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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1930
Page
19
Johnny Farrell discusses club choice when wind favors a low shot. He says cleek is rarely useful in strong winds as its face is too straight and risks running off the green. A spoon or mashie is better to keep the ball from overhitting and to land softly.
A banquet will honor Alamo Heights High School basketball champions. The girls team The Gizte won the Girls City Acede league title and the boys captured the county title before losing in the district. Girls honorees include Bessie Bell Brown Feelym Anderson Margaret TWughen Margaret Greathouns Mary Stephens Athele Smith Cornrlin De Salme Relone Blum Mary Williams Rachel Molen coaches. Boys lettermen include Arthur Hughen Walter Hampton Adelph Hoes Albert Betts Robret Williams Walter Demaline Frank Ford Austin Pear Robert Fackenroht Teland Wilking coaches.
Lacrosse Wis March 12 Jackie Kanne of Chicago suffered his first knockout in 200 starts when he was stopped in the ninth round of a scheduled 10 round bout by Billy Petrolle the Fargo featherweight in a left hook to the midsection. Petrolle retained his light welterweight status as an upset victory with Kanne counted out.
In Biloxi the Washington Senators confront worries as Goose Goslin delays joining teammates over pay disputes. With Goslin absent the club searches for new blood to lift the pennant bid, while veterans like Sam Rice, Judge Bivege, and Warni Ruel fade from peak form. manager Walter Johnson focuses on grooming hitters and relying on Emile Barnes to shoulder Goslin's void along with potential pitching from Fred Marberrs and Sam Jones.
Readable snippets show Amies Tenpin League leaders with strong totals and several players posting high scores in 700s range. Commercial Handicap League features Southern Pacific vs. Bailrnaders in tight bouts with notable pitchers and infield outlook. Ladies and other leagues report close matches and individual high games as teams chase top spots.
In a YMCA Senior Basketball game Tuesday night the City Centre Bankers defeated the Junior Triangles 33 to 20. Porter and Martinez led Bankers with eight points each, while Martinez and Cox top-scored for the Triangles with eight. Lineups listed for both sides with players Flinn, Porter, Castro, and others.
New York chapter of Knights of Columbus wins a temporary injunction to stop the AAU from barring runner Grantalaw Petkiewics from competing at Madison Aquatic Garden. Petkiewics, under IAF investigation, faced removal from further U.S. events, with Ray Conger Illinois A C and Dr Paul Martin of Switzerland among others awaiting AAU action as meets continued.
Austin dispatch reports four Texas men to compete at Urbana University of Illinois indoor meet Saturday. Milton Perking enters high jump and broad jump. Scott Walker runs 76 and 200 hurdles. Wilber Websterfield runs 30 yard dash and Johnnie Craig of San Antonio broad jump and long jump.
Flatonia will have another athlete in the Southwestern Exposition track and field meet at Fort Worth this weekend. Coach Vestine Rice will lead the entrant as the meet showcases regional talents and school representation.
Chicago infielders led by Jeff Fres and Humefield turned sharp double plays in a spring exhibition against the Giants at Denna Park. The trio Closelt and Clanry joined Deole Bush in smooth fielding as the White Sox posted solid infield work and boosted confidence early in the season.
Readable line notes Woody Noesrsths clearing 12 feet 4 inches in pole vault and Nearate also achieving a 46 foot shot put. The fragment suggests a track meet result with two events highlighted.
Ruth holdout tactics on Ruth square. By Unkotran Sersion from Peverseburg Florida. The article discusses contract disputes between Babe Ruth and his club and refutes publicity rumors. It argues there was no secret armistice and Ruth would have played in Florida and Texas as the unsigned star.
Read like a feature vignette on Molly, a Southwestern Bell operator, working the 6 to 10 pm evening shift. The piece vividifies the switchboard world with every light, cord, and call, portraying Molly and ten thousand operators as essential, unseen city threads.
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