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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1936
Page
14
The page reports on the selection process for final Olympic basketball teams, with Denverthe Globe Refiners and University of Hollywood as frontrunners. It notes dates in April for the final tournament, district playoffs, and cross-country qualifiers across multiple colleges and regions.
A quirky sports column from New Orleans covers Cubs youth influx, Nashville woes, and Bill Terry with Mickey Cochrane traveling secretaries. It notes a long sports career by Blinkey Horn, and praises Huntsville’s Rison junior girls basketball team with 148 straight wins. Gilbert Reichert of the House of Tayid is tall, eight feet, leading the center ranks. Eleven grads of Terry’s Pensacola baseball school join Greenwood in the Calton States League.
Randolph Fliers beat St Anthony's College Yellowjackets 10 to 3 as pitcher Ray Colosky of the Air Corps Primary Flying School detachment struck out 16 Jacket batters and allowed six hits. Final innings show a decisive late rally by Randolph with Colosky on the mound and G Maddox catching.
Hollywood gossip notes Pat O'Brien returns to work for Warner Brothers in Public Enemy's Wife playing a six man character alongside Margaret Lindsay. Ruby Vallee and Alice Faye stories surface as industry moves mix with court battles over Jimmy Cagney. Cast changes, delays, and party snapshots fill a bustling news cycle from Hollywood.
A gossiping over Hollywood labor disputes covers Jimmy Cagney's release from his Als contract and the potential exodus of stars if he wins. It notes Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers tensions with RKO, Shirley Temple's hula dispute, Adrian among Palm Springs land buys, and pay scales at Paramount versus other studios.
Comic star Jack Oakie and Verity Varden wed during a 15 minute train stop in Yuma. Justice of the Peace E A Freeman performed the ceremony as the locomotive change delayed departure. The couple planned a New York honeymoon after the brief station wedding.
In March 23 reports the New Ball League revival faces doubt as Phoenix seeks a firm foothold. Larry McPhail of Cincinnati sends urgent messages to stop a Mason Georgia trek led by trainer Mickey Shader with 28 players. Tucson remains passive while Cardinals back venture and El Paso plans to start with its own funds as Shader heads to Georgia.
Denver reports Glenn E Jacobs resigns after four seasons as Safemas basketball coach. His team failed to reach the quarterfinals in the AAU tournament for the fourth straight year, drawing sharp critique.
Brunette screen actress Jean Parker and New York newspaperman George MacDonald married in a Las Vegas Justice of the Peace ceremony. Parker, born Lois Mae Green in Deer Lodge Montana, met MacDonald in Manhattan last November. They honeymooned en route to Hollywood as Parker’s film career and Las Vegas ties surface. MacDonald’s residence is in Great Neck Long Island.
BAM WOOLFORD reports on a Majestic Theater program featuring amateur acts with some professional experience, including Roy Ross the tapper, Julio Viola, Oklahoma wranglers, Stauffer twins, Sid Raymond, Dorothy Helek, Hartford Swing quartet, Marie Julio, Ralph Tawretiee, Ray Souders, and Bob Oakley as MC. The Petrified Forest plays at the Majestic as a secondary attraction, while Desire screens at the Aztec for Dietrich-Cooper fans, offering a distinct cinematic experience.
The first flight of Germany’s new airship, twice the size of its predecessor, will begin regular service between Friedrichshafen and New York with 65 passengers. Dr Hugo Eckener will pilot the ship and meet American friends during its maiden voyage in six to seven weeks. Floods sweep Eastern states from Maine to Delaware as spring arrives, while Sarasota’s circus roars back to life. Dorothy Herbert displays grace in a photo sketch, Harvard’s Hasty Pudding show previews with John Roosevelt, and Boy Scouts in French Lick promote world peace. Glen Cunningham wins the Columbia mile at Madison Square Garden, Chicago hosts a vintage style hat display, and Brackenridge Park crowds enjoy a brisk afternoon. The Mus goes Round and Round screens at the Texas and shifts to The Murder of Dr Harrigan.
The Reampordyse field in Hidalgo Refugio and neighboring counties shows ongoing drilling activity with multiple wells producing varying oil and gas results. Tests include 0 barrels per day due to choke in one well and 166 barrels per day in another. gas blowout halted production briefly. Several rigs report progress toward target depths around 2700-3200 feet with varying casing pressures and sand formations. Names of operators appear such as Philips Petroleum, James Francisco Guerra, and Quintana Petroleum, with numerous lease and tract references across the region.
New York March 28 Pedro Montanez the sensational Puerto Rico fighter remains unbeaten in America and is favored to defeat Bobby Pacha in a 10 round bout at St Nicholas Arena tonight. If Montanez wins he is promised a welterweight title fight against Barney Ross.
Archery Al Sunday shoot by Ka Alamo Bowmen at Olmca basin range saw readouts Lloyd Echwarts 417 Adrian Hines 2M Joe Zetmer 232 and others practicing. The club invites all interested to attend Sunday afternoon shoots and receive instruction on bow and arrow use. Range located on Devine road and Argo avenue.
In Stanford California on March 2 a new air conditioned biological laboratory designed to control environmental factors and reduce experiment variability has been installed at the Stanford University School of Biology.
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