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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
8
Houston defeated San Antonio 5 to 1 in eleven innings, after a tense pitchers’ duel. Glenn outpitched Barfoot as San Antonio left runners stranded, including a late loaded bag situation in the tenth.
In San Marcos Texas barbers announce a price raise effective after July 15. Neck shave will cost five cents more and a haircut will rise by 35 cents. No specific cause given for the increase.
In a tense League Park contest the Bronchos fall just short as Houston takes a rare win. Glenn pitched well with key strikeouts in the tenth, while Newnam’s Buffs survive on fortuitous breaks and an error that opened the fifth. Baggan leads with three hits and four times on base, while Houston’s fielding miscues haunt the Bronchos.
Charles E. Morris, secretary to Governor E. M. Cox, confirmed the report that the Ohio governor and Miss Margaretta P. Blair of Chicago would wed in early autumn. There would be no wedding trip due to the war situation requiring the governor's presence in Ohio.
Fred Fulton of Minnesota KOed Jack Moran of St Louis in the third round of a scheduled 12 round boxing match in St. Louis Monday night.
The author recalls the link between fitness and golf performance from early 20th century experiences. He describes misjudging diet and water, the mental strain of championship play, and lessons from 1908 to 1913 about conditioning, rest, and avoiding fatigue before major tournaments.
The Texas League standings list Dallas, Houston, Waco, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Shreveport with wins and losses. Monday results show Houston 6 San Antonio 1 in 11 innings and 5 1 wins, Fort Worth 13 Shreveport 3. Play on Tuesday has Houston at San Antonio, Shreveport at Fort Worth, Waco at Dallas.
NL clubs standings show New York leading with 68 wins and 45 losses, Philadelphia 68 38 30, St. Louis 75 40 85, Cincinnati 42 39, Chicago 40 38, Brooklyn 31 36, Boston 38 39. Pittsburg at Philadelphia and Chicago at Brooklyn postponed due to rain. Cincinnati defeated Boston 4 0 and New York beat St. Louis 3 2.
Cincinnati faces Boston while Chicago plays Brooklyn in two games. St. Louis meets New York and Pittsburg hosts Philadelphia in two-game sets.
Washington improves to 8-2 while Detroit sinks to 1-10 as Cleveland edges Boston 4-3 and Philadelphia defeats Chicago 5-2. New York 2, St. Louis 1. Philadelphia visits Chicago, New York travels to St. Louis, Washington goes to Detroit, Boston plays Cleveland.
Washington beats Detroit 8 to 5 in Detroit with Harper and Henry taking the win for Washington. Detroit errors and batting totals shown. second game Washington 2 and Detroit 10 with Shaw and Ainsmith pairing for Washington and Henry and James for Detroit. Cleveland defeats Boston 4 to 1 at Cleveland. Chicago hosts Philadelphia with Philadelphia winning 5 to 28 in another listed scoreline with listed pitchers and batters.
New York scored two runs in the top of the second and one more in the sixth to win 2 to 1 against St. Louis. Russell and W Alexander pitched for New York with Davenport and Severeid behind the plate. St. Louis managed a single run in the ninth.
Douglas Arizona July 10 The Sonora state Chamber of Deputies will study religious issues to craft a form of public worship for the people General P Elias governor of Sonora says Cath olic priests who officiated before the revolution will not be allowed to return and religious policy is to be set.
Cincinnati 4 Boston 6 in Boston. Final lines show Cincinnati four runs on 14 hits with four errors. Boston six runs on eight hits with zero errors. Batteries: Eller Clarke for Cincinnati and Nehf Tragressor for Boston. New York 3 St Louis 5 in New York. Final lines show New York three runs on unknown hits with errors. St Louis five runs on unknown hits. Batteries: Ames Snyder Sal lew Rariden.
Fort Worth defeated Shreveport 13 to 3 as Flynn struggled with wild pitches in the sixth and seventh. Napier yielded three runs in the first inning, Applegate held SHV to one runner to reach second and struck out nine. Shreveport’s Applegate had a rough fourth inning. Fort Worth built the big lead with timely hits and strong defense.
Hits no runs in 1 inning and multiple players recorded strikeouts. Walks issued by Bono Blunk and Donalds. Hit by pitch to eet off Bono Miller. Left on bases included Waco Dallas 5. Double plays Litschi to Palmer and Malmquist to Leslie. Time 1 40.
George Sergeant and Otis George defeated Charles Evans and Harry G. Legg in an eighteen hole best ball foursome at Interlachen. Evans posted the low medal score of 72, two under par.
Fragmentary sports notes show St Paul blank Kansas City blank 0 and Minneapolis 2 Milwaukee 1 with Columbus 0 Louisville 4. Toledo Indianapolis match referenced as previously played.
Memphis defeated Birmingham 3-0 as Black and Haworth combined with Vance and Ruel on eight hits. New Orleans tied Nashville 6-6 in a late rally while Little Rock topped Atlanta 6-3 and Chattanooga defeated Mobile 6-3 with strong relief pitching. The Indianapolis News adds a note on liberty and responsibility.
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