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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1911
Page
11
The Associated Press reports baseball magnates debate a league declaration amid World Series ticket controversy. Ban Johnson’s reply to Brush of the New York Nationals hints at conflict, with American league owners seeking leverage in a potential war.
Philadelphia baseball star Jack Coombs and his wife shopped on State Street when a fur set valued at 200 dollars was left on a counter for a moment and vanished as the pitcher turned away. Riebe Undertaking Co. notes ambulance and taxi services in the ad.
San Antonio Motor Car Co offers 6 and 7 passenger Oldsmobiles at low prices to clear stock before new arrivals. Cars feature fore doors electric lights Warner Speedometer Prestolite tank and full equipment. Trade in your old car. See Frederick Murphey Danyer 511-512 Hicks Building.
In New York the six day bicycle race saw Eddie Root and Menus Bedell injured in a morning spill and retirement before 8:30. Fred Hill and John Bedell planned a new pairing, taking a one lap penalty to rejoin. Six riders paused for medical care then resumed as pace slowed, with Root and Fogler’s record lingering two years old.
New York December 13 The national commission believes the feud between the leagues can be quickly resolved if the American league severs relations with the Nationals except for territorial and player rights President Herrmann says the issue can be adjusted. Boston Nationals sold to J B Gaffney of New York with John Ward named president and Ned Hanlon as manager.
The Intercollegiate Basket Ball league including Yale Princeton Columbia Cornell Pennsylvania and Dartmouth releases a winter schedule of thirty games. Each team will play at home and away, starting December 16 and ending March 2 with evenly matched contenders this season.
Only two veterans referenced. Pennsylvania begins with strong prospects on paper while Yale anticipates a promised basketball revival at New Haven.
Ed Anderson known as the Duluth Bear arrived in San Antonio and will begin conditioning for his finish match with Montour the Indian at Beethoven hall Friday night. The winner is expected to draw many challenge offers from pursuing grapplers.
The Turner basketball team will face the Twenty second infantry quint in a return practice game tonight at the army post gym. A fast close contest is expected with many rooters from both sides.
L. L. Cooper of Estelline was chosen captain for next season by Baylor football players. The athletic council awarded letters to Mosley Black Henry Cooper Little Harrell from last year and Engelking Winn Fouts Powers Hohn Yates Lawson Jones Cowden from the new group.
Paris crowd shows extraordinary interest as Georges Carpenter the 17 year old French welterweight champion meets Harry Lewis the English welterweight champion in a twenty round bout tonight.
The German Aero club announces the international balloon race for the James Gordon Bennett trophy will be held in Stuttgart next year. In ten tenpin games Carl Ziegler beat Martin Irwin by 22 pins totaling 2012 to 1989 with high game 256 and high average 201.
The Conring bowlers clinched the first Turner Ninepin league series by taking both games from Richey. They led late in the first game and again in the second, with strong performances by Heye Seidel and Seffel for the winners and Richey Ellsworth and Schmitt for the losers. The score shows Conring 303 290 and Richey 281 283. Also noted is Kingsley McHenry elected captain of Southwestern University’s 1912 football team in Georgetown Texas.
The Bedell building entrance draws attention for its nighttime appearance with observers asking if it is visible and attractive. The query highlights interest in lighting and visibility after dark.
In Dallas next Saturday Texas league magnates will draft the 1912 schedule. Retrenchment is expected with cuts to hotel bills and railroad fares to boost receipts. Joe Cummings, formerly of the Sporting News, is named secretary for 1912.
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