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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1912

Page

13

Chunchos Fall as San Antonio Edges Houston in Final

San Antonio beats Houston 4 to 3 in the final game of the series. Rose started for Houston but could not complete the win effort as Rogers dominated late. Midkiff and Clark sparked San Antonio with stellar defense and timely hits in a tense closing rally.

Houston Tex Filman San Antonio Bronthos Alamo City Rose Charlie Rose Rogers Hll Buffaloes Browning Ross Helm Newnam Buffalo Midkiff Clark R. H.O le Edmondson OLGA Helm San Antonio— AB Lemon Ere Goodwin Burke Betts Paton Dai Foes Clarke Seitz Metz Edmondson Howell Eldridge

Halff Juniors Edge Saxet Juniors in Extra Inning Heroics

The M. Halff Brothers Jrs. defeated Saxet Juniors 2 to 1 after ten innings. D Naylor delivered the key blow with a home run in the tenth inning, providing the decisive moment as Halff, Furgeson, Meyer, and Naylor starred on offense and defense for Halffs.

M. Halff Brothers

St Louis and Boston Split NL doubleheader in Boston

In Boston on July 27 the St Louis and Boston tied after a split in their National League doubleheader. St Louis won the opener 7 to 3 while Boston captured the nightcap 3 to 2. Perdue struggled in the first game and Tyler limited the visitors to four hits.

Phillies End Hendrix Streak With 6 3 Win Over Pirates

The Phillies defeated Pittsburg 6 to 3 to snap Hendrix eight game winning streak. Dolins' hitters collected nine hits and forced two walks while Pittsburgh errors aided Philadelphia. Brennan limited Pittsburgh to five hits and faced danger only in the ninth inning.

Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburg Hendrix Dolins Hendria Pirates Brennan

Cubs Edge Marquard in Thrilling 7-6 Win

The Cubs toppled Rube Marquard ending his streak with a 7-6 victory. Leach and Zimmerman led Chicago with four hits each while Lavender started strong before Giants rallied in the eighth. Reusbach drove in two runs as the Giants added two tallies with two on and none out.

Cubs Rube Marquard New York Chicago Leach Zimmerman Chicago Gunners Lavender Giants Reusbach Edward

Texas League Results and Today’s Schedule

Yesterday Houston lost 3 to 4 at San Antonio and Beaumont beat Beaumont 0 in Waco. Today Houston visits San Antonio while Waco plays Fort Worth and Beaumont hosts Galveston. Austin meets Dallas in a four game slate.

San Antonio Houston Austin Waco Galveston Beaumont Fort Worth Dallas Piya F.C. Houston Dade Cande

American League Yesterday’s Results and Today’s Matchups

Results show Washington 4 Cleveland 9, Boston 5 Chicago 0, New York 7 1 over St. Louis 5 6, Philadelphia 9 Detroit 5. Today Philadelphia plays Detroit, Boston vs Chicago, New York vs St. Louis, Washington vs Cleveland.

Washington Cleveland Boston Chicago New York St. Louis Philadelphia Detroit P. C. Boston BRS Awe Ater Ewer Fe St. Louie Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburg

Teams Get Even Break in St Louis Doubleheader

In St Louis on July 27 New York beat St Louis 7 to 5 in the opener and lost 6 to 1 in the second game. The visitors hit the local pitchers in the first game while Allison held them in check in the nightcap and Fisher was hit hard at key moments.

ST. Louis New York Allison Fisher

Tigers Rout Athletics 9 5 Behind Mackmen’s Homeric Wobble

DETROIT July 27 The Tigers wobble in the first and tenth but beat the Athletics 9 to 5. Plank turned in a strong relief effort after a shaky start, Willette delivered only when bases empty, and only seven Tigers reached base in the final three frames.

Detroit Tigers Athletics Mackmen Plank Willette

Senators Climb Up Ladder in Twin Bill Win

Cleveland July 7 Washington swept the Naps in a doubleheader 4 to 3 and 9 to 6. Moeller homered in the seventh with a man aboard to take the opener. The nightcap was a slugfest as Washington out hit Cleveland. Turner starred in the field.

Senators Cleveland Washington Naps Moeller Turner

Speaker's homer wins for Cleveland in tenth

Tris Speaker came to bat in the tenth with the game tied at three. He delivered a homer for the lead and Cleveland held on to win 5 to 3 over Chicago with Yerkes on first base.

Chicago Tris Speaker Yerkes

Davis Tennis Club defends court win over Eurekas

Davis Tennis Club won two straight sets against the Eurekas at the Davis court on Friday. Players Sheehan and Beard led for Davis while Winterborne and Converse played for the Eurekas. The two final sets are scheduled to be played soon at the Eureka court.

Davis Tennis Club Eurekas Davis Court Sheehan Beard Davis Club Winterborne Converse Eureka Court

Lookouts Buy White and Return Browne to Nationals

The Chattanooga baseball club purchased outfielder White from Youngstown of the Central league. They also sent veteran outfielder Browne back to the Philadelphia Nationals after a brief earlier purchase.

Lookouts Chattanooga Tenn White Youngstown Browne Philadelphia Nationals

Packard 1913 Model 48 Sales Hit Record Pace

Packard Motor Car Company reports unprecedented sales for the 1913 Model 48. Six weeks after the model's introduction the summer allotment is nearly sold out.

Packard Motor Car Company

Fumgy Defeats Walthall Two Up In Class B

Fumgy defeats Walthall two up in Class B. Lewis wins in Class A. Dr J H Burleson shows grit against club champion. Here are winning golfers, Class A to F. M Lewis, Class B Ed Fomby, Class C L B Clegg, Class L George D Talia ferro.

FUMGY Walthall J. H. Burleson F. M. Lewis Ed Fomby L. B. Clegg George D. Taliaferro

Golf finals in four classes at Country Club July flight

In the July flight tournament finals at the Country Club Ed S Fomby edged Walter Walthall in class B, Frank M Lewis defeated Dr J H Burleson in class A, L B Clegg beat Dr B F Stout in class C, and George B Taliaferro defeated W P Lobban 7 up 5 to go in class D.

S. Fomby Walter Walthall Walthall Fomby Dr. Burleson Frank M. Lewis J. H. Burleson L. B. Clegg B. F. Stout Clegg Dr. Stout George B. ‘Taliaferro Colquitt W. P. Lobban

Senators Outplay Navigators In Squally Texas Game

In Austin a describing squally contest, the Senators defeated the Navigators 5 to 4. Brownlow drove in the decisive run in the ninth with two on, while Hinninger left after an injury in the second on Crichlow's slide home. Waco made late efforts but could not overcome the early Austin lead.

Austin Tex Senators Navigators Brownlow Hinninger Crichlow Cook SA Sweet C Hille Smith Bradley Ashton Waco AB. R. H. O. A. E. Surrey Sds Teine McLaurin Weadoesses Wohleben Crichelow Acaavensectocese P Wessee Taff Ogle Sweet Carson Leidy

Panthers Rout Cavender Giants In Dallas Ball Game

Walter Morris led the Panthers to a 4 to 1 win over Cavender's Giants in Dallas. Fort Worth scored all runs in the first inning as Hewitt and Salm drove in two and Frierson added a fourth. Dallas scored in the seventh on a single wild pitch and a safety.

Panthers Giants Dallas Tex Walter Morris Cavender Fort Worth Shantz Pate Cooper Wallace Darringer Salm Howard Hewitt Frierson Kellerman Forsythe Tullos Wilson Franklin Ors Shons Maples Mples Shontz Ens Gibson van Sickle Ef . Hewitt Sehen Frierson Nings Fort Worth

Kid McCoy Remanded in Extradition Case from Ostend

Kid McCoy was brought to London on a provisional extradition warrant for larceny alleged in Ostend. He was remanded until August 2 with no bail unless the Belgian legation consents to bail.

London Kid” McCoy McCoy Ostend

Frank Brothers to Meet Boerne White Sox in City League

A misunderstanding left Stowers team out of the San Antonio City league rearranging play this afternoon. The Frank Brothers will face the Boerne White Sox in what promises a fast, evenly matched game.

Stowers San Antonio Frank Brothers Boerne White Sox

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