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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1952
Page
2
A reader argues low Mission stadium attendance stems from a surge in kid baseball with families and sponsors shifting to Little League. He notes many former fans now follow youth teams and urges modest price adjustments to restore demand while praising the youth boom as beneficial to baseball.
The San Antonio Missions carried nicknames Bronchos Bears Indians and Shamrocks in 1918 for Charley O Leary. Ike Boone hit 402 in 1923 and Danny Clark 400 in 1925. A famed pitching rotation of Munsell Mullins Harding Ponder and Stewart delivered 20 to 25 wins in a season when the team lacked hitting. George Leidy managed with a five man staff that worked without relief for three weeks.
In Beaumont a single game Saturday pits San Antonio pitcher Cliff Fannin against Beaumont ace Jim Blackburn. Fannin seeks his first win after two losses as Blackburn owns one win and one defeat. The Missions also played a doubleheader Friday losing 3-2 in 12 innings before winning 7-0 behind Bud Black.
Admiral Drake son of War Admiral captured the $50,000 Argonaut Handicap at Hollywood Park, defeating favored Mike South American entrant, with Moonrush in third. The chestnut colt finished in 1:42 earning a $41,137.40 payoff.
Dodgers and White Sox stars Gil Hodges and Minnie Minoso rebound with multiple home runs on Memorial Day doubleheader day. Hodges lifts Brooklyn past Boston 5-4 in the opener and 11-2 in the nightcap as Minoso belts three homers in Chicago’s 7-2 and 3-4 games. Other results note the Giants and Cubs split and Yanks lose to Philadelphia while Red Sox and Senators remain in the chase.
The Brooke Army Medical Center Comets defeated the Ft Sam Houston Rangers 5-1 on Friday afternoon and then beat Grand Prize 6-3 Friday night. Games were at Christie Street Field with Rotblatt and Staples on the mound for BAMC and Turley and Nordgren for Grand Prize.
Troy Ruttman of Lynwood California won the Indianapolis 500 in a record 3 hours 43 minutes 41.88 seconds at an average of 128.922 mph after Bill Vukovich’s steering shaft failure sent him into the wall on lap 192. Ruttman collected about 65 000 dollars with J C Agajanian his car owner and the attendance looked near 200 000.
Standings and results show Texas teams Beaumont, San Antonio, Ft Worth, Dallas, Houston, Shreveport, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and others with scores and schedules. National League and American League results list Brooklyn, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, St Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Boston, and others with recent game results and upcoming matchups.
Fragmented text lists players and abbreviations for a box score with names including Yancuck Sabatella RBT Flem OK Grant Tolson Polson Sabatela Patrick ahila AR Hestgt ER Sin Antone 6 doe Saban Temnuson Sabatela Left Sao Antoni Beaumont RK Off Black Patrick Crowder Radcliffe Ry Whick Patrick Crowder FOHO Patrick bey MOE Chow Soy Lad Radcliffe 3 in 2ounnings WP. Names Roberta Cassin Willian appear unreliable.
Little League at Alamo Heights Friday night saw Playland Park defeat Luby's 16 to 8. George Cook hit his fourth homer of the season for Playland as General Hotel Supply beat Coca Cola 5 to 3 in another matchup.
Robert Hart of Wisconsin tied for sixth place in singles with 707 while tallying 644 in team play and 262 in doubles. The field showed mixed results across divisions as prominent challengers posted varying scores.
Jaroslav Drobny Baynt and Frank Sedgman advanced to the French championships finals while Doris Hart defeated Dorothy Head in straight sets and Shirley Pryke faced an earlier exit. The American women’s field narrowed with several eliminations as Djokovic’s bracket moved toward concluding rounds.
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