Gassers Adjust Roster After Draft Exits
Shreveport manager Mike ONeill faces a lean lineup as star players depart in the draft. Chick Knaupp leaves, Otto Pahlmann steps in at first, Don Flynn is out in the outfield, and Johnny Verhout plugs pitching gaps. A home series with the Hardy Navigators follows a San Antonio trip, with a decisive clash shaping a tight early rivalry.
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Mike O'Neill
Shreveport Gassers
Mike
Chick” Knaupp
Keystone
Chick
O'Neill
Mclarry
Otto Pahlmann
Don Flynn
Johnny Verbout
Gassers
Broncs
Shreveport
Alamo City
Hardy Navigators
Brynchos
San Antonio
Nage Argu
Herlers
Gene Cocreham
Fort Worth Panthers Rally In Ninth For 4-2 Win Over Waco
Fort Worth beat the Navigators 4 to 2 at League Park as Fulton labored eight innings and Jackson homered twice. Kraft doubled driving in one, Sears and Woodall contributed, and Whitaker allowed two runs before Wachtel finished. Panthers move three games ahead of Fort Worth’s rival clubs in the standings.
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Gene
Luling
Fort Worth
Waco
Houston Bulls
League Park
Charlie Chaplin
Nore
Tex
Navigators
Fulton
Jackson
Butcher
Kraft
Sears
Woodall
Whitttaker
Wachtel
A. E. Stow
Kircher
Rf Butcher
Woy Woodall
Butte
Whittaker
Waca
ADL
Ad Janes
Mokan
Uoffavan
Sylvester
Manchester
Putten
Yuddy
Enuuvis
Municipal rifle range sees strong Q M Q team scores
Sunday at the municipal range regulars joined the quartermaster rifle team as 10 new members boosted strength. Scores at 800 yards on an eight inch bullseye included G B Fairbanks 89 Ostrom 84 Overwald 78 R W Taylor 72 and others. At 20 inch ball Faust 86 and Gaugen noted. pistol and .22 events evident with Knight 97 Chadbourne 96 Thiebes 96 and Goldthorp 93 in various bullseye rounds.
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Municipal
Quartermaster
G. B. Fairbanks
P. W. Ostrom
L. Overwald
Ml. Chadbourne
Corp
N.C Piett
W. E. Faust
G. W. Sweet
Faust
William Gaugen
FL Knight
M. O. Chadbourne
Lieut
MM. Chadbourne
John Wright
D. Duffy
T. A. Thiebes
W. J. Faust
Corporal Cayplett
We le Goldthorpe
Little Aubrey Goldthorp
Bessie Keene
Overheard at the Nineteenth Hole
San Antonio golf courses suffer Monday rain forcing closures at Municipal Links and possible temporary greens at Country Club. Visitors register shows many players are soldiers including officers and enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Liberty bond drive tops in San Patricio County oversubscriptions
Many over the top in Corpus Christi and San Patricio as W V Haisley leads Liberty bond campaign efforts to exceed quotas. Eight counties report oversubscriptions with bonds bought totaling around 1.9 million dollars and potential rise to 2.5 million by the next weekend. Also Zach Wheat heads to join the Brooklyn Dodgers after salary talks yield agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
San Patricio County
W. V. Haisley
Linton
San Patricia
T Haisley
Haif
Haisley
South Texas
Nueces
San Patricio
Refugio
Bec
Arnes
Brooks
Kieberg
Hidalgo
Managers to meet in Chicago over spit ball rule
The Splitter Ender Mire Chicago April 30 managers of clubs in the American Association convene with President Hickey and eight umpires to agree on interpreting the rule prohibiting the spit ball and other freak deliveries as the season opens tomorrow.
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Ender Mire
Chicago
American Association
Hickey
Methodists and Episcopalians clash in big indoor baseball night
A double header in the Sunday School Indoor Baseball League at the Y M C A features St Mark's Episcopal vs McKinley Avenue in game one with St Mark's leading the league on two straight wins. Tommie Gish faces Harry Hamilton on the mound. In game two Westminster Presbyterian meets First Presbyterian as both aim to rebound after close losses. A. G. McNeal and J. F. Stilte lead a separate men's volleyball matchup likely to shake the standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's Episcopal
McKhinley Avenue
First Presbyterian
Westminster Presbyterian
St. Mark's
Tommie Gish
Episcopalians
Harry Hamilton
McKinley
A. G. McNeil
J. F. Stilte
Thinking Machine Poised To Automate Ideas For Writers
Playwright Arthur Blanchard of Cambridge Massachusetts unveils a thinking machine that supposedly reduces writing work from operas to newspaper articles by crank powered ideas. Demonstrations yield six words forming a plot about an eccentric spinster and a burglar.
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Iin
Arthur I. Blancherd
Cambridge
Blanchard
Boston
Standing of the Clubs Tikal League Rain Delays
Monday results listed for the Tikal League include San Antonio versus Shreveport with rain, Houston versus Dallas off day, and matches Shreveport at San Antonio and Dallas at Houston with Vert Worth at Wrco on the schedule.
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Fort Worth
Waco
San Antonio-Shreveport
Houston-Dallas
Pinay
Shreveport
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Vert Worth
Wrco
Wacowane
Monday results in American League include Sl Bears loss
Chicago and Cleveland combined for four runs while St Louis posted twelve and Detroit scored three. The New York Philadelphia game and Washington Boston contest were rained out. Remaining matchups set include Washington at Boston and Philadelphia at New York with Chicago at Cleveland and Detroit at St Louis on the schedule.
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Chicago & Cleveland
St. Louis
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
Washingston
Boston
Youny
Washington
Heston
Chicago
Cleveland
Pet
National League standings and weather delays
National League club standings show New York and Philadelphia leading divisions with losses and wins. Pairings include Chicago Pittsburgh rain delays and rescheduled games. matches listed to be played across cities with several rain postponements noted for St. Louis Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Brooklyn and other venues.
Hibernians stay unbeaten in 9-1 win over 817th Aero Squadron
The Hibernians kept their winning streak alive Sunday at Brackenridge Park, beating the 817th Aero Squadron 9 to 1. Cy Fried pitched strongly until a fifth inning rally sparked by Stiehl Ledger and De Guasperi, followed by Graves and Hines power, broke the game open. Swenson and Morrison were lone multi-hit Aero threats, while Hibernians head to Camp Travis next Sunday to face Lieutenant Schulte's all-professions squad.
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Hibernian
Aero Squadron
Brackenridgse Park
Cy Fried
Aero Boys
Fried
Swenson
Stiehl
Ledger
de Guasperi
Graves
Hines
Peoria
Ellar
Acrohays
Morrison
Vibernians
Camp Travis
Schulte
Leagues Plan Sunday Games at Harrison Park New Jersey
Play in New Jersey New York April 36 regular championship games of the National and American Leagues will be played every Sunday at Harrison Park N J with a weekly schedule at Polo Grounds in New York or Ebbets Field in Brooklyn transferred to Harrison Park. National League president said both leagues will use Harrison Park on Sundays to recover rental costs under the Federal League peace agreement.
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New York
Harrison
N. J
Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Harrison Park
Fener
National League
Federal League
Pal Moore Wins Eight Round Bantam Fight in Memphis
Pal Moore of Memphis defeated Early Puryear of Oklahoma City in a Monday night eight round bantamweight bout in Memphis, Tennessee. The article notes the venue and briefly mentions an unrelated cheeky ad line from the Travelers' Cigar Shop and a quip about a dying practical joker predicting a strange event.
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Pal Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Pal” Moore
Early Puryear
Oklahoma City
Okla
May Hit the Road by Camp Travis Team for Weekend Games
Uni. Schulte of Camp Travis plans out-of-town games next Saturday and Sunday to avoid clashing with Broncho vs Waco at League Park. Ninth Division troops may visit other camps if road trips fail. Fifth Engineers may tour Camp Stadium to play Spike Kells group. Two new players Chick Knipp and W L Cresby join the Camp team enhancing depth. Storey moves from second to right field to accommodate new speed.
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Franz J. Schulte
Allstar
Travis
Waco
Army
Tramorous Christi
Camp
Kells
Dickerson
Kelly Wield
Corpus
Chick" Knipp
Shreveport
W. L. Cresby
Storey
Uhiek
Conductor Frederick Stock’s American Citizenship Question
The Musical Courier notes a long standing issue about conductor Frederick Stock of the Chicago Symphony being technically not an American citizen due to a slip in completing naturalization after first papers. Newspapers in Chicago and New York delayed publication, citing no public good, while affirming Stock’s evident American spirit through his actions and beliefs during and after wartime.
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Frederick Stock
Chicago
Stuck
New York
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Seomany Army
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Medina St
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Southern Pacific
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