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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
9
In Beaumont on Friday Martine edged Stewart in a pitchers duel as two runs in the sixth inning doomed Leidy's team. Allen and Nixon added timely hits for the Oilers while Holko stood out for Bronchos. Martina fanned several batters and the win sets up a promising Texan League race with Galveston looming.
Howard Berry of the University of Pennsylvania won the Pentathlon, part of the opening day events at the Pennsylvania Relays, with top marks in the javelin and 1500 meters, and strong showings in the discus and 200 meters. Yale led the distance medley relay, while Penn finished well in the American college championship medley relay and other trials.
Fragmentary box score style note from Southern League action at Nashville and Birmingham. Mentions players Kelley Buciele Andreen McLoud Smith Sore HLH BE Chattagooga 70 000 29x g 87 Little Rock 002 gon coo z 4 Batteries Ross Kitenens Iuhrsen Gibson At Birmingham Sc art RHE Atlanta 100 900 boat L Birmingham 416 000 Dix a 32 Batteries Browning Thompson and Rumler Hebertson Hale
The Lowther Brothers will travel to Seguin Sunday for a noon game. All Lowther players should meet at the Southern Pacific depot at 11 o clock Sunday morning. W Pope will pitch for Sam Antonia. J Holiday will handle catching duties. The Shin manager has not yet announced lineups.
Friday results show Beaumont 2 San Antonio 0 and Waco 6. Regional rain affected Galveston Houston and Dallas Fort Worth with no scores recorded. Scheduled matches for Saturday include Ben Antonio at Beaumont Galveston at Houston Weeo at Shreveport and Fort Worth at Dallas.
Dempsey records a 15 to 0 win against Perron with easy victory. Grefle and Twiebel draw in a preliminary. Locations include Brooklyn New York Philadelphia and Boston Cincinnati. Upcoming play or matches listed for Saturday with multiple city pairings and venues.
In Portland Oregon Jack Dempsey outboxed Perron in a ten round welterweight clash at the Army Post Gymnasium. Dempsey pressured with a relentless left with a right uppercut and body blows, while Perron fought back gamely with sharp uppercuts and cross counters despite bleeding from the nose and eye. The Oregon crowd roared as Dempsey surged to victory, with Perron enduring seven two-way exchanges and a final spurt that kept the bout close through the later rounds.
In Philadelphia and Boston games were affected by wet grounds. Detroit defeated Cleveland 8 to 4 while Chicago beat St. Louis 4 to 3. The schedule notes Detroit at Cleveland and Washington at New York with Philadelphia at Boston on Saturday.
Rain delays affect Chicago at Kansas City and Baltimore at Buffalo. Pittsburgh hosts St Louis while Brooklyn faces Newark in mixed results with scores: Chicago Kansas City 6 Baltimore 3. Brooklyn Newark 5 Pittsburgh St Louis 2.
Montreal April 24 Dr B F Rallet the Wrestler boxed Jim Heson known as the big Search wrestler. Heson knocked out Rallet in eight seconds of the first round with a short uppercut. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds. Also noted is a purchase announcement by Brooklyn Nationals president Gatiney on Tick Fagan, second baseman and utility infielder.
Ruth Abbott a 15 year old girl traveled about 100 miles by foot wagon train and boat to Chester to appeal to the pardon board for her father Salmon Abbott who is jailed for the murder of Emil Bawie during a dispute with Mrs Abbott.
John Ackermann former Moose manager now Fredericks burg Giants captain paid a flying visit to San Antonio Saturday and leaves tonight to rejoin his team. He pitched a one hit game against Bourne last Sunday in Brodericksburg and says Baseball crazy crowds attend every contest.
Harlandale's baseball team plans a doubleheader Sunday with Raw ers at 9 40 am and West Enis at 2 50 pm on the Harlandale diamond. The article pages include garbled text and stray names, but the core note is a standard schedule teaser for a pair of afternoon games.
Chicago report notes Bek Tisher tops batting averages with 1% hits in Ehret seven pomnes. Zimmerman Franklyn Groh Clarke Sandgrass and others follow in NL stats. In the American League Jacques Fournier leads pace in steals as Cooper and Barlden head the Federal League. Stolen base leaders by city and team listed across leagues with multiple players tied at top.
Fragmented stats show batteries listed for Pakenberg Whitehouse Illiard Bod Reriden Pittsburg 5 St. Tenis 2 and Roge Berry Davenport Crandall Hartley for St Louis. Baseball results mention Baltimore Buffalo 5 and Chicago Kansas City through rain delayed game notices.
Reported college baseball scores from Virginia to North Carolina show Virginia's 6 to 3 win, North Carolina 4 to 2 over Columbia, and other uneven outcomes. Details are garbled with multiple misspellings but indicate games played in Charlottesville Raleigh Durham and Princeton, with Wake Forest and Penniston among teams mentioned.
Dallas Tex April 24 Red Henderson the sallue Goman knocked out Clevy Atwell of Mononle in the third round of a furious mill here Friday night. Atwell started not like a whirlwind but found Henderson there with the wallop and a quick delivery.
An incomplete box score fragment references Philadelphia scorers and a contest with missing details. Names like Rudolph, Traey, Bilister appear in garbled form amid stray numbers and team codes, indicating a brief score item or box score teaser from a Philadelphia game.
In Shreveport April showdown Hendricks was driven from the mound after a five run fifth inning by Navieators. Cincinnati triumphed 4 to 1 as Pittsburgh’s game notes show a late rally. Umpire Walht Mhienga. St Louis and Brooklyn games affected by rain.
The Thomaz School girls defeated Kenedy High 41 to 1 on St. Mark's court Friday night. Miss McCullough led the winners with 15 points including three baskets and a free throw. Miss Jones scored the lone point for Kenedy on a foul shot. Tex Rumsdell refereed the game. Ameritan Association. Scores listed for St Paul St Paw and Louisville law.
Detroit beat Cleveland as Darratt allowed runs with mixed results. Chicago routed St. Louis and edged box scores highlight battery pairings. Boston Philadelphia games were postponed by wet grounds and New York Washington also faced a rain delay.
Gena Delmont of Memphis won a newspaper decision over Flynn in Milwaukee on Friday night. The featherweight bout featured Delmont weighing in on target while Flynn came in several pounds overweight.
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