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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1912
Page
16
A large crowd watched two school basketball games at the YMCA court yesterday. No 2 beat No 4 in the opener 10 to 7 with Ross Young and Cohen starring for No 2. In the second game No 5 defeated No 3 by 4 to 2 as Mumme, Richie and Davis shone for No 3 struggled to keep pace early then rallied late.
Second set of Grammar School Light cup games at the YMCA featured matchups between schools Nos 2 and 4 and Nos 3 and 5. The No 2 team won 10 to 7 over No 4 as fans crowded the benches and balcony. No 4 aimed to rebound from last Saturday's defeat with clever play and determined effort.
Baylor University defeated Texas 38 to 24 at Clarke field to claim the state college championship for the third straight year. McConnell led Baylor with 22 points while McVeigh scored 12 for Texas hampered by injuries. Ward led Baylor with 10, Vining and Ross added 10 for Texas, with McVeigh the top scorer for Texas. The match featured 20 minute halves and an umpire from Notre Dame.
Five clubs including Roundups Higgins Company Orioles Twenty second Infantry and Stowers entered the City Summer league with more applications pending. Potential Washer Bros. club may join. park owner V S Stires offered River avenue field for the season. A committee will study the proposal and a charter by laws system similar to the Winter league is planned. Robert Scott Isreal was elected Summer league president.
The four-school San Antonio Academic league votes to dissolve following High School decision to quit due to membership costs. Initially three schools planned to continue, but West Texas Military academy rejected that option. Friendly relations will persist and future match games may determine the local champion.
A fast contest is scheduled for this afternoon on St Marys court between the High School and Marshall Training School. The High School holds a win over Marshall, who has improved since their last meeting. The league title winner will face St Anthony and St Marys of the Scholastic association.
Major league baseball owners meeting in Chicago reject the revised national agreement and send it to President B B Johnson for revision with no report date set. The main clash centers on the inter league waivers for drafted and purchased players and the proposed waiver price mechanism.
Chicago February 16. Forfeits for the Johnson Flynn heavyweight title fight will be posted tomorrow by the principals and Jack Curley for the promoters. Twenty thousand dollars will be placed in Alderman Al Tearney's hands. Earlier agreements set the stake at forty thousand dollars with ten thousand from each principal and twenty thousand from promoters, later halved.
The National League approved the revised national agreement in a closing session led by August Herrmann. Club owners pledged support, with emphasis on strict enforcement, nixing past tolerated omissions. The session urged limiting gambling pools but made no decision on World Series ticket sales or player deals.
The 12 year old St Marys College Midgets defeated Hull Club Midgets 29 to 27 after a tied 27 27 finish. Engelman and Hall starred for St Marys while Captain Hall Pothsy and McKinney excelled for Hull House. E Seng of St Marys scored the decisive field goal in overtime.
Pitcher Mordecai Brown of the Cubs says he will continue playing baseball but wants a trade to another National league team for more money. He carries a blank contract and has no intention of signing it. He will play for any NL club except Philadelphia.
In Chicago on February 16 Kenneth Husbagh of the Chicago Athletic Club and Henry Hebner of the Illinois Athletic Club each set new world marks. Husbagh clocked 60 yards 3-5 seconds faster than the former 242-5 record, while Hebner posted 1:52 for 150 yards surpassing his prior 1:56 2-5.
The Turner bowling section holds a meeting Sunday morning at Turner hall to elect officers for the ensuing term. The session starts at 10 30 and all members are urged to attend.
The Navarro basketball team defeated Johnson School five by 27 to 9 at Navarro’s court on Thursday afternoon. Winners Bertetti and Escovedo starred with strong passing while Giraud and Gonzales played well for the losers.
The club owners voted unanimously to empower President Johnson to use any measures to suppress betting in all league parks. Trade talk dwindled to nothing yesterday and no deal has been announced.
Five clubs join the new Y M C A basketball league planned under Physical Director Tannenbaum with games slated for February 24 on the Y court every Tuesday and Saturday. A possible entry from Alamo Iron Works is noted as forthcoming. The list includes First Baptist Church G and Chesum with Reeves as captain R Reeves, Creamery Dairy Company Black and Miller, Captain Muirs team with Muir as captain, Captain Bryants team with Bryant as captain, and Captain Slimp’s team with Slimp as captain plus listed players.
Billy Marchant, England’s top featherweight, defeated Louis de Pointhieu of France in a ten round bout in New York. Marchant dominated most rounds, trading blows in the second and tenth, but otherwise controlled the match with aggressive offense.
New York reports Eduard Roudil, Europe's amateur billiard champion, upset C. F. Conklin 400 to 371 in the international 18.2 balk line championship. J. F. Poggenburg won 400 to 275 over Dr. Leondas Mias in the same session.
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