Championship Gridiron Showdown for City Title
The High School eleven meets Coronal Institute at Electric Park for the inter city championship of the Marcos San Antonio scholastic gridiron season of 1912. Coronal arrives by train with a large cheering section as the probable lineup lists Sossman McFadden McGowan Jones Munroe Thomas Rogers Pagenstecher Williams Edwards Cappaletti Shinn.
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Electric Park
Coronal Institute
Coronal
International
Great Northern
Voight
Madeo
San Marcos
Marshall ‘Training School
West Texas
Sossman
San Antonio High
Lockhart High
San Marcos High
Southwest Texas Normal
Institute
Southwestern University Scrubs
Marshall Training School
Football and Baseball Talk in the Week
New York December 16 baseball season previews and football reflections amid major league meetings. Horace Fogel’s discipline follows the November special session. Murphy and Ebbets detach from Fogel. All-American chatter centers on Jim Thorpe and Yale star Flynn eyes future positions and the Yale Harvard game aftermath.
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New York
Harvard
Yale
Navy
Chicago
Ban Johnson
National League
Horace Fogel
Phillies
Horace
Fogel
Charlie Murphy
Charlie H. Ebbets
Jim Thorpe
Carlisle
Brickley
Wendell
Flynn
Flynn Seeks End Position Amid Yale Gridiron Dilemma
The piece recalls Lefty Flynn insisting he should play end rather than backfield next fall. Advisory coach Tom Shevlin and others argued for the shift to end, but the system scorned the advice. Yale’s season under Providence “crimson” woes prompts questions of coaching reform and Flynn’s gridiron fate.
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Flynn
Tom Shevlin
New Haven
Yale
Crimson
Princeton Drops Cornell From Track Schedule
Princeton announces for the first time in eight years that Cornell will not meet on the cinder path next spring. The track team is a financial loss and transportation costs were cited as the reason for dropping Cornell.
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Princeton
N. J
Cornell
Lyons wins Laurel Heights cup in Class A final
The Laurel Heights golf cup tournament ends with W. J. Lyons defeating J. L. Melhenny 1 up after 19 holes. Class A champion will face Class B winner A. H. Danforth in match play while Class C and D proceed with four matches per class. The winner’s challenges may reshape the divisions as rain benefited the course and favorable weather is hoped for.
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W. J. Lyons
Laurel Heights
J. L. Melhenny
J. D. Hartman
Ned McIlhenny
Ray Hare
W. P. Calvert
T. E. Lyons
B. F. Nicholson
L. DeNette
BE. A. Harris
J. M. Eskridge
G. A. Schreiner
Dr. Rice
B. E. Witte
Dr. Beck
D. E. Potter
Robertson
J. L. McKhenny
Lyons
A. H. Danforth
R. Richardson
Symons
Remarks swap fossip of football and baseball seasons
Fort Worth Star-Telegram sports editor A. Remley Jr. comments on swapping remarks about football and baseball seasons. The piece uses humorous and market jargon to describe exchanges, paralleling a board of trade broker’s savvy. Local business ads and a few names appear in the clipped notice.
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BE. A. Remley Jr
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
David Harum
Board of
Green
Ninepinners To Rest San Antonio Bowlers Postpone Start
San Antonio ninepins will rest this week and until January 7 as city league directors postpone the second half start after the holidays. Captains will meet to strengthen weaker teams to prevent a repeat runaway like the Crows’ first-half pennant win. Dr AtLee dentist orthodontial Gibbs balding. Old phone 5757 new phone 169.
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San Antonio
Crows
Dr. AtLee
Gibbs Balding
Grammar schools plan a junior senior league
Grammar school basketball will form a city league with an organizing meeting at the Y M C A next Saturday. George Wheeler leads preliminaries as discussions set age divisions shaping a possible split into junior and senior schedules and regional play.
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George Wheeler
Mayer Wanes Se Enceecase
Sage College bans co ed games at Cornell
The athletic council at Sage College in Ithaca decides that women students at Cornell cannot play basketball with other colleges due to nervous strain. Dr. Esther Parker says basketball is the most violent exercise after rowing and will permit it only in local classes.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Sage College
Cornell
Esther Parker
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McGowan
Jones
Munroe
Thomas
Pagenstecher
Williams
Tor Oakse
Edwards
Ellis
Cappaletti
B. Shinn
Rummy
Columbus
Aleck Thander
By Tad
Hee -Hee
Gunter
ST. Anthony
Hotel Savoy
West
Houston
Robert A. Cooquille
The
Crockett
PDAN
Commercial Men’s Home
Nagel & Wuest
Shumway
Laclede Ave
Harlandale
N. B. Shumway
Bexar
Traveling Men's Headquarters
Alfred Lanner
San Antonio, Texas
the Menger
Texas
Stotts
Galt
Stotts & CO
Sporting World
REX Billiard Parlors
Gunter Office
Gunter Hotel
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Dr. Fielding
Light
Riebe Undertaking Co
BE. Commerce
J. BR. Cunningham
Moore
Brannon
Gerhardt
Applewhite
Giraud
Yzaguirre
G. Gerhardt
Mayer
Cruz
Sellinger
Ace
Washer Bros. CO
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