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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1940

Page

6

Silence Falls Over Big Races in Major League Play

Daylong silence settles as Reds and Dodgers bid to regain pace after a topsy week. Reds win on a walk and error in eighth. Cubs gift and Dodgers losses boost standings. Indians slip with White Sox. Tigers rise atop after Rowe stars. Pirates halt slump with series sweep. Giants split with Phillies. Yankees top Athletics. Boston rolls over Washington as Montero shuts down, but Red Sox stumble in final game.

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Softball Recap Shows Mixed Results and Key Players

The report details softball action with players Nickel and Geen, Delaney and Jones, plus singles by Jase and M. Kueniz. It notes home runs by Delaney and Steckermeyer, and doubles by Diaz and Urbina. The text mentions teams like Sandavni and Urbina, and venues including Sur Pedra park and Major A division.

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National League Box Scores and Plays

National League box score style report with mixed names and misspellings shows New York and Philadelphia at bat with runs, hits, and bases on balls. Pitchers Schumacher and Pearson split innings with multiple relievers, attendance noted around twelve thousand.

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Standings and scores from Sundays Transty events across cities

A cluttered standings page cites results from San Antonio Oklahoma City and numerous minor entries. Teams and players such as Johnson Dicker Gomez Hildebrand and York appear with varied scores, hits, and RBIs amid a chaotic OCR fragment.

Unclear vintage baseball recap with errors

The item reports an American League game with numerous garbled names and actions. Key events are unreadable. statistics like attendance are noted but inconsistent. The source lacks coherent details to identify teams, players, or outcomes reliably.

Throw League Hectic It and Local Games

A brisk league round features Kyanavie Ota and Moline A90 amid April play at Madison aw Clinton Walmiine 3 eventful matchups. Ota and Tapida 710 push scoring as teams contend for standings in a crowded schedule.

Kyanavie Ota Moline

City League baseball notes and player shows mixed results

Western league game reports list several players with limited details. Notable performances include one RBI by Breorr and multiple mentions of Covell, Vic, and Pickett. Additional notes cover fielding, double plays, and baserunning miscues. Eastern League results show Springfield defeating Albany 29 to 32 and Hartford beating Binghamton with Williamsport to 35.

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Galveston Net Laurels To Tom Nixon Adapts Champs

Tom Nixon of San Antonio won the ninth Gui Consten ibis tennis tournament singles title in Galveston defeating Claire Hudson of Port Arthur 7 5 10 8 6 2. Marjorie Murray beat Ann Dabbs for the women’s singles title 6 2 8 0. Ved Norpoth defeated Grover Gantrell to win the junior singles 6 4 4 6 8 0. Deckard and Hereford won the mixed doubles 7 5 4 8 6 4.

Galveston Tom Nixon San Antonio Deckard and Hereford Dallas Wilks and Hewitt Houston

Knox No 1 Student Also Best Athlete

Knox college student Ba-Won-Ray Charles of Knoxville Tennessee excelled in academics and athletics. The senior earned three letter awards in football basketball and track and posted straight A grades in courses including calculus advanced bookkeeping business law and corporation finance.

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Laurel Country Club golf title decided in San Antonio

International League contender Dr. A N Champion defeated Josh Groce 9 and 2 to win the Laurel fight title at the San Antonio Country Club annual golf tournament. Semifinals between Dr. C B Butler and A 8 Tenpeth were postponed and set for rescheduled play.

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League Borger 69 Araraig 4 4440 Insilmnd

Uncertain OCR text yields a league result with Borger 69 defeating Lei Busiend 4 to 40. Names and places appear garbled. The record notes a game score and locations but may mix teams and towns, requiring confirmation.

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Sunday’s Mesaite scores and scattered results

Fragmentary OCR notes list various scores and names including Avanhineton, Cheveland, Ethledetpts, and a reference to 410. Readable details are too incomplete to determine full events or clear outcomes.

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Undefined Place Names In A Fragmented Report

Fragmentary OCR text mentions San Antonio Sheavanart Houston and national leagues with unclear context. Names and places are garbled, making a coherent event unclear though sports or league terms appear. No clear date team or score can be identified from the legible fragments.

Two Season Football Agreement Reported Between A&M and Auburn

The Associated Press states Texas A and M and Auburn signed a two season football agreement to meet at the Alamo Stadium in 1942 and 1943 in Birmingham. College Station officials had not confirmed the deal as of Monday with Homer Norton away in Florida. Coach Jack Meagher of Auburn, formerly at Rice and St Edward's, is referenced in context of the conference origins.

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Hutchins and Villa Scrap in Five-Bout Boxing Card

Two small fighters with Dg names clash as the main event of Promoter Lawrence Bal desavell's card at Lic Walkathon arena on Monday. Red Hutchins of Miami faces Panchito Villa, former Mexican bantamweight champion, with an eight-pound weight gap. Carlos Malacara, who beat Lew Jenkins, debuts in San Antonio in a 10-round semi final against Gene Watson of Los Angeles. Alfonso Malacaro fights Noah Valan dea in a six-round special. Two four-round bouts feature Benny Bass of Fort Sam Houston vs Kid Ortiz of San Angelo. First bout at 3:30 p.m.

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Woman Sets Arrow Mark At 353 Yards

In San Diego California Mea Bake Mitceenarger of Loe Angelo shot an arrow 353 yards to set a record at the eleventh Western Archery Association tournament conclude d Sunday. United States women’s flight champion also won the women’s open division with a 326 yard shot.

San Diego Calif Angelo Bitzenberger United States

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