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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1930
Page
12
The Earl Lipton party, including the Prince of Wales and notable guests, bid farewell to Sir Thomas Lipton on his departure for New York. Lipton bids to win a fifth America's Cup, expressing renewed hope and belief in his chances.
Newport BR 1 features Weetamor racing Enterprise and Yan kee contending with Whirlwindev as challengers in the ongoing cup series. Today's 15 mile windward course near Brenton's reef lightship precedes next months additional races to crown the defender for September’s America’s Cup defense by Shamrock V under Sir Thomas Lipton. Charles Francis Adams Jr. serves as secretary of the navy during the Yankee participation.
A boxing and wrestling program is announced for Tuesday night at the open arena in Fortham Court. The event features Oreste Vadalfi, an Italian grappler, and Reg Smith in a 10 round main bout, with two six round matches and several four round preliminaries. The full boxing lineup has not yet been announced.
Three boxing matches and three wrestling bouts compose the third elimination card at the Army Y. The tournament schedule list includes Basing versus Cavanaugh, Nazle against Zanpone, Hornsby versus McBride, Wilds against Haing, Hincker against Cale, and Holland against Burns Trades. Admission to the program is free.
A chaotic notices lists Jose Santa of Portugal arriving in the United States to pursue boxing, describing his physical traits, footwear, and demeanor. The report mentions his stated weight and reach in odd measurements, with scattered, unreliable details about appearance and background.
In Minneapolis, Bruce Flowers of New York fights Lut Tut in a ten round bout. Tut has one win and a draw against Flowers in prior meetings, with a third bout ending when Tut fouled Flowers.
July 8 at Castroville Castroville Indians host D Hanis Piralcé in a rough Swink Grogers league game finished 4 to 1 with Castroville scoring four runs. Box score lists Castro Indians and Schuh Grocers with numerous innies and outs, various players credited for hits, errors and RBIs as period scorekeeping.
Junior Golf association held its weekly event on the Olympia miniature course at 4:3 Werner das. Entries rolled in for The Light's 8X prize miniature links with participants including Smnude CQ Mass, Mrs Margaret Klein, QO S, Drippe, and A J Leckwaoil. The competition used eight courses across Olympia Elliptipatian Xn, Lillimatian No and Bracke Thunb and Alara.
The Second Viel Artillers Brigade opened the payoff series with a 3-0 win over the Manehubs, as errors and timely hitting shaped the contest. Myler, Staricka, and Grif Tigh delivered the decisive runs in the late innings, with Johnson and Lelts advancing on key plays. The crowd of about 2000 watched Tuesday’s rematch set.
In Toronto Foreman Monte stopped Sammy Harkett while Jersey Yrolxast outpointed Routier Parra in Philadelphia. Hairy Tiger Flowers beat Babe Rariez in Des Moines and New Orleans saw Ervin Derlier win over Phil McGraw.
Frank Snyder, Fort Worth Texas League manager, who has not played since June with a broken finger, will undergo surgery in a Dalan hospital on Tuesday to correct the injury. Nonowitz and Dick McCabe will run the Fort Worth club during his absence.
Bell and Mangin were defeated by Anplin and Reif in the doubles finals of the Tri City tennis championships. The match featured scores of 4-0 and 6-2, with Anplin and Reif prevailing over Mangin and Berkeler.
The aged score report lists batting leaders and lineup snippets with incomplete names. References include Yankees and Indians players, with partial figures like 73 percent and several names such as McManus and Kain.
In Seattle on July 8 under Australian rules, dynamite Gus Sonnnberg and former world champion Ed Lewis fought to a draw after eight rounds. The bout, part of a heavyweight wrestling card, drew mixed crowd response and highlighted Sonnnberg’s resurgence.
Warren Will coach the 4030 football eleven of the Elac Chiropractic College. He formerly played guard last year under Big Jim Kendrick. He is currently promoting amateur fights and wrestling matches at Garrett Ticil.
In New York on July 25, promoters invited Vittorio Campolo and Primo Camera from Italy to a bout with Sharkey at Madison Square Garden. Edorts to match the Italian opponents were dropped for now. Other results noted include Birmingham 6, Atlanta 0 and Nashville 2. Games scheduled in several locations.
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