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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
5
Jack Coleman a local light heavyweight wrestler, matched to face Pet Brown in a best two of three falls match at Beethoven Hall on Monday night December 11. Coleman will weigh about 175 pounds at 3 pm with Brown near 165 pounds ringside.
Chicago Dec 2 A new form of baseball players contract held the attention of the National Commission at a closed meeting. B B Johnson president of the American League said the preliminary draft is fair to players and owners. The reserve clause is likely retained but altered to fit the current situation and the so called baseball war. Several minor issues were discussed.
Texas clubs totaling 181 seek affiliation with a permanent state organization. Col. John A McCalmont notes favorable replies and a five dollar affiliation fee. Funds will finance a 1917 elimination shoot to pick Texas’s civilian rifle team for national matches and award medals. Directors plan a January 10, 1917 meeting to adopt by laws.
The Sporting Editor notes Honus Wagner will switch to first base for the Pittsburg Pirates in 1917. Wagner remains a potent hitter around the .300 mark and can still disrupt opponents with his speed and veteran savvy, drawing crowds and guiding younger players. The piece also mentions Tris Speaker’s 1916 performance against left and right handers, Ty Cobb’s acting career, and Texas Longhorns versus Aggies drawing $17,000. Willard is described as unbeatable according to Tom Jones.
Royal Flush a pointer owned by William Zeigler of New York won the Derby of the Continental Field Trials Club in Waynesboro Georgia on Friday. Mary Montrose, another Zeigler entry, placed second and Ferris Dixie Protor, owned by Benjamin Weil of Alexandria Louisiana, finished third.
The Seventeenth United States Cavalry polo team beat the Freebooters two to one and a half in El Paso Texas Friday before an audience of over 1000 at the Gunther. The Freebooters comprised regular army officers and one civilian.
Brooklyn Nationals president Charles H. Ebbets announced an amendment to raise the National League player limit from 21 to 22. The measure will be debated at the league meeting on December 12. Ebbets disclosed several player releases to Oakland Denver Beaumont and confirmed plans to scout for Brooklyn in multiple minor leagues. He also indicated the club may move training from Daytona to Hot Springs.
The Morris Packing Company quintet won the odd game in the Commercial Tenpin League series Friday night, taking the two final games 687 to 677 and 694 to 634 after a narrow 647 to 644 opening. Cullen led Morris with 472 total and a 179 single. Frank Nolan led Households in the opening game with a late strikeout.
The 1916 inter sectional clashes show the East victorious in five of six with Michigan narrowly beating Syracuse. Illinois over Minnesota and Chicago over Wisconsin highlight a season teaching the quirks of football’s big names and echoes of the Stagg era at Chicago.
Charley White of Chicago outfought Stanley Yoakum of Denver in eight rounds of a ten round bout in New York City. White weighed 135 pounds to Yoakum's 134. Ridge Company Increases Wages by 10 Percent in Chicago. One thousand workers affected.
Harvard and Yale confront the looming absence of Pol lard from the Brown scene, arguing the episode tests professionalism and could block Brown’s participation until June 1917.
Curtis Walker an outfielder from Southwestern University Georgetown writes his father N B Walker that he will join the Philadelphia Athletics next season. He gained fame last spring in an exhibition with the Chicago White Sox at Georgetown hitting a home run and a three bagger in four at bats. Walker is a left handed hitter with a strong eye and throws right handed. He played in the Tomato League last summer helping Palestine win the pennant.
In Austin the Texas A and M Thanksgiving clash drew an estimated 15 000 spectators and will yield about 17000 in receipts the largest in Thanksgiving Day history. Varsity captain William Trabue earned the honor after a 70 yard run and Allen McMurray suggested him. The visiting team departed Friday night after the homecoming.
Capt. Mark Riley manager of the San Marcos federal fish hatchery conferred with Railroad Commission Chairman Mayfield in Austin. Riley brought a car load of white perch from Iowa to be tested in Southern waters and noted the hatchery’s excellent condition and rapid fish development.
The San Antonio Equal Franchise Society and the San Antonio Business Women's Suffrage League led Friday street meetings in Lavernia and Stockdale. Return engagements were arranged with a Stockdale street meeting at 1 PM and a Buffalo Hall women’s meeting at 2 PM on December 16, plus Lavernia street and school meetings later that day.
In Chicago on December 2 a dozen members of the city health department diet squad aimed to show that good living can be maintained at under 40 cents daily. Their net weight loss stood at eighteen pounds since the previous Tuesday, though overall gains and losses from the group indicated limited progress.
The text notes a change to cheaper, leaner fare with meals listed: breakfast of stewed pears, hominy, toast with butter, coffee. luncheon of codfish balls, Philadelphia relish, bread and butter, apple dumplings with vanilla sauce, tea. and dinner of vegetable soup, braised beef with buttered rice, stewed onions, chocolate junket, sugar cookies, and tea. The roster emphasizes reduced fat and expense in daily diets.
New York reports a sharp rise in wrapping paper and tissue prices, with increases of 300 to 400 percent over eighteen months. Retailers cut costs by using lighter paper, cheaper tissue, and dropping pasteboard box wrapping.
General Thomas Watt Gregory attorney general of the United States left Texas for Houston and St. Louis after spending Thanksgiving with relatives. He plans to reach Washington by December 8 for the Gridiron Club dinner on December 9 which will review the recent national campaign. He also met with Governor Ferguson to discuss department matters.
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