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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1915
Page
3
A garbled recap covers Brongs from a fal game in a multi game Indy series. Munsell struggles late with infield plays and a double by Douckel sparks a rally. The soggy narrative notes fielding errors, baserunning mishaps, and a late surge by Dallas area players as the Brongs battle to stay in the series race.
Waco humbles Galveston Pirates in a Sunday twin bill at Galveston. In the opener Allen opposed HU in a tight 9 to 7 game with distance and late scoring deciding the outcome. The second contest saw five pitchers used as Waco pulled away 4 to 3 after a late Galveston rally, with Waco scoring two runs in the tenth. Batteries and umpires listed for both games reflect a tight doubleheader.
Unclear readable lines describe a late inning win with a triple by Vensil and key plays from Geert WILKekMnd and others. Mentions Port Worth Sands and Resumen, with incomplete player names and chaotic OCR artifacts. The dominant fact is a 3 102 win in extra innings by Cilers over EMR in a tense baseball scene.
The Meadquarters defeated Fort Son Tensten’s Lone Star Brewers Sunday afternoon at the Fort Son Tensten site. After taking an early 3-1 lead through eight innings, the Alamos rallied to tie in the ninth with three hits and two runs off headsquare tors. Orr then closed the game as the final two frames produced no more scoring. Doran and Moran led the Alamos with multiple hits, while Moran struck out three and Hares four for the Brewers. Batteries: Grr and Moll, Doran and Hass.
In bland Springs Texas on Sunday the local Sutherland Springs baseball team beat Patchernick of San Antonio 2 to 1. The home team benefited from breaks as Bridges Kahne and Burnett led with two hits each. Shen made a running grab in center and a notable catch. Patchernicks collected seven hits off pitcher Cahill while Sutherland Springs had two off their hurler.
Directum T and William meet in a key pacer showdown at North Hendal A strong North Randall track and two prior wins each set the stage. The top match pits two stallions in a bid for a new world record while Ubar faces Lea Axworthy and Peter Volo in a milestone first.
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Fragmented clip lists Bramiing and Chuds in a Texas League club standings snippet. Mentions San Antonio and Galveston tied to law, Werth, Trateston, Shrevaport with unclear context. Readers see sparse names and partial cities amid a partially legible standings segment.
In Sunday play Harlan Dale teams split results with Fort Worth at San Antonio, Galveston, Beaumont and Shreveport. Matchups listed include Fort Worth at San Antonio and Dallas at Beaumont as the schedule moves into May.
In a doubleheader, Detroit and Chicago each posted wins while Cleveland slipped to a 1 2 loss. King and Harlessdale keyed the first game with strong pitching and defense for West Ends, and Dalkowicz runner-up Mauser Jeffries highlighted the second game as their tenth straight victory. Areas mention Boston New York Philadelphia and Washington note ongoing standings as futures games loom.
Newark beat 4 to 8 and St Louis defeated j. The league schedules for Monday include Chicago at Baltimore and Kansas City at Buffalo. Brooklyn at Pillsbury appears in the listed matchups.
Sunday results include Chicago 3 Cincinnati 6 and St Louis 1 Philadelphia 3. Cincinnati 6 6 Chicago 3 1 3 Pittsburg and Boston tied with Philadelphia. New York and Brooklyn also noted. League standings show Chicago 104 54 and St Louis 7, with Cincinnati and Pittsburgh splitting results.
Seguin defeats the Owls of San Antonio 3 to 2 in Seguin. Starr and Boone locked in a pitchers duel as eight hits were scattered. Wels had three hits for Seguin while Owls pitcher Prieberg started the middle and tied the score in the seventh. The Owls led in the ninth before Seguin rallied aided by key plays, including solid fielding and timely hitting.
In a Sunday doubleheader opener at Houston Shreveport edged Houston 9 8 after a 15 inning slugfest. Schrader triple in the fifteenth drove in two to seal the win as Criss tied the game with bases loaded in the eleventh and Napier faltered after holding visitors earlier.
The Sew Braunfels Tigers defeated the Knights of Columbus of San Antonio 7 to 3 on Sunday afternoon in a pitchers' duel. Reich and Ald Worth pitched well for their teams as the Tigers pushed across the decisive run on an error and a wild pitch in the eighth inning.
In a sporadic set of games the Memphis club faced New Orleans at the venue with battery pairings listed as lark and Canninghai for Memphis and Aparcen for the New Orleans squad. Other matchups included Atlanta, Nashville, and additional battery combinations noted, with scores reflecting a close series and multiple innings detailed.
At Glenwood Country Club on August 16 prospects began in preliminaries for the Western Open golf championship opening Wednesday. Top pros from across the United States played Monday and Tuesday to learn the course. Six Nelson brothers from Indianapolis all pros at western clubs entered the competition led by Lee Walter Chick Chess Brn and Dick. The Nelsons were among the six families fielding a strong showing.
A riot erupted during a St Louis double header on August 16 as fans hurled bottles and vegetables at umpire Byron after a ruling that sent Miller out following a slide to second. Police and umpire Eason intervened to halt Nieunahan as he climbed toward the grandstand, ending the disturbance before the second game completion.
The Light Newsies won their tenth game of the season by defeating the Government Tigers 8 to 1 on Sunday. Percy pitched four hits allowed while heavy hitting from the Newsies anchored the win. Maga’s fielding stood out as critical in securing the victory. Newsies plan a game next Saturday morning and call Crockett 1743 for details.
The Lowther brothers divide a doubleheader with the Droemers as Dresch and Mason lock up a pitchers duel in the opener. In the second game Lowthers hit late, while Burke and Droemers star in defense muffing five errors.
ECKERT'S ENTRY OB830 won first place in the final race of the Alamo City district young bird series. The event from Bar mondyville Tex covered 04 miles into a north wind, with B F Lanham of Raymondsville noting birds liberated at 30 p m. The winning time and wind were regarded as excellent as the birds beat strong headwinds. Genie M Heberer led the series with birds averaging 1218 26 votes per minute across 109 169 and 200 mile races, with other top entries listed by owner and minute speed.
Amateur trap shooters from nearly every state gather for the Interstate Association tournament in Chicago opening day. The event features the Grand American handicap and other classic clay events. Henderson of Lexington Kentucky returns to defend his title as the grand handicap match draws professionals and amateurs in 200 and 100 target events.
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