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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
10
The Alamo Heights and Breckenridge area senior high schools prep for opening games amid several injuries. Beverly Sheffield and Bob Crossman suffer serious collarbone breaks while others recover as coaches announce lineups and expected starters for Friday night and Saturday matchups across San Antonio and nearby towns.
Ambiguous game summaries mix with regional team notes. Ceril Burnett leads Los Angeles Heights High toward Jourdanton while Peacocks head to Fredericksburg with many students. Ed Habe Yeienets cannot stop the Bil Bir lies Friday. Coach Walter Miller reports minor injuries at Sabinal. Bones Irvin previews Seguin Lutherans versus St Mary's Rattlers in an early league clash. Lutherans prepare for service while Line and tackle injuries limit certain players. Carl C Anderson Baxter Springs Watt Leonard Ot tie for golf medal in Joplin area Tri-State championship.
City by Jeremy reports on baseball standings with emphasis on the American League. An eight dollar figure appears linked to Deecond peditied, noting financial details or a payroll item within the league's coverage. The item reflects period sports journalism tone and typical standings context.
The British Wigstman Cup team opens a three day series in Southern California. Captain Mrs. B C Covell teams with Bunny Austin against Mary Greet and Johnny Droeg. Norman Farquharson teams with Nurball against Midge Gladman and John Van Myn. Abe and Davin Odyshan face Van Ryn. Austin and Derkeley Bell, with Frank Shields, meet Daviel Derkeley, and Watson with Shepard-Barron team up to challenge Fair Croat and Bardez. Matches continue through Saturday and Sunday as teams vie for ranking.
Kerrville Sept 19 Lieut Pete Heffner coach of the Twenty third Infantry grid team selected to referees the Schreiner Institute Mountaineers opening game here Friday afternoon against the Kelly Field Fliers. Schreiner will have two weeks of training and coach C J Gilstrap says his men are in fair shape. The San Antonio team is expected to bring Lighthorse Harry Wilson and Chick Merhan all American players. The Kelly Field gridsters are believed to outweigh Schreiner observers think the visitors will rely on passing.
The Fifteenth field artillery beat the Twenty-third infantry 2 to 1 in a pitchers duel. Holm and Middleton locked in a tight game with key errors by Infantrymen helping the artillerymen. Coates homered to cap a late rally as the Fifteenth edges the Infantry in the opening playoff game.
Fragmented text shows planned games across American and National Leagues. Mentions Washington Washington Beigolt, Chicago at New York, Cleveland at Canton, Philadelphia at Cincinnati, and Boston in some form. Reading is uncertain due to OCR errors, but indicates multiple teams and venues scheduled around Thursday and Friday.
Brent Henne claimed a world speed record in Munich on September 18 with a 210 km/h mark on a 3000 cc motorcycle after a 4-gear start. He also recorded 216 km/h on a 750 cc machine before submitting the records to the National Motor Sports Council for official recognition.
New York sep 19 Eastern colleges begin fall drills with Yale staging seven minute scrimmage as Mal Stevens selects a first squad of 22. Princeton and Harvard lag. Army and Navy work on line and offense while Brown edges scrubs in a 7 to 6 scrimmage after a 80 minute session.
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