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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1933
Page
1
A controversial column debates the harshest sport amid vivid scenes of athletes in pain. It cites tennis injuries from a high school tournament, pro players in nerve wracking matches, and coach insights from Kerrville and Texas teams.
Philadelphia Nationals trade Knothe to Albany International league affiliate after recent moves. Knothe, an infielder, batted poorly this season and joins Wes Schulmerich and Fritz Knothe in a complex deal involving Boston Braves and other teams.
Miss Van Wie wins to keep the national women’s golf championship at Excambrook with a 4 and 3 final result over Enid Wilson. The Beverly-based challenger faced a late rally as Miss Van Wie withstood mishaps and a tough semi final to clinch the title before a crowd of about 3000 at RXmoor Country Club Highland Park.
Secretary Guy Airey of the San Antonio club reports purchasing 420 dozen baseballs for the season. About ten dozen are on hand for early doubleheaders and playoff games, with 110 dozen already used and worn. The cost runs just over 144 per dozen, totaling around 1700 dollars.
Rain halted the planned meet at Fram Jandale Speedway with promoter Tice promising a bigger field of riders next Thursday. Forty two riders were listed with new bikes, but a referee ruled the event too dangerous to proceed.
Houston offense cruises past San Antonio 13 to 1 as Bo Greer allows seven hits and the Missions pile up runs from second inning on. Key hits come from Moore, Binder, Kalbitz, and Selph with notable early offense and late innings piling on for the decisive win.
Fordham University signs Ed Wynstower from Notre Dame as a football recruit with ties to Villanova and Marymount College noted in campus athletic circles amid changes in rosters and coaching duties.
The Fox of Grayhaven outpaced Miss Britain I in the first heat on the River St Clair near Algonac Michigan. Miss America led early then controlled the five laps, while Miss Britain could not close the gap as Delphine burned near the start of the race.
Gay World the outsider ridden by Jockey Wright won the Chicago derby at Hawthorne before 35,060 fans. Esseff was second with Mr Khayyam third as Gay World covered the 2 04 1 5 mile in 2 04 1 5 carrying 118 pounds. Nix of San Antonio bought the horse for 4 song at auction, and earnings likely top 396,000 that night.
In Baton Rouge Louisiana officials report a Dixie League seven game series as Strrevenort opens strong before being halted by Baton Rouge. Scoring details include McCullough, Gourrier, Vincent and Sullivan among others with key plays cited and umpires Bomaninue and Walsh noted.
Readable lines show multiple city matchups and times across American colleges and venues. The OCR lists teams such as New York Philadelphia Washington Boston Pittsburgh and others with unclear dates and places, plus scattered reference to athletic events and locations including Cleveland and Brooklyn.
The New York Giants beat the Boston Braves 6-3 in front of 20,000, extending their lead in the pennant chase. Terry, Ott, Avis, and Travis Jackson fueled the offense as Boston's Davis Homered to briefly threaten. Starting pitchers faltered early, with Schumacher and Belt yielding runs before South and Belt closed the game.
Elentea Chalked up their eighth straight victory by taking over the Cardinals in Forbes Field’s final appearance of the season. A fourth inning triple by Jensen sparked the win, aided by Meine’s RBI single and Grace and Marie on base. The game featured multiple hits and fielding plays as the Elentea continued their hot streak. the loss came despite late attempts by Cincinnati.
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