Third Illinois Beats Fourth Infantry Team in Fort Sam Showdown
The Third Illinois Infantry football team defeated the Fourth Illinois 14 to 0 at Fort Sam Houston Sunday to reach the Army and Navy cup semifinals. Star players included Messner and Edinger for the Third and Kusener and Johnson for the Fourth, with the Third's line edging the contest and Holderman scoring and Green adding two goals.
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Illinois Infantry
Illinois
Fort Sam Houston
Messner
Edinger
Loos
Johnson
Beall
Holderman
Kusener
E. Kusener
Kirby
Stateville
Conner
Clark
W. Kusener
Green
Messmer
Helderman
Peterson-Steward
Connor
Ferguson McCullough
Cine Reecemmorne Green
To Talk On Preparedness by Military Leader at NAC Convention
Maj. Palmer F. Pierce of the United States army will address the opening session of the seventh annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in New York on December 28. Prof. R Tait McKenzie of the University of Pennsylvania will speak on The Making and Re making of a Fighting Man.
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New York
Palmer F. Pierce
United States Army
National Collegiate Athletic Association
R. Tait McKenzie
University of Pennsylvania
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
XXX Pearls Take Two From Chapas In Fort Sam Houston Pair
Cy Fried pitched a two game win over the Chapas at Fort Sam Houston to lift the Pearl baseball team into a tie for the league lead. First game ended 2 to 0 with Fried allowing one hit. Second game 10 to 3 as Fried also starred with a single and a triple. Bertetti homered for the Chapas in the opener and Stahl pitched well for Chapas in game one.
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Cy" Fried
Rube Waddell
Infantry Post
Fort Sam Houston
Fried
Bertetti
Riediger
Chapas
Stahl
Brewery
Pearls
Tory
Ehlinger
Screamer
Fred Gaubatz
Albert Stahl
Flaherty
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First Wisconsin Defeats Knights 26 to 0 in League Park
First Wisconsin infantry team overwhelmed the Knights of Columbus 26 to 0 at League Park Sunday. Captain Welsh directed the attack with Meyers supporting as the Wisconsin line outmuscled and outpassed the smaller Knights in a dominant early performance.
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Wisconsin Infantry
Knights of Columbus
League Park
Columbians
Knights
Davis
Wisconsin
Welsh
Meyers
Martin to Captain T. C. U.'s
Ralph Gish Martin was re-elected captain of Texas Christian University football. He captained this year, missed the middle of the season due to appendicitis, and returns as a junior next year.
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Martin
Uncle Joe Cannon and the Telephone Venture
In McClure's Magazine Fred C. Kelly recalls how a young Joe Cannon declined a $1000 bet on Bell telephone tech. He laughed off the venture preferring conservative investments. Cannon later learns his colleague Vail invested in Bell and resigned his post, then encounters him years later at a Geographical Society dinner where receivers play a live Pacific sound.
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Alexander Graham ‘Bell
Fred C. Kelly
McClure’s
Joe’ Cannon
Congress
Cannon
Vail
Post Office
Bell
Good bout promised mat fans tonight in Alamo City
Wrestling fans anticipate a top bout as Pet Brown the middleweight champion faces Jack Coleman the local light heavyweight at Beithoven Hall in San Antonio. Brown weighs about 162 pounds versus Coleman's 186 pounds with preliminaries starting at 8 15 p m and Tampko conditioning Coleman to make weight.
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Alamo City
Pet Brown
Jack Coleman
Beethoven Hall
Coleman
Jack
Brown
Tampko
Houston
Mike Yokel
Metropolitan Athletic Club
Prairie Dell to Erect Monument for 1844 Massacre Victims
The Georgetown Sun reports Prairie Dell residents plan a monument to Dr. Thomas Kenney and Messrs. Castleberry and Courtney, three men killed by Indians near Prairie Dell in February 1844. The bill marks the burial sites and memory of pioneer days, urging posterity to record early tragedies.
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Georgetown
Prairie Dell
Thomas Kenney
Messrs
Castleberry
Courtney
Kenney
Katy
Brushy Creek
Dr. Kenney
Leander
Stiehl veterans edge Potchernick in 8 7 thriller
Stiehl's Veterans beat Potchernick 8 7 at Krisch's park as Barnes and Stiehl sparked late offense with consecutive hits. Captain Bill Stiehl also hit well while Manny Hogan and Vetters led the losers. Batteries: Barnes Myers Hogan Monier.
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Potchernick
Krisch's Park
Barnes
Stiehl
Manny
Hogan
Vetters
Sporting Goods
R.A. E
Vets
Siees
Oren Pocemophicks
Saito Oe
Barnes and Myers, Hogan and Monier
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Winter Baseball League
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