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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
16
Indians edge Broncs as the Jinx delivers a late eighth inning hit off Jackson sealing a 1 run win. Allison and Goodwin pitched well for the Broncs while Geist struggled to contain the visitors and Da vis made two defensive plays to end rallies.
Mayes, a full blooded Indian right fielder for the visitors, is highlighted as Geist, the Redskin who beat the Ponies in Oklahoma City. Lemon and Metz set the pace in the first inning with a run scoring on Lemon’s clean single. Johnston’s homer tops a fourth inning hit, Mayes’ drive nearly doubles the lead, and Garvin Bresnahan earns the crowd’s nod for a shin guard look alike. Umpire Bruns officiates fairly despite occasional crowding from the visitors. Geist slowly walks Metz in the sixth as the Redskins leverage timely defense and fielding feats from Yohe and Spencer to hold the late rally.
In Texas League action Houston hosts Waco. Ogles was strong for Waco in most innings but an error and subsequent miscues in the opening frame paved the way for a Waco win. Final score shows Waco ahead with multiple runs against Houston.
Panthers won easily in Galveston Texas after a relaxed performance on July 21. The club dominated the game with strong defense and quick scoring runs, finishing clear of the opposition.
Oklahoma City plays San Antonio while Waco faces Houston Fort Worth meets Galveston and Dallas visits Austin in today’s schedule with matchups across five cities.
Corpus Christi plays Bay City. Laredo faces Beeville. Victoria meets Brownsville. Local matchups set on today’s Texas grid of city rivalries.
Cleveland defeated Boston 8 to 7 and New York beat Detroit 8 to 6. St. Louis fell to Washington 2 to 0 and Chicago edged Philadelphia 4 to 3. Boston played in Cleveland, Philadelphia faced Chicago, New York met Detroit, and Washington hosted St. Louis.
St Louis defeated New York 8 to 5 and Pittsburg beat Boston 6 to 3 while Cincinnati won 4 to 3 against Brooklyn Chicago played Philadelphia St Louis hosted New York and Pittsburg visited Boston Cincinnati went to Brooklyn.
New Orleans beat Chattanooga 10 to 7 and Montgomery edged Nashville 4 to 1. Birmingham lost 0 to Atlanta and Montgomery also beat Nashville. Mobile played in Memphis.
Fort Worth opened with a 4 to 0 win over Galveston in a game where Deardorff was hard to reach and Leake faced little trouble. Final line shows Fort Worth 4 8 3 and Galveston 4 1 in the box. Bush umpired the contest.
In Austin Texas on July 21 a tight pitchers' duel was broken in the fourth when Ashton booted Corbin's grounder and threw wide to first allowing a runner to advance to third and score on a sacrifice fly. Final: Dallas 4, Austin 3. Batteries Campbell Alexander Ashton Henninger.
Hard hitting outfielder Steve Evans of the St. Louis Cardinals is praised by Bresnahan as one of the league’s best. Evans rose from a mediocre start to anchor a rugged outfield trio with Rube Ellis and Rebel Oakes.
Secretary E A Eulass of the Western Golf Association heads to Detroit to finalize Olympic cup play for the western amateur tournament. Thirteen entries are on his list with possible three or four more, compared with five teams competing last year at Minneapolis.
Doak Roberts declares the Houston football club in mutiny, with the leadership in players hands and a looming $300 fine for leaving the field at Waco and Oklahoma City. Roberts predicts a general mutiny when ownership issues the fine notice, while Otto Sens currently directs the efforts.
The San Antonio Automobile Club appointed a good roads committee led by H. E. Hildebrand to assess road improvement costs and launch a campaign for better highways. The meeting also created auditing, racing, insurance, membership, legislative, and state association representation subgroups with directors and officers present.
President Fogel of the Philadelphia club leads his heavy batteries toward Fortress Lynch to scalp the league president, accusing Lynch of ingratitude and bias in the Magee Finneran incident and the suspension of Magee for striking umpire Finneran. The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes the ongoing dispute.
In a clipped exchange from the St Louis Times and Boston transcript a woman refuses to remove her large hat to see the stage, insisting a hat in her lap blocks her view, while a man recounts a dramatic fourteen story elevator plunge and his feelings during the fall.
Ad Wolgast and Packey McFarland signed for a 10 round bout in Milwaukee on Sept 18 and agreed to meet in a 20 round or longer fight on the Pacific coast before year’s end. McFarland will take 10000 as his share of the purse in the coast contest.
Billy Papke, leading middleweight contender, plans to train in New York ahead of his August 8 bout with Sailor Burke at the Twentieth Century Athletic Club. He will base at a nearby beach training quarters and may extend his New York stay for possible matches. Papke seeks another bout with Cyclone Johnny Thompson after the Burke fight, who defeated him in Australia.
Brownsville defeats Beeville 4 to 2 to extend win streak. Henderson hit a two run double in the third inning to put the Brownies ahead, as Taylor and Hellman paired with Stubbs and Vitters on the battery for Brownsville.
Boston reports Buck Herzog star shortstop may be traded to Pittsburgh for Vincen Campbell as fans protest. Sweeney may be exchanged for Eddie Grant of Cincinnati as part of the same roster shakeup.
President Comiskey of the Chicago American bought Tex Jones from St Joseph Western League club after Jones played twenty games for Chicago. President Taylor of the Boston Americans had offered $5000 for Jones, a bid that may have prompted Comiskey to rethink the early sale.
Ty Cobb bought a 200 box for the Joss family benefit at League Park and asked that his name be kept from publication. Comiskey also bought a box and others in baseball contributed, lifting the total to about 2000.
In Bay City Texas on July 21 the Rice Eaters defeated Laredo 6 to 3 extending their winning streak to three. Ramos yielded ten hits with five runs scoring for Bay City while Laredo’s defense committed no errors. Bay City notched a three run fifth inning and led 5 to 0 before Laredo answered with three in the eighth. Batteries: Hickey and Sweets for Bay City Ramds and Francis for Laredo.
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