New Schedule Necessary For Texas League Steer
A Houston meeting drafts a new Texas league playing schedule to replace the long jump to Oklahoma City and to balance the lineup with Beaumont and Galveston. Dolson is named to report next Friday, as Davidson Waco Roberts Houston and Iglehart Austin confer with Texas line agents in Houston.
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Galveston
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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Dolson
Davidson
Waco
Roberts
Houston
Iglehart
Austin
Texas Lines
League
Texas
Boxers Postponed as Army Gym Busy Tonight
The eight round bout between Young Jeffries and Bob Norworth is postponed to the end of this week or early next week due to the Twenty second Infantry Athletic association failing to secure the post gymnasium and its prior engagements. Both fighters report peak condition and the card may feature Jeffries meeting Masters in a fifteen round bout after negotiations led by Manager Hackman.
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Army Post Gymnasium
Twenty-second Infantry Athletic Association
Post Gymnasium
Jeffries
Bob Norworth
Masters
Hackman
Friction Over Texas League Travel Rates Looms at Dallas Meeting
The 1911 Texas league faces friction as conference with general passenger agents could set next season rates. A compromise between the league and railroads is expected, with Friday's Dallas meeting likely routine but pivotal for the league's future.
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Assenger
New
Texas League
Texas Longhorns face path to state title after SA visit
Baylor University and the Twenty second Infantry trip signals a smooth route to the state title for the University of Texas basketball team. Local fans regret missing a clash with soldiers last week but anticipate Austin’s squad visiting San Antonio soon to test army lineups. The Y M C A and Turners played well against the collegians, yet the UT squad proved the strongest in years.
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Baylor University
University of Texas
Longhorns
Schramm
Austin
San Antonio
Collegians
Turners
El Campo Barred From Southwest Texas League Berth
El Campo is barred from aspirants for a berth in the Southwest Texas league and Kingsville appears unable to join due to heavy expenses. The league now has four clubs, making a four-team schedule unlikely to satisfy President Dickinson. The Houston meeting effectively bars Galveston, leaving the field unclear.
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Kingsville
Dickinson
Houston
Texas League
Galveston
Postpone Juarez Racing Announcement Delays Juarez Meet
The Associated Press reports Juarez Mexico on February 5 that no races will be held at Juarez before a new entry list is prepared for Tuesday. Races will then be held daily through the week.
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Juarez
Associated Press
Mexico
Many Games Ahead In City League Schedule
The army post gym is unavailable for tomorrow’s City league game, four games will be played this week including Thursday at YMCA A and next Saturday at Turners. Brackenridge High protests a Saturday game with San Antonio Academy prompting managers to meet to revise the schedule after Garden Academy’s withdrawal. The SA Grammar School league dispute should be settled early this week to allow games to proceed. Three games were set for Saturday on the YMCA court, but only one was played.
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Army Post
Turners
San Antonio
Brackenridge High School
San Antonio Academy
Garden Academy
San Antonio Grammar School
Young Men's Christian Association
Brown to Meet Kelly in Kenosha Exhibition
George Brown the Greek fighter with the K O prefix and Hugo Kelly a middleweight will clash in a ten round exhibition at 158 pounds in Kenosha Wisconsin on February 21. Nate Lewis, manager of Browns, arranged terms with promoter. Eddie McGoorty could not take part due to a hand injury.
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Chicago
George Brown
Hugo Kelly
Kenosha
Wis
Nate Lewis
Wisconsin
Eddie McGoorty
Kelly
Middie
Walter Coffey
New York
Lewis
Brown
Directors to Meet of the San Antonio Automobile Club
A meeting of the board of directors of the San Antonio Automobile Club is set for 5 o clock this afternoon in Secretary Pearson's offices in the Gunter building. The committee report on road signs in Bexar county will be central. A planned sociability run to the Medina dam site next Thursday may be finalized.
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Gunter Building
Bexar County
Medina Dam
Pirates Cinch 1912 National League Title
Special to The Light from Pittsburgh Pa dated Feb 5 reports the Pirates securing the 1912 pennant after depositing Marty O'Toole's 22500 contract in a safety vault. O'Toole claims his injured arm is strong and ready, hoping for a comeback after winter care.
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Pirates
Marty O'Toole
Barney Dreyfuss
The
Order of Fenians
O'Toole
Marty
Higgins Weds Mayme Shelly In Chattanooga Romance
Bob Higgins, star receiver for Chattanooga last season now with the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, married Miss Mayme Shelly of Chattanooga after a romance that began in a local music store where Higgins sang and Shelly accompanied. The ceremony crowned months of courtship.
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Chattanuvooga
Tenn
Bob Higgins
Chattanooga
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers
Mayme Shelly
Higgins
Former AL batsman quits baseball for farming
George Stone, once a champion hitter in the American League, announces he will not play this season. He cites higher profits from farming in Nebraska as his reason for quitting the game.
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Milwaukee
George Stone
Nebraska
Weather Halts San Antonio Winter League Games Again
Cold weather prevented the Higgins Company vs Orioles and Roundups vs Soldiers games at Krisch Park for a third time this winter. League managers plan to reschedule after the season ends and begin summer pennant play with four winter clubs likely joining the six club field.
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San Antonio
Krisch Park
Higgins Company
Orioles
Stowers
Roll Final Games Tonight For City Championship
Summerfield's All Stars and the Grand sig vive vie for the last three games of their 118 game series for the city championship on the Grand alleys. The Grand Bio Five lead by eighty pins with games remaining.
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Summerfield
All Stars
Grand Sig
Grand Bio Five
Sahra F Herdman Ost. eth Gibbs Bldg Phones Res
Sahra F Herdman listed with Ost. eth Gibbs Building in the N district. Phone contact ends with 3066 blu, indicating a local exchange code or line type.
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Sahra F. Herdman
Eth
Gibbs
Conklin Dominates First Week of National Billiard Tourney
Charles F. Conklin of Chicago proves the clear standout in the national amateur class A 18.2 balk line championship after winning all his matches. Percy Collins and others trail with two wins and one loss each as Poggenburg Brown and Collins push for further upsets.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles F. Conklin
Chicago
Wally G. Douglas
Joseph Mayer
Walter Buffenheimer
Percy Collins
Crack Shots In San Antonio Trap Matches At Toepperwein Grounds
Crack shots from several states travel to San Antonio for an afternoon series of trap matches at the Toepperwein grounds near the south Presa street car line. Local and visiting shooters including Tom Marshall William Crosby Fred Gilbert Mrs Ad Toepperwein Richard Merril and Rolla Heikes participate after competing in Houston.
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San Antonio
Ad Toepperwein
Richard Merrill
Rolla Heikes
Houston
Brown Is Done Forever Foretells End of Ball Career
TERRE HAUTE Ind Feb 5 Mrs Mordecai Brown arrives and says her husband will not play ball this year and may never play again She adds he is not asking for a salary with the Cubs and that his arrival will confirm her statement Call a taxi Both phones 123.
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Brown
Terre Haute
Ind
Mordecai Brown
Cubs
Yale Adviser Sees Football Rule Changes Prospective
Walter Camp, Yale athletic adviser, discusses recent football rule changes. He says the alterations favor the offense, boost running plays, and simplify the game. He notes the end blocking allowed under kicks and the touchdown value rising from five to six points as key shifts.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Conn
Walter Camp
Yale
Football Rules Committee
American bicyclist suffers possible fatal fall in Berlin six day race
George Wiley of Syracuse and partner Elmer Collins of Boston were competing in the Berlin six day race. Wiley fell during a turn and was taken to a hospital with concussion of the brain. He remained unconscious and in critical condition last night.
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Associated Press
Berlin
George Wiley
Syracuse
Wiley
Elmer Collins
Boston
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