Commercial Tenpin League Leads and Weekly Schedule
Gas & Electric and Household Furniture Co tie for first with 20 wins after 27 games. Mills leads individual averages with Quinny high game at 267 as teams like Gascos and Telegraph face key showdowns this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas & Electrics
Household Furniture Company
San Antonio Light Bowling
Doposters
Household Furniture Comany
San Antonioachine & Supply Company
Furniture
Gascos
Eagle Furniture Company
Maverick-Clarke Company
Ransom & Silsbee Five
Southwestern Telephone Company
Haberdashers
Telephone
Postoffice Prides
Mills Engraving Company
San Antonio Light
San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
Quinny
Fricke
Quinn
Howard
R. Reeder
Duke
Gayle
Brock
McHugo
Mills
Muehlendorff
M.H. Ave
Aes
Meh
Apis cd Dco
Stephens
CG. McHugo
Om Reeder
McMonagle
Wmrk
Sacs ST Mro
de Nolan
Cone Sae
Roy Reed
Watkins
Eee
Eich. Psn
Tavidp Stas
Wk Wate BT
Armbrust
Travis Club Plans New Athletic Features
Nat Tanenbaum and Lynn Beeley lead the Travis Club as new physical directors. They canvass materials to develop future athletic champions and shift business classes toward recreation. A strong juvenile program is planned to boost inter club activity with the YMCA. Chairman Halff emphasizes athletics as a core club feature and urges member participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Tanenbaum
Lynn J. Beeley
Travis Club
San Antonio
Lynn Beeley
Travis
Moody Compress Co Orders Ten Electric Cotton Floats
Moody Compress Co of Galveston Texas orders ten electric cotton floats from General Motors for hauling cotton in Galveston. Each truck will carry 12 000 pounds and about 25 bales, with total cost near 50000 dollars. Other cotton handlers may buy similar trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors Company
Moody Compress Co
Galveston
Tex
Lee Puncture Proof Pneumatic Tire Ad
Central Vulcanizing Co advertises a Lee puncture proof pneumatic tire. The notice highlights durability and repair service options.
Canada Plans Contests For Car Reliability Tests
The automobile Club of Canada plans exhaustive tests next year to gauge motor car reliability and durability. Cars under varied conditions will be tested with long distance runs and records kept on time gasoline consumption wear and tear and other vital factors motorists seek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Automobile Club of Canada
Bergstrom Defeats Muir In Five-Set Handball Thriller
Bergstrom beat Muir in a hard fought five game match at the Y M C A to take the late showdown 3 games to 2. Muir showcased top form in games two and four with Bergstrom securing the decisive fifth 11 to 8 and advancing to face Scholz in Class A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bergstrom
Arthur Muir
Young Men's Christian Association
Bergstrom
Muir
Number
Paul Scholz
Arthur Klieforth
Scholz
Klieforth
Fred Felthouse
Cardinals Fielding Tops as Giants Struggle in NL Averages
The article reviews National League fielding averages with Ed Konetchy leading first basemen at .995 and Huggins at .977 for second basemen. It notes the Cardinals finish second in fielding as a team while the Giants place fourth, and discusses McGraw's aggressive one run at a time approach and its impact on defense and offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Konetchy
Cardinal
Brooklyn
Jake Daubert
Daubert
Konetchy
Hig
Filer Huggins
Cardinal Tribe
Dick Egan
Cincinnati
Lobert
Mowrey
St. Louis Cardinals
Tinker
Joe Tinker
O'Leary
Cardinals
Kenetchy
Huggins
Giants
Merkle
Larry Doyle
Fletcher
Charlie Herzog
McGraw
Snodgrass
Murray and Company
Fred
Napoleon
Matty
Marquard
Tesreau
Houston
Ouimet Tops East Golfers in First Sixteen Honor Roll
Eastern golf circles name Francis Ouimet of Woodland as the head of the 1913 roll of honor, with Jerome Travers second and Charles W. Evans Jr. third. The list also includes Warren K. Wood, John G. Anderson, Walter J. Travis, Frederick Herreshoff, and others as top American golfers based on the season’s play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Ouimet
Woodland
Jerome D. Travers
Upper Montclair
Charles W. Evans Jr
Edgewater
Warren K. Wood
Homewood
John G. Anderson
Brae Burn
Walter J. Travis
Garden City
Frederick Herreshoff
Garden Ty
R. Warren Corkran
Baltimore
Eben M. Byers
Allegheny
William C. Fownes Jr
Oakmont
Oswald Kirkby
Englewood
Paul Hunter
Midlothian
Mason Phelps
Chicago
Heinrich Schmidt
Worcester
Parker W
Wittemore
Brookline
R. Marston
Baltusrol
Goolf
Vardon
Ray
Massachusetts
Ouilmet
America
Travers
Ouimet
Travis
Byers
Anderson
Edward P. Allis, III
Milwaukee
Evans
Wood
Western Golf Association
New England
Tuxedo
Lakewood
Fred Herreshoff
Oakland
Atlantic City
Metropolitan
Met
B. Warren Corkran
Corkran
W. C. Fownes Jr
Heinrich Schmitt
Hilton
St. Andrew's
Parker W. Whittemore
Max R. Marston
Harry G. Legg
Hamilton K. Kerr
Albert Seckel
Culmet
Marston
Pittsburg
Hoosier Motor Club Launches 500 Mile Speedway Campaign
Indianapolis based Hoosier Motor club aims to boost membership from 500 to 3000 in a few weeks. A 500 mile scale model course with 20 mile sections is setup in the club rooms to spark interest. Teams race by attracting new members, and the leading team after 25 days wins first place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Motor Club
Indianapolis
Haskell Indians Sign Dallas Texas State College Game
Manager Venee of the Haskell Indian School announces the Indians football team has signed to play Texas State College during the state fair in Dallas next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kan
Venee
Haskell Indian School
Indians
Texas State Col
Dallas
Touring ballplayers wives loyal on baseball tour to Japan
The piece describes the wives accompanying the Giants and White Sox on a tour to Japan from Victoria. It notes their loyalty on the bench, with quotes and portraits of Mrs. Lobert, Mrs. Tesreau, Mrs. Meyers, Mrs. Hal Chase, and Mrs. Albert Russell, as they root for their husbands and joke about player ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giants
White Sox
Japan
Victoria
British Columbia
Messrs. McGraw
Gents
Jack
Hans
Mrs. Meyers
Jim
Thorpe
Hal Chase
Hal
Albert Russell
Joe Benz
Tex
To Build 600 Car Garage By The Motor Storage Co
The Motor Storage Company a new St. Louis corporation plans a twelve story concrete building for motor car storage. It will occupy the northeast corner of Twelfth and Locust streets with capacity for 400 cars about forty per floor. The first two stories will be offices and stories. Four electric elevators will be installed in the north end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Storage Company
St. Louis Corporation
Twelfth
Locust Streets
Lee Puncture Proof Pneumatic Tires
Central Vulcanizing Co promotes puncture proof tires with primeture proof or money back offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Central Vulcanizing Co
Adv
Auto dealers in San Antonio report new model shipments and sales
Local distributors Birdsong Potchernick receive a Franklin display car with illuminated hood. Knight Motor Car Company ships Chevrolet models and sells two locally. Alamo Auto Sales reports a royal blue Pierce Arrow sold to J M Bennett and Paige Glenwood sold to Judge C C Clamp. Reo shipments expected. Ford touring models ship. Flood conditions affect sentiment but weekly sales average one car per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Birdsong & Potchernick
L. F. Birdsong
H. L. Knight
Knight Motor Car Company
Chevrolet
Mr. Knight
Udo Haarmann
Alamo Auto Sales Company
J. M. Bennett
Velie Cars Pitch In Territory With Dallas Rep
Paul Joplin of Dallas, Velie car representative, has spent a week promoting Velie vehicles in the area and will base San Antonio operations after the new year. George H. King of Ford Sales touts Ford’s durability as flood waters swamped a Watts car on Ninth Street but later ran again after draining and refueling. Woodward Carriage Shop resumed full operation Saturday after flood debris was cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Joplin
Dallas
George H. King
Ford Sales Company
King
Woodward Carriage Company
Selling Commercial Cars Is A Different Proposition
A Commerce Motor Car Co manager argues that commercial cars suit business needs over pleasure, emphasizing dependable service, rapid deliveries, and daily performance. He cites a record of each car sold as the best testimonial. In Louisville real estate firms, riders are used in collections and post-complaint follow ups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettit
Commerce Motor Car Company
Louisville
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Erolds
Nuserolds
Commercial Tenpin League
P.C. Gas & Electrics
Household Fur. Co
8. A. Light
Mills Eng
Mary.Clarke Co
Ransom & Silsbee
Eagle Fur. Co Vee
Cones
McClanahan
Martyn Eee
G. A. C. Halff
Canada
Arthur Muta
Victor
Quimet
Youth
Indianapolis Motor Club
Haskell
Texas State College
Man’s Store
Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas
C. A. Kellar
Reo
Citizens’ Auto Company
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