This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1937
Page
7
In a busy slate, Toronto beat Rochester 7 to 5 while Newark and Baltimore faced a different pairing and a New Jersey venue noted. Western Association results show Barcelona 6, Halestinson 4, and Speingthid 6 with various other scores. Names and places appear garbled but indicate multiple minor league results and standings.
Logan Miller earned his fifth win in a strong outing for the San Antonio Missions who beat the Tulsa Oilers 4-2. Jack Taylor’s pupils impressed with late runs sparked by Miller and Rhein, trimming the Oilers’ defense while Max Thomas allowed four hits and four runs in a rocky outing. The win moves the Missions one game ahead of Beaumont in second place, with Oklahoma City leaders opening a series Sunday night.
A garbled OCR page lists scattered Texas figures and teams with partial names and scores. The readable items include references to rabbis and several surnames such as Stebbins, Christman, Moyes, and Gendaicky, with unclear game results and dates. The fragmentary text suggests a local sports or community column with brief item entries and mixed punctuation.
The San Antonio Missions expect a record crowd surge as attendance nears 31,000 above the 1936 peak. Officials project paying attendees could top 140,000 this season if current growth continues, with year-to-date figures surpassing 50,000 and surpassing last year at this point.
Standings show Phevrailky en Beetle leading a muddled Texas League with Bau Antonta ay Tune and Dalar 4 and Tad Wariky 6s, Houta 1 Aktahoma City 19, Rearmont 4. Whiesey's WAR I MAR Qivetmialh O and Westen Fibhouse appear among erratic entries. Bioath Philhaeioiva f Diehpey St faullis at New Ynys, puedham.
An unclear fragment notes a possible American League game with teams and city names distorted. It mentions Washington and Detroit teams and a Cheyenne or Chicago reference, but the exact matchup, score, and date are unreadable in the OCR snippet.
The readable portions mix foreign sounding phrases and several city names including Galveston and New York with odd spellings. No coherent event, date, or proper article context is identifiable.
Phil Choice wins support from Witton for marriage to Dorothy Blackburn of Berolah. Etking, ex Brackenridge and UT athlete, plans wedding with Dorothy, a professor at Teana UV, in San Francisco area.
Wilmer Allison, former Davis Cup star from Australia, meets Gordon Pease of San Antonio in the top bracket semi final of the amateur tennis tournament. Jesse Pleiffey of San Antonio faces Bopsy Curtis of Houston as the other semi final.
Jessie Anderson defeated Doris Park in the British women’s golf championship at Turnberry Brotland. The match concluded in the 36-hole Gaals round with a 6 and 4 victory, crowning Anderson as the British queen of women’s golf.
Texas baseball report lists players Bevo Greenberg Davia with Latiedie Reel and Brakes 2. Gree bere 2 dackson a Watktur McCay 2 Atueiler McDowell and McScot Peet. Mentions Watwnod Guunts MrCoss double play and Walla quark ve simmones. Scores and times referenced, including 2.10.
A messy OCR fragment lists numerous names and places including Knoxville Birmingham Memphis New Orleans and Birmingham with scattered references to racing, battering, and various individuals. The legible items are sparse and interlaced, showing no cohesive event or outcome to report.
Denny Shute thanks the reputed evil eye for his golf win, amid mixed remarks from peers. Henry “Hines” and Mingy Hines congratulate Shute while teasing about superstition and his strong mental edge. Shute claims his mother-in-law’s psychic guidance helps him on the links.
In Birmingham Michigan on June 1 Slammin Sam Snead from White Sulphur Springs West Virginia led the U S Open after the first two rounds with a 62 73 142 total for 36 holes tying with Harry Cooper of Chicago and Frank Strafaci of Brooklyn at 142. Johnny Goodman and Gene Saracen chased as contenders.
In a scramble of names and places the Ul. A cana championship unfolds with amateur players like Cal Ladinnlen, Chuyk, Mdat Cail, Wick, and Patton among Texas and Minnesota entrants. The event reports scores around 80 to 74 as competitors from University of Va and other colleges vie for top honors amid scattered results and officials.
The unreadable text lists many scattered names and places such as Milwaukee, Kunans City, Laneville, and abbreviations like 4A and 204 02g. It appears to be a damaged schedule or roster with multiple personal names, locations, and dates, but the content is largely incoherent.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.