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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1915
Page
4
A garbled report hints at Cory Dunckel delivering a striking performance in a local boxing event. Mentions of Harding, multiple unnamed fighters, and a dense mix of paratext suggest a bout with notable activity and crowd interest, though details are obscured by OCR errors.
A New York report on alleged charges against John Evers, with quotes from managers and players, noting statements by officials disputing claims and defending Evers’s integrity amid national league race talk. Key figures include Cantrin Myers and Manager Stallings, plus references to the National League and midseason standings.
J Pierpont Morgan aboard the Corsair off Sandy Hook witnesses the Resolute secure the right to defend the America's Cup by defeating the Vanitie by 19 seconds net time and about one minute corrected time. The 30 mile triangular course was completed in three hours 27 minutes 23 seconds.
In a brief move the Chicago Federals acquired a player previously with Brooklyn and later released. The signing, announced Friday in St Louis, fills the void left by Third Rangeman Deal who is ill with typhoid fever. The deal strengthens the Federals lineup as they prepare for upcoming games.
The Red Caps defeated the Newsies 15 to 7 in a baseball matchup on Thursday. Michel and Felix led the winners with strong hitting while William Sig Sieng starred for the losers. The Red Caps plan to play more games Saturday afternoon and invite interested players to join.
San Antonio and Houston clubs posting mixed results in recent Texas League play. Updated standings show San Antonio tied with Fort Worth on points while Austin and Beaumont edges update the midweek schedule with notable wins and losses across several matchups.
Fragmented sports wire lists mixed results from the National League with teams such as Boston, Milebara, Beookiyt and Cinetadat posting varied scores. Other lines reference cities and matchups including New York, Philadelphia and St Louis. details are incomplete and require clarification.
The Pranders Cent Bolts and Victorers Busi ness Boys' League report results with Wuchinscor 4 am and Cleveland 2 Washington 2 4 Friday. Prior day matchups include New York Detroit and Washington at Al Soula with New York at Betfust Boston at Cleveland.
McLaughlin defeats John Strachan to reach the finals of the exhibition tournament in San Francisco. Results include McLaughlin 80 6 248 over Strachan as the California champion moves toward the singles final Saturday.
Results from Thursday include Newark 7 Buffalo 9 Brock 4 Baltimore 2 Chicago 6 St Louis 5 with 15 games set for Friday. New matchups list Chicago at St Louis and Buffalo at Princeton or Pretmsire. schedule notes unclear due to OCR errors.
A collection of silver trophies and a silver loving cup were to be given to veteran Chicago Americans pitcher Ed Walsh. The award ceremonies accompany his planned return to face the Philadelphia Americans, marking his comeback after more than a year out of action.
In a Tuesday night twinbill at the P.M. G. A. Thoralay field the Panthers edged Bremenos 3 to 2 while the Buffaloes defeated the Pirates 3 to 1. Albert Bedell starred for the winners with Thur hits, and Frick held the losers to two hits. Schatteld allowed one hit in game two as Wulfe and Koester each delivered key hits. Bruce Bacon umpired both games with Hetchert on the mound for the losers.
San Francisco July 18 The Panama-Pacific International Exposition indoor swimming championships begin tonight with six events for men and women including the 80 yard dash 220 yard swim and diving for men and 11 yard swim and 50 yard back stroke for women. Duke Sahana Makai of Honolulu defends the national title in the 30 yard dash as four strong associations Central Metropolitan Pacific and Hawaiian groups vie for overall honors. In Cambridge Mass attempts to set two new amateur world running records at Yard Stadium feature Norman Taber of Brown and Oxford and W I Mrenix of Harvard hoping for a fast 40 yard hurdles time.
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