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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
7
Fort Worth edged San Antonio 5 to 3 as Bugs Puts limited the Bronchos to three hits. The see-saw game featured timely Fort Worth hitting with key miscues by the Bronchos, producing the decisive runs in the eighth inning.
On Municipal Rifle and Pistol Range, Lukin Military Academy cadets posted strong scores with the pistol on a 1 inch bullseye at 15 yards. First Sergeant Heye led with 97, Private Murphy 94, Private Calloway 92, while other cadets like Templeton 87 and Baker 84 also posted solid marks. Moff scored 135 of 100 on the pistol, and Leary shot 63 on the .22 target at the same distance.
The Camp Travis team versus Chreiiman from the University of Texas Philadelphia was called off at the request of St Louis. The Camp Travis nine beat Brackenridge High School 12 to 4 at the Camp stadium. Red Henderson pitched for Camp Travis and Virgil Winters for Brackenridge. The article also references wartime imagery and a separate scene with Camp Upton men amid snow and a parade backdrop.
Dallas beat Waco 12 to 10 in a slugging afternoon at Waco. Three Dallas pitchers used and many runs came via base on balls. Highlights included early home runs and a burst of offense as both teams connected for extra hits.
Fort Worth 3 San Antonio 3 Dallas 12 Waco 10 Shreveport Houston rain affects play Today’s schedule: Fort Worth at San Antonio and Houston at Shreveport Dallas at Waco.
In a high strikeout game at League Park, the officers from IKkely Field No. 2 beat Kelly Field No. 1 6 to 2. Kelly No. 1 rallied late but failed to overcome the early lead, with Bassett fanning 13 for the losers and Dunkerson 8 for the winners. The crowd included Maj.ica and Gen. John W. Buckman.
American League results show Boston 2 to 9 over New York 1 to 3 Washington 1 Philadelphia 0 Chicago St. Louis cotd Detroit Cleveland games Detroit at Chicago St. Louis at Cleveland Philadelphia at Washington New York at Boston
Kelly Field aviators open with a fast win at San Marcos Texas over Southwest Texas Normal 6 to 2. Welly scored early on a Brown hit, then the visitors added five runs in the remaining frames as Normal finally got on the board in the fourth. Batteries: Welly Tela Walkup Ardis Warm Manor Normal Summers McVinney.
National League results show Boston 3 Philadelphia 4 with Philly scoring late. Brooklyn 5 New York 7 in New York. games Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis Chicago postponed due to weather. The piece includes a farm labor mobilization note from the employment service urging publicity and boys reserve deployment to aid farmers amidst shortages and surpluses across regions. It cites Indiana counties requesting thousands of boys for farm work and projects enrollment of a quarter million boys in coming weeks.
New York 5 Boston 9 at Boston Batteries Hanna Ruth Agnew among Boston hitters. Morning game New York 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 Boston 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 Batteries Russell Buel Bush Agnew. Philadelphia 0 Washington 1 at Washington Batteries Gregg McAvoy Ayers Ainsmith. Chicago St Louis and Detroit Cleveland postponed due to cold.
In Metropolis Kane, children rummaging in a street lane found a huge card box with discarded items. A boy kept a worn but intact book and used its pages as a notebook while a passerby offered a dime for Edward Fitzgeralds Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
Women would endure bread shortages sugar bans and porridge to aid war effort yet resist fashion trends. The piece suggests reviving sumptuary rules during the duration and proposes a clothes card limiting wardrobe changes to curb spending and keep morale high.
Washington D C director Densmore argues farm labor shortages are harmful to efforts to mobilize workers for agriculture. He urges publicity focus on the service's machinery to ascertain farmers needs and direct help, asking farmers to contact rural carriers postmasters or county farm agents for application blanks or to visit the nearest public employment office.
Opinion piece arguing against a proposed wartime dog tax as the fodder for wool needs and soldier socks. It ridicules the plan to exterminate dogs, laments a future without pets, cites historical quotes, and asserts national necessity over sentiment in a satirical tone.
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