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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1916

Page

10

Maris Tomer Beats Brong In The Third Final Score 2 to 1

Galveston Texas August 30 Pitcher Karr homered to right in the third scoring Miller and Andreen to break a potential no hit bid by San Antonio manager Harry Stewart. The locals win 2 to 1 for their seventh straight victory as Bronchos threaten in the seventh.

Galveston Tex Karr Miller Andreen Harry Stewart San Antonio Baseball Club Alibi Ike Bensonites Otell Westerzil Breaux Errel Wotell Butler Bureh Westy Dunckel Flynn Fanning H. C. A. E. Breaux Sentell Sharman Beeen Aneenne LA Balentiss Stuart San Antonio AB. R. H E Bage¢an Burch Flinn al Cook Ate Stewart Pp Ruesell Andreén McCafferty

Shreveport Defeats Waco In Opener Of Series

Shreveport beat Waco 8 to 2 in the opening game at Waco. Knaupp Schrader Terry and Elwert led the visitors with key hits while Perritt and Hill pitched for the winners.

Shreveport H. C Grubb Mann Yo Perri Ercorwom Perritt Tanner Waco Terry Hill Knaupp Schrader James Len Ne Carroll Elwert Leslie Kneaves Shreveort Fitter Carson

Gunter Hotel To Open Series With Boerne White Sox

The Gunter Hotel baseball team will play the Boerne White Sox in Boerne Texas on Thursday afternoon at the Kendrick county fair. Managed by Sally Graves the Hotel eleven will contest a nine inning game with Leroy Hicks Frank DeGasperi as pitchers and Earl Burke as catcher. The lineup includes Hicks Degasperi Altman E Burke Burk second base Hynes first base Bertetti shortstop Heil Simmang left field Huntress center field Flaherty Graves as utility.

Gunter Hotel Boerne Tex Sally Graves Boerne White Sox Leroy Hicks Ahrens & Ott Club Frank DeGasperi Knights of Columbus Sprague Earl Burke Percy Tyrrell Hicks Degasperi Altman E. Burke J. Burke Hynes Bertetti Heil Simmang G. Huntress Flaherty Graves

St. Louis wins pair as Boston, Chicago fall in baseball action

In a split doubleheader St. Louis defeats Boston 5 to 3 in game one and 8 to 2 in game two. Philadelphia beats Chicago 9 to 2 at Philadelphia with Cicotte on mound. Detroit cruises past New York 9 to 1 behind strong pitching and run support.

Detroit 4 New York 1 hockey scorecard recap

Detroit defeats New York 4 to 1 with final line showing Detroit 020 101 000 to New York 000 010 000. Batteries listed Davis Spencer Mogridge Shocker Walters for Detroit. Cleveland 4 Washington 0 at Washington final 4 to 0 with Ragby ONeill Shaw Henry Ayer as batteries.

Detroit New York R. H. E. Petroiee Ois Davis Spencer Mogridge Shocker Walters Cleveland Washington R. H. E. Cleveland Ragby O'Neil Shaw Henry Ayer

McGraw Case Is Dismissed in Cincinnati Police Court

John J. McGraw manager of the New York Nationals and John T. Reed faced disorderly conduct warrants after an argument in Cincinnati. The cases were dropped after McGraw apologized to Reed and agreed to pay court costs.

McGraw Cincinnati John J. McGraw New York Nationals John T. Reed Giants Reed

Clubs Standings From Tuesday's Rain Results

In Beaumont Houston action rain affected scores with Galveston beating San Antonio 2 1 Dallas defeated Fort Worth 5 3 Shreveport toppled Waco 8 2 Play resumes Wednesday with San Antonio visiting Galveston Beaumont at Houston Shreveport at Waco and Fort Worth at Dallas

Beaumont-Houston Galveston San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth Shreveport Waco Beaumont Houston Shreveport Ooee Aco A Houston Fort Worth Dallas Ereceees

Baseball Standings and Games on Wednesday

Detroit 9 4 leads with New York 1 1 St Louis 6 8 and Boston 3 2 in early results Philadelphia 9 Chicago 2. Schedule shows Cleveland at Washington Chicago at Philadelphia Detroit at New York St Louis at Boston for Wednesday.

Detroit New York St. Louis Boston Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland Washington Teveceseshal Detroit pveseesslZd Cleveland Wee

Scores From A Standings Page But Not Full Context

Reported line scores show Boston 6 Pittsburg 9, New York 38 Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 8 Chicago 8, Brooklyn 7 St Louis 4 with no dates or venues. The terse items imply a summary of game results, likely from a standings update in a sports section.

Boston Pittsburg New York Cincinnati Philadelphia Chicago Brooklyn St. Louis

Boston at Pittsburg New York at Cincinnati

Regional matchups listed with four cities and venues. The schedule shows Boston visiting Pittsburg New York traveling to Cincinnati Philadelphia facing Chicago Brooklyn headed to St Louis.

Potchernick Club Plans Key Meet at Krisch Park

The Potchernick baseball team of the City Baseball League will hold an important meeting at Krisch's Park Wednesday night at o'clock. Manager Gaubatz requests the entire personnel to report.

Potchernick City Baseball League Krisch’s Park Gaubatz

Pirates Braves and Giants win in indoor triple bill

The Junior B s at the YMCA staged a three game indoor baseball series Tuesday. The Pirates beat the Yankees 6 to 2 with Blackwood and Miller adding two hits each and Halliday pitching two hits. The Braves edged the Cubs 6 to 5 as Saffarrans Garrett and Sobey had two hits apiece. The Giants shut out the Tigers 7 to 0 behind Lee’s no hit pitching and two hits by Lee.

Pirates Yankees Braves Cubs Giants Tigers Charles Blackwood Joe Miller Joseph Halliday J. B. McClure Paul Keuhne Halliday Harris Henning William Saffarrans Robert Garrett Arthur Sobey Robert Galvan William Lee Sam Lee

Dallas Triumphs Over Fort Worth in Opening Game

Dallas defeated Fort Worth 5 to 3 at home to begin the new series. Dallas rallied in the sixth with a single, double, two triples, a pass, a wild pitch, and a stolen base to score five runs. McIver and Conley led in hits, while Poteet and Harrah pitched for Fort Worth and Dallas respectively.

Dallas Tex Fort Worth Panthers A. E. Bottenger Ovecccevas Nelicadesentigitt Seccosasoense Ness P .Gotais Poteet R. H.O A. BE Jorefson Sosa McCandles Crouch Brownlow H. Smith Gardner Bush Conley Bad Ag Ee Wert McIver Ens Hollender Harrah Bluejacket Balla Anderson

Baseball Scores From Three Stadiums

In Minneapolis the game went 10 innings with Minneapolis 8 Kansas City 7. In St Paul Milwau kee defeated St Paul 8 to 1. In Indianapolis Louisville beat Indianapolis 6 to 1.

American Association Minneapolis Kansas City St. Paul Milwaukee Indianapolis Louisville

Notice to Hunters Shells at Low Prices

Portage Tire Co advertises low price hunters shells at 221 So Alamo with advance offer.

Portage Tire Co Alamo Adv

Pirates win on a single wallop in Galveston

In Galveston Tuesday the Pirates defeated the Bronchos when a lone four bagger skimmed the fence off pitcher Karr. The Oilers sat out due to rain, keeping Beaumont’s lead solid as Labor Day approaches. Shreveport topped Waco as race tension grows in the Texas League.

Bensonites Galveston Pirates Karr Beaumont Oilers Houston Labor Day Shreveport Gassers Waco Navigators Texas League Louisiana

National League Scores. Baseball Results

Boston defeats Pittsburg 6 to 1 in a nine inning game with Tyler Gowdy and others credited. Boston follows with a 9 to 5 win over Pittsburg aided by multiple pitchers. New York wins 8 to 2 at Cincinnati behind Sallee and McCarty. Philadelphia beats Chicago 8 to 3 with Rixey Burns Vaughn and Elliott contributing.

Philadelphia Chicago R. A.E. Philadelphia Chicago i Rixey and Burns Vaughn, Prendergast and Elliott

Brooklyn Beats St Louis 7 to 4 in St Louis

Brooklyn wins 7 to 4 over St Louis in a nine inning game. Batteries credited to Cheney Appleton Smith for Brooklyn and Miller Watson Ames Gonzales for St Louis.

Brooklyn St. Louis R. H. E. Brooklyn Cheney, Appleton Smith and Miller Watson Ames Gonzales

Southern League clash ends with Nashville over Memphis

In Nashville a Southern League game against Memphis ends 5 to 1 for Nashville. The Nashville batting rally breaks through in late innings as Willett and Ruel prevail over Ellis and Street. Memphis tally comes late as Nashville extends lead.

Nashville la Memphis Willett and Ruel Ellis Street Memphis

Braves fall as New Orleans top Atlanta in nine

In New Orleans, Atlanta 4 7 1 falls to New Orleans 8 8 2 after a seven run ninth. Batteries Wilson and Perkins for Atlanta Townsend and Higgins for New Orleans. In Mobile, Birmingham 0 18 loses to Mobile 1 66s 66s 18. Savile allows six 66s in a brief outing.

Atlanta New Orleans R. H. E. Atlanta Wilson Perkins Townsend Higgins Mobile Birmingham R. H. E. Birmingham Perryman and Smith Wiley and Schmidt

Little Rock Nine Defeats Chattanooga In Nine Run Charge

In Chattanooga the Little Rock nine beat Chattanooga nine to six after a strong late rally. Hardgrove Baumgartner Chapman Johnson Allen Hyatt and Peters starred for the visitors while Lightleigh and Wayleigh feature in a humorous dialogue excerpt.

Little Rock Chattanooga R. H. E. Little Rock Hardgrove, Baumgartner and Chapman Johnson, Allen, Hyatt and Peters

Cutting Again Victor Martin Sprints to Fifteenth Junior B Swim

Victor Martin Cutting won the fifteenth swimming event in the Junior B series at the YMCA on Tuesday. The 25 yard backstroke without arms saw Joseph Halliday close on Cutting, with Lee Stille finishing third. Cutting leads the individual standings with 34 points, Halliday 81, McAlester 28, Wotan 22, Stille 5, and others trailing.

Martin Cutting Joseph Halliday Cutting Lee Stille Halliday Stille

Balked Twice at Altar in Somerville Wedding

May Richardson of Somerville Massachusetts finally wed Willis W Hidden stock-company leader and Essex county matinee idol after three visits to the minister. First two ceremonies halted when she balked at marriage, third ceremony at Reverend Arthur Gooding's home completed the union.

Portsmouth MM. H May Richardson Somerville Mass Willis W. Hidden Newburyport Essex County Charles A. Morrill Mr. Morrill Mr. Morrill’s Parlor. Miss Richardson Had Apparently Reconsidered and Mr. Hidden Miss May Richardson Arthur Gooding Mr. Hidden Mr. Gooding

Longest word riddle from a child’s clever reply

A teacher asks which is the longest word in English. Johnny answers smilingly that “lures” is longest because it is a mile between the first and last letter. The exchange highlights a playful moment from the Christian Herald.

Johnny Christian Herald

Johnston and Griffin Defend Their Title in West Side Club

Johnston and Griffin of San Francisco defended their tennis doubles crown at Forest Hills by defeating Maurice E. McLoughlin and Ward Dawson of Los Angeles in four sets 6-4 6-8 5-7 6-3. Singles results featured Behr beating Doyle in a long five setter 2-6 26 6-2 6-4 6-4.

Forest Hills N. Y William M. Johnston C. J. Grifin San Francisco West Side Club Maurice E. McLoughlin Ward Dawson Los Angeles Karl H. Behr New York Conrad B. Doyle Washington Behr Washingtonian Doyle W. J. Clothier H. Miekami Kumagae Danforth Geer Jr Hoosick Falls R. Lindley Murray Dabney Willis Davis University of Pennsylvania J. J. Armstrong Philadelphia A. W. McPherson Petrograd Russia Frederick Inman R. Norris Williams Jerry Weber Chicago Richard Stevens Newport Abraham Brassford Jr

Aunt Sarah Hewitt Drives 60 HP Roadster at 88

In Danville Illinois Aunt Sarah Hewitt aged 88 scoffs at medical age limits and drives into town in a 60 horsepower roadster. She says she keeps pace with the world, enjoys life, and covered the distance in twenty minutes that earlier would take hours.

Danville Dobbin Sarah Hewitt

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