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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1939

Page

5

Browns Fall To Phillies In Wild Texas Open Showdown

Browns lost 14-13 to the Philadelphia Phillies in a wind driven Texas Open exhibition at Cuero. Big Bill Trotter started for St Louis with Hob Man Snother relieving. homers by Chuck Klein and Marland Clift highlighted a game that saw multiple lead changes and a surge of long drives amid high winds and short fences.

Phillies Cuera Pred Haney St. Loui Browns Chursday Austin University of Tex Longhorns Big Bill Trotter Browns Snother Haney Cuero Chuck Klein Marland Clift Johnny Herardina Joy Grace Hieitiie Mueller Herschel ‘Afartin Sud Jim Henry Phils Clift

Davis Triumphs In Wild Walkathon Ring Thriller

Davis defeated Rasputin in a dramatic main event as the Russian endured a brutal sequence, while Otto Kuss drew with Lee Wycoff in a high flying semi final and Abe Yourist tied Paul Harper in a bloody opener. A chaotic, crowd roaring card at Walkathon arena wrapped with late slugging and a sales blurb for classified ads.

Kari Davis Ivan Rasputin Otto Kuss Lee Wyeakt Aba Yourist Paul Mareper Noc Shaw Harry Coffman Walkathon Arena Davis Lipmaul Karl Pilon Tyan Otto Huss Lee Wyeokt Lee C Ceers Kuss Wycoff Wycott Abe Yourist Paul Harper Zacy Harper Bolk Boll Cone

AAU Swimming Meet Opens With Star Lineup

The Columbus event gathers top swimmers and divers from major programs including Ohio State and Princeton. Notables Jack Medica and Ralph Flannagan are among expectations for records as competition runs through Saturday with national and Big Ten implications.

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Unclear OCR sports box scores with scrambled names

Fragmented readable items show multiple player names and scores, likely a sports scoreboard. Lacks coherent teams or outcomes. several proper nouns appear broken or misspelled, making precise consolidation impossible from the text.

Chicago Polo Semi Final Set With Greveland Ride Club

Chicago Shamrocks and Greveland Riding Club prepare for a Weeter division Sherman Cup polo semifinal in Sherman Cup class action. Meeting Saturday, teams aim for national prominence with Shamrocks seeking a 1939 final path.

Chicago Cleveland Cutcago Maren Shamrocks Greveland Riding Club National Ox and Werleyn Mengers Teile Philadelphia Nabonat Neue York Weanenday

Fight Results Waren 143 and 145 Reach New Marks

An unclear boxing card from Minn features Waren and Gieolb aiming for strong scores. Names such as Chris Pesos Manel and Jirksanv dite appear with varied weights and results.

Lou Nova Camps Amid Elephants At Omnipotent Center

New York reports Lou Nova will train for a 15 round bout with Maxie Balboa at Clarkstown Country Club near Nyack New York. The camp is run by Dr Pierre Bernard known for yogic and wellness work and features elephants and other animals with a makeshift ring and opera chairs for spectators. Nova arrives from California with camp planned for early April as promoter Jack Carlin oversees the unusual setup.

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Padres Pound Mad hens 11-3 in exhibition win

Padres hammered the Madhens 11-3 in an exhibition at San Antonio Thursday afternoon. Zack Taylor led with a strong showing as San Antonio Missions displayed power and win momentum.

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Aggies to Build Horse Show Arena at College

Texas A&M plans a new horse show arena with grandstand at the Tesix A and M campus. Construction targets completion by April 11 for the sixteenth annual horse show, per Colonel George F. Moore, G U S A, professor of military science and tactics and chairman of the show committee. The event has been held on campus before.

Staviun Maren Tesix A M. College Gol George F. Moore Terelafore Dvi Leia

Pancho Villa Set for Training Display Ahead of Title Bout

Pancho Villa, Mexico’s bantamweight star, plans a training display Thursday at the International Arena Gym to preview his style ahead of the bout with Red Hutchins. Villa, ranked eighth by the National Boxing Association, is a southpaw who often switches stances and has notable wins including over Marvy Jeffrn and Milan Quintana in prior clashes.

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Training Camp Chatter and Exhibition Notes

A scrambled report from spring training mentions the New York Yankees defeated by a mixed set of opponents and exhibition results. Mentions include managers, players, cities, and varied scorelines across multiple spring venues, with references to Los Angeles and Sarasota.

Boxing in San Antonio Draws a Mixed Picture

A garbled report recalls boxing in San Antonio with talk of amateurs and pros, venues, and local figures. References to Canningham, Flores, and the arena scene hint at revival efforts, with clubs and schools planning shows and youth programs under various sponsors and schedules.

Welter Bout Tops Army Fight Cara at Fort Sant Houston

A welterweight bout between M Oshanne of the Twenty third Infantry and the Treason of the Ninth Infantry headlines a Fort Sant Houston housing tournament card at Christy Matthews stadium. The program lists eighteen bouts starting at 7:20 PM with two rounds of scraps planned Friday night. In the opening round, Lights Deason defeated It Darby and Osborne beat Moftigupa, both by decision.

M Oshanne Cheisly Matthewsad Stadium Fort Sant Houston Apy Deason Darby Osborne Moftigupa

Exhibition Schedule Fragment Leaves Clues in 1960s Baseball Artifacts

Fragmentary OCR lists from multiple exhibitions and games across cities like Chicago Detroit Cleveland and San Francisco. It mentions players such as Shotines Masij Rowe and Heintzelman with teams and venues. The notes reference batteries and lineups, plus Thursday games and various locales including Sayasot Sayasot Florida and Lake Charles Louisiana.

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Monterrey In Valley Loop Baseball Pact Near

Brownsville Texas March reports the fate of the Texas Valley Baseball League hinges on Monterrey Mexico joining as the sixth club. Five South Texas cities McAllen Corpus Christi Harlingen Brownsville and Laredo have entered. officials seek one or two clubs from Mexico to complete the 1939 circuit. Pending official approval, a firm announcement is expected in days.

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Ranchitos and Houston Polo Finalists Reach Southwestern Title Show

El Ranchito from Arlington advanced to the Southwestern polo final by beating Fort Sam Houston 7 to 5 at Hackenridge Park. Billy Barry sparked Ranchito with a late go-ahead goal after a spill, as Lieut Jean Scott and Lieut Jack Geary kept Army lead in check. Billy Skidmore scored four for Ranchito, Buster Wharton added two, and the Arlington squad faces Houston for the 12-goal title Friday afternoon.

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Southwest conference baseball action across Texas

Two Southwest conference clubs prepared for a series of exhibition games in Texas. Texas Longhorns faced St. Laura Browtin in Austin while Baylor planned a clash with Oklahoma A&M in Waco as the league scheduled multiple matchups and travel for the forthcoming week.

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MAT RESULTS From the fesnelntud Prone By the fesnelntud Prone

In Boston Massachusetts Steve iCasny defeated Berg. Treland beat Keeton and Eyans in close bouts while Gua Sede ft faced Fraaber. The card included several 225 and 260 point sums, with Boston hosting the event.

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