Signal Corps Wins Thrilling 7 6 Football Clash at Fort Sam Houston
In a tight Potchernick cup semifinal at Fort Sam Houston, Signal Corps edged Seventh Field Artillery 7 to 6. H Roberts sparked the comeback with a 70 yard run for a touchdown and kicked the conversion after intercepting a pass. Both squads traded drives as forward passes misfired, with standout play from R Roberts Epley Foster for Signal Corps and Wade Gleason Hawk McMillan for Artillery. The final sequence left the crowd on edge as time expired with Signal Corps on their own five-yard line securing the dramatic win.
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Fort Sam Houston
Arillery
H. Roberts
Artillery
Signal Corps
Roberts
Nho
Gleason
Te Signal Corps
Wade
Goalas
R. Roberts
Epley
Foster
Hawk
McMillan
Collins-Swyer
Griffith-McNutt
Morris-Mayhew
Rudnick
Monee Os Vkesch
Kolosky-Farrar- Christensen
Fulton to Meet Moran in Havana Forty-Round Fight
Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota announced an early February forty round bout with Frank Moran in Havana Cuba after a training exhibition with Al Palzer of Minneapolis. Fulton expects to defeat Moran and secure a match with Champion Jess Willard upon Moran’s defeat.
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Fargo
N. D
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Company K Bowlers Defeat Russell Giants in Close Meet
Company K of the Third Illinois Infantry edged the Russell Giants 2465 to total pins as their five players rolled 847 808 and 871 in the final games. Johnson led with 530 and Captain Sowle 501, while Roach was absent for the losers who totaled 504. Billing led the losers with a 225 high single game in the closing bout.
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Wilson
Third
Illinois Infantry
Russell Giants
Giants
Johnson
Sowle
Russell
Roach
Co. K
Timds
Oth Cowle
Schmauss
Brown
Tous. Dn
Cutler Defeats Vita to Cement Western Championship
Charley Cutler of Chicago former heavyweight champion defeated Ralph Vita of Seattle in two straight falls at Fargo. First fall lasted 40 minutes with a chancery hold, second fall after 15 minutes with a double bar. Army Post alley rematch planned for next Friday. Doss struggled for the Seattle side.
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Cutler
Fargo
N. D
Charley Cutler
Chicago
America
Ralph Vita
Seattle
Southern Association Re-elects R. H. Baugh
Robert H. Baugh of Birmingham was unanimously re-elected president of the Southern Association of Baseball Clubs at the annual meeting in Nashville. The term was extended to two years, a player limit increase from fourteen to fifteen, unchanged salary cap, and a 154 game schedule adopted. A 1917 schedule draft was outlined with opening dates set for April 12 in Mobile Atlanta Birmingham and Little Rock.
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Nashville
Tenn
Robert H. Baugh
Birmingham
Southern Association of Baseball Clubs
Baugh
Mobile
Atlanta
Little Rock
Nineteenth Infantry Trims Guarantee In Bowling Rout
The Nineteenth Infantry defeated the Guarantee five in three matches on the Grand alleys with scores 924 731 805 for a 2460 total to 2197. Lancaster led the Infantry with 548 total and a 205 game. Staudt led the Guarantees with 534 and a 203 game. Wilson and Lawson contributed strong scores for the Infantry.
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Doss
Army Post
Nineteenth Infantry
Een Lawson
Wilson
H. Hollander
I. Hollander
Lancaster
Staudt
Lawson
Y M C A Quint Wins Fast Practice Game
The Y M C A basketball team defeated Government Hill Methodist Church 67 to 8 in a fast practice game. Claude Fuquay led with 36 points from 14 field goals and 2 fouls, while Henry Crabtree starred for the losers with 8 points. Government Hill debuted shirt numbers, drawing crowd interest.
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Government Hill Methodist Church
Henry Crabtree
Claude Fuquay
Edgar Tobin
William Myers
Charles Causey
Lutz
Jenkins
Government Hill
San Antonio
Gov. Hill
Woggas
Cigars
Sco Olense
Barber Seve
Postoffice Prides Cinch First Series In Commercial League
The Postoffice Prides swept Morris Company with scores 889 787 933 totaling 2609. Duke led with 559, H Howard totaled 665, Schroeder 609, McMonagle 493, while Hamner topped Morris with 500 and a 208 single game in the opening session. The victory closes the week as the league nears end of the first series.
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Postoffice Prides
Morris Company
Duke
Hardy Howard
Prides
Schroeder
McMonagle
Hamner
Traction Five
Commercial League
St. Stephens
Rpe
Nd Wiecka
H. Howard
25 Cent Bleacher Seat Seeks Doom in National League
New York dispatch reports a plan to abolish the 25 cent bleacher seat by thinning cheap seating to a minimum across National League parks. In cities with many cheap seats the price will rise to 50 cents next season, with further reductions expected soon. Brooklyn’s President Ebbets leads the push to boost revenue, while owners also back salary retrenchment for players.
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New York
National League
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ebbets
Brooklyn Club
Baptist Academy Opens Season With Big Win Over Martindale
The San Marcos Baptist Academy defeated Martindale High School 72 in the season opener. Hud son led goals from the field with Box and Taylor also prominent, while Wolf and Davenport guarded well for the Academy. For Martindale, Jennings and West starred with West scoring the sole point. guards struggled with ball handling and goal throwing throughout the game.
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San Marcos
Tex
San Marcos Baptist Academy
Martindale High School
Hudson
Academy
Box
Taylor
Wolf
Davenport
Martindale
Jennings
West
Ballard
Green's Five Wins Intermediates At YMCA Basketball
The Intermediates at the YMCA played a fast tight game Friday with Ernest Green's five defeating De Havens quint 33 to 28. The first half ended 13 to 12 in favor of Green's team. Smyth and Green led scorers with nine and eight field goals respectively. Robert Joyce starred at guard for Green's side. Angelo Battagna led De Haven with eight field goals for 16 points, while George Sexauer and T. J. Hart contributed five and one field goals each. De Haven also played solid guard play.
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Ernest Green
de Haven
Quint
Green
Smyth
Chicago Arrives Late After Narrowly Missing German Raider
The French Line steamship Chicago, delayed nearly a day and a half from Bordeaux, passed about 150 miles from the location of a German commerce raider rumor in the Atlantic. A wireless bulletin posted on December 6 was torn down minutes later, with snow and detours contributing to the delay on the Liverpool New York route.
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New York
Chicago
Bordeaux
Atlantic
Liverpool-New York
No Gas Closes Wheeling Factories In Gas Shortage
Fifteen thousand workers were idle in Wheeling West Virginia as a severe natural gas shortage shut down nearly all factories and mills in the district that rely on gas for fuel, prompting widespread stoppages today.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Greece Reiterates No Attack Intent Amid Allied Demands
Greece officially responds to allied demands by accepting them unreservedly and pledging to halt troop and material movements northward. Athens seeks to reassure the Entente while offering to arbitrate the December 11 Athens incident and hopes for a resumption of prior international confidence.
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London
Athens
Reuter
Greece
Sumner Abandoned After Grounding Off Barnegat
The U S army transport Sumner grounded off Barnegat New Jersey on the way to New York from Colon. Heavy seas and a northwest wind pounded her onto a shoal causing rapid flooding. Pumps and wireless failed and part of the crew evacuated by boat while life boats were requested to assist others.
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New York
United States Army
Sumner
Barnegat
N. J
Colon
Barregat
Steel firm to build 70 coal barges on Monongahela
Pittsburg December 16 contracts let by United States Steel Corporation for 70 all steel barges of 1000 tons capacity and three towboats of 1000 horsepower for coal traffic on the Monongahela river. When finished the fleet will equal the river's present craft total and signals a revival of river coal business due to rail congestion.
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Pittsburg
Monongahela River
United States Steel Corporation
Monongahela
Decree Bans Christmas Candies for Soldiers in Front
Rome issues two week bidding decree on manufacture and transport of candies and cakes by post or rail. It also forbids hotels from serving meals with more than one meat course. The measure aims to curb delivery of Christmas dainties to troops at the front.
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Rome
Paris
Linen and Cotton Moon Ad Listings at Losoya Street
Portage Tire Co at 221 South Alamo advertises wagons Veloci sweaters and stoves wood gas coal with low prices. Xmas bicycles priced from 8 to 40 dollars. Listings include 219 Losoya Street linen shop and 221 South Alamo location.
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Portage Tire Co
South Alamo Street
Xmes
Easy Payments
Alamo
A. Smith
Xmas
Linen & Cotton
SAM Speir Hardware Co
Losoya St
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Drake-Oliver
Caroel
Eisenhauer
Kenney
Purinton
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Rarklin
Irdsong & Potchernick
International News Service
George McManus
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Moran
Cuba
Gunter Hotel
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Gunter
Company K
Johnson, Sowle
Ussel A
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Finklea
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Weber
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Watson
Southern Association
R. H. Baugh
ST. Anthony
Army
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Crockett
T. B. Baker
Majestic
Hot Wells
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Arthur G. Jury
A Auto Livery Co
Soledad &T. Bate
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Kakae
YM. C. A. Quint
Smother Government Hill Church
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Boone
SAM Spein Hardware CO
Loasoya St
Postoffice Prides Cinch
Morris
Commercial Tenpin League
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Pet
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Swift & Co
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Baptist Academy
Bain
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BOS
Moaghon
New Texas
Henry R. Mallory
Galveston
Havana
Miami
Mallory Line
Texas
Foreign Office
Petit Journal
Universal Shears & Butcher Knives
Sam Speir
LTRS
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Italy
Express Wagons & Velloci Sam Speir Hardware Co
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Zoller
Sist Deere Oe
Painless Dentists
Houston St
Wallace Brosco
North Texas
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J. W. King
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