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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
12
The Bronchos keep winning as Brandt leads with a clean, hard hitting victory over the Sand Crabs. Derringer homers twice, Lemon shows promising power, and Bobby Wallace contributes on the short line with a key assist.
Captain Hanlon of the Elk base ball squad praises returning material from the last meeting listing candidates Villaret Vodiie Armbrust Edmondson Brown Groos Guenther Hamilton Breeding Jackson Castanola Durrett Hanlon. A special meeting is called for 10 30 Sunday at the Elks club rooms before practice begins after the carnival with stunts twice weekly. Manager Groos is arranging games with Houston Galveston Dallas Austin and Corpus Christi following last year’s state championship run against Houston and Corpus Christi.
Houston series notes show strong hitting and improving fielding from the Broncs. Riggs belts a homer, Rogers struggles with nine walks and four earned runs, while Derringer and Wallace supply key early offense. Ponies erupt in seventh inning with five runs on four hits.
Hugh Nicol athletic director of Purdue University has been named chief scout for the Cincinnati National League club. He will serve in June July and August. Nicol has thirty years in baseball as a pro star owner of Rockford in the Three Eye league and as Purdue coach and athletic director.
San Antonio and Galveston clash as Austin leads a quickened pace in pursuit of top spot. Key plays include a second inning sacrifice fly and a series of hits as the crowd watches Houston trip, Galveston bound, then a May 2 return to face Fort Worth.
Boerne White Sox begin their season Sunday at home against San Antonio Hardware, drawing a large expected crowd as an excursion from San Antonio travels to Boerne for the opener.
A 1910s style baseball bulletin notes Harry Steinfeldt weighing a semi pro offer outside the pale amid last season’s world title contention. Jack Johnson’s Frisco lodging, Alexander of the Phillies showing class, and George Stone’s stance with Milwaukee frame a volatile roster picture.
John Flanagan world hammer champion will return to America this fall and aims to set a new world record at the metropolitan championships next September. He says he is heavier than ever and has beaten his mark in trials. He plans to compete in coronation week English championships and Irish and London international meets before the Ireland Scotland dual.
Regional matchups list today includes Corpus Christi at Brownsville with Victoria visiting Laredo Bay City at Beeville. Local schedules show multiple Texas venues hosting high school games.
In a Texas League game on April 21, Austin’s Comstock pitched a four run shutout over Buffaloes. Edmondson yielded three hits in the second inning and two runs, while Austin scored again on five big hits in the sixth. Batteries were Comstock Herasinger Edmondson Kelsey. Umpire Atkinson.
National League games feature Chicago at St Louis New York at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and Boston at Brooklyn in a slate of city rivalries.
The Four Seasons will play two Sunday games at Beacon Hill diamond at 9 AM against the Phillies and at 3 PM against Conover. All players must attend a Saturday night meeting at 8 o'clock at the restaurant.
Oklahoma City edged Dallas 3 to 2 as Yohe hit a clutch triple driving in two. Lingerfelder allowed two hits and two walks while McAdams and Murphy provided offense in a tight ninth. Umpire Matthews called the balls and strikes.
Fort Worth defeated Waco 4 1 in ten innings after scoring three runs in the top of the tenth. Dugey of Waco protested a play on a wild throw past first base in that frame and was fined and ejected. Batteries Lapp and Carson for Waco Robinson and Green for Fort Worth. Umpire Bush.
In Gonzales Texas on April 21 a meeting led to forming a stock company to fund a modern baseball club. Forty shares sold quickly and several good players are signed. Plans include a new board fence around the ball park and enlarged grandstand to create one of South Texas’ best teams.
Coupon offers one bound book of Mutt and Jeff cartoons and sayings for 50 cents at The Light Premium Department on Losoya Street next to the Lo soya Hotel. Mail price 65 cents.
Illinois boxing faces a two year halt as a six round bout bill failed in the Springfield senate. A reconsideration is set for next Tuesday and Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison warns there will be no boxing in the city until state legislators act. The mayor said the administration will enforce the law as written.
Yale adds second varsity eight to race at Schuylkill regatta on May 27 and sends freshman crew to Philadelphia. The program contracts to race varsity crews against every eastern university with formidable eights, marking the most ambitious effort yet by the management.
The University of Iowa rifle team defeated Massachusetts Agricultural College by 1891 to 1890 to win the national intercollegiate shoot. Iowa achieved 15 straight victories while Massachusetts fell to fourteen wins.
New York promoter books Albert Palzer and Carl Morris for a July fourth bout in Tulsa Oklahoma. Palzer, a leading heavyweights figure at 6 ft 2 in and 212 pounds, faces Morris, famed Sapulpa locomotive engineer and recent conqueror of Mike Schreck, in a twenty round match.
Chicago April 21. Jack White has been matched with Joe Mandot the southern champion who has beaten all comers in Memphis. The bout is likely to be staged in Milwaukee.
Chicago report announces former bantamweight champion Harry Forbes will meet Jimmy Walsh of Boston in a ten round fight set for May 10 in Kenosha Wisconsin. The pairing brings together two notable fighters with Forbes seeking return to form.
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