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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1912
Page
8
The Y M C A hosts two big Thursday afternoon games in the Grammar School league as No 2 meets No 4 and No 3 faces No 5. Teams show grit and the winner earns The Light loving cup on display at the Y M C A rooms. Director Tannenbaum praises the surge of interest and plans indoor baseball and track leagues after the season.
Members of the Iowa City High school rifle team set a national interscholastic record by scoring 59 points in a matchup with Deering High School of Portland Maine. The Iowa City squad also posted 954 points in a later contest against a Washington high school.
New York February 13 magnates of the National League gather for the spring meeting to adopt a playing schedule and resolve routine business. Two objections to dates noted but expected to pass. Bresnahan and Murphy dispute to be reviewed by the national commission with hopes for an amicable settlement. No major trades expected and the outlaw United States league is viewed as lacking financial backing.
At tomorrow night’s meeting the San Antonio Automobile Club will review proposals for a new club house to be built on either the north or south loop. Secretaries report many architect sketches. officers expect decisive action. Topics include good roads and uniform signs with an official set likely to be ordered. A new director will be elected to fill a vacancy, and all members are urged to attend.
The six round bout at the American Athletic Club featured Knockout Brown of New York and Billy Galley of Australia. Neither fighter landed solid blows as the bout stayed tame throughout.
Discontent and Acquin were the lone winning favorites at Juarez yesterday. Jockey Rosen received a ten day suspension for post disobedience in race two. Race results show John Hume, Hardy, Discontent, Acquin, J R Robinson and Maizie Girl among winners with tight daytime times and multiple finishers.
The planned Baylor basketball series with local teams including the Infantry Y M C A Marshall Training School and St Louis College is canceled due to Twenty second Infantry scheduling needs. Rain also disrupted the Baylor game in Austin but a makeup clash is planned for Thursday or March 2 depending on weather.
Chicago president Charles W. Murphy dispatched a 1912 season contract to Mordecai Brown as he prepared to depart for New York. Brown, who had warned he would strike out on his own business, declined to discuss the matter or reveal his next move.
Albany Feb 13 The South Atlantic league directors fixed the 1912 pennant race dates Opening season April 18 to June 27 and the final season to end on Labor Day.
J Gordon Douglas of New York defeated Harold F McCormick of the University Club Chicago in the final for the 1912 gold racquet championship. This marks Douglas third win of the title and gives him possession of the Clarence Mackay trophy.
Philadelphia manager announces a trade sending catcher Cotter and pitcher Ward to Chicago for outfielder Graham known as Peaches. The move reshapes the Nationals roster and signals a major midseason adjustment.
Chief Montour of the Oklahoma Indians rejects a handicap wrestling offer from Zybszko the Polish champion who beat Rakevitch at Madison Square Garden. The Polish fighter and manager J H Newman plan San Antonio visit to match against a local wrestler, with Montour as the likely opponent. Montour says the weight and risk are too high for little reward.
New York report notes Thomas J. Lynch of the National League and the rules committee says current rules cover the game. He blames players for not understanding the regulations and asserts few major league stars are fully conversant with the laws governing their livelihood.
Frank Coffyn the aviator and Adelia Duff demonstrated a 15 mile hydro airplane flight over New York Harbor. They started near the Battery at 2 40 p m circled the Statue of Liberty and over the Staten Island shore to return landing close to the starting point. Duff captured moving pictures from an aero plane in full flight the first such footage here.
American team members W. A. Larned Maurice E. McLoughlin and Beals C. Wright arrived in San Francisco aboard the Sierra after competing with the Australian trio for the International Davis trophy. The Americans were defeated by the Australians.
Sydney reports Sam McVey the California pugilist and Australia’s heavyweight champion has signed for a March 9 bout with James Barry of Chicago and for an Easter Monday fight on April 8 with Sam Langford.
J F Poggenberg of the Liederkranz club defeated Percy Collins of Chicago by 400 to 310 in the tie for second prize in the amateur national class A 18.2 balk line billiard championship. Poggenberg finished second to M B Brown, the new champion, Collins taking third and the high average prize as the tournament ends.
Bad weather postpones the Monday afternoon basketball game between St Anthony and the West Texas Military Academy. St Anthony weighs a series of games with members of the Academic league.
In Turner Ninepin League Captain Richie's team faces Corning bowlers tonight while in St Joseph League two games are on between the Heyes and the Sievers. The pair of matches are expected to be close and engaging.
Ambiguous notes describe a local event last night involving teams and a bowl game with alleys, plus Branche Bros offering a top delivery wagon. Specific teams and locations are unclear, but the piece highlights a strong local business promotion in San Antonio announcing delivery wagons.
Zbyszko the Polish wrestler defeated Raicevich in a one fall bout at Madison Square Garden after 54 minutes 52 seconds. The Italian pressed the Pole most of the match but could not reach the scratch. Referee Tom Jenkins declared Zbyszko the winner. A large crowd witnessed the win and the victor may be offered a title match with Frank Gotch.
The Columbian Baseball league was organized with eight franchise cities Kansas City Chicago St Louis Louisville Indianapolis Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee and Chicago banker John T Powers elected president for a year. The season runs late April to early October and uses a single umpire system. Managers tentatively named for Kansas City Cleveland St Louis and Louisville.
Muskogee Oklahoma City Tulsa McAlester Bartlesville Okmulgee Shawnee and Fort Smith may field teams in the Mid-Continent league this season as city representatives meet. Oklahoma City is nearly certain a berth. Abner Davis owns the Texas league franchise there and will not relinquish it without a spot in the new league.
Two notable lightweight bouts are planned in New York. Packey McFarland versus Tommy Maloney will headline February 27 at 135 pounds, followed by One Round Hogan versus Owen Moran at 133 pounds on March 5. Each bout is ten rounds, in line with New York law.
Chicago February 13. All American League club owners and most managers are due in Chicago today for the league schedule meeting to be held tomorrow. The drafted playing schedule is expected to be adopted and changes in the national agreement ratified.
A San Antonio based report notes the Peacock five to host a local team on the court this afternoon with weather permitting. Cream of Rice cereal advertised at 10 cents at grocers.
The owners of the Austin Field club in Austin Texas say they will seek an injunction to block the Texas league schedule for 1912 They contend the plan would deprive the Senators of season expenses and places a long run of summer home games when university is out of session and interest is low They accuse schedulers of bias toward larger cities Beaumont reportedly shares a similar concern but no action is confirmed.
Oklahoma giant Carl Morris outweighed the Brooklyn heavyweight Jim Stewart by 28 pounds and controlled every round of a ten round bout at the Carlisle Athletic club in Brooklyn. Stewart survived only by clinging and retreating to the ropes.
Young Jef fries who was to fight Bob Norworth in a ten round bout at the army post gymnasium sprained his right arm in a workout with Masters. The event is postponed one week with a new date set for one week from next Thursday night at the post.
The Postoffice Prides face the Creamery Dairy team in a ten pin match at Grand alleys tonight. The Prides won their last meeting, while the Dairy squad expects a strong comeback and victory this evening.
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