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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1929
Page
8
Fort Worth reports major league interest in Harvey Ballew, young second baseman of the Ban Antoine Indians, with scouts citing his .350 hitting and improved fielding. The onroad team is led by Homer Hammond as talks surface amid a busy Fort Worth game week.
In the municipal golf championship at Brackenridge park, round two looms with top contenders Reuben Albaugh Edgar O Quiain and Lewis Levinson among hopefuls. Veterans like H W Barnum face eager youths including Jimmy Morgan while Behriever and Ted Mendee seek results. Pairings and dates to be set before Sunday night with multiple flights, led by Lexis Lavingon versus Joe Le.
Scout reports Harvey Ballew, second baseman for the Los Angeles Indians, has been investigated as a possible target for a big league club. Details remain unconfirmed but interest from a major team is noted.
Boxer's name Jack Britton remains active in boxing circles with talks of a ten round bout at 150 pounds against Patsy Pollock of Winnipes, amid ongoing matches with Jack Quinn Med Faber and the Zbyczko brothers in Chicago.
The Wurreld Engineering and Construction team split a doubleheader Sunday. They won the first game 28 to 1 against Y M H Abore and lost the second to Rowell Giants 9 to 8 in 12 innings. They seek out-of-town games and will practice at Concepcion park No 1 Testley. contact manager G Hardy Crickett 4700 ext.
The Athletics beat the Yankees 7 to 1 in the decisive rubber game before about 55,000 fans, delivering a record attendance for a single series at the park. Eddie Wells pitched for New York, while Lou Gehrig hit his 20th homer as the Yankees and A's closed the three game set with strong performances and shifting standings across the majors.
In a Sunday morning baseball clash at Lambert Beach Bracken Ridge Park the San Antonio Light Compositors routed the Editors 27 to 0. Wosnig Tolner and Tan Walter powered the win with strong hitting and solid fielding while most Editors appeared to play for the air rather than to win.
Fort Worth and several Texas clubs post results in a dense league summary. Fort Worth 8 battles San Antonio as Wichita and Waco register mixed records while Dallas and other cities show scattered results. nationwide MLB scores mention Washington Boston and New York with batteries and inning tallies.
National League box style results show Brooklyn New York and Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago scores. Runners listed with hits errors and pitchers, highlighting win loss and key players from varied clubs in a dense game summary.
A jumble of league fixtures and team pairings is listed with matchups across American and National leagues. Cleveland visits St Louis while Chicago plays Detroit and Boston meets Philadelphia, with several other city clashes noted in fading text.
Carlton Wt of Houston wins the Kerrville Country Club Invitation golf tournament with an easy final victory over Clyde Guvaingham of Houston. Other finals report Kleberg of Corpus Christi defeating George D. Terrell of Austin, and G Bob Batey of Kerrville winning a consolation match over Horace Thompson of Houston 2 and 1.
Richter Butter Krust Bakers trim Second Tank Company of Bork Sam Fouston Sunday 1063 Scott Conrad and McGarty each hit two home runs for three hits apiece. Endlersee Hichter Meli and Elseener, Tanks Wi and Basham contributed.
Philadelphia June 24 Intercollegiate championship tournament at the Merion Cricket Club drew players from across the nation. Lehigh defending champion Johns Seligson was seeded No 1 in the draw with Oxford and Cambridge universities also represented.
A closing Washington Park feature arrives with Peabody Handicap set for Saturday and Arlington Pack next Monday. The mile and eight race attracts entries including Byear-nde, Miraten, Collen Prince, Pinol Stool, Flat Iron, Mowlee, Banter SMaekings, Bir Leam and Bir Eprey Tronoidea.
Fragmented OCR shows minor league names and scattered statistics including O D owd Phililee Gut Gi Run a patted and doubles by Johnson Tigece Mwuush Browns Sceertit Ned Combar Vankay. Yanks 29 mentioned amid unclear context and dates.
Ray Picter, 34, from Merarmara Ohio, fatally injured when a tire exploded and his car lost control at a Huntington race track. He died shortly after the crash. Jimmy Brown of Findlay escaped when his car crashed through the fence. Frank Swaggart, Al Jones, and Cummins dominated with multiple top finishes in a chaotic event and various scores listed for several teams.
Cleveland officials protest Detroit's game victory after a disputed grounder ruling. Peckinpaugh led the protest citing conflicting calls on a Wuestling grounder that Cleveland claims cost them the game. Umpire Gelnet ruled a foul ball at the plate against the Tigers runs and Joe Sewell was on third when Shea moved.
The fragment lists several matchups and players including Norubaus Plomondua versus i Ly Oliver, with second flight entries Sina Cutie against Dr TOA, and others such as L Chapman, Jack fale, Fray Burttgenelt, and HiVDIE Sauraers. The text appears as garbled OCR of a tournament or card game event with multiple names and partial results.
Timmy Evans, San Francisco welterweight, meets Young Jack Thompson of Los Angeles in a 10 round bout in San Brangi. Thompson, who previously knocked out Joe Dunder in a non title fight, is rated among the welter top contenders. Evans is seen as a strong underdog but his body punching could swing the contest.
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