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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1913
Page
6
The Household Furniture Company tenpin team opens the Commercial League against San Antonio Machine & Supply at Grand alleys. New teams like Wolff & Marx and Eagle Furniture join as the league plans a broader season with possible Joske Bros. participation.
James Thorpe, the Indian athlete, denies a report he was under contract with the Oklahoma City baseball team moved to Beaumont last spring. He arrived from New York where he signed with the New York National League Club and will join the team on its southern trip.
Financial West Texas Bank Trust Co announces a guaranteed fund bank with W F McCaleb as president Leon N Mauthald and J H Savage as vice presidents W B Hamilton Jr cashier Alex P Villaret assistant cashier offering savings at 4 percent with quarterly compounding assets listed as 2 500 000 00 across all branches of banking and trust business
The Travis Park Methodists meet St. Mark's at the Y M C A for the opening game of a double header in the Sunday School League race. Government Hill Methodists play Prospect Hill Baptists in the second game. Independent matches add spice to the pennant chase.
In Christiana yesterday the Russian skater Ippoliton won the 5000 meters in 8 minutes 434 10 seconds while Mathieson the Norwegian champion took the 1500 meters in 2 minutes 21 1 10 seconds.
Boston Feb 3 A meeting of the intercollegiate football rules committee will be held in New York on the evening of February 14 chaired by Hall. Several matters will be considered.
Michael McDermott national breaststroke champion of the IIOinois Athletic Club Chicago suffered two badly shattered ribs after a fall at work. He was expected to compete at the IA C championship events next month and is now confined to his home.
In the Fielding cup tourney at Laurel Heights golf course this week Chanler Diehl will face A H Danforth while T T Dillon meets W H Symons Jr in the semi finals. Yesterday four players were eliminated from the second flight. Diehl beat club champion W J Lyons five up and four to play. Dillon beat B F Nicholson five up and four to play. Coquille defeated W J McIlhenny two up one to play but then lost to Symons on the nineteenth hole after tying the last two holes.
Jose R Capablanca suffered his first defeat in the national masters tournament netting a loss to Charles Jaffe of New York after ten straight wins. Capablanca retained a point and a half lead as the game ended on move thirty one. Other results included Marshall, Janowski, Whitaker and Liebenstein defeating Tenenwurzel, Kline, Morrison and Zapoleon, with Kupchik and Stapfer drawing and Rubinstein Chajes adjourned. Adjourned games set for today include Chajes Janowski and Marshall Whitaker from the ninth and tenth rounds.
The Marshall Training School team and St. Anthony meet on the outdoor court at 4 pm with strong confidence for victory. Both squads boast season strength and the result will mark the first strength comparison. If each wins one, a third game may follow at the Army Post gym.
Princeton captain Pendleton has five varsity Ps already and is poised to earn another this summer. He carries three football and two baseball letters and will add one more in June to his tally.
The Franklin 1910 G touring car owned by D C Scott of Rye New York logged ten thousand five hundred miles at an average cost of 0013 dollars per mile for gasoline and 0046 dollars per mile for oil, marking an economy record.
An old classified style note advises those with kidney bladder or bronchial trouble to consult Dr Miller at the Tree location in the 203 Gunter Building.
Charles Randolph Snowden, noted polo player and Philadelphia clubman, died from injuries after a car accident Wednesday. He was driving with John W. Converse from Newton, Pennsylvania toward Philadelphia when they veered into a ditch to avoid a wagon. Snowden played for the Bryn Mawr team which won the junior championship two years ago at Narragansett Pier.
The piece discusses expectations for athletes and promoters this season. It cites Melvin Sheppard facing AAU disqualification for writing to sporting papers, hints at Jim Thorpe's status, and highlights Ray Bronson's pursuit of a title amid club-hopping. It notes Jesse Willard's alleged yellow streak and Texas League forecasts predicting pennant winners.
Turner nine piners open week three of the ringpin bowling league as Gloeckner and Waters squads begin with match games. Waters sits in a three way tie for second, Gloeckners in a three way tie for fifth, and Turner totals rise game by game in a likely hot race for honors in the Turn Verein Association.
Harry Howard a lightweight from San Antonio prepares for a planned bout with Army Post’s Kid Manchester at the Travis Club gym. The fight, purely boxing, aims to boost interest as both spar daily to sharpen speed and footwork, with Manchester expected to test Howard’s pace and resolve.
Drobac and Hehir won the six day bicycle race in Kansas City finishing last night. Ryan and Cavanaugh took second place. Five teams rode 1055 miles and ten laps with the winner decided by a one mile sprint around a 12 lap track. Pete Drobac of Boston and Paty Hehir of Australia won the sprint for the title and division of a $3000 purse.
Government plans to equip California forest reserve officers with motorcycles for patrols. The initiative aims to improve mobility and response times across remote areas.
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