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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1913

Page

13

Longhorns Plan Strong Back Field for 1913 Season

Texas awaits a full early season camp at San Marcos beginning September 10 to build a potent back field around Captain Clark Brown. Losses include Higginbotham Kane K L Berry and others, but returnees such as Edmond Roseborough and Niblo bolster a fast aggressive unit. The schedule opens October 3 at Austin against Fort Worth Polytechnic with eight games in total including Baylor Sewanee and Oklahoma.

Austin Tex University of Texas San Marcos Chicago Allerdice Bellmont Disch Eastern College Indianapolis Manitowoc Wis Rix Hays County Fair Grounds Tom C. Johnson Woodhull Buett Dealey Higginbotham Kane K. L. Berry College of Arts Wimmer Scarborough Massey E. R. Berry Birge Murray Jordan Sellers Burch Griffin Holland Heck Pritchett Maufrais Longhorns Cap Tain Clark Brown Barrell Russell Leftwich Littlefield Niblo Pete” Edmond Scrubs Halbert Roseborough Fort Worth Polytechnic College Texas Southwest Austin College At Baylor University At University of the South Sewanee

Sports Card: Kansas State Farm Opponents Houston and Notre Dame

A historic schedule notes Kansas State Agricultural College to play Houston on November 18 and Notre Dame to face them in Austin on November 27. The pair of games frames a mid season stretch with notable nonconference opponents.

Homa Houston Kansas State Agricultural College University of Notre Dame Austin

Fire department to build two motor fire trucks

Commissioner D C Coates says the Spokane fire department will replace horse-drawn units with two motor-driven fire fighters. Materials have been ordered and top mechanics will assemble the trucks, signaling a big saving for the department.

Spokane D. C. Coates

St Paul Auto Club Tours Routes Through Four Cities

Seventy club members ran a 100 mile route last week with stops in Stillwater Taylors Falls New Richmond and Hudson. New Richmond served as the noon control and the new prison at South Stillwater acted as an emergency control point.

St. Paul Automobile Club Stillwater Taylors Falls Minn New Richmond Hudson Wis South Stillwater

Weasels Win Loosely In Double Indoor Baseball At Y M C A

The Weasels beat the Tigers 12 to 9 in the opener as Warren scattered hits and Flaherty allowed clumped swats. Merscheidt stood out for the Tigers with four hits in six at bats and Warren fanned five. In the second game the Lions defeated the Hyenas 11 to 5 as E. Hawk starred on the base paths and Bond held the line with four runs crossed in a single inning. Batteries were Warren and Green for the Weasels while Flaherty and Cartwright faced the Tigers. Maurer, Bond, KE Hawk, Sexauer and Archer worked for the Hyenas and Lions.

Weasles Tigers Warren Flaherty Merscheidt Green Cartwright Lions Maurer Bond E. Hawk Terra Firma Sexauer KE. Hawk P. Archer ST. Louis Washington Browns Senators Baumgardner A. E. Shotton Austin Aeeneee Pratt G. Williams, Jr Balentl Shanks McBride Seevearesee Engel O* Sabre Moeller Agnew Johnston Gandil Pratt Balenti Brief Hughes “.Ives Dineen Egan

Red Sox take third straight in win over Blanding team

Boston mounds nine runs as Hartsell Veach Cobb and Walter pace offense with two base hits three base hit and sac hits. Blanding crew adds runs on hits and errors with Dill and Zeider tallying in a close road setback.

Hartsell Veach Crawford Bauman Moriarty Dubuc Cobb Walter Knight Fisher Evans Ferguson

Boston Innings Edge Cleveland In Slugfest

Boston wins 4 to 3 over Cleveland in a nine inning game. Key moments include Speaker and Yerkes with two base hits and Lajoie Turner sluggers for Cleveland. Hooper Engle and Gardner involved in multiple double plays as Cullop and Collins each fan three.

Philadelphia Pirates Phillies Pittsburg India AR. Oo A. E Byrne Carey Wagner J Miller Wilson Dolan Pat Reed Magee Cravath Ludurus Doolan Killifer Hawley Alexander Steer Imlay Rixey Arshall Osesece Warner Ludarus Cleveland Red Miller Mitchell Mendrix Blanding Hendrix Brennan Eason Lj. Miller Toston C. Hooper Seen Neene Simon Engle Cooper Speaker Lukpebom Wis Eee Lardner Yerkes Philadelphlia Carrigan Paskett I. Collings Eesessseeeers Cscerseeesis Birmingham Seeenee Ccec Chapman DOOAN Ceessese Ses Miller Luhreson Boston Cseerserereses Lajoie Turner Hooper Gardner Cullop Collins O'Loughlin Sheridan

Hughes Is Jinxed In Ninth Inning Defeats For Washington

The article notes Tom Hughes of Washington has the most ninth inning reverses this season, with three. Walter Johnston has not allowed any ninth inning failures, as Washington and Idaho phenom combined to pull several games from the fire. Also listed are AL pitchers charged with ninth inning defeats and a statistic: 5187 steam laundries employing 19,434 people in the United States.

Tom Hughes Washington Senators Walter Johnston Idaho United States

Tigers and Yankees Split Doubleheader in Detroit

Detroit saw the Tigers and Yankees split a twin bill with an 8 to 1 Tigers win in game one and a 4 to 2 victory for Detroit in game two. Fisher allowed 13 hits in the opener while Dubuc yielded five. Lake lasted two innings in relief before House settled the second game.

Detroit Tigers Yankees Fisher Dubuc Lake House Maisel Cook Hartsell Rf Peckinbaugh Knight Zeider Gossett

Red Sox Rally In Ninth Sparks Warmer Pennant Hopes

The 1920s style recap shows Boston’s dramatic ninth inning rallies lifting the Red Sox in the pennant race. Speaker and Lewis lead Boston with late hits while Cleveland Stovall’s men, Washington and St Louis also post ninth inning wins.

Cleveland Steel Cullop Gregg Kahler Falkenberg Blanding Mitchler St. Louis Hamilton Stone Baumgardner Leverenz Weisman Detroit Lake Bush Dubuc Willett Klawitzer Washington Hughes Groom Philadelphia Bender Brown Plank New York Keating Ford Fisher Schulz Chicago Scott Russell Walsh Boston O'Brien Wood Hall

Indiana Issues About 12000 Licenses In July Surge

In the last two weeks of July the Indiana secretary of state issued nearly 12,000 motor car licenses. A new state law requiring an annual license became effective July 1 but the tags arrived about two weeks later, around mid July.

Indiana

Washington Delinquents List to Be Printed by Secretary Howell

Secretary Howell will print only the delinquent motor vehicle owners list for sheriffs, not all owners, as the state reports over 25 000 vehicles. A European source notes that powerful industrial electric current is dangerous under certain conditions.

I M. Howell Washington

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