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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
7
Jeff praised Mutt upon nomination while joking that Mutts speech likened him to Lincoln. Commentators noted Mert bears a Resemblance to the historical figure as the community reacts to the ballot result.
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Los Angeles July 4 Ad Wolgast champion lightweight and Joe Rivers both in top form for their twenty round world lightweight title bout at Vernon arena. Weighs 130 for Rivers and 130 exactly for Wolgast. Betting 10 to 6 with many large wagers. crowd nearly sold out with about $51,000 gate.
Cuero beats Yoakum 12 to 8 after allowing five runs in the first two innings. Schorre and Markowsky starred for Cuero while Newman and Youngkin pitched for Yoakum. Cuero set to meet Weser today and Yorktown here next Sunday.
Stockholm July 4. National leaders hosted a dinner aboard the yacht Katrina for the Olympian committee as nations mingle during the Games. Heat drawings show Melville Shepard and James Meredith drawn for 800 meters while Paul Jones and Jackson drawn for 1500 meters and the committee may withdraw those heats to prevent top rivals meeting early. The event underscores friendship goals and unit effort among Americans and British.
Play began today at the Los Angeles Country Club courts in a major Pacific coast doubles championship. Thirty eight teams entered and the winners will represent the coast in the national doubles preliminaries in Chicago early August.
Chicago based George Brown and Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh meet in Benton Harbor Michigan for middleweight honors. McGoorty is the crowd favorite while Brown is labeled a Knockout specialist. Both fighters promise top effort.
Fort Worth defeated Austin 4 to 0 as Maples held the opposition to five hits while Taylor matched him with five. Key innings saw Fort Worth score early and in the sixth. Batteries: Austin Taylor Hinninger. Fort Worth Maples Kitchens. Umpire McKee.
Dallas pitcher Shontz limited Waco to two hits and earned a 1 to 0 victory. Two of the six hits were for extra bases, with Tullas scoring Duncan for the winning run as Dallas pulled away late. Umpires Goehler and Van Sickle.
Houston beat Galveston 8 to 3 in a sluggish July 4 game. Watson pitched slowly for Houston while Harbin endured heavy punishment in the sixth. Final line: Houston 6 runs on 11 hits with 2 errors. Galveston 3 runs on 7 hits with 1 error.
Corpus Christi lost 5 to 2 in the opening game of a series with Laredo. Doran pitched well for Laredo earning the victory as Corpus hitters struggled. The teams meet again Thursday morning and afternoon for a repeat encounter. Store hours note 1 pm closing on Saturdays during the sale period at Wolff & Marx.
San Antonio 5 Beaumont 8. Houston 8 Galveston 3. Dallas 1 Waco 0. Fort Worth 4 Austin 6. Tomorrow's games Beaumont at San Antonio Galveston at Houston Austin at Fort Worth Waco at Dallas.
American League results show Washington 3 from New York 2, Boston 7 over Philadelphia 2, Cleveland 8 to Detroit 6. Chicago tied with St Louis due to rain with games in progress. scheduling shows New York in Washington, Boston in Philadelphia, St Louis in Detroit, Cleveland in Chicago.
Philadelphia defeated Boston 8 to 6 while New York was 2 to 10 and Brooklyn 1 to 9 with Brooklyn in New York and Philadelphia in Boston. Cincinnati played Pittsburgh and Chicago faced St Louis.
In Louisville Louisville beat Toledo 2 to 0. In Minneapolis Minneapolis defeated Kansas City 32 to 4. In Columbus Columbus topped Indianapolis 1 to 2. In St Paul St Paul edged Milwaukee 6 to 7.
Montgomery over Nashville 9 to 6 in Montgomery. Mobile defeated Atlanta 5 to 1 in Atlanta. Memphis beat New Orleans 4 to 1 in Memphis. Birmingham and Chattanooga tied 3 to 3 in Chattanooga.
San Antonio defeats Beaumont 8 to 3 as Metz homers and Seitz drives in key runs. Betts triples and Betts, Dail, Edmiston contribute in a decisive early lead, while Corbett and Goodwin battle through trouble for both teams.
Members of the San Antonio Auto Mobile Club met in the St Anthony hotel ball room for a July session and admitted several new members to the club and to the stock selling committee. Reports show outstanding stock for the proposed clubhouse being taken up rapidly. President Frederick J Fielding will host a luncheon for the soliciting committee at the St Anthony at 12 30 tomorrow with further reports.
Mansfield Ohio reports the local team arranged a deal to acquire short stop Daly from the St Louis Americans. The transaction signals a key roster move ahead of the season. Daly is expected to bring infield speed and defensive versatility to the lineup.
New York extended its streak to sixteen straight wins by taking a doubleheader from Brooklyn. In game one Marquard set a major league record with his nineteenth win of the season despite being outpitched by Rucker. The second game ended in the eighth inning with Shafer scoring after a passed ball, and Fletcher driving in the winning run amid a protest by Manager Dahlen against umpire Brennan.
Abe Attell displayed his old time form by defeating Eddie Marino over ten rounds in Tacoma. Marino retreated throughout the fight, giving Attell limited chances to land cleanly as the former champion led from the start.
The Household and the Washer Orioles meet at Krisch Park this afternoon to decide the Commercial League first series championship. Both teams have 8 wins in 11 games and are expected to draw large crowds. A meeting will set plans for the second series in which the Bankers, now in the league, will be counted on.
The National baseball commission ruled Omaha bought Player Davidson from Brooklyn and allowed Brooklyn's $760 claim. It held Milwaukee not liable for Pfeister's price after a two month failure to report to Milwaukee and gave Chicago five days to dispose of him. If retained beyond, Chicago must pay Pfeister at his 1912 salary rate daily.
The Railroad World baseball team will face Harlandale this afternoon with a 3 o clock start on the Uppper Post diamond. Railroaders request all players to arrive early, while Harlandale plays Batterry A at Fort Sam Houston in the forenoon.
The Cowboy Steers announce a four game challenge in San Antonio on Sunday. Interested teams may arrange by ringing phone 1283 and asking for Dugger.
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