Shreveport Wins Final From Brongs in 7 3 Victory
Shreveport defeated San Antonio 7 to 3 to close the series. Westerzil made a first inning snag saving Petty from danger as Shreveport rallied with five hits and two steals in the eighth to pull ahead. Terry pitched five strong innings before Napier, Petty’s uneven work, and late San Antonio errors shaped the outcome at Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Shreveport
San Antonio
Gassers
Syd Smith
Bill Terry
Broncs
Napier
Petty
Lester Cook
Stewart
Barr
Schrader
Mike Wotell
Burch
Dunckel
Cook
Nags
Westerzil
Bernsen
Eticivicepacyiy
Otell
Butler
Cusisceaucees Pier Etree
OMNIS
Icccsa Taeda
Inn' Beoomge
Cccevcesenees
Maitow
Csi
Terry
Moran
Shreveport & Protogue
Asconnnesceae
Elwert
Nee Schrader
Ludy Langer Wins National A. A. U. Title in 110 Yard Race
Ludy Langer of Los Angeles defeated Herbert Vollmer of New York A. C. in Travers Island finals to claim the quarter mile national A. A. U. championship. Ted Cann finished third as Joe Wheatley and Gilbert E. Tomlinson also started. Langer clocked five minutes 88 25 seconds over the 110 yard lap course with three turns.
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New York
Langer
Live Oak Rifle Club Formed in Three Rivers
In Three Rivers Texas on August 5 a government rifle club named the Live Oak Rifle Club was organized with about twenty five members. The club will affiliate with the National Rifle Association and plans a private rifle range soon. Officers elected were Charles R. Tips president Dr. Davis vice president H Coquat secretary E G Majors treasurer and Max Poss executive officer.
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Three Rivers
Tex
Live Oak Rifle Club
National Rifle Association
Club
Charles R. Tips
Dr. Davis
H.coquat
E. G. Majors
Max Poss
Southern League Standings Snapshot
In Memphis standings Memphis 8 11 leads Mobile 2 2 while Nashville 1 2 trails Atlanta 2 1 and Little Rock 8 0 at New Orleans 2 3. Chattanooga 4 Birmingham 0 show Birmingham winless and Chattanooga atop the board.
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Memphis
Mobile
Nashville
Atlanta
Little Rock
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Legg Wins Trans Miss Golf Championship in Minneapolis
Harry Legg of the Mikahda Golf Club Minneapolis defeated James Campbell of the Des Moines Golf and County Club 6 up and 5 to play in the Trans Miss golf final secured the championship. Legg holed out of many bad spots and played steadily to take the title.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Harry Legg
Minikahda Golf Club
James Campbell
Golf and County Club
Des Moines
Legg
Junior B s Busy Indoor Day for Y M C A Team
The Junior B’s of the Y M C A played a triple header in Indoor Baseball League and a swimming event. The Athletics beat the Giants 10 0, Yankees edged Cubs 11 10, Braves beat Cubs 6 4. Halliday won 60 yard swim with Phillips second and McAlester third.
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Athletics
Giants
Yankees
Cubs
Braves
Joseph Halliday
Womack Phillips
J. J.mcalester
Eugene Darby
Keuhne
Sam Lee
Raymond Arnold
Stille
McClure
Arthur Sobey
J. J. McAlester
Lee Stille
Frank Bourk
Cullom Burleson
McAlester
Darby
Robert Wotan
Phillips
Halliday
San Antonio Gun Club Holds Shoot Today
The San Antonio Gun Club announces a 3 PM shoot at the fair grounds limited to fifty shots to allow all entrants to test their skill. Secretary Harry Matlock leads the event as shotgun contests grow nationwide. Entrance is via the Roosevelt avenue gate.
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Fair Grounds
San Antonio
United States
Sammy
Meredith Aims for Mile Record This Season
Meredith of the University of Pennsylvania plans to chase the mile record this season. Coach Lawson Robertson trains Penn athletes and expects the half mile champion to lower Norman Taber’s Harvard stadium marks from the previous year. Guns, ammunition, sporting goods. Portage Tire Co., 2218 Alamo St. Adv. “Are you doing your best to make Crimson Gulch better and more beautiful” Broncho Bob says. posse armed with weapons, cemetery statue plans before fall.
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Portage Tire Co
Alamo St
Adv
Crimson Gulch
Broncho Bob
Washington Ar
Duluth Boat Club set for national regatta in Duluth
Three Duluth Boat Club crews expected to win at the national regatta August 11-12. Senior doubles feature Roy Kent and Art Osman, intermediate doubles with Dave Herak and Max Rheinberger, and the senior eight including Dave Herak, Charles Whiteside, Roy Kent, George Arens, Francis Hall, Max Rheinberger, Ben Hagberg, Lincoln Brown coxswain. Since 1911 they have won about 3 percent of entered races and hold most national records as they duel the nation’s top oarsmen.
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Roy Kent
Art Osman
Dave Herak
Max Rheinberger
Charles Whiteside
George Arens
Francis Hall
Carl Beschenbossel
Ben Hagberg
Lincoln Brown
Duluth Boat Club
Boerne White Sox to clash with Ahrens Ott in San Antonio
Boerne White Sox with hundreds of fans travel to League Park in San Antonio to open a City League doubleheader at 3 oclock versus the Ahrens Ott team. The second game features the XXX Pearls, recently reorganized, against the same opponents in a regular season contest led by A Toudouze and Pat OShaughnessy.
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San Antonio
Boerne White Sox
Ahrens & Ott
League Park
Ahrens & Orts
Boerne
Hubert Wedge
Fred Lee
Sox
Little Wedge
Braunfels Tigers
Ludwig
Texas
Hicks
Tigers
Ahrens & Otts
XXX Pearls
A. Toudouze
Pat O'Shaughnessy
Hibernians
Standings of the Clubs Texas League
Standings show Psyd. W L Pet Shreveport 113 65 48 0.675 Houston 114 60 65 0.654 Fort Worth 118 60 63 0.531 Galveston 107 64 63 0.605 San Antonio 111 65 65 0.496 Beaumont 113 46 67 0.407 Dallas 120 46 68 0.404 Saturday results listed rain with games Beaumont-Waco Houston-Dallas Galveston-Fort Worth. San Antonio hosts Waco Sunday while Shreveport visits San Antonio and others.
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Shreveport
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Fort Worth
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
Beaumont
Dallas
Beaumont-Waco
Houston-Dallas
Galveston-Fort Worth
Waco
Baseball scores from the league games listed
In a busy early schedule the American League results show Boston 4 over St Louis 3 and St Louis 1 Philadelphia 6. Cleveland outlasted Philadelphia 12 to 8 while Chicago routed Washington 7 to 0. Detroit defeated New York 8 to 2.
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Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
New York
Boston Or
Ceveeell
National League Saturday Results Summary
Boston defeated by Cincinnati 4 to 0 while Brooklyn won 4 to 1 and Pittsburgh lost 7 to 0. St Louis beat Philadelphia 2 to 0 and New York overwhelmed Chicago 8 to 2. No games scheduled.
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Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn Ever
Socoe
Enee
Eee
Honus Wagner Praised as Greatest Ball Player Ever
William Chase Temple defender of the Temple cup argues Wagner is the super ball player of all time. He claims Wagner surpasses every star since baseball began and remains unmatched in all around ability, despite occasional clumsiness. At age 42 Wagner covers more ground than most shortstops.
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Floris Wagner
William Chase Temple
Temple
Peerless Wagner
Wagner
Horus
Nashville Gets Two Browns
Nashville Southern Association club signs pitcher McCabe and outfielder Tobin from the St. Louis Americans. Outfielder Lee will be returned to the Browns when McCabe and Tobin report on August 12.
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Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Southern Association
McCabe
Tobin
St. Louis Americans
Lee
Browns
Schofield Enters National 10 Mile Swim Event
Aubrey Schofield of San Antonio, a dominant distance swimmer and versatile athlete, will enter a national ten mile Mississippi River swim staged by the Missouri Athletic Club in St Louis on Labor Day. He has trained in Salado and Medingham, and carries Delta Gamma Tau colors.
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Aubrey Schofield
San Antonio
Aubrey
Mississippi River
Missouri Athletic Club
St. Louis
Delta Gamma Tau
Adolph
Ernst
Alamo City
Salado
Medingham
Mississippi
Wooden Warship Tactics in Wooden Vessel Era
The Philadelphia Record recalls how wooden frigates might lash together and exchange fire for days. It contrasts early naval combat with ironclads, noting that once armor or decks are breached by heavy shells, a ship sinks quickly and crew cannot abandon ship by dangerous spars.
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Philadelphia Record
Paul Jones
Jutland
Largest Duluth Regatta Expected With 25 000 Spectators
The forty fourth annual regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen will be staged in Duluth August 11 and 12, drawing 25 000 to 35 000 spectators. A quarter mile grandstand along the mile and a quarter course on St. Louis Bay will accommodate crowds while Duluth Boat Club and local merchants spend about 50 000 dollars to stage the event. Twenty six clubs with over 150 oarsmen compete in thirteen events, including senior, intermediate and national championship races, with all but the quarter mile dash set for a mile and a quarter. The Duluth crews boast extensive records and aim to break time marks as competition heats rise.
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Duluth
Minn
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
St. Louis Bay
Duluth Boat Club
Northwestern Rowing Association
National Rowing Association
Springfield
Mass
Julius Barnes
Thomas Lipton
Vesper Boat Club of
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Washington
Atlanta
Lynn
Buffalo
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Peoria
St. Paul
Seabright Lawn Tennis Opens August 7 Times
The Seabright Lawn Tennis Club invites players to its August 7 to 12 tournament. R Norris Williams defends the Achelis Challenge Cup with two legs toward permanent possession, joined by N W Niles W J Clothier and W A Larnen who hold one leg each. Other invitees include B C Wright F B Alexander R Kv Little M H Long T R Pell. Wright and Long are not invited to play. John Hansen Rhoades sponsors the singles cup and Henry A Caesar sponsors the doubles cups.
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Seabright
N. J
Seabright Lawn
Pirates Face Last Leg Of Road Trip In Texas
Galveston Texas August 5 The Pirates begin the final stretch of their road swing with mixed results against southern clubs. San Antonio, Houston and Beaumont have been challenging. double headers will mark the return home on August 10. New pitchers Couchman and Jacobus attract attention as Sentell weighs usage. fans condemn Eugene Moore sale to St Louis.
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Galveston
Tex
Pirates
North Texas
San Antonio
Houston
Beaumont
Buccaneers
Sentell
Shreveport
Buccos
Robert Couchman
Eugene Moore
St. Louis
Moore
Buffs
Potchernicks Meet Knights of Columbus In City League Showdown
At Electric Park a high profile City League clash features Potchernicks defending against Knights of Columbus. Pitchers Cy Fried and Al Manny bring strong southpaw and fastball moves, while Manny bats and cycles speed set the pace. Umpire Ed Trimble will call the game starting at three.
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League Park
Simon Pures
Electric Park
Potchernick
Ahrens & Ott
Fried
Manny
Texas
Ed Trimble
Gould Is a Find. Cleveland Indian Pitcher Gould Is Short But Strong
Albert Frank Gould a Muscatine midget aged 23, five feet six inches tall and 155 pounds, stands as the shortest pitcher in the American League. Known as a big little man with power in the shoulders, he has developed into a finding star for the Cleveland Indians. His professional record sits at 69 wins and 42 losses, with 15 and 12 in 1913, 22 and 12 the next season, and 19 and 12 last year. He pitched three no hit games for Muscatine.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Albert Frank Gould
Muscatine
Cleveland Indians
Gould
Davenport
Indians
Trap Shooters Wake to Growth of Amateur Association
The American Amateur Trapshooters Association based in Baltimore reports six months of operation with 960 clubs and 48 000 shooters across 39 states and Canada. John Philip Sousa serves as president, reflecting rising interest in the sport.
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American Amateur Trapshooters’ Association
Baltimore
States
Canada
John Philip Sousa
TEMG LAG MAKING GOOD IN THE MAJORS
Denison boy Ellis Hardy protege shows pep and a wonderful throwing arm as Texas talent Hornsby and Walters rise in majors. Walters from Waco, a backstop with a deadly arm and speed to second base. Hornsby from Denison, a brilliant young infielder and strong hitter.
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Ellis Hardy
Dime Found in River Catfish at Wichita
W E Smith of 726 West Douglas Avenue fished below the Central Street dam in the Little Arkansas River and landed a 1.5 pound channel cat. While removing the hook, he reached into the fish’s mouth and pulled out a bright ten cent piece, discovering a hidden dime.
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Wichita
Kan
Little Arkansas River
W. E. Smith
West
Douglas Avenue
Central Street
Grand Circuit Meeting Here Offers $26,000 in Purses
GRAND RAPIDS Aug 8 More than $26,000 in purses will be raced for at the sixth annual Grand Circuit meeting. A large entry list in trotting and pacing divisions has been completed. The richest stake is the Furniture Manufacturers 2 08 trot, a three heat race, with a purse of $5,000 to be run August 10.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Furniture Manufacturers
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