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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1916
Page
8
San Antonio Bronchos win 2 to 0 in the first game then drop the second 1 to 6 to Beaumont Oilers. Harding shines with seven strikeouts in a five-hit shutout as Aitchison allows four runs in two-thirds.
Innings pitched by Martina 4 runs off Martina 2 hits off Martin 4 two base hit Westerzil stolen base Nixon sacrifice hit Stark struck out by Harding 7 by Martina 4 bases on balls off Martina 4 errors left on bases San Antonio 7 Beaumont 2 double play Stark to Dunckel wild pitches Martina Stark Wotell Westerzil time ost game 1:53 umpire Leidy
The Ransoms defeated the Saspamco baseball team in Saspamco on the Fourth of July 13 to 4. Shortstop Burnett pitched effectively in relief as the regular pitcher was unavailable.
Seventy club members competed at Military Plaza with sixty two prizes awarded. Winners included L Weckman Jr and H M Matthews in 75 foot events and C Barbera in the open .22 event with multiple donors providing trophies. San Antonio Turn Verein defeated Castroville 6 3 in Castroville with key doubles and a home run.
In Corpus Christi Texas on July 5 the Laredo Bermudas won the final game of a three game series at League Park, taking the series 3-0 over the Corpus Christi Pelicans. Tomas and Gonzales led Laredo with strong offensive drives.
San Antonio 2 1, Beaumont 0 6, Galveston 2 8, Houston 1 0. Shreveport 2 Dallas 1. Fort Worth 5 5, Waco 0 5. Play Wednesday Houston at San Antonio Beaumont at Galveston Fort Worth at Shreveport Dallas at Waco.
The ledger shows American League scores with St Louis 2 Chicago 6 Detroit 6 Cleveland 2 New York 1 Washington 0 Boston 11 Philadelphia 2 2 on Wednesday. Boston visits Philadelphia.
Brooklyn beat New York 7 6 and New York won 6 2 while Chicago shutout Pittsburgh 5 0. Philadelphia and Boston rain postponed. Remaining schedule includes Cincinnati at St Louis and Chicago at Pittsburgh with Brooklyn at New York.
The Gassers won against Dallas as rain interrupted the second game in the first frame, delaying play and prompting a weather pause. The outcome remains tied to the early moments with ongoing action anticipated after the delay.
The New Braunfels Tigers led by pitcher Duitch Ludwig held the city league picked team of Austin to a 3 to 3 tie after eleven innings. King relieved Ludwig in the sixth and pitched the rest while Horton Garish and Glass joined in the strong effort for Austin. Umpire Whittaker supervised the matchup.
In the Junior City League two doubleheaders were played Tuesday afternoon. The Comanches defeated the Grayson Streets 4 to 1 and 8 to 0, while the Austin Streets swept the St Gerards 6 to 3 and 10 to 3. Bennett excelled in the first Comanches win with 12 strikeouts. Basse Michel and Hagewood led the winners in the second. Red Dodie powered the Austin Streets at bat and McMellon Balmos shined on the mound. Vargas starred for the St Gerards.
In the central states tennis tournament doubles, St Louis pair Josties and Crews defeated Oklahoma stars Monnett and Darrough 6-4 6-8 6-4. Wester of Kansas City forfeited to Camden of St Louis after spraining an ankle. Darrough beat Ed Rice 6-2 6-3. Monnett beat Kanakee 6-3 7-5.
In a driving rain Gary of Chicago and Billy Wilson of Los Angeles fought a 15 round draw at the baseball park in Galveston. Gary landed hard lefts in early rounds but tired after the tenth. Wilson finished strong and the crowd criticized repeated fouling and rough clinches as the ring stayed slick.
The Boerne White Sox beat the Hibernians of San Antonio 6 0 in six innings before an injury halted play. Burl Blalock and teammates used timely hitting as Pat O Shaughnessy starred for the visitors with two hits and strong fielding. Hilma Fabra and Theis supplied five of Boerne's six hits as the locals scored four runs.
Freddy Welsh lightweight world champion defeated Ad Wolgast in a foul filled eleventh round of a fifteen round no decision bout in Denver. The fight featured hard inside exchanges and ended with Wolgast losing the contest.
In the third round Welsh went to the ropes claiming a foul and appeared in great agony. A physician was summoned and it was announced that it could not be determined if a low blow had landed. After a twenty minute delay the fight resumed.
In Shreveport Louisiana Noah Red Henderson of Dallas won a bout against Bobby Waugh of Fort Worth on a first round foul after Henderson was knocked down five times. The fight lasted under two minutes and both boxers weighed 137 pounds.
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