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San Antonio Team Booked For 35 CitiesTerry Winkle in Vanguard for Opening Game * in Los AngelesWhat I* probably the most extensive tour ever undertaken for a l sport event by a 'Texas team 1# that of the Han Antonio Ranger*. an lee hockey organization, -which , haa booked game* for 35 cltlea, extend* ing a Ion* the Pacific Coaat to British Columbia and- down through the Middle Weit, to return to it* starting* point In San Antonioabout the middle of March, after having: covered probably 10,000 mile*.The player#, 2 7 In number, tinder the management of Bay Me-Carley* who ha* been writing sport# here under, the name of Perry Winkle, will leave hero in lime to assemble in Lo# Angela# or? January 8 for their opening game, McCarley, accompanying1 J. H. Jones of Cleveland, O., and Joe Carreori of thin city, in an auto* \ mobile, left hero Wednesday night for the West a# the vanguard of the party.Fnrlon* on Job.4This tour wart made possible with the co-operation of William Harrl-Bon Furlong, manager of the Highway Department of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, who aen»ed It as an Kleal publicity stunt from a highway a# well a# port standpoint when the plan was laid before him* So he immediately got In touch with the chamber# of Commerce of 175 cities for booking purposes with the result that tho plan wns successfully I, launched and I# ready for execution,Thti Ranger equipment supplied by the Southwest Bltulithlc Company and tho Broadway Sporting Good* Corporation, Include# black 4 sweaters with name Rangers in whlto diagonally across the front and under the name a circle enclosed In which is the map of Tox-»« In old gold with the word# forming the name San Antonio surrounding it.Boater From 13 Cities.The player# for the team have been a##emblef! from 12 clttea, Including San Antonio, Houston, Detroit, San Diego, Ca1.t Winona, Minn.: Ottawa, Ont.; Duluth,Minn.; Montreal, Toronto. Boston,: Osbawa, Ont., and St. Loui#, a# follows; some of whom have played\on Ban Antonio team#, as Indicated? •Joe (Torchl ight) Hughes, Bruins, playing manager, defense, Detroit.Anthony Burkholder, secretary, goal. Bruin#, San Antonio.Jack Smith, Houston, captain, center. Bruins. *Jo© Carroon, Rangers, San Antonio, center, wing.Bill Boaty, wing, San Diego. Cal. Jo© Martin, defense, Winona, Minn., Rangers, 1928.John St. Deni#, goal, Ottawa, Rangers. 2928. ^flaol Warner, wing, Duluth.Ted Connor#* wing. Montreal.I Robert Campbell, defense, Montreal,Ray Broulllard, wing, Toronto, Bruin*. ‘Jimmy Burgess, wing, center, Boston.* II099 Crawford, wing, San Antonio.Alex JTtianr, renter, Oshawa. Nathan Orcenbow* defense, Detroit.Jack Lawrence, wing, St. Louis, Heavy Schedule.The team will piny thro© andfour games a week, opening against tho Bnick Motors in Do# Angeles and playing a number of games In that city with dllf»r*nt teams. The Rangers will then move up along the Pacific Coast to Vancouver and then travel east to Iowa* opening at “Waterloo, and south through Missouri playing In ' St. Louis And Kansas among other point#; then to Oklahoma to play in Tulsa, and bAck Into Texas to play at Dallas ©n rout© to Son Antonio.It Is planned to make th© tour an annual event.The last of the contingent is toleave San Antonio on January 9, so that by the «th tho complete »quad will be in Le* Angclea for Iho opening game. ,
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 26, 1929
Page 11
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Mike M.
NA, 14 Nov 2021
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