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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1936

Page

7

San Antonio Missions Split Galveston Doubleheader on Thursday

Sam Harshany filled in behind the plate for the sore-armed Payton as San Antonio split a doubleheader at Galveston. Galveston won game one 2 to 0 while San Antonio took game two 5 to 2. Garris delivered a bases loaded triple to seal the second game for the Missions.

Sa Antonio Sam Harshay Sam Galveston Oklahoma City Othen Tulsa Dallas Hart Worth Harshany Payton San Antonio Elton Walkup Alice Bail Eddie Cole Huhn Garris

Meggs Team Heads to Taft for Friday Nine Night Tilt

Meggs Service Station baseballers will travel to Taft on Friday to face the Taft club in a nine inning night game, per manager J R Pilgrim.

MEGGS Taft Taft Club J. R. Pilgrim Meggs Club

Concepcion Fields Getting Park Improvements For Season

Concepcion park baseball diamonds are being spruced up for the summer. Motor driven mowers keep the lawn clean and workers smooth the fields. A large picnic ground has been opened and many events are planned by Director Joe Ruhnke for the season.

Concepcion Concepcion Park Lgence Cub Joe Ruhnke

Phillies Manager Supports Night Baseball in Major Leagues

Cincinnati hosts first night game of Reds 1936 schedule as Phillies manager Jim Wilson praises seven home night games. He says the format would boost attendance, and he enjoyed his night debut, going 2 for 4 with a double. Chuck Hein hit a key ninth inning homer to tie, followed by Ival Goodman’s Reds homer for a 9 3 win.

Cincinnati Jimmie Wilson Phillies Peppery Maager Wilson Cincinnati Reds Reds Cincinnati Cub Alsett Chuck Hein Ining Ival Goodman

Wolgast to Meet Milling on Coast in Featherweight Bout

HOLLYWOOD Calif June 5 The veteran fighter Wolgast of Philadelphia a 300 fight veteran goes to the post Friday night at the Legion stadium against Varias Milling a Filipino featherweight The Quaker City battler former lightweight king is a slight favorite to defeat Milling in 10 rounds Paul Tennessee Tae of Nashville makes his first appearance in a six round semi feature against Mike Villareal of Yuma Ark

Hollywood Calif Pilladel Vhia Legion Stadium Varias Miling Quaker City Battler Paul Tennessee Tae Nashville Mike Villareal Yuma Ark

Schmeling Aims To Floor Louis In June Fight

Max Schmeling, 194 pounds, asserts he will floor Joe Louis at least once in their June 18 bout. He trains six to seven miles daily to improve conditioning, claims confidence in outlasting Louis and promises a strategic attack with short, fast rights inside Louis’s lefts.

Pat Robinson Napanoch Max Schmeling Joe “Louis Gerfran Schlager Max Mas Atmerican Baer Joe Louis Jor Louis Schmeling Max Baer Joe Germany Nein Gattile Uzcudun Louis

Orrs Stable in Dope Mess

The Hawthorne racing board ruled off the stallion Motaurus and suspended owner Sam Orr of Omaha after a saliva test showed a positive stimulant reaction. The action comes after Motaurus won the third Hawthorne race on Monday and the meet ongoing was affected by the inquiry.

Chicago Sam ‘Orr Omaha Hawthorne

Beaumont Beats Houston In Late Eight Run Showing

Beaumont defeats Houston 6 to 5 as Walwond and Hill drive two base hits and Archie scores on a three-base hit. Sherer and Stevenson work four innings each for the mound, with Beaumount’s offense piling up 7 hits and 5 runners left on base.

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Henderson Named Baylor Coach After Koch Resigns

Henderson, previously an assistant at Waco High and a Temple coach, was appointed coach at Baylor University today, succeeding Bobey Koch who quit to take a job at George Washington University in Washington.

Henderson Baylor Waco Waco High School Temple Ine Baylor University Bobey Koch George Washington Uiver Washington

Jacobs Signs Schmeling For Champ-Just in Case

Promoter Mike Jacobs of the Twentieth Century Sporting Club signs Germany’s former heavyweight champion Max Schmeling to meet James J. Braddock for the title next September if Schmeling defeats Joe Louis in a June 18 bout. The agreement places Braddock’s first title defense under Jacobs’ promotion at risk and ties Madison Square Garden’s selection to the outcome of the Louis Schmeling fight.

Napanogh Max Schimeling Germany Mike Jacobs Twenteth Century Sporting Club James J. Braddock Joe Lanis Yankee Stadium Schmeling Joe Jacobs Jacobs Madison Square Garden Braddock New York State Athletic Commission

Emborough Handicap Triumph at Manchester CupRace

Alan Ohio Charney Kil er Coates 176 Akron knocked out Terry Mitchell 18744 Boston Lancaster Hobby Dean 127 Philadelphia outpointed Earl Freder 8 Bobby Wilson 252 Washington knocked out Jack Slichter 149 Reading EMBOROUGH RACE WINNER Manchester England June Emborough today won the Manchester Cup handicap by a length and a half from Lord Tor Churchill's Chrysler II Sir Edward Hanmer's Moneybox was third.

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Pirates Acquire Welch from Boston Club

The Pittsburgh Pirates, short on pitching, purchased pitcher Johnny Welch from the Boston Red Sox on June 5, securing a veteran arm for the staff. Welch joins a Pirates rotation seeking stability and depth as the season progresses.

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