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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
8
Slanaxer George Leidy of the Bino clos signed catcher Shin to play for San Antonio in 1999. Shin, from Louisville Kentucky, is 25 and has SA league experience with Jacksonville. He is described as a strong hitter with speed on the bases and an all around good man.
The High School quintet fell 0 to 11 to a YMCA reserve squad in a rough game marked by numerous fouls on the High School players. The teams were unfamiliar on the court and lacked chemistry against the stronger YMCA lineup.
The Owls beat Milam 37 to 8 yesterday afternoon at St Marys College. Murphy scored 22 points and played a superb all around game. Cather led Milam with 7 points while Holbrook added 8 for the Owls.
Three private boxing bouts on Soledad Street last night produced two decisions on points and two draws. Foster defeated Cherokee Kid, Young Jeffries edged Red Gallagher, and Burns drew with Young Donovan. Referee Smith gave the final draw. crowd left satisfied despite no knockouts.
The marathon craze spreads across Greater New York with Toni Longagit and Thon Shrubh set as a major match postponed to January 26 A large amateur event is planned at Madison Square Garden on the original date for the professionals If plans hold more than 20 top distance men from across the nation will race with entrants from Chicago Missouri A C and other western clubs mentioned as hopefuls
The notice touts the largest and best Aloture Framove in the city and urges customers to place orders early for the holiday season at McDonald’s Art Store, highlighting extra staff for the rush.
Erratic betting featured three ponies in some races as Bewitched surprised at 13 to 5 in the Bye-horse dusk for the Lone Star purse. Hadar won the first race, Glenart failed to place, Arryowshaft led the third, and Bewitched won the fourth Lone Star Handicap. Other results included Lord Dixon topping John McBride in the fifth and Pepper Hox prevailing in the final race. Time figures given for each event.
Judes Murphy suspended jockey Hollister indefinitely and escorted from the grounds for his ride on Lomond the 13 to 10 favorite in race two. Nolie ran better in six furlongs than five, as a divorce trend looms, and Glenirt’s upset highlighted a bad dope judgment. Associate disappointed. Kiamesha II’s late save pleased bookmakers, while Pickens’ day shifted to Burwell’s stretch win. The crowded fields signaled tougher bets today.
Sunset lines won a May 7 extension to finish the San Antonio depot after conductor disputes over property rights. W G Van Vleck, general manager, conferred with the railroad commission in Austin as stockyard agreements with Union Stock Yards were arranged to handle traffic. The commission had previously pressured Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio and others to provide adequate stockyards.
Los Angeles racing officials suspend Carman stables from entry after Matt Dooley, former Carman trainer, alleges Carman and staff beat him last Monday. Dooley claims a prior dispute over four months of unpaid salary. he was hospitalized. A Carman horse named Flenting was entered but withdrawn as Dooley claims.
An international romance culminated in San Antonio with the quiet marriage of A B Ingelsby of Mexico City and Miss Leving Engle of New York City, officiated by Rev. B D Montes. They departed for Mexico immediately after. The couple’s acquaintance began a year earlier during Miss Engle’s visit to Mexico City and long distance correspondence arranged the match. Miss Engle left New York, accompanied by her sister, and the groom left the City of Mexico. J M Jackson served as best man.
Sheriff B D Lindsay returns to the city with Will Chirk as both men face upcoming trials in the Thirty-seventh district court. Clark, formerly held in Victoria for horse theft, is also slated for trial there after an arrest last month.
In the Thirty-seventh district court, ine Whitley sues the San Antonio Traction Company for 35000 damages claiming personal injuries from November 28. He alleges he boarded car No. 61 when the car suddenly moved forward throwing him against the motor box of the rear platform injuring his back and spine. Doctor Sart F. Herdman provides medical treatment.
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