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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1947
Page
14
San Antonio remains in last place after a sixth straight loss as Dallas beat them 54 to 6 in a Texas League game. Bill Sefmord pitched for the Missions while Dallas used a shifted lineup after manager Marc Carrola and Pete Lewis were ejected in the fourth.
Lew Worsham of Washington, D C defeated Sam Snead by one stroke at St Louis Country Club to win the National Open in a dramatic finish. Snead’s 30 12, inch putt was questioned when Worsham requested a measurement, prompting officials to verify the outside lie. Worsham then sank a 29 1 4 foot putt for a 60 and the championship.
Numerous Texas and national golf results tie in with Riverside sweepstakes at Brackernridge Park and other venues. J and Allen lead Riverside with 71, Dens Dallas and Miter 68, Cranwell Jr. tops Texas links, and Public Links and C H Walters share third. Low net honors go to Dick Posther at San Antonio sweepstakes. Rudy Gordon, Eddie Tillman, Whitey Sturman place near top net. Local meetings set at IKTSA, and Willow Springs weekly results feature multiple 69s.
The Horse man s Race club program highlighted Sunday with Draw Poker winning the fifth race and Watch Gut claiming the sixth. Spotted Joe finished second to Draw Poker, Jana Sandy placed rumberaup in the s sixth, while Texas boys edged Joe Cotton over 250 yards. Monkey Juice beat Black Gold over 440 yards. SEGULN June 14 Ba beys Diamond Hall hosts quarter horse races at Segula Amusement center track four and a half miles from the ferly on farm road 466. Red Uhr s Rocky meets Monkey Juice over 440 yards in a later race. Ernest Jackson s Little Rose vs Willard Knippa s Little Dirls in another match race. First event set for 1:30 p m Promoter Howard Smilksaig.
A fragment from the June 16 1947 edition of the San Antonio Light with limited readable content. No clear events, names, or outcomes are present in the surviving text.
In Storey Weed arena Sunday the expert division saw Wil BU Anderson of Houston take both heats and the final. An estimated crowd of about 300 attended as races featured riders from Dallas, Wichita Falls, San Antonio and Fort Worth with results listing several riders in the top placements and times across heats.
Charley Parker will run the 100 and 220 yard dashes and Jerry Thompson will join the two mile run as University of Texas representatives at the Erie invitation track meet in Buffalo on June 28. Savannah leads Augusta 44 42 in regional play while Charleston and Cohumbia remain tied for third.
S A Sailboats captured multiple first place trophies at Ye Buccaneer Days in Corpus Christi. Walter Bowden with L J Chantion won the handicap series for boats under six miles, Bowden and Rhodes Ballam each claimed top finishes, and Frank Wiesneckners Snine with Leqnavil Adelman swept bay races while earning additional class wins in 17-foot and 25-foot categories.
The San Antonio weekly scoreboard lists players including Malleron 49, Cutbreatle 48, Leigh Tallaterm 48, Jack Morris 48, Ray Vrinwater 47, Kala Scheu 44, Ling Keantcian 48, Tack Dubineki 44. Leigh Talaferra 4 and Ling Keantcian 48 appear among recent tallies in a chaotic OCR readout.
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