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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
9
For sale 215 acres offering a beautiful home seven miles from town with rich soil, two fine reservoirs, and space for horses, cattle, poultry, and farming implements. Located on the interurban line. See Udo Toepperwein at The Texas Traders 226 Gunter Building Crockett 4583. New phone 297.
Marty O'Toole of the Pittsburg NL club was operated on for appendicitis early yesterday at a local hospital. He is not expected to play this season. His wife, Mrs. O'Toole, is recovering from a similar operation.
Police stopped a scheduled 10 round bout between Frankie Conley and Billy Doyle at the Houston Athletic Club after raiding the venue. Conley Doyle and club manager B J Parker were arrested as warrants were sworn out earlier by District Attorney Richard G Maury.
Charles Balke won the 250 mile international motorcycle road race at the Chicago Motorcycle Club event in Elgin with an average speed of 55.45 mph.
Bob Burman drove a 200 horsepower car for a mile in 32 seconds on the Tacoma speedway in a round course. Race management said the time was not official but would be the fastest mile ever run on a round track.
In Dallas the invitation golf tournament qualifying ends with 48 players advancing. Co L Dexter wins low qualifying score at 77, while George Rotan, state champion, posts a notable mark. Flights set with matches listed for first to fifth divisions.
In Philadelphia, the Phillies beat the Boston Braves 6 2 in the morning game and 6 1 in the afternoon. Boston pitchers Rudolph Noyes and Jameson struggled, while Hall of Famer Rixey and Seaton held the Braves to four runs in the first and two in the second.
Hooper drove in a line drive in the eighth to give Philadelphia a 5 to 3 win over Boston in the afternoon game after Boston led 3 to 1 briefly. Morning game ended Boston 13, Philadelphia 6 as the Phillies swept the day with the nightcap.
Cleveland swept Detroit 4 to 2 in the afternoon game after seven innings of scoreless relief by Willett. A three-run eighth inning capped by Lajoie Jackson and Turner hits, plus Louden’s error, gave Cleveland the lead and win. Morning game played amid rain delay as Cleveland also won 4 to 0.
In New York's morning game Washington shut out 5 to 4 as Groom held the locals. In the afternoon New York beat Washington 5 to 2 before a slim crowd. McConnell starred for New York while Warhop struggled.
Chicago Athletic Association dominates Grant Park events winning seven of 18 and 42 points. Michigan captain A. W. Kohler led with 11 points for his school. Lund of Irish American Athletic Club set the sole day record with a 148 feet 8 inch javelin throw.
San Francisco reports progress toward the Panama-Pacific International Exposition opening February 20, 1915. Five major palaces Machinery Hall Education Food Products Agriculture and Liberal Arts are under construction with design work finished and exhibits and services prepared.
The senior national A A U championship track and field meet headed today’s program at Grant Park as eighteen events were scheduled. Several entrants also competed in the Stockholm Olympic Games last year, highlighting the field.
Mrs. Robert Barry Sullivan once Miss Mary Morey and Lt. Albrecht von Schroeder plan a July 5 marriage at Mr. Morey’s Harbor Point home to defy the Kaiser's order and wed before the lieutenant must join his regiment. Honeymoon in Berlin at the First Guard Field Artillery barracks.
In a dialogue between the Manicure Lady and the Head Barber a suffragette named Inez is mentioned visiting Sing Sing. The characters debate prison conditions, with the Manicure Lady recalling Brother Wilfred’s mistaken jail arrest and a poem he wrote about confinement titled My Prison. The piece closes with author attribution William F. Kirk.
Boston July 26. George Brickley younger brother of Harvard football star has signed a contract with Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Americans. Brickley played second base for Everett High School four years led his league in batting this season with over .600 average and 12 home runs in 21 games.
German dirigibles ran regular journeys last year with between 19 and 29 passengers per trip and reported no fatalities or injuries among riders in the service.
In San Francisco Willie Ritchie defended his lightweight title by stopping Joe Rivers in the eleventh round after Rivers pressed an aggressive challenge. Ritchie cut Rivers and controlled the early rounds with sharp countering, while Rivers had moments of promise before the final knockdown. The bout drew about 7000 spectators with reported receipts around 390000 dollars.
An illustration shows rapid telephone expansion in rail dispatching. In 1897 the Pennsylvan ia railroad used a few telephones on the 32 mile South Fork Lima line. Now the system operates 17,000 telephones with growing use for train control.
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