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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
10
San Antonio Bronchos lost to the Waco Navigators 4 to 3 in a tight road contest. Johnny Baggan delivered two runs and a triple with solid defense, while the Perryman infield turned several sparkling plays to hold off the home team late.
Dallas rallied from behind to tie a three-run lead in the seventh and win 5 to 4 in the tenth over Houston. Callahan doubled and Palmer singled for the decisive run as Lewis earned his second win in two days.
At Kansas City Kansas City 0 Milwaukee 3. At St Paul St Paul 2 Minneapolis 5. At Louisville Louisville 0 Toledo 4. At Indianapolis Indianapolis 2 2 Columbus 0 3.
The San Antonio Bronchos return to League Park on Saturday for five games with the Houston Buffaloes in three days to close the Texas League race. President Harrison J. Benson says two games will be on both Sunday and Monday with a double matinee for one admission price. The Bronchos, after a fourth straight win over the Waco Navagators, sit fifth in the standings, and they previously held the pennant winners Dallas Giants to multiple even results on their Dallas trip.
Mrs. Fred C. Letts Jr. of Chicago, the Western woman golf champion, defeated Iowa champion Miss Elizabeth Allen seven up and six to go in the third round of the Women’s Western Golf Association championship at Flossmoor Country Club. The title holder, née Marjorie Dodd of Cincinnati, led early then held par for most of the front nine, turning six up at the turn, as Allen faltered.
Fort Worth shut out the Gassers 4 to 1 in nine innings in Shreveport. Stolen bases by Kircher Faulkner Carroll Woodall Redford and Burke. Shreveport pitcher McLarry allowed four runs on eight hits with nine innings listed. The game featured few standout plays and ended after 1 hour 30 minutes with Blackburn umpiring.
Standings show Dallas at 93 63 .596 leading the Texas League with Fort Worth close at 88 68 .604. Houston, San Antonio, and Shreveport follow with win totals and low percentages. The table lists each club's wins losses and winning percentage.
San Antonio beat Waco 7 to 3 while Fort Worth scored 2 against Shreveport’s 0. Dallas fell 3 to 5 as Houston shutout 4 to 0.
San Antonio visits Waco while Houston travels to Dallas and Fort Worth heads to Shreveport for Friday basketball action featuring three regional showdowns.
Results show Philadelphia beat opponents 4 0 and Boston tied 3 3 on Thursday. New York hosted Brooklyn with rain delays. Friday slate includes St Louis at Pittsburg with rain and two other games off.
A compact schedule lists New York at Brooklyn, Boston at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Pittsburg, and Chicago at Cincinnati as notable city clashes on the lineup.
Philadelphia and Boston finished tied 1 1 in darkness after ten innings. Detroit edged Cleveland 4 to 3 while Chicago beat St Louis 8 to 4.
The schedule lists games Friday with St. Louis visiting Chicago, Detroit at Cleveland, Washington at New York, and Philadelphia at Boston.
In Cleveland Detroit opened with a 4 to 3 loss as Boland Stanage and teammates held off a Detroit rally. Pitching by Boland and Stanage secured the win with Morton and O Neil closing.
In a pistol event at fifteen yards, Sergeant V H Scholl scored 98 to win, with Sergeant R W Enos second at 90 and Captain A B Watson fourth. G W Smith won the open rifle event at 300 yards with 92, while G W Sweet and R T Chambers tied for second with 90 each.
C F Russi Jr president of the Lone Star Rifle Club won the weekly club shoot at its 408 Military Plaza range by scoring 97 of 100. Secretary F E Menn was second with 94, while Jack Robins A S Flores and T H Williams tied for third with 93. Stowe and Barbera hit over 90 by one point each. Brown 88. Club average reached 92.5.
Eddie Cicotte notches his 21st victory guiding Chicago to an 8 4 win over St Louis. Chicago gains half a game on Boston after a tie with Philadelphia, while Boston leads by five. Chaos surrounds the second inning as Risberg scores on a ball tossed into the dugout by pitcher Groom and umpires eject several balls amid fielding miscues.
In a baseball game halted after ten innings due to darkness, Philadelphia and Boston finished tied 1 to 1. Pitchers Johnson and Haley for Philadelphia matched Leonard and Agnew for Boston as the contest ended with a score of 1-1 after extra frames.
A fragment lists players Groom Sotheron Molyn eaux Severeird Cicotte and Schalk with a Chicago St Louis box score reference. The text appears as a partial score or lineup note from a baseball report.
Chattanooga beat Memphis 6 to 5 at Memphis after a close nine inning game. Perryman and Perdue pitched for Chattanooga with McDaniels Blodgett and Juel on the battery for Memphis. The final score reflected late inning scoring by the visitors.
At Birmingham, Birmingham outhit Atlanta 7 to 6 and won 3 to 1. Fullenweider Day and Picinich drove runs backed by Hill and Haworth’s bullpen.
Nashville plated seven runs in the first game and totaled 45 after seven innings in the second as Little Rock struggled defensively. In game one Nashville beat Little Rock 7 to 6 with Decatur Ellis and Street pairing for the visitors and Tincup Chapman handling the locals. In game two Nashville won 5 to 4 in seven innings as Cavet Marshall Palmero Bowman and Chapman shared the battery duties.
The ad promotes eighty exclusive patterns of Scotch woolens by Harrison Tweeds. Lentz Tailor at 312 W Commerce St invites customers to view the collection and shop.
In a brisk Oakley Country Club bout Brady outpaced his rival with scores of 70 in the morning and 69 in the afternoon to build a six hole lead. The writer details key moments including Brady’s remarkable chip on the 13th and a pivotal putt that sealed the win.
A syndicated feature from 1917 by the Bell Syndicate unveils Coupright a literary figure of the era. The piece surveys the author’s career themes and public reception within the period press.
In the first game in Philadelphia the Phillies beat the Boston Braves 4 to 3. Regan pitched for Boston with Tragesser behind the plate while Bender and Killifer caught for Philadelphia. The line score shows Boston scoring 1 in the second, 0 in the third, and 2 in the seventh, while Philadelphia tallies 1 in the first, 1 in the second, 2 in the third, and none in the ninth.
Boston and Philadelphia played the second game with Boston scoring three runs and Philadelphia none. Batteries were Hughes and Tragesser for Boston and Rixer and Adams for Philadelphia.
While in America the late Lord Randolph Churchill sought statistics on Pennsylvania prisons. He was greeted by wags at the Union League Club who teased him with tangled mispronunciations of Cadwallader Biddle, Bidcallader Wadbillader and related forms. He left flustered, asking for the head of the prisons board by a muddled name.
Nine teen junior events are set for Friday at Washington University athletic field as the National bi and field championship meet of the Amateur Athletic Union opens in St. Louis. The senior events follow Saturday and Monday. Sixty eight athletes are entered in junior and senior divisions, with stars including Ted Meredith Meadow Brook Athletic Club Howard Be University of Pennsylvania Avery Brundage Chicago Athletic Club and Sherman Landers.
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