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SPORTS WIND UP EVENTFUL YEAR IN S. AMissions, Eagles, Walthall, McGarraugh, L a w r e nee Among.Big Names of '32.By CLARK NEALOK.The year of 1033 was good to San Antonio sports representatives.Perhaps the four outstanding events of the period were the San Antonio Missions* rise to a chain* Pionehlp of the Texas league in baseball, Thomas Jefferson's basket ball tenrn that went to the semifinal round In stale high school play. Brackenridge high school's •football team that went to the; quarter-final round of slatn com- j ppfltion belore being eliminaled.i and little Thomas Edison's track! team that stepped into the big time with a district track championship.The Missions finished fourth in the final Texas league standing, after a come-and-go season, but. staged an immortal comeback to take Houston and Galveston in the Shaughnessy play-off for the title and the right to play in the Dixie' series against the New Orleans club, j Southern league winner. New Orleans copped the Dixie series, fnur games to two. but it didn't make much difference; Hank Scvejcid’s Missions, under the St. Louis Browns’ banner for the first time in 1933, showed the fans some winning be,'bail.In city amateur baseball the Pub-niglit fur the first time, San Jacinto i won the high school division and j Schreiner Institute of Kcm'ille won I he junior college class.Curtis Drain. Thomas Jefferson i discus heaver, placed third in the' state track meet at Austin.Tennis enjoyed a big year.Paschal! Walthall, one of the Service Utilities again reigned | family famous in San Antonio ten-supreme, winning the local championship. The Utilities dropped their first series to the Mike Balagia team o± Austin in the state play-off, however.Thomas Jefferson wod .the city high school baseball crown.PBiKET WHITNEY TRADED.Big news to many local admirers of Pinkey Whitney, Son Antonio's majoT leaguer, was the star thtrd-sacker's shift to the Boston Braves fron. the Philadelphia Phillies via Die trade route. ,Thomas Jefferson’s great basket ball team skipped through the local high schools to take the city title, bested Yancey In the bi-district and wer to the round before the last in the state meet at Austin, where they were eliminated by Athens, toe state tltlists. Ray Smith. Mustang e nter, was placed on the all-state high school team after the meet.The Magnolia Hying Horsemen, city champions, and the Rich Plumbers, city runners-up. dominated local amateur basket ball as members of the Commercial league. Magnolia went to the finals in the state T, A. A. F. meet at Galveston, where they were stopped by the Texaco Oilers of Houston. Rich did not attend this tournament. Ed Hill, Ted Juraschek and Beefy Wagner of the Magnolia quintet were placed on the T. A. A. F. all-state first team.The local Y. M. c. A. Triangles i won the State Y title in a meet here.Barbera's Sports dominated girls'I, , basket ball with a city champion-skip victory. The Sports with the H and h Coffee sextet went to the state meet in Port Worth but were eliminated in the first round. Euna Mae fteinhard of Barbera's was named all-state guard for the second straight year.EAGLES FINISH STRONG.nis, captured the state hign school singles crown in the Austin meet.In the Texas intersectional tourney oe the San Antonio Country club courts, in June, Wilbur Hess of Port Worth, Rice institute star, defeated San Antonio's Jesse Pfeiffer m the finale for the menis title. Anna Mae Reichert, won the women’s tingles, Laverne Stages and Alva Mae Craig won the women's doubles, John Hickman and* David Hickey won the boys' doubles, T/ils Campbell won the girls' singles, Roy Velinder won the boys' singles, and Quinn Connelly and Wilbur Hess, both of Fort Worth, won the men's doubles.In the city tennis meet held on Uie club courts during October, Jesse Pfeiffer was crowned men's singles champ, Eunice Dean took the women's singles title, Roy Ve-linder. won the boys' singles title and Billy Byrd bested junior singles competition. Jesse Pfeiffer and Rpy Moody won the men’s doubles and Anna Mae Reichert and Mary O'Brien cleaned the field in the wpmen's team event.Polo staged a comeback In local circles during (he year just ended.Early in the year the Second Field artillery, featuring the play of Lieut. Hardie Hill, captured The Lighi trophy for 1932. the meet being held over into January. 1933. In December the Artillerymen repeat-San Angelo Qnd ' Team Home-grownSAN ANGELO, Texas, Dec. 30.—The 24 San Angelo football “first team” members composing the traveling squad are strictly of the home grown” variety. The Bobcats were guests of Dallas Tecb at the championship game at Dallas Saturday.Of the 24 only Costello, contender for all-slate center, Wagnon, halfback; Eskew and' Sullivan, did not come through the junior high school here and two of them attended the junior school part time. Cas^ tello attended Lake View school, which adjoins San Angelo on .the northeast. Ail are Tom Green county boys who attended school in the county.The squad was invited to Dallas by P. C. Cobb, Dallas athletic director, following Tech's victory over San Angelo here last Saturday In the semifinals. Luncheon clubs famished the train fare.Ex citenarj contir day n close, tied o record 1932 1931 1930 1929 1926state play here by the Croisdale Plumbers of Autsin.Girls' playground baseball city title-holders were the Joske Mannequins, who added the state T. A. A. F. title in a meet at Austin.A new sport, short track motor-uecemuei uje niunvi.riiicu -cri for The Light trophy as 1933 kcyc e ™ln?' thriltori jooal fans,. . ™ first, at V.pcrlo fiplrl Wrpr a#- a! titleholdcrs, winning over Cecil at Eagle field and later at a Smith and his Austin four in the | ™The hard-riding El Ranchltoteam from Fort Worth defeated Georgetown in the final game at Brackenridge to win the Southwest circuit polo championship in March.SMITH IN LIMELIGHT.Cecil Smith, who winters here, _. was the outstanding star of theThe feature of the Brackenridge - West team's victory over the Easl-Eagles’ rise to grid heights was their ! cm representatives in Chicago. H. comeback staged after a 51-0 loss to! W. fRube Williams, also a wln-tbe Temple Wildcats, later declared j ter citizen here, received a broken ineligible, in an early season game. | leg in the second game of the East- ;A team developed by Coaches Kel-j WesL series, incapacitating him for ' KELLSBORO JACK WINS, lam and Puckett in a single season, j most of the 1933 season. NFTWBURY Eneland Dee 1(1 _after they had lost the inajurily of. Local golfers had a banner year.-; Kelisboro Jack American-nvnpd their 1932 eleven, waded steadily I Tom Lawrence provided the out- I wjnnrr 0l Grand National last through local competition without: standing performance of ihe year March, Saturday won the Lam-Murrv won the Donzis trophy In torse events. Hal Tice, associated with this enterprise, was injured futally in nn automobile accident shortly after he had won the La-i rdo-Monterey Labor day road race. The Ninth Infantry won the Eighth Corps area football title by defeating the Twenty-third Infantry in the final game, after a tie in the initial championship try.Yessir. it was a great year. May 'e have r~.m: of them,past ; favoril ever. Cenl Cen1 ers 0. Cenl Cenl Cenl CeDi Cenl Cent CentRiojolic “free th the gai 34-33 v Junior: SccredRlojs Centra! ers. Bl 11 pouCenlrfor*Tex;Ithe usual flare of a strong combma- ; with wins in The light's state junior bourn ’ irandfcap steeplechase at non. Climaxing their local season, tourney and the city amateur meet. I ,hrec ]nIIes fr.m . M.1(1 _f n,anrlClimaxing their local season, tourney and the city amateur meet. I thlw ]n]les fram a liejd oI Giand however, with a surprising 11-7 vie- Lonnie Wendiand won the state , National probable;ton- over Tliomas Jefferson on inuny title but laiied to qualify In ^--Thanksgiving day, the Eagles the naiional rnuny meet at Port- • swamped Corsicana, 49-o. in a bi-: land. Ore. Halbert Grumbles, be- I district game. In the quarter-finals • sides making a decided hit when he j against Greenville fait: turned ‘ went to the last eight in the Hous- jagainst the Brackenridge eleven and , ton Country club’s nnnual mid-win-thry were forced to drop a 6-2 do-1 ter tourney, won the city muny title. I Cision to the North Texans though San Antonio golf lost a great • they outplayed them considerably. nmpetitor. for a while, a I least, i Howard Baker. Cecil Elater, Charley , r.hen Bcmhsrd Schrievpr, 1S32 citv i Moore. Joe Reeder. Bob Martin and champ, received bis comm Listen in ,F. M. Daugherty, in fact the whole Ihe Army Air corps and was as-team starred. signed to March field. California.Another San Antonio eleven, Before leaving Sehriovcr set a Coach Nemo Herrera's Sidney La- course record for the Brackenridge nier Voks. cut some capers in Class B football. The Voks were limm-ated in District 23-ClassMEX (US-IK of the 1 and foi in Har Brody, tematic today, l Holds while I eal brset.Army Sport Titi Scattered Du3'loresville in a second game ncees- ' ’h('Championships in army circles | dolph's here were fairly evenly divided in 1 Arliller 1933. i thc RaRandolph field was the only post -j.g 8 is. gruine around thc layout in j iD wjr two Army league titles, those in tl froller. Hack Willaford lowered ! i^0 being in baseball and football, j field nr to 64 during ihe latter part of \ Ninth Infantry of Fort Sam ( when tlto decide 11 it litle Del weenDun Sillliuin won the Country. Hi#*lia; bei-ilil leSTARS.wum-nr puli. Mi, J. Let Wil-ii- city men mil slate public tourney at Dalla*. bi iiLliig J. A. Durtaurrow lie. in bn!h lsl: vinie cnnv/-d :.t usual mii-i ■a:op willi lh holding rlHouston scored a championship in 1 elt Pin po;=L basket ball and annexed thelost on Fig 11 LI ■ Corps area Joolball cl in in-: (hr Nm Jii.ill'iiip I(,j tile second Sliaiglll : J4-II. Tl Jcai. ilia I: i m: [iitin tin- om.si until ut; ■ suiJeivi Uam at Fort Bam. year wIn iiutr-sq.ittUioii play, the SiXLy- ; I an try | eighth Service Squadron ol Kelly \ losing i also of San finld took two Championships in (he sea the past year. Roth basket ball and -■ of I hr■ I in1'.WILSONSi. Anthony's tool: the a-'idc-tnu.' in *uim-ns eoii. Mi fcuil Lille with a Iinul gmvie v.m 0\rr Central Calhoht. West moor-111ilb Junior college made its first bid in football with a lair season.College football relumed to Run Antonio after a iajise of severe]■ :i»• The Texas Al'ILKs visitedf-'icle Iield to lake a 17-lj viMnrv»’e- lht- Texas A. and L Ja’-eliiwr-'Jv-x = e uiiiverally canu d''”-n tn uia-p •CM-fSti' tie with C*iil«iary and cpyiiie-i the irrt' irtuai ell-eventsF.rtward'a brought the Texas ehemp'rtn'hip In the me*:lP-Ti.nOl nf Mines elevni] |i«-re to beat Bsixinp. on the v-hnl. iiart a rtiill ihein. 6-n. ypar in San Antonin, jack D°mp-T« liitle Jack MrGarranph, hurd* sty paid ?. riving visit August 15 In 1 pran‘ ,j^s' bpci'i'Jha7rert'from' n^av-ler nar excellence goes a major relerce a fight. Maxey Ro.«nbloom.. ,nir ln nliv fllrlhnr hvPshai'e of credit for Coach Joe Ward's flEhi - heavyweight title - holder.Ildison High school district iruck . tough I Clniek Burns at Foi l .Sam i liamuiona. McOarnuigli went un ta j Houston, Maiming out a decision In win the hliito 220-yurd low liurdli-s ] l,1;i ow,l peculiar .style.Inir in 23.8 scciukIk. j iii-w rer orti.' hwiiiunm': liemor.s went toaiill to a st'culid pluei- in Hu- mi- j TI'dihhs Jefier.ion's High .-.i.ii(iol liiHinl high srhfuil inei-l in Ciileauo. 111 Ul11 111 *'Jl' meet, whllg the - - bim Aiilonlo u-iiin coppt-rt Ihe stelymini ill Austin. labor day Wrmtiinir went along ’ f:i Ilia l-uni manner with ihe usuallwiiwls and grunting and groaning of priTormrrfc.Pin ygrm m ri Iwsrball honors h’ tile l.ilrrlv Diur- InArmytsinnrling eveiH:: ill puny ei;-i-irs (his yr-ar was the alli-]p(ic re’.ircnun' ol Fat.- ' Franz, ho was aciJ'pJgH the beM all-aniunri pihlr-te in the army hGTt1 Jasl summef. Owing to a v.eakhearl i that was developed bv partieipat-oo many athletic contests,pa.Kellv ef- Rrp; Brook ei-.atio Rand' ■rrvice Fort fArmydistrii'l nii'fl MrGiirniugli .sciitFtl 18 points lor Edison, while Justin Hickey rotitrlbilled u first in the polr vault and Guy Barham added « win In Ihe in lie run.JEFFS WIN I TTY Id EFT. Thomas Jpffprwni wan Ihr nly Irara mrrl wHh Mtmkmrldgp refund nnd Teen Ihinl In ilw Pteit* trifk meet, held *tKelly field upset the dope in Muich Lj win tlic basket ball Dag a Her nil do|'sLer.s lim) pracllcuily given II to Ruiulolph field. Randolph hud to be hiLLiftia-tl wliii second pluct*.In tlic tiaseball league. Randolph walked away with everything, with the Artillery Brigade giving them _ trouble In Hie last two games and .flit: Winning Uir llrsl rtf n crucial nr-' rlrs Rniuirtlph. however, earne bnekBroilion Kqi R untk He) ioo 1 Fort f Artillery ArmyI nrsronilmr popular under the HcHIr a I | to win Ihe I Inal grimes (he nexi day Han Pedro park. The Dnigglste j ond rlneh the rhnmplonslilp. werp eliminated in the finalj of | ?ti tha foatbnl] race It in Ran-
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San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Dec 31, 1933
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