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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1911
Page
10
The Bronchos split a four game Houston run with one win and one loss and two rained-out games. They face the Sand Crabs today in a three day series depending on the weather. After Galveston, they head home May 2 to open with Fort Worth as the Senators loom up the line in a key series.
Oklahoma City defeated Fort Worth 8 to 4 as Appleton yielded seven innings before Weatherford relieved. Fort Worth committed six errors while Lingenfelder struggled for the Mets. Umpire Matthews called the game with RHE lines showing a decisive Oklahoma City win.
Clever soldier fighter of Co. IL Twenty-eighth Infantry will face Jack Gill of Co. DB Eleventh in one of six rounds at the Army tournament beginning Thursday night in the post gym.
The Eleventh cavalry baseball team fields a fast aggregation and issues a challenge to any semi professional team in the city. Edward Dezendorf of troop L is the manager. Four Seasons or Households prefer red.
The remark highlights that value lies with the player who delivers in crucial moments, not the one with the highest batting average. It emphasizes a clutch contributor who rises to the occasion when the team needs him most.
The US National Lawn Tennis Association executive committee will meet to consider England's invitation for a meeting with England and South Africa during coronation week to decide the Davis Cup preliminaries. The provisional American team includes Larned Bundy McLaughlin Long contingent on South Africa's agreement to preliminaries in England.
Chicago beat Cleveland 6 to 2 to tie the Naps for fifth place in the American League pennant race. Blanding relieved Falkenburg for Cleveland. Chicago scored one run in the second, one in the fifth, three in the seventh. Cleveland managed two in the third. Batteries Young and Sullivan for Chicago and Falkenburg Blanding Land for Cleveland.
In Boston on April 26 the opening game of the season ended 6 to 3 with Boston defeating New York. Score by innings shows Boston at 003 020 00 and New York 100 001 010. Batteries: Wood and Carrigan for Boston Fisher, Warhop and Blair for the Yankees.
Detroit defeated St. Louis 11 to 9 in a heavy hitting ball game played at the city. The Tigers collected 11 runs on 9 hits while St. Louis had 9 runs on 12 hits. Batteries were Lake George Mitchell Clarke Covington Willett Cavite Stanage.
Philadelphia hitters exploded yesterday to beat Washington 11 to 2. The game featured strong pitching and timely hitting as Hughes Gray Sherry Perect and Ainsmith logged innings for Philadelphia while Coombs and ap p shared the mound duties for Washington.
In New York on April 25 Mathewson defeated Flaherty as the Mets edged Boston 3 to 1. The game featured sharp fielding by Boston while New York tallied in the first, fourth and seventh innings. Batteries were Flaherty and Graham for Boston and Mathewson and Myers for New York.
Chicago pulled off a 59 to 49 victory over Cincinnati as a triple and a single in the eighth inning produced the decisive runs. Foxen Brown and Archer were Chicago pitchers with Fromme Keene Burns and Clark behind Cincinnati.
Brooklyn edged Philadelphia 4 to 3 in a tightly played contest. Moore and Dooin opposed Bar ger and Bergen as Brooklyn secured the win after a late rally.
St Louis fell 9 to 1 as Pittsburg surged ahead in the American league race. Camnitz and Gibson held the Cardinals and Harmon Zmich Wingo Bliss Bresnahan split the mound duties for the winning side.
San Antonio travels to Galveston while Austin visits Houston Dallas plays in Waco Fort Worth hosts Oklahoma City in a quartet of city matchups across the region.
Baseball statisticians report Sam Crawford at .526 leading the American league batting list while Lajoie hits .455. Doom of Philadelphia tops the National league at .571 with Fred Clarke second. New York Americans are strong in club batting, Philadelphia leads NL, and Boston is second. John Hummell leads NL in long hits with one home run three triples and four doubles. Josh DeVore of the New York Nationals heads the base stealing chart with Collins close behind.
Western Golf association announced the handicap list would be issued by May 15. Chairman W. J. Black and committee members report delays from secretaries in sending lists. The deadline to submit is April 30, with clubs failing to submit facing potential rating reductions.
Washington visits Philadelphia as New York travels to Boston in a slate of pivotal matchups shaping early season standings.
National League games listed with Chicago visiting Cincinnati Boston at New York Pittsburg at St Louis and Philadelphia traveling to Brooklyn.
John Berg a local light heavy weight wrestler travels to Floresville to train with Paul Kardow the giant. Berg will spar with Floresville strongman until Saturday and hopes to weigh 171 pounds for the Beethoven hall return finish with Walt Evans of Ken ville Tennessee on Monday May 1. Evans targets about 170 pounds.
Montgomery in Mobile and Birmingham in New Orleans plus Nashville and Atlanta link up in regional mentions. The note lists city pairs to illustrate cross metro connections without detailing events or dates.
Unclear OCR shows Augusta 3 Savannah 6, Albany 1 Macon 0, waite Galustus Columbus 6 Jackson 4, Charleston 0 Colum. Indicates a set of brief scorelines with several damaged names and places across Georgia.
In Richmond Virginia North Carolina A and M College defeated Richmond College by 11 to 9 with the scoreline noted. The margin followed an error by an outfielder misplaying a batters eye moment at Clinton Mississippi LSU shutout Mississippi College 4 to 0.
Montgomery defeated Mobile 4 to 2 in eleven innings to clinch a third consecutive win. Batteries Lelivelt Gribbens and Clarke Dunn in Mobile, final line 14 hits to 7 for Montgomery.
In Memphis on April 2, Zimmerman of Atlanta delivered a safe hit in the eleventh inning and scored two runs, giving the visitors a 3 to 1 victory over Memphis. The game featured the closest scoring margin of the season as Atlanta rallied late. Batteries: C. Mill and W. Miller for Atlanta Finlayson and Knotts for Memphis.
In a Garrison finish on April 25 New Orleans edged Birmingham 5 to 4 after scoring two runs in the ninth. Final line shows Birmingham 464 and New Orleans 594 with Fleharty Pratt Elliott Klawitter Nagle listed as players.
Nashville defeated Chattanooga 4 to 3 as Anderson walking eleven batters pitched poorly for Chattanooga while Nashville built a four run lead. Benton and Clayton shared catching duties with Lafitte and Munson behind the plate.
Household club schedules a Sunday double header at Krisch Park. First game at 2 against L A Hardware with McHugo and Hovel catching for Household and Hum mel and Rock for Hardware. Second game features Household versus Conover with BC Chambers and Kelley behind Household batteries Crevenstine and Gunn for Conover.
A coupon worth 50 cents is valid for one bound book of Mutt and Jeff cartoons and sayings. Available at The Light Premium Department on Losoya Street beside the Losoya Hotel. Mail order price is 65 cents.
Ad Wolgast the lightweight champion and Californian "One Round" Hogan meet in a ten round bout in New York. The match could change the title with Wolgast signaling a possible retirement and Hogan vowing to quit boxing if defeated.
If he cannot win he will be satisfied to quit. Wolgast is a slight favorite with odds at 5 to 4.
Harry McIntyre agreed to join the Cubs with Murphy arranging the salary. The record notes the contract signing and the absence of disclosed figures.
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