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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
3
The Black Bronchos and the Birmingham Giants square off in a three game series at Austin across Sunday Monday and Tuesday. Giants vow revenge after an earlier Bouls championship loss. Teams travel from the city Sunday morning and return after the games with a large local crowd expected.
Iron Garden Bowling League clubs split two highly contested matches at Mission alleys. Single Men won game one 78 pins, Married Men took game two by 33 pins. overall both teams claimed a victory each as stars from both sides starred across rosters amid lively city league action.
The Washer Nine arrived back from Kerrville with the bunting flying after a dominant 11 to 0 victory. Petersom allowed five early runs as Kerrville struggled to mount any offense while Washer hitters rapped seventeen safeties led by Verily, TK, Wistergil and Winger.
In a fast pitching duel with light hitting and sharp fielding, the Mud Cats prevailed in the eleventh. Harris hurled all nine, but a wild throw by Everhart and a miscue by Covington sealed the win for the Mud Cats as the offense finally delivered in extra frames.
A large town crowd witnessed a chaotic extra inning game where Kerrville benefited from an error allowing Coyle to score the decisive run in the eleventh. Houston halted a late rally with solid defense though few reached base prior to the ninth. Notable players included Peterson Cox and Knapp for Kerrville and Collins, Wellfy, Jamie and McMurray for Houston.
Houston struggled in a 7 inning game with score noted as 000 000 5000 for Houston and 01-i for Shamino. Slolenhagy, Newuem, Shock out for Covington 30, by Uarrky 7. Banrfcee NE: Spealer, Base om balls. Umpire Proctor. Remarks quote mixed opinions on Houston’s performance and local reaction.
The Washer nine heads to New Bragnteis for a game amid news of G C Uresson and Len Russ sweeping tennis honors in New Hampshire and Vermont. High School ref Louis Sten starts for Kerrville, Port San Houston athletics led by Lieutenant Leeward, and a British Cricket Club match arouses interest as action builds toward 5 o clock. Court House and Biks face off in a hot doubleheader at Electric Park after solid prep, while Yorktown seeks a pitcher in San Antonio and Missionfield readies to host a 9 o clock Sunday game. Detroit and Philadelphia games noted in A L and national league sections with several results through the day.
Journal notes a mix of baseball updates and oddities including a pitcher jailed for allegedly injuring an umpire, a world record in skeet shooting broken by a fire crew at Denver, and Dallas players moving between teams. The stream includes scores and game summaries from Austin, Galveston, and Waco with erratic details and garbled lines.
A brief note from Burnette County outlines funds allocated for an ideas program supporting local undertakings. The plan, labeled Undertikora, aims to catalyze innovation, with officials promising transparent reporting and community access to results.
New York aug 28 massive athletic contest at Travers Island features stars such as Melvin Sheppard Martin Sheridan George Bonhag and Irish American Athletic Club members expected to contend in half mile discus three mile sprint and field events with close competition across events including hammer high jump and hurdles.
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