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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1940
Page
7
Friday results show Kovitlts 6, Ban Antanlo 0. Besumoal trailed Houston 4 to 0. Shrey rerps Quishomss 7, Dallas 1. Worth 4, Tues 2. Long scores listed as 126 innings.
Fragmented OCR item lists National LeagueChicago and Philadelphia game notes with unclear team names and scores. The readable bits mention Chicago and Philadelphia in a 4 4 9 sequence but lack complete details or outcomes.
Fragmented OCR lists scattered matchups including New York at Chicago and Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Some team names are garbled but overall notes planned games for Saturday across multiple leagues and cities.
The report lists players and teams in a chaotic amateur ball event at Longhorn field. Names such as Berry, Lawrenna, Funderburk, Reeder, Masters, and Erauit appear among scattered matchups. The text references times like 2 30 p m and a 8 kame event, with unclear affiliations and multiple placeholders.
The Missions beat the Beaumont Exporters 4 0 as SoRelle pitched a five hit shutout. Lou Hanting and Lee Mueller starred for their teams while Marty McManus and Boyd SoRelle energized the crowd of 2294 at Tech Field. Beaumont's defense floundered as San Antonio executed five double plays, nearly tying the league record.
In a tense Texas League game, Fort Worth faces Shreveport as key players from Tulsa and Dallas shine. The box shows Stoneham and Crawford for Fort Worth and Pollet for Shreveport with late runs deciding the outcome, while pitching by Thomas Erickson Hillin and others shapes the score and errors.
Brooklyn manager Lea Durocher remains under care a week after the Dodgers Cubs clash. He was treated in hospital for a strained muscle and said the injury worsened when he covered second base after Pete Coscarort was ordered from the park for a bench incident.
An apparent boxing or combat result from Los Angeles shows a bout where a fighter named Tony Chay Vad defeats Red Green with a score or count of 141 to 72. The text includes multiple garbled names and numbers, suggesting a clash with several misread lines for fighters and venues.
Ed Oliver of Hornell led the Sterling 16 money-monopoly field at the St Paul open, shooting 66 on Keller Course to grab the first round lead. Stars like Metz, Smith, Guldahl, Hogan and Nelson trailed close as 43 players contended for Sunday’s final money with 16 top pursuers shaping the outcome.
Verne Spee Stewart of Roswell New Mexico led the Amarillo Country Club station golf tournament with a sensational 65 to secure the medal. He advanced by besting Mark Stewart Jr of Dallas and J Brown of Amarillo in Friday's action.
Richard Hambleton, 21, of Dallas, the weekend sensation for long driving, reached the Glen Garden Invitational quarter finals with a 3-2 victory over Charley Dewees of Fort Worth. Other competitors listed included Bobby Morris, Royal Hogan, Iverson Marlin, Jimmy Moore, Dai Greenwood, Norman Rowland and A. D. Burseen.
The Texas loop standings tilt toward three leaders as Houston and San Antonio ride long winning stretches. Dallas shows the most favorable home slate, while Beaumont and Shreveport fight for a playoff spot amid a tight race. The Indians pace with 21 wins and 2 losses, chasing a fourth place in the push for the playoffs as Otho Niteholns shines on the mound.
Williams and Dudley meet in the Chicago women district poll tourney final to decide the tie. Ellamae Williams seeks a fourth major title clash with Eleanor Dudley of Ridgewood as Dudley holds a one game advantage.
A garbled recap from a Southern Association segment lists multiple surnames and places. Names like Wuoxyle Alain Georges Smtr Baker Futon New Orleans and Haden Gleason Naktents Owens Chattanooga appear amid fragmented codes and numbers, indicating an internal meeting or event with unclear specifics.
In the W T N M League Tesh V1 Pirvie Ananiitn Dania and Tawnbaek Marsan faced off on January 7 with midseason play marking a notable contest between the teams and players.
July 27 reports describe Galveston and Austin advancing with strong showings at the American Legion AUETES baseball tournament near Dallas. Dallas, Carthage, and Dal las teams posted mixed results as Galveston’s pitcher dazzled, while Austin beat Barter and prepared to face Carthage in a 2 p m showdown.
CHICAGO July 27 A big surge in votes for Eddie Anderson places the Iowa mentor far ahead in a national ballot to select a head coach for college football as stars clash with the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field August 29. Anderson has amassed over 161 544 points in 24 hours and leads a five man slate with the coach leader as head mentor. The poll lists Western conference names like Elwayd Purdue and Shavely Cornell, with other figures from St Benedict’s and Rockhurst among many entrants in the scattered tallies.
In an uneven PubLinks match at Racklaun’s municipal course Clark of St. Paul and Michael Mets of Detroit face 9 AG-hole rounds for the national publinks title. Clark defeated Oregon state amateur champion Louis Jennings and Joe Role finalist Edward Purgol en route to a late lead before Purgol’s late rally.
A playful column discusses sports talk and nicknames, noting baseball radio announcers and travel lore from 1940s era teams. It mentions Dave Young broadcasting, Joe Os a nickname mixups, and train separations between clubs with guards aboard. The tone is humorous and instructional about sports nicknames and trivia.
Kansas City leads the American Association in team double plays with 108 and holds a strong margin in home runs and total bases. Phil Rizzuto tops slugging and hits while Stan Bordagaray sits near the batting pace. Individual leaders include Ab Wright, Harry Walker, Roberto Estalella, and John Sturm among others as the race tightens with two months remaining.
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