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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1911
Page
12
An intense meeting between a famed bulldog and a quick badger ends oddly as the badger surges from its lair and injures the dog, the crowd hoping for a knockout. The dog battles back but the badger shifts tactics, and spectators recount a tense, uncertain finish amid lively ante game chatter.
The Corpus Christi ball club has been forfeited to the Southwest Texas league and becomes the league\u2019s property. No local claim remains, and without a city arrangement the franchise will be moved to El Campo. League president B S Dickinson announced the action after a city visit.
Pete Compton, Battle Creek outfielder, was sold to the St Louis Americans. He hits around .550 and is not yet 20. Compton is a protege of Jack Burke, manager of the Victoria Rose Buds, and previously played in the Southwest Texas League before joining Battle Creek.
Taft starts strong for Waco but falters in the sixth allowing two Panther runs to tie the game. Nance drives in Howard with a two base hit in the seventh. Morris complains at umpire Donnelly as Fort Worth defeats Waco 8 to 4 in the early innings. Navigators and Panthers set for a doubleheader.
In Austin on August 4, the Senators defeated the Sand Crabs 6 to 1. Ashton held the Crabbs to two hits while Texas batters hit Brandt in key moments. Scoring summary shows Austin 202 000 119 and Galveston 000 000 012. Umpire Bruns.
Forsythe delivered a bases loaded homer in the sixth to erase a two run Indian lead and spark the Giants to a 5 to 2 victory. Cy Young was benched for arguing with umpire Matthews. Evans Murphy and Young Howell and Noyes guided the lineups.
Houston scores seven in a game highlighted by a double play Franz to Metz and a daring leap by Met and Rose. Umpire’s call noted. time of game listed as 2 30.
Houston hosts San Antonio while Dallas visits Oklahoma City. Fort Worth travels to Waco and Galveston plays in Austin as teams contest standings.
The notes list Victoria in Beeville Laredo in Corpus Christi and Brownsville in Bay City as coastal area references.
Boston beat Detroit 3 to 2. Cleveland defeated New York 11 to 10. Rain affected St. Louis at Philadelphia and Chicago at Washington. Detroit played Boston, Cleveland met New York, and St Louis plus Chicago faced rain delays with matchups listed.
Yesterday results list Brooklyn at Chicago and New York at Pittsburg with rain in Boston at St Louis. Cincinnati hosted Philadelphia with a 7 to 1 score while Chicago lost 5 to 3 to Brooklyn.
Nashville faced Birmingham with a 10 to 3 score while Mobile led Chattanooga 4 to 1. Memphis mounted Montgomery in rain as Memphis in Montgomery and Chattanooga in Mobile echoed the shifting venue patterns with metro pairings.
The Beach Traces meet opened with about 4000 onlookers as a series of stock and nonstock chassis races produced fast times. Albert Hoffman led ten miles in 11 17 driving a Ford, Lem Zengle won twenty miles in 16 48 for National, George DeWitt topped ten miles in 11 07 2 in a Cadillac, while Lem Zengle won fifty miles nonstock in 42 09 for 250 dollars, with Rader and Endicott following.
The English Lawn Tennis Association announced the team for next month’s preliminary matches in the Davis Cup. Players Dixon Lowe and Beamish will compete in singles and doubles with Dixon partnering Beamish in doubles. Ritchie could not accept. The winner here will advance to challenge Australia for the world title.
The United States National Lawn Tennis Association announced that the Britain versus United States Davis Cup match will be held at the West Side Tennis Club in New York City. The inter national committee proposed September 6 to 10 for the play to decide who meets Australia.
Beeville, Tex. Aug 4 Fulton batted in the winning run in the ninth as the Orange Growers edged the Birds 6 to 5. McCormick muffed Vitter’s fly allowing the run. Fulton replaced McDowell and hit a two bagger that moved McCormick to outfield and Wetzel to the strip in the ninth.
Chicago Aug 4 Word from President B B Johnson of the American League states Captain Harry Lord of the Chicago team was fined fifty dollars for misconduct in the second game of last Saturday's double header in New York. He pushed umpire Mullen with both hands after a decision at second base.
Associated Press reports Al Mandino of Tennessee is set to face Chicago heavyweight Mandino in an eight round bout at Knoxville Tennessee on August 15. Mandino, known in San Antonio for a spring wrestling appearance against John Berg and Walt Evans, fights in August.
Mike Finn son of Erin and scout for Johnny McGraws New York Giants visited San Antonio this morning to observe local baseball talent. He will attend an exhibition afternoon featuring Mack Allison against Pop Hornsby, his first time in the city this season.
Outfielder George Browne, released by Atlanta to clear space for Burch, has signed with the Winston-Salem association. If his arm strengthens, he may join the Brooklyn team. Britton of Atlanta is eligible and will rejoin at Birmingham. Five clubs answered yes to the request for Watson reinstatement, two pending.
In New Orleans Benton of Chattanooga struck out 13, nearly tying a season record, then pitched a wild ball on a two strike count with Hyder Barr at bat. The ball bounced high, catcher Higgins could not reach it, and the play prompted a debate over whether to assign a strike out and an error or a wild pitch on the same pitch.
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