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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1936
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR text lists many city names and matchups across leagues with no clear structure. It mentions teams City Houston Tulsa Galveston Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn New York Chicago and international by Toronto Montreal Albany. The readable parts are too garbled to extract a coherent event or result.
San Antonio major leaguer Arthur Pinkey Whitney, a versatile infielder, is returned to the Philadelphia Nationals by the Boston Bees in exchange for 25 year old Mike Haslin. Whitney had a career spanning Sanders to Jigly School and pro play, but sought more success with Philadelphia after Boston’s financial troubles. Whitney joined the Phillies in Boston as Jaslin hits .375 for the Bees at Pittsburgh.
Helen Wills Moody explains concentration as a habit of focused thinking in tennis. She argues every shot should be aimed for best effort, detailing mental cues and routines to minimize distractions, with anecdotes on matches and the role of audience pressure.
A fragmentary Texas Statistical Bureau report lists individual leaders in batting and pitching across the TENAS League with names such as Ba inmatser, Bettencourt, Tauby, and Cullenbine. It includes runs batted in, home runs, stolen bases, and inning totals, with scattered team affiliations like Dallas, Beaumont, Houston, and San Antonio. The text also notes weather conditions and varied game results across cities including Fort Worth, Galveston, and Oklahoma City.
Detroit manager Mickey Cochrane and star Hank Greenberg are sidelined with injuries as the Tigers endure a string of setbacks. Recent games feature Senators pitchers and notable performances from Joe Moore and Tex Carleton, with Giants, Cubs, and Red Sox all posting wins and league-wide shifts in early season play.
Austin welcomes the University of Texas relay team after record performances at the Kansas and Penn relays. Coach Clyde Littlefield leads ten members Chink Wallender AB Reeves Tiny Gruneisen Beverly Roeckhold plus the Norris Trophy presentation to Wallender as team captain and anchor. Officials including H Benedict Mayor Tom Miller Guilen Morgan greet them at a triangular meet with Rice and Texas A and M.
High school golfers start match play Saturday morning at Rackenridge Park with The San Antonio Light offering annual prizes. Medalist Stanley Hoffman is favored over W G Lagerquist despite a sprained thumb. Matches begin at 4 30 under athletic director Jack Tolar of Irving High with several Irving, Hawthorne, Twain and Kmnesen players listed for the day. The next round is set for the following Saturday. American Association schedule shows no games.
Harry A. Stuhldreher, newly appointed Wisconsin coach and athletic director, drew loud applause at a memorial union reception in Madison yesterday as he framed his tenure with a bold quip. “A Gentlemen, I’ve bought a round trip ticket and intend to stay,” he said, addressing the idea of Wisconsin being a tough coaching environment.
Paris May 1 US French Olympic officials warn that France could withdraw from the Berlin Games amid anti government positions and potential failure to fund the team. Secretary Charles notes a popular front victory could block Olympic financing and hamstring a 200-person Berlin delegation, dampening national enthusiasm.
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