigers.
Philadelphia based Penn Athletic Club eight faces California varsity in a national championship heat for a U S Olympic berth. Intercollegiate champions and contenders in the nine-team field, final trials set for Lake Quinsigamond Worcester next Thu Fri Sat, with Penn in the lower bracket and California in the upper bracket.
New York July 4 Cuban fighter Chocolate of Cuba and Jack Berg of England have begun training for their 15 round bout set for July 11 at the new Madison Square Garden bowl. The Cuban has based in Summit New Jersey during his summer campaign while Berg, favoring gym work, will log a daily dozen at Stillman’s gym in New York City.
Burns and Toney, local boxing contenders, prepare for a 10 round bout at Expedition Park Wednesday night. Burns trains into fighting trim near Madina Lake while Toney, home on leave from Fort Clack, sharpens up at Continental gym. Avalon downs lingering meth odor in Russ work and prepares to meet Downey in the remial final.
St Louis Cardinals first baseman Pepper Martin will miss a month after a broken finger suffered sliding into home plate in Pittsburgh last week. Club physician Dr Robert Hyland said the injury will sideline him from the Macp for at least four weeks.
Pleasanton defeated Charlotte in a close home game led by Larry Gondwin who scored half the points. The Pleas anton team showed strong play against the Cubs, securing a clear victory despite a tough challenge from the visitors.
Five female swimming stars aiming for the U S Olympic team traveled free by air to New York trials. Georgia Coleman and Jeannie Cramer lead the group with national titles while Marjorie Lowe Josephine McKim and Nebene Forbes joined. After heated disputes over expenses with the Los Angeles Athletic Club and the New York organizers, three stayed funded while two left, heading for Cleveland via Dallas.
Miller reports on national wrestling championships held under controversial rules. Dick Sandidge of Texas and Dick Bandadge of Texas faced Dee Birong of Oklahoma in the final. Bandadge lost Friday night, Birong took first while Bandadge secured fifth. Miller and Sandidge were Texas state champions.
Lubbock hosts its second annual coaching school July 11 to 22 with a famed faculty including Pete Gawthon and Dotehy Smith. Guests feature Pop Warner of Stanford, Hunk Anderson of Notre Dame, Fhog Allen of Kansas, Marchy Schwartz of Notre Dame, Clyde Littlefield of Texas, Tiny Thornhill of Stanford, Jack Meagher of Rice, Rip Miller of the U S Naval Academy, Jay Haskell of Oklahoma, Bill Harriss of Kansas, Merty Bell, plus Pee Smith of Santa Clara and more. The event aims to train 500 educators and ends five days before the Los Angeles Olympic Games opening.
T A Abbott, longtime tennis coach and faculty committee member at Saffarion high schools, observed early Wimbledon rounds during a summer overseas tour aboard the Homeric. He plans to apply pointers from the classic to next season and is touring the north of England.
The Navarro Air Depot and San Antonio Air Depot schedule a two game doubleheader at Teal Field after rain forced a venue change from Duncan Field. The first game starts at 2 o'clock. Next week Navarro hosts a two game series with James Bikan.
The Wwenwaun annual vexus aims for a checker championship in Dallas at the Dalian Checker Club on July 1. Starting time 90, 14 will attend today’s tournament.
Pro promoter Ralph Hammonds Moodsy renames the main event to George Sauer versus Bill Edwards for top honors at Exposition Grounds. The remaining matches include Lindsey versus Poulos and silent Rattan against Bulldog Mallory, with two out of three falls and time limits. Sauer and Edwards are veteran headliners noted for strength and rough tactics.
Sarazen, champion of both the American and British opens, shattered the Akron municipal course record in a fourball with Lew Waldron of Brookshire. Waldron posted 72 as Sarazen's group posted a 65, while Armour and Shave shot 72 and 73 respectively in the exhibition.
Hennessey of Indianapolis will defend his English title in a casual invitation tennis tournament, sponsored by the Minneapolis Junior Association of Commerce, opening soon. He faces Newton Crawford of Saint Paul in the first round. other entrants include Karl Karpath of Austin, Texas, Loter Broeten of Los Angeles, and John McMarmid of Fort Worth, Texas. Brady hosts the July Jubilee trade meet as steady interest continues despite rains.
In 1912 Connie Mack gave Herbert Pennock a bench role with the Athletics. The six foot tall lefty rose to fame with the Yankees, posting 30 wins in 1922 after a patchy career. Trade to the Red Sox, Buffalo, and later fortunes followed, as Pennock remained a crafty pitcher whose long career spanned eras.
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