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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1934
Page
18
Sonja Henie, age 21, hints she may retire from competitive skating after five years of dominance as the Norwegian queen of figure skating. She cites weariness from dating and competition and discusses potential turning professional. She departs for Toronto for exhibitions Friday and Saturday.
Ranchito Four seems tipped to win the polo title as El Ranchito blends youth and experience for a final showdown at Harbord. The Second Field Artillery Brigade riders, heavily handicapped, clash with Brackenridge Park rivals amid a San Antonio Cup clash between Air Corps and Ute Freebooters. The Southwestern Intra-Circuit tourney rolls on with Third Infantry Brigade close behind after Capt. Duke Coulter’s 13-goal spree in a 21 7 win over Austin.
Amateur Ball teams meet as Tre Maverick Cats face the Ail-De-Ho Knights who claim 4933 independent baseball champs. Games scheduled Sunday at 2 30 with Cubs Batteries for Pay Ortz Balines seeking practice against independent teams. W. O. W. prep at 4 pm Thursday. Hispano American Baseball Teague meets 7 30 Wednesday at Charles James bicycle store. Workouts announced for several teams with tryouts welcome.
A garbled list of wrestling match results features competitors from Toronto Bangor Portland Chicago and San Francisco. Notable outcomes include Coleman over MacDougal in two falls and Dusek defeating Wiper Trek while Shokane and others secure wins in multi fall bouts.
In Miami the four ball final features Paul Runyan and Hortom Smith up against Deniny Shute and Al Espinosa after nine holes. Shute and Espinosa led the field with sensational shotmaking as Runyan and Smith strive to become the first team to win the event twice since 1926, a feat blocked by earlier champions in a week of record scoring.
Mangum Oklahoma Maren 7.0 The OK inhome City Cardinals girls basketball champions of North America won 28 to 17 against Tulsa Business College to avenge a 22-18 loss from Oklahoma City the previous night. Monday night defeat was the first in 50 games.
San Antonio golfers meet at the clubhouse at 1 30 Wednesday for a country club team match between de Rede led by captain 4 B Andrews and the Blacks led by captain H A Bartron. The losing team buys dinner.
Barber Sports and State Hos schedule a decisive game at Barlaudate high school gym at 8 or 10 o'clock Thursday to decide if the Nurses of the Tauter stein Riders advance with Barbera's City Girly league champions to the state meet in Galveston. A preliminary game between Marlandale and J. Joseph's of the Girls Academic League is set for 8 o'clock.
Students at San Antonis Teen school will hold a Thursday noon assembly to honor Weight Poady Riley who retires from coaching to enter business after a decade in the local high school system. George Tucker, veteran amateur athlete and Chamber of Commerce secretary, is recovering from kidney surgery at a Texas hospital. A. D. Saucier of Magnolia basketball remarks on illness among his squad while Donald Anderson, tied to St Louis league and US Football association, attends Shrine directors convention.
The Teague Women’s Classic Bowling group joined the Women’s International Bowling Congress and plans to organize a two‑team city league. Mrs Krona Mantley, president, calls a meeting at Lona Hele alleys for Wednesday at 7 o’clock to finalize details. Also reporting are clean sweeps on Tuesday afternoon as the Muntress Clerks upset Piggs Wigley, with scores 304 to 283 in the second game and Pioneer Floye Miller and Bushy Beauty yielding strong showings in doubleheader action.
Westmorland Broncs beat the Junior College Independents 43 to 35 on Tuesday night at the M C A court. Mike Beate led the Broncs with 11 points while Mugann topped the Independents with 13 points. The win came as preparation for a Monterey visit to face Circula Mercantile Quintet a week from Thursday.
Billy Edwards of Kansas City faces Juan Humberto of Madrid in the headlined main bout with best two falls out of three under older NWA rules. Other matches feature Doble Osborn vs Jack League, Cowboy Suttral vs Jack McCarthy, and a semi final between Jack League and Osborn with a prior draw. Show time is 2 30 p.m. at Walkathon arena.
Mrs Opal Hill of Kansas City won the medal at the third Radium Springs invitation golf tournament in Albany Georgia. Hill shot 79 to take the medal while Mrs Lippitt of Albany scored 80 for runner up honors. Miss Helen Hicks of Hewlett Harbor was prevented from entering by her father.
Palm Beach opens for the second leg of the international motor boat regatta with top outboard pilots from six European nations and American challengers. Teams include the Duke of Spoleto leading the Italian gold cup squad and American stars like George Rels, John Shibe, Victor Ellersath, and Jack Rutherford. The event, sponsored by Beach Yacht Club and Florida Year-round clubs, will race on the Lake Worth course with major competition in the Gold Cup class.
Henry Beck of San Antonio Tech will captain the team for the upcoming season. The Northwestern engineering student Horace Tennes 21 and Paris publisher's son Jean Dupuy won heats in recent events. Beck plans to move to California midweek, as reported from the decaled school notes.
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