Winter League Stages Three Good Contests at Krisch’s Park
The Winter Baseball League held three competitive games at Krisch's Park Sunday. In the morning Mills Stars beat Pruitts 14 to 3 behind Manny's two bagger. Afternoon thrillers had Kaufman beating Mills 8 to 4 after eight innings while Meiers and King Furniture battled to a 5 to 5 tie in nine innings before darkness ended the game. A Christmas Day doubleheader is planned with Kings vs Mills and Meiers vs Kaufman.
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Krisch's Park
Mills Stars
Pruitts
King Furniture Company
Kaufman
Meiers
King Furniture Clan
Manny
Mills
Kings
Meiers and Kaufmans
R. H. E. King Fur, Co
Wurzbach and
Lacey
Boone and
Riegel
O'Pannon
R. H. E. Mills
Hill and Riegel
Garcia
Stahl
R.H.E. Meiers
King Fever
Walker
Helms and
Ezzell
Boy Cracks Shot Record At Larchmont Contests
Ralph K Spotts a 13 year old son of Ralph H Spotts eastern amateur champion dominated a weekly Larchmont Yacht Club shoot. In a field of ten contestants he won five matches and prevailed in shoot offs to determine the winners in those events.
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New York
Dee
Ralph K. Spotts
Ralph H. Spotts
Larchmont Yacht Club
Golf Fever Grips City Courses Amid Weather Woes
At San Antonio Country Club and Laurel Heights Golf Club golfers filled the courses as a delayed season begins. Club pros plan course improvements and a big season ahead while weather woes dampen Christmas event plans.
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San Antonio Country Club
Laurel Heights Golf Club
San Antonio
Will H. Symons
Laurel Heights
James Norwood
Norwood
Motorcyclists Stage Excellent Race Card at Fair Grounds
The Alamo Motorcycle Club held nine riders in eight events at the fair grounds race track. Otto Ledoff led in total winnings, Bryson Wickwire close behind, while Ford won the novice division. The 25 lap silver cup race ended with Lecloft two seconds ahead of Wickwire and Ferchby close behind.
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Leoloff
Banks
Miller
Heikens
Wickwire
Forch
Gratis
Alamo Motorcycle Club
Fair Grounds
Otto Ledoff
Bryson Wickwire
Wood to Stage Bouts at Royal Theater
James Wood, manager of the Royal Amusement Company, will stage wrestling bouts at the Royal Theater. Wood says he will run the show, not Curley Meyers, and that top promoters are lined up for a first class event in January.
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Royal Amusement Company
James Wood
Royal Theater
Wood
Curley Meyers
Chess tournament opens among Columbia Harvard Yale Princeton
Play in the first round of the twenty second annual chess tournament began in New York. Four players from each university compete in a three day round robin, with Columbia the defending champion from last year.
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New York
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
St. Petersburg
Yale Football Schedule Tentatively Set for Home Games
Yale plans a near home-heavy 1930 schedule with eight opponents including Maine Lehigh Washington and Jefferson Virginia Colgate Brown Princeton and Harvard. Only the Princeton game is not to be played at Yale.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
University of Maine
Lehigh
Washington and Jefferson
University of Virginia
Colgate
Brown
Princeton
Harvard
Coombs Reports Health Return as A's Pitcher Heads Home
John W. Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics leaves Philadelphia for West Kennebunk Maine to recover from illness. He plans winter farming and expects to rejoin the club in Philadelphia by June, saying he feels much improved and remains confident in his pitching future.
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Athletics
Quaker City
Philadelphia
John W. Coombs
West Kennebunk
Coombs
Artesian Belt Railroad Calls Stockholders Meeting
The Artesian Belt Railroad announces a stockholders meeting on January 1, 1914 at 10 a.m. in its San Antonio offices to vote on bond issuance secured by a first mortgage and to consider amendments to its charter for extensions. President H. E. Hildebrand signs, with secretary Wm. B. Hamilton attesting.
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Artesian Belt Railroad
East
Houston Street
San Antonio
Bexar County
Tex
H. E. Hildebrand
Ww. B
Ray
Rentrup Bets On Victory In Texas Bout
Charles Rentrup says he can beat Pet Brown in a 165 pound match to be held January 12 in a larger hall after his tough bout with Adolph Ernst. Promoter Tom Head promises better seats and wide accommodations for the Texas wrestling event in San Antonio.
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Charles Rentrup
Adolph Ernst
Kihlberg’s
Salt Lake City
America
Mike Yokel
Rentrup
Ernst
San Antonio
Pet’ Brown
Texas
Taylor
Brown
Tom Head
Fongs
Kihlbergs
Tom
Sub for minister Pitcher speaks at church anti saloon drive
Eugene Packard Cincinnati pitcher substituted for the pastor at Oakhurst M E Church in Kansas City to urge young men against liquor and cigarettes. He urged having an ideal and determination to succeed in any business, even if not a major leaguer. Packard lives in Kansas City and spoke Sunday night.
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Kansas City
Eugene Packard
Cincinnati National League Baseball Club
Oakhurst M. BE
Packard
English Tennis Assn Proposes Major Davis Cup Rule Changes
English Lawn Tennis Association pushes a new service rule requiring foot replant before court entry and seeks broader changes to Davis Cup play including turf and gravel courts. They call for stricter national eligibility and enhanced referee powers while noting England’s 1913 Cup loss to the United States.
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New York
International Lawn Tennis Federation
English Lawn Tennis Association
England
United States
Breaks Quickly to Reserve Strength Amid Cheering Crowds
A spectator note highlights how a man taps his reserve strength when a thousand throats cheer him, illustrating crowd support as a key factor in contest endurance and performance.
Tinker and Robinson wrangle over salary in Brooklyn talks
In Chicago on December 22 Joe Tinker and Wilbert Robinson clashed over a salary demand for Tinker. Robinson called the request unreasonable after a long distance call from Indianapolis. Tinker hinted $7500 would satisfy him, with a meeting likely with Charles Ebbetts. The article then shifts to literary notes mentioning Father Hubbard in Middleton’s 1604 tale and a London Chronicle aside.
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Chicago
Joe Tinker
Brooklyn Nationals
Wilbert Robinson
Robinson
Indianapolis
Tinker
Brooklyn
Charles Ebbetts
Father Hubbard
Thomas Middleton
Mother Hubbard
Spenser
Mother Hubberd
Middleton
London Chronicle
Modern rupture relief promises painless 60 day trial
An ad touts a new rupture holder that eliminates belts and leg straps. It guarantees a 60 day risk free trial to prove relief from hernias without pressure or danger, inviting readers to test the device before paying.
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Asl
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Fanny
Sheill
Lei
Corrkiant
Stai Co
Krisch’s
G. S. Lingoln
Conroy Building
Plaza Theater
Ralph Spotts
A. Collman
Arnold
NOA Spears CO
Losoya Street
Tate
Potchernick-Birdsong CO
Houston St
Crockett
New
Gunter Hotel
Gan Amtanin
Wemsews
Percy Tyrrell
ST. Anthony Hotel
Bexar
Alfred Sanner
Prop
Maverick-Clarke Litho. Co
Oledad Street
Axicabs
Carter-Mullaly Transfer CO
Piower
Otto Ledloff
The
Terrill Medical and Surgical Institute
E. Truex
M. D
Hicks
San Antonio, Texas
Royal Amusement Co
Hamilton
Southpaw Packard
DR. Stotts & CO
Gunter Building
Ganonoaque Motor Boat and Canoe Club of
Ontario
Ralph Britton
Gravesend Bay
Royal Canadian Golf Association of
Ottawa
George 8. Lyons
A. Z. Palmer
Allen
Royal Canadian Golf Association
Walter Christie
University of California
California
Rooters
Tinker and
Shortstop
Alamo Auto Sales Co
Antonio
Mike Goggan
E. Houston St
Cluthe Company
East 23Rd St
New York City
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