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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1946

Page

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Red Sox End Yankees Jinx With 5-4 Victory at Yankee Stadium

Cronin’s Red Sox topple the Yankees 5-4 before 64,143 at Yankee Stadium to extend their lead in the AL and erase a long history of Yankee dominance. Dobson wins, Ruffing loses as York and DiMaggio key late rallies.

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Dodgers rally to beat Braves as Page seizes majors spot

Brooklyn uses a three run eighth inning to top Boston 4-2 and close within a half game of St Louis. A's and Nationals battle to a 5-5 tie in 15 innings after four hours of play, the longest game of the season under curfew.

Joe Page Brooklyn Boston Braves St Louis Cardinals Philadelphia Athletics Washington Dodgers Mort Cooyer Ebbets' Field Peld Ad Imlesions A's Tennsylvania Senators Dorcent

Boston Beats Yankees 6 4 In Long Game

Boston defeats New York 6 to 4 with strong pitching and late scoring. Players including Doerr and Fenway bats contribute as the game unfolds across multiple innings. Umpires listed with a large attendance figure noted.

St Crieq Dominates Pan Am Races at Speedway Meet

Marcel St Crieq paced to best time 17.63 in the Pan American Widget speedway Friday night and won the radio dash over Loyes Harris of Dallas. He led the 20 May feature from pole to finish. a rerun in the radio cash with Harris followed a dead heat. Other results list Pete Naccarrio of Los Angeles and Dick Ward of San Antonio among top finishers as McKenry claimed the Australian pursuit.

Marcel St. Crieq Loyes Harris Dallas St. Cracq Harris E. F. Hudson Rural Murray Pete Naccarrio Los Angeles Stanfield Offey Jack Forbes Jr Etta AL Forbes Rabbit” Music Dick Ward San Antonio Mac Mevenry Wichjila Kan McKenry Imorney Fosbee Jr Mehanry Crieg Carata McHenry

Satays Mason and Washington Dodgers and Red Sox schedule

Saturday schedule notes major league action with American League games Chicago at Detroit Cleveland at New York Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Cincinnati at St Louis plus National League Boston at Brooklyn and New York at Philadelphia. Several doubleheaders and times listed with broadcast notes and umpires.

Mason San Antonio Jey Je. Flonton New Waaktogina Bladenghie Louis Cleveland Chicago Detroit New York Boston Net Ted Pittsburgh Big Louis Washington Deaton Newt York i Sustee Philadelphia Brooklyn Pillmuah Cincinnati State Brooklyy

Missions Edge Tulsa as Home Stand Ends in Setback

The San Antonio Missions lost 65 to Tulsa, surrendering a four run lead in the final game of their homestand. Tulsa piled 14 hits as Doc Greene doubled, and Walter Lentz pitched well in relief. Missions depart at noon for Oklahoma City for a Sunday doubleheader with starting pitchers Ned Larry Garyer and Ernie Bickhaus named for the first twin bill. Attendance reached 3,725, with seven wins and six losses at home.

Tulsa San Antonio Missions Okahoma City Ned Garyer Ernie Bickhaus Jimmy Adair John Whitehead Doc Greene Gregory Whitehead Grant Pete Kraus Wayne Harrington Walter Lentz Jommy Warren Lentz Sertich Fien Anderson Rine John Brad Trine Kraus Coleman Nick Carter

Mission Statistics Across Cities and Regions

A garbled list shows varied locations including Atlanta Little Rock Nobile Chateau New Orleans Memphis Birmingham Savannah Columbia Jacksonville Texas Greenville Sherman Henderson Paris Texarkana and other towns. Incomplete figures like 7 9 5 13 5 12 1 42 appear alongside names, suggesting a summarized tally or scores without clear context or dates.

Southe Association Atlanta Little Rock New Orleana Noixhville & BS Memphis Birmingham Savannah Columbia Jacksonville

Daisy Dyer Will Crown Preakness Winner With Daisies

In Baltimore on May 11 the winner of the Preakness will be draped with a blanket of yellow daisies with black centers. Florist George M. Cook crafts a 1000-daisy blanket for the victory ceremony, replacing the historic blackeye Susans once flown from California.

Baltimore Maryland Florista George M. Cook California Pimlico

Unclear baseball recap with multiple errors and names

Fragmented game summary notes players Kraus Greene Sertich Lents Zedoweky on offense and pitching details. Mentions hits runs innings and umpires Fowler Carter with attendance listed as 720. Details are garbled and partially unreadable.

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Assault and 10 Others Go In Preakness

Assault faced a full field at Pimlico for the Preakness with ten rivals plus Texas Terror in the 58th renewal. The race carried a purse over 3140,629 with more than 100,000 to the winner, and jockey Eddie Arcaro faced the field as the Derby winner seeks the same double.

Baltimore Pimlico Texas Terror San Antonio Blackeyed Susans Assault Bold Venture Eddie Arcaro Arcaro Eddie

TIONEER LEAGUE Ties On Rainy Friday Games

Western hesper Artos faced Topska 2 and Fort Smith battled POTEET LEAGUE games raced in rain. Other scheduled contests were postponed due to wet field conditions with several matches affected by the weather.

Tioneer League East Lake Yaano Hesper Artos Fort Smith Eskiog

Preakness Stakes field listed with horses and odds

Baltimore May 10 field for the 56th Preakness shows 12 horses with owners jockeys and probable odds. Notable entries include Wea Admiral Lord Boswell Knockdown Hampilen Billy Burges and Dost thne with owners such as Mrs Graham Willan Dupont Jr and Robert S McLautlin. Odds vary with Nick Wail Poug Dodson and Fiddle Arcaro among riders listed.

Baltimore Pimil Grouum Wea s-Lord Boswell aKoockdown Hampilen Amaue Essere Billy Burges VxLovamenow Marine Wieipey Alnamond Natches Thdy Bida Nick Wail Poug Dodson Bob Permane Fiddle Arcaro Mehrtens Albert Sulder Don Padget Ken Scatinborn John Gilvert No Boy

Sowell Wins Tennis Honors at City Junior Meet

Buzzy Sowell of Mark Twain Junior High won the city junior high boys singles championship. Richard Wall and Marion Joseph of Edgar Allan Poe captured the doubles crown. Sowell defeated Frank Goodman of Horace Mann 6-3 6-2 in singles. Wall and Joseph beat Jack Lock and Marvin Morse of Twain 4-6 6-3 in doubles at Jefferson High.

Buzzy Sowell Mark Twains Junior High Richard Wall Marion Joseph Edgar Allan Poe Jefferson High School Savywell Frank Goodman Horace Mann Wall Joseph Jack Lock Marvin Morse Twain

Softball Vet's Foxhole Club Wins in Sam Houston League

In San Pedro Na 1 diamond Friday night Guadalupe CC hosted Vet Foxhole Club and Texas Chiro College, with Foxhole securing a 2 by 0 victory over Food Market. Pitchers Gonzales, Martinez, and Ballnas led a trio of batters with multiple singles and a home run by Rene Gomes. Other teams like Food Market and Texas Chiro posted strong at bats and listed players such as Gomez, Rene, and Doyin across innings.

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Dahlberg Leads Texas in Southwest Conference Golf Meet

Houston May 11 Hugh B Dahlberg of San Antonio and the University of Texas shot 71 and 76 to help UT win the Southwest Conference team title. Texas totaled 1208 to 1245 for Texas Christian and 1249 for Baylor. Burke faltered first round, finished with 299 total. Roden tied for third at 300.

Houston Hugh B. Dahlberg San Antonio University of Texas Danberg Texas Texas Christian Rite Roden L. C. Resse Rien

Amateurs Nelson Hogan Trail vie for early lead in Houston golf show

Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan, listed as top contenders, fail to reach the field as Frank Stranahan leads with 137 after three rounds in the $10,009 Tournament of Champions at Houston. Others, including amateurs and pros, trail by a few strokes with mixed scores through 48 holes.

Houston Byron Nelson Ben Hogan Frank Stranahan Toledo Ohio Xirates Shanahen Nelson Hogan Stranahan Frank Jondarg Frank Strapahor Ren ‘Hogan Byron Melson Fred Vans Lloyd Mangrum Harry Todd Sam Schneider Man Tinny Demeret St. Hartleen Herman Keiser acRaddy Riegel Vic Gleazi Johnny Hultn Jim Fertler Toney Penna

Pohl Plans Signups for State AAU Qualifiers in College Station

Erich Pohl, national AAU track and field registration chair, travels from San Antonio to College Station for the Southwest conference meet. He will sign up athletes for the June 14 state AAU qualifying meet, with Do Sparks among early entrants. Pohl aims to urge Service League to stage its meet alongside the qualifier, boosting Texas entrants for the national event June 28-29.

Erich Pohl San Antonio College Station Fort Worth Do Sparks Texas Pohl Service League

Fight results from a night of boxing bouts reported

The night of boxing featured numerous bouts with knockouts and decisions. Fighters listed include Howell Stee 48 from Daiing knocking out Renny Need 144. Bes Johnson 170 stopping Corpus Carla in the first. Jimmy Curl 152 defeating Pete Patridy 153 by decision. Pancho Medrado 180 winning around with Dallas. and Beata Sess of Dallas in a scoring bout. Other results show Toronto and Indianapolis participants with KO and points decisions, reflecting a busy show across multiple venues.

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Kirby Page Final in Golf Championship

Dallas May 11. Long time rivals Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta and Mrs Julius Page Jr of Greensboro N C met for the women's Southern golf championship. Kirby reached the final with a 4 and 2 victory over Mararet Gunther of Memphis yesterday while Page defeated Rosy Riley of Fort Worth.

Dallas Dorothy Kirby Atlanta Julius Page Jr Greensboro N. C

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