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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
5
Southwest and Lone Star conference standouts join high school stars for a Texas A A U championship meet at Alani Stadium. The four hour program features preliminaries and semifinals across running events with teams from Rice Baylor SMU and Texas among others. Out of state contenders from NYU and Brooke Army Medical Center join the field.
The entry details a Willows Thursday golf event where Dr J A Tiree D won the month club handicap. Second place went to Vin Pritehert with three players tying for third among Wy B Pagans and others, with several tied or listed in irregular spellings.
Early season totals show 6,298,069 fans attending 16 major league ballparks, with the Yankees near a single-season attendance record and the Red Sox, Cubs, Senators, Dodgers, and Tigers also drawing strong crowds. Cincinnati Reds top the NL with 311,018 at 27 home tilts while the Browns and Braves post the league’s lowest attendances.
A list of American and National League games with times and matchups. Notable pairings include New York at St Louis, Philadelphia at Cleveland, Washington at Detroit, Cincinnati at Boston, and Chicago at Brooklyn.
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AP lists National League leaders with names and stats across batting and pitching. Notable figures include Walker of Brooklyn leading batting with a .387 average, Musial and Hi Brooklst among leaders in triples, and Reiser of Brooklyn atop stolen bases. Team and league leaders span Brooklyn, St Louis, New York, Boston, and Cleveland with runs batted in and home runs noted.
The San Antonio Amateur Softball Association reports potential expulsions of players and contract shifts within the Cheit league as teams adjust rosters after June deadlines. Varying league notes include bids, standings, and upcoming Thursday games at San Pedro Park with multiple player performances and local church league results.
A rehearsal for lightweight motorcycle racing will be held at Sportsman's Park on Highway 66 South and Whitey Avenue at 2 p m Sunday. Promoter Jack Riount, new speedway owner, says James motorcycles will be eligible to compete and aims to assemble a six man team for a circuit with entrants from Corpus Christi, Houston, Dallas and other cities.
The Pittsburgh Pirates released utility infielder Frankie Zak to Kansas City in the postwar 30 player roster trim. Zak joins the Kansas City club as part of the purchase price for Pilther Edson Bahr and Edson Bahr is involved in the deal.
Station officials announce KARG will broadcast the Joe Louis Billy Conn heavyweight bout next Wednesday night. Don Murphy and Bill Cosum will be at the microphone for the 8 p.m. Sant Antonio time broadcast. Friday night’s Daniy Taylor match will be aired by KABC starting at daybreak.
A jumble of boxing results lists numerous fighters from Detroit to Baltimore with wins by knockout and outpoints. Names such as Shamus O'Brien and Johnny Lawer appear among scattered scores and locations across New York Cleveland Montreal and Boston.
The San Antonio Gym club resumed skeet and flapshooting in Olmos basin and elected Jack Berman president at a Wednesday range meeting. He succeeds Ed Basse Jr. Lewis Hartis became vice president, Gunther Orsinger secretary treasurer and H. H. Nagel field captain. Shoots begin Sundays at 2 p.m. and Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m.
A planned Bob Hope golf exhibition at the San Antonio Country Club next Wednesday June 19 fell through after a note from Hope and a wire to Ted Menefee the club pro. Hope was to appear with Menefee and others with proceeds to the PGA national golf club in Dunedin Florida. Hope remains slated for Dallas and Houston events next week but cancelled this local appearance due to other business. EVANGELINE LEAGUE results: New Iberia 5 Abbeville 1 Phibodaux 1 Natchez 4 Houma 1.
The clipping blends tennis results and entries from varied venues. It cites Margaret Osborne in San Francisco competition, Davis Cup action in Montreal, Sweden and Belgium singles advances, and a Baltimore Sears Cup setup with teams from New York and Philadelphia competing for a national title.
Fragmented sports roundup lists results from multiple leagues including American Association Eastern League and Southern Atlantic League. Mentions teams such as Memphis, New Orleans, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Louisville, Kansas City, Savannah, Charleston, Macon, Augusta, Columbus and others with varied scores and partial city names.
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