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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1940
Page
7
Fragmentary report mentions 83 cent ants, Antowhy 3 revenue, Houston and City 4, Besumontl, Friday’s Besulie, and three items televised. Mentions Cleveland event and rainfall impact.
July 13 report from Beaumont notes the Texas PGA open championship delayed by rain. Forty eight professionals and thirty two amateurs aim to select four pros to represent Texas at the national PGA in Hershey next month, determine the 1940 Texas A champion, and form a team of pros to challenge amateurs in the Texas Cup matches.
College Station July 13 announcement by Dean E J Kyle of Texas A and M that the Aggies national champions will meet Duke University Blue Devils in Durham North Carolina on October 10 1847 calendar note but outlet confirms the plan.
Bobby Feller pitched a dominant game for Cleveland, a one run, fourteenth win of the season, as the Indians blanked the Athletics 1-0. Hugh Mulcahy led Philadelphia to a 6-3 win over Pittsburgh, and Vern Olsen outpitched Boston Bees in a 2-0 Cubs victory. All other games were rained out.
In a National League game box score, Lannings seventh inning blast and DiMassos ninth inning at bat highlighted offense. Pittsburgh made errors, Vaughan and Mueller contributed RBI plays, with Mahan and Bragan delivering key sixteenth inning mentions. Pitchers Mutnch, Lanning, and Bauer faced multiple batters as attendance and umpire details noted.
The clipping lists multiple baseball lineups by teams in the Pacific Coast League with battery pairs such as Harrett Speege An nunulo Oghorne Munza for Oakland and Gregory Campbells Danse Leonard for San Diego and Los Angeles. It references second games at Oakland Sacramento and Seattle, with several player names and pairings.
Philadelphia July 1 A blister on Bob Feller's right hand hindered Cleveland as Rollie Hemsley and the Athletics battled through seven strong innings. Feller, who opened the season with a no hitter, allowed a late run after a wild pitch and walk in the eighth. Despite 11 straight retired, the one hit and control issues kept him from a second no hit effort.
Cleveland tallies nine runs while Philadelphia adds three as Feller yields two runs off Babich during eight innings. Babe Ruth era style box notes list errors, two base hits for Boudreau, Heath and Siebert contributing. Umpires Hubbard Rommel Quinn Merisry. Time 2 19. Attendance 5104.
A garbled schedule list shows multiple teams and venues across American and National leagues with scattered city names and odd letter arrangements. The fragment mentions Chicago at Doaton, Cleveland at Philadelphia, Boston at St. Louis, and Brooklyn at Pittsburgh among others, plus minor leagues results like Newark 5-3 and Rochester 8.
Two Chicago players share the American League lead with high batting averages as both strike at a blistering pace. Danning leads in the National League with a .348 mark, while Walker and others trail closely in a muddled top tier.
JOHNSTOWN Pennsylvania report notes pitcher Casey sidelined for at least a week while Hugh Onagy recovers in hospital from a beaning. Dodgers plan to rejoin in Pittsburgh either today or Sunday. Casey remains inactive.
Boxing match results list several bouts with fighters from Chicago, Morelia, Monterrey and Oklahoma City. Notable stoppages include Rocha vs Munpéli and Burman vs Mickel with varied cities cited. The terse OCR fragment mentions multiple locations and outcomes, reflecting a busy fight card with knockouts and stoppages across U. S. and international venues.
Fragmented report outlines a game with unclear scoring and player names. Mentions Areuauargue, Tudol, Baymer Gardner Gilmore Patterson and batteries Salisbury Witzlow Devin, with garbled lines suggesting period scores 000 002 and 000 003 7H6-39 10 3. Details are unreadable.
Willie Joyce, Gary lightweight and 1297) Golden Gloves featherweight star, stops Jorge Marella of Mexico in a surprising bout. Marella handed Joyce his first ring defeat in 18 bouts on May 17. Joyce lands a solid right to the jaw in the opening minutes at White City, gaining revenge in the rematch.
The semifinals feature Ward of Spokane facing Dafwading Champion Harry Todd of Dalise while Jim Ferrier of Australia meets George Victor of Chicago. Todd won a Sanj-4 decision yesterday over Dr. Bill Kostelecky. Victor and Ferrier advance, with Ferrier holding Amateur and Open titles. The 38-hole final will determine the championship, as the field narrows in the match-play event.
Readable lines show a softball game with multiple players named from Peter's, St Patric s, and Michael's squads. Home runs and triples appear for several batters including Brown and Untermeyer, with mentions of batteries and fielding lines across teams as the action unfolds.
Charles A Poulton of San Antonio placed second in the small bore event at the fourth annual Pan American Skeet Shoot in Dallas with 12 hits of 75, behind P S Hawking of Dallas who had 74. Ed Herpel of San Antonio fired 70, Hawkins won the aut-am all with 70, Charles King of Wichita Falls was runner-up, and shooting continued through Saturday and Sunday.
Dallas hosts a Southwestern swimming carnival with over 100 athletes from Texas and New Mexico. Notables include Jane Dillard of Fort Worth, the world 100 yard breaststroke champion among women, and Bob Gentry of Denton, a national A A, junior 80 yard medley record-holder.
Fragmentary scorecard listing players Lachbaum Carpenter Hichardy Rogers Adam George Little Hoek and others. mentions teams New Orleans Little Rock and Chattanooga with end of game to catch train. Ambiguous OCR garble limits concrete outcomes or dates.
Denver sports bulletin listing names Everette Marshall from La Junta Colorado and Dunn from Oklahoma City among mat results, noting a two out of three outcome and sequence with the Denver coverage.
Port Aransas July 18 Anglers in the ninth annual tarpon rodeo and deep sea round-up faced rough waters as high southeast winds reduced catches. Leader Basse Jr of San Antonio extended his lead with a five-point haul, while Mrs Henry Hall of Beeville landed a four-foot tarpon but it did not affect standings. Thursday’s top catch by G H Kensinger of Memphis set second place with 366 points.
The Twelfth Field Artillery clashed with Third Transport at Christy Mathewson Field while Randolph Field's Ramblers secured their ninth league win by beating the Twenty-third Infantry Doughboys 10 to 6 at Grater Field. Vietocke Day looms as the Ramblers return to Grateveld to face Second Engineers with Vietock, veteran catcher, planned to play every position on the field.
The North Loop Bowling Club invites bowlers for a weekend ninepin competition with separate prizes for men and women. Prizes will be awarded for special ninepin events. Play begins Saturday evening and continues all day Sunday at North Loop alleys.
In Fremont Ohio on July 12 nine players from the Fremont Green Sox in the Ohio State league, led by manager Ray Caldwell, postponed a game against Findlay due to wet grounds. Acting president Fred Riverhart cited rain washed fields and noted the team opposed Caldwell’s return, while veteran Garland Sowell’s appointment as second baseman drew mixed reactions.
In the Evangeline League a tense race unfolds near Rayne with key players Nateher and Charles contesting the leading skein. The event draws attention to a late push as teams jockey for position and potential standings shifts.
Bobby Jones resumes charity golf with a Philadelphia stop and a four-match Red Cross series. The event features Tyre and Jesse Guilford, Pred Wright, Horton Dudley, and Charley Mayo in a best-ball format at Side Country Club. Proceeds aid European relief, with Jones noting past exhibitions raised about $150,000 for the Red Cross.
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