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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1942

Page

5

Pirates and Cards Crowd League Leading Brooklyns

The pennant chase centers on the St Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates as they press the league leaders in a three days of pivotal games. Brooklyn’s lead is slim after a doubleheader split with the Braves while the Dodgers and Cardinals clash in a high scoring set. Attendance tops 135,664 in American League parks and 87,000 in the National League as teams chase standings and late season momentum.

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Local schedule croons through a garbled sports card

A jumbled OCR fragment lists venues and times for multiple games and events across cities like New York Boston Detroit and Reston with unclear team names and dates. It mentions national venues and a few partial matchups but lacks coherent details or outcomes.

Denman and Kelso Capture Waco Badminton Title

Denman and Kelso, partners from San Antonio, won the veterans doubles 15 11 and 15 4 over Hohaxer and Greer of Waco to claim the state championship in the T A A P badminton tourney. Honaker defeated Kelso 15 4 15 5 in veterans singles. Abilene and Dallas also earned top honors.

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National Boxes Finish Tie in Erratic Ten Inning Game

National Boxes 1 1) struck opt by French 1) nits. Eisbe 3 in 3 2-3 Innings, with French 2 in 13 innings losing the umpire Dana Stew art. Tie 1148 Allendence Bernstein.

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Veltman Randolph Battle To Feature City Majors

The top City Major League game looms Sunday as undefeated Art Yeltman's Kids meet the Randolph Ramblers, leaders in the amateur circuit. The Kids edged 6th Military Police 11 3 to go 4 0, while Randolph stays 3 0 after an idle day. other results include Lou Barbour’s Dan's Cafe 7 0 and Brooks Field blanking Duncan Field 2 0 amid rain delays.

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Waco Dons Down Randolph in Weekend Showdown

Randolph stein remi er, state amateur champ, and Waco Dons clash as the top semi pro outfit defeated Randolph 2–0 in Waco. Louis Ruswell pitched well for the Dons while Randulph struggled early, with four runs cross in the first two innings.

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Record Loss Practically Painless-Eleanor By GAYLE TALNOT

Former champion Eleanor Holi Rose reflects on losing a long held 800 yard backstroke record to Gloria Callen. Callen, a New Yorker, swam 31.9 seconds in the 30 yard medley relay and broke Rose’s 0 yard backstroke mark, while Rose notes the loss but remains philosophical. Callen led New York Women’s Swimming Association to dominance, with Helen Rains and Marilyn Abner aiding as host club Dragon Club trailed.

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Major League Leaders Summary From Byline AP

The report lists National and American League leaders by batting average RBI runs scored hits doubles triples home runs and pitching stats with players from Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati New York Detroit and Washington leading in various categories. Notable names include Camilli Biden York Spence Wilkins Higgins and Heintzelman among others across teams.

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Cubs Play Great Lakes Navy Invade for First Major League Contests

The Chicago Cubs travel to Great Lakes Naval Training Station from May 4 to 10 for the season’s first major league battles against Lieut. Mickey Cochrane’s sailors. Roster picks include Benny McCoy, Joel Grace, Johnny Tarcado, Frenkie Putiak, with Jim Reninger slated for assignment.

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Boston 8 Cleveland 4 in AL clash recap

A messy box score style report shows Boston defeating Cleveland 8 to 4 in an American League game. The text lists numerous players and odd fragments, highlighting infielders and pitchers with unclear roles while noting innings and some scoring details amid garbled names and numbers.

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