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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1912
Page
30
The San Antonio Winter league again postpones games due to cold weather. Sunday's doubleheader at Tex as League Park is called off after managers judged conditions unsafe. Aiming to reschedule, Higgins company versus Orioles and Roundups versus Soldiers may play Sunday if weather moderates. Pay your poll tax.
Henry Fabian the park groundkeeper for the St. Louis Browns is in charge of the San Antonio Baseball Club’s new South Presa street home. He says the infield is plowed leveled and will be sodded soon aiming to have the grounds ready for play before he leaves. The piece questions why magnates block knotholes in the fence hindering youngsters from learning the game and asserts officials deny any plan to curtail future stars. The center field fence will stay as is for utilitarian reasons according to Block Leidy and Fabian.
Jack Johnson and Jim Flynn signed articles to fight for the world heavyweight title in July in the Nevada desert. Jack Curley announced a probable July 2 date with May 1 as the deadline to name the exact day. Forfeits and purse details were outlined, with plans for a Salt Lake City club to stage the bout and a moving pictures agreement among parties.
Tom Andrews of Milwaukee, representing Promoter McIntosh of Australia, met with Champion Jack Johnson in Chicago and then signed Johnson to a fight with McVea. Details and date remain undisclosed though Sydney dispatches claim Paris as a venue.
Tom Jones, manager of light welterweight champion Ad Wolgast, and two companions were hurt in an automobile crash in Los Angeles. One companion, vaudeville actor Thomas Patton, was reported to be near death. Jones was later arrested for speeding.
Local paper records a quirky line about a watchman seeking a suspected burglar in a coop, with a falsetto voice joke and a punch implying a mischief by chickens. The piece centers on a humorous scene rather than a serious crime report.
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