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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1940
Page
12
The San Antonio chamber of commerce polo committee will present a definite plan for suitable polo fields for local players and visiting poloists at a Tuesday night meeting in St. Anthony. A dinner will begin in the evening at Bo Mm Leer. Drawings for the 13 polo tournament will be held with entrants from Dallas Las Rangheros Houston and Wichita.
WEIMAR March 19 Dewey Brown's Columbus tracksters won the Colorado county track and field championship with a 64 1 2 point total. Eagle Lake Eagles were runners up with 48 Garwood third with 23 2 2 Weimar fourth with 12 Brown's juniors led with 17 1 2 points to edge Garwood and J A Hancock's Garwood lads 11 21 points Eagle Lake was third with 8 1 2 and Weimar fourth with 2.
Washington reports 15 000 000 American fishermen estimated for a 40 day season. Charles FE Jackson acting commissioner of fisheries noted commercial fishermen take the smaller share of the season s catch. In Puget Sound recreational anglers captured 61 percent of last year s Chinook salmon catch.
The AP dispatch lists multiple boxing bouts across cities such as Baltimore Chicago Washington San Francisco and Newark with fighters including Sammy LaPorte Jimmy Bivins Wild Bull Me Dowell Buddy Knox Jose Gallarda Freddie Cochann and Tilly Beaulul. Scores and outpoints are noted alongside various regional affiliations and nationalities.
New York reports Johnny Paychek, not a great fighter, believes he can beat heavyweight champion Joe Louis if he survives Louis early on. Locals in Pompton Lakes forecast a quick bout, around five minutes. Some doubt remains about Louis’s form and readiness.
The Goad Motor Co. Cadillac-LaSalle Distributor operates a large used car showroom in the same building as the new car department at Lexington and Dallas streets. Gladwin is the used car manager. For 15 years the firm has served San Antonio and Southwest Texas with a wide selection of reconditioned Cadillacs, all serviced under Cadillac standard. The used car department offers high quality and lower priced cars and is open evenings until 8 p.m. for night shoppers.
The article argues Louis remains frailess and active, with 37 knockouts in 43 pro starts, eager to punish Paychek if Louis shows the vicious form from the Schmeling fights. It notes Louis’s focus in country camps after the Godoy bout and predicts a powerful performance if he stays mad, while doubting Paychek’s chances.
Archers of Milwaukees Wisconsin No 1 team led by a four man total of 3034 as the Championship Bowmen league competition wrapped. Cleveland Archery club was three points back, while Detroit ranked third with 3668 and Los Angeles and Milwaukee No 2 tied for fourth at 3046. Individual honors went to AR Ball of Armquo a Ore and Leonard Carter of Seattle, with Carter and Seattle repeating first among women at 792. Detroit women led, Seattle and Milwaukee followed in standings.
Louisville mourns Thomas A. Shelley a longtime race official who supervised Churchill Downs money rooms for 25 years and also oversaw operations at Latonia Lincoln Fields and Washington Park He died of a heart attack at his home His brother William Shelley serves as racing secretary at Churchill Downs and other tracks.
In Madison Square Garden the Western team faltered as New York fighters led by Ray Robinson and Tessanielrio Garabella dominated. Cyclone Williams of Buffalo delivered a knockout to Omaha seller Nordman, while the crowd watched the East clinch a draw with strong showings from Joyce, Dinato and Richie amid a lineup of champions and alternates across weight classes.
Chesty Falcaro of New York wowed hundreds at Alamo Recreation lanes with an average near 223 in seven match games during doubles with Charles Johnson Jr. Local rivals failed to find range as Falcaro posted 660 in three games, Johnson 539, and a crowd-pleasing show of trick shots highlighted the event.
Edgewood defends Class B title as preliminaries set for Saturday at Edison field. Joe Ward announced the schedule with Class A prelims Wednesday at 4 pm and finals Saturday afternoon. Schools competing in Class B include Harlandale Alamo Heights Somerset and South San Antonio. Edison leads Class A as defending champion.
The column lists high scores and weekly leaders across multiple leagues. Names include Kuhn Sr, Phillips, Minette, and Mullen with scores ranging around 200 plus. Teams such as Slovall Wholesale, Central Auto Repair, Uptown Recreation, and Rogers Drive-In appear with win totals and standings.
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