Army League plans form at Light meeting in San Antonio
San Antonio readers learn that local army league organizers and camp team managers plan a League Park season with YMCAs and athletic officers backing the effort. A meeting is set for July 17 at The Light office on Travis Street to organize schedules, finances, and a prize system, with Benson Korst and representatives attending.
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Light
Fort Sam Houston
Mechanical Repair Shop
Camp Masry
Kelly Mield
Camp Stanley
Remount
Travis Street
Benson Korst
HH. J. Benson
Army Onen
Benson
San Antonio
Army
League Park
H Seccess
Iowa
Mtators
Machine Gun Meet At Infantry Post Attracts Crowd
Company A of the 27th machine gun battalion won the Fort Sam Houston battalion field meet with 28 points, followed by Company C 20, Company B 18, and Company 114. Civilians packed the sidelines as the event paralleled warfare with detailed sections and safety drills.
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Fort Sam Houston
Cotanany
Company 4
Com Ac
Companies
UT O
Tripad
Commnamy C
Come
Bh Bata
Bpotat
Met
Cartwright and
Tomlinson
I Ienfonans
Work or Fight Law to Be Interpreted by Secretary Baker
Washington date July 13. The work or fight ruling for baseball players hinges on Eddie Ainsmith’s appeal after local boards ordered deferred classification or removal from play. Clark Griffith argues players seek only to keep their status and play, noting baseball’s essential role and voters supported top classification. Secretary Baker studied the appeal and no decision timing was announced.
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Baker
Washington
D.C
Eddie Ainsmith
Ainsmith
Clark Griffith
Ayers Tiat Allsmith
DAY IS HIGH GUN AT BRACK ENRIDGE PARK GUN CLUB MEET
Amateur Day winner was Sorrell with 39 of 40 as Cuero shoot drew high marks at Brackenridge Park Gun Club. Saunders led pros with 46 of 50 while others posted mixed scores including H J Moore A B Weakley Homer Mathieu and O B Smith. Elam sold to Pittsburg Nationals in exchange for Nd ia McDonald with cash in a separate Indy report. Pacific Coast League voted to close season at Los Angeles on July 13.
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Brackenridge Park
Cuero
Sorrell
Roy Lewis
Saunders
H. J. Moore
George Cromer
A. BR. Weakley
Homer Mathieu
George Mcdonald
B. Covington
O. B. Smith
Elam
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Ball Und
Pittsburg Nationals
Nddia McDonald
Birmingham
Los Angeles
Cal
Coast Baseball League
Standings and Scores From Early American League Action
Detroit fell to Washington 5 to 4 in Washington as Dauss, Stantige, Shaw, Matheson and Picinich worked the mound. Louis defeated Philadelphia 5 to 3 in Philadelphia. Sotherow and Sovereid and Geary, Witson and MeAvoy contributed. Cleveland beat New York 6 to 3 in New York behind Morton, Mizmann and O Neill with Mogridge and Hannah on the mound. Chicago topped Boston 6 to 3 in Boston after a late rally. end of the seventh inning noted despite scoring.
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Cleveland
New York
Rho iCleveland
Morton
Mizmann
O'Neill
Mogridge
Hannah
Boston Sarees
Seee
Louis A
Philadelphia
Chicago Wean
Detroit
Baseball scores from National and American leagues
National League games saw Boston fall 0 to 8 at Chicago with Konetchey Parrell and Henry yielding for Boston and Hendrix and Killifer catching for Chicago. Philadelphia beat St Louis 8 to 2 as Jacobs Burns and Doak Gonzales pitched for the winners. New York-Pittsburgh game postponed at Pittsburgh. Ad for The Travelers Cigar Shop on Ave C promoting cigars.
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Boston
Chicago
Konetchey
Parrell
Henry
Hendrix
Killifer
Philadelphia
St. Louis
AL St. Louis
R. Philadelphia
Danis
Grand Circuit Ends at North Randall Track in Ohio
Largest crowd yet at North Randall race track witnessed closing Grand Circuit day with close heats and fast times. Miss Harris M captured the free-for-all pace heat, Single G and Miss Harris M battled to the wire, Heat times near 2:02. Red driven by Pop Geers won the 2:10 trot, Bertha Mel Guire second. Lee Grand led the final event with a two-heat win. Also a photo caption notes Bierman will pitch for Kelly Field boys against Mechanical Repair Shop at League Park on Sunday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
North Randall
Harris M
Russell Boy
Miss Harris M
Bertha Mel Guire
Dahgstan
Fuul
Lee Grand
American Association Friday Scores and Delays
Results from the American Association show Indianapolis tied Columbus 1 to 1 before darkness halted play. Toledo defeated Loued 3 to 0, while Minneapolis beat St. Paul 4 to 1 as Cattell contributed to the win.
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American Association
Indianapolis
Collumbus
Toledo
Loued
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Cattell
Sees’ First Grapho Phone Demonstration At Ninety
A long forgotten home near Franklin receives a public grapple with a phonograph. An elderly observer describes a pie pan with a hole in the center used in the device and cranked to produce music, calling it “dang good music” and noting the novelty for the local residents.
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Franklin
Ranklin
Twichine
Chen
England impressed by steady streams of American troops
Associated Press correspondence describes the huge flow of American soldiers into France and the resulting strain on British transport and rest camps. The piece notes trains moving troops from ports to camps, the efficiency of American officers in charge of the troops, and plans for expanding war production in Chicago. It also covers personnel movements, camp duties, and efforts to conserve tin cans as supplies shift to detinning and paper containers.
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England
Associated Press
America
France
Rieland
Lhogland
Americas
Debarkation
London
Biddle
Quartermaster Corps
Department of Commerce
Army Man Lands Overseas in World War I Mail Note
Lloyd Boren of Company D 379th Infantry Ninth Division has landed overseas per a postcard to his wife Mrs 3 V Boren 182 California Street. The card from New York confirms the ship's arrival after a Europe cablegram. Lieutenant Boren graduated from the first Camp Stanley training school as the Ninth Division moves toward France with American fighters.
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Lloyd Boren
sa7Us Infantry
Ninetieth Division
V Boren
California Street
Walch
Advance
New York
Europe
Meutonmant
Boren
Stanley
France
Percival Dove
War work for 50000 in Chicago
Chicago News reports a forecast of war contracts for freight cars ships munitions and sod products totaling millions of dollars. The programs aim to employ 5000 men in Chicago after a conference with Director General McAdoo and the War Industries Board in Washington.
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Chicago
Thomas Carey
League
McAdoo
War Industries Board
Carey
Middle West
Operative League of Building Trades, and Industries
Warndustries Board
Washington
Chicago News
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John A. Zwisler
Kankakee
Dental Reserve Corps
Camp Travis
Fred L. Tunze
Adjutant General's Department
National Army
Camp MacArthur
Joseph MH. Jansing
Thurman E. Voss
Evander M. Meiver
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Medical Regerga Corps
Camp Greenleaf
Cuckamauga Park
Babe Hospital
Albert W. Marshall
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St. Petersburg
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Terrell School
Dallas
Howard-Payne
Brownsville
Wesley, Greenvile
Texas Miliary Colleges
Torrent
Emmett C. McDowell
Avth Infantry
Kenneth C. Prudin
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Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital
Sith Infantry
Dutl Liewt
Colley D. Campbell
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