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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1950
Page
6
The San Antonio Tennis Club meets Monday at the club house to discuss plans for dedicating lights recently installed by the city at the San Fedro park courts.
Eddie W N Loos 56 a retired golf pro and former Lake Shore Country Club head pro in Chicago was found dead in his Laguna Beach home bathtub Sunday. An autopsy is planned to determine cause.
Philadelphia July 10 Ike Williams seeks a crack at Sugar Ray Robinson by beating George Costner in a 10 round charity card at Shibe Park. Williams vows a knockout route to a September welterweight title shot while Costner bets on an upset in Camden, New Jersey fighter Bernard Docusen meets Otis Graham, with Perc y Bassett facing Terry Young and Arthur King meeting Eddie Iosa in other 10 round bouts.
The nations top two year olds Middleground and Hill Prince will miss the Arlington Park Classic on Saturday. A strong field is expected for the 12 to 15 starters with a possible later appearance at the Arlington Handicap on July 29. Contenders include Your Host Oil Capitol Bed o Roses Greek Song and Wisconsin Boy, with total gross near 78,475 if all start.
Three American Legion junior games feature Brackenridge Post 10 facing Central Catholic Post 420 at Holy Name Diamond, Tech Post 598 meeting Jefferson Post 2 at Ft. Sam Houston, and South San Antonio Post 399 beating Alamo Heights Post 178 9-3 at South San Antonio. Knudson and Owen Lowe drive runs while Hanson paces with three singles in the San Antonio districts.
Myron Fohr of Milwaukee won the 150 mile AAA national championship stock car race at State Fair Park before 33,181 fans. He drove a 1949 Lincoln, finishing in 2 hours 16 minutes 58.57 seconds at an average speed of 65.6 mph, earning 4595 dollars including 1050 lap money and a qualifying prize. Second through fifth were Norm Nelson Racine Wisconsin in a 1950 Oldsmobile, Andy Grantelli Chicago in a 1950 Oldsmobile, Art Combs Emporia Kansas in a 1950 Oldsmobile, and Jack Frank Los Angeles in a 1950 Oldsmobile. Dan Kindis Chicago drove a 1949 Cadillac to sixth out of 26 starters.
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