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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
13
Country Club hosts its annual spring golf tournament with four flights of eight players each. Qualifying rounds Saturday at eighteen holes determine finalists on June 19, with matches scheduled through midweek. Club expects ideal conditions and high member enthusiasm for a red-letter event.
Reported box scores and battery lines from games in Memphis Nashville Chattanooga Kansas City Rock Rock Island and Brooklyn. Highlights include varied scoring with several double plays and multiple pitcher batteries noted such as Perry Hiert Jen kins Keeley Schlel Johnson Hier Newton Peters Groom Watson Littl Hartley Main Frasterly Smith Higgins Zeal Gideon Balléy Jacklitseh Land and others.
Reports show multiple AL games with uneven scoring. Washington tied Cleveland 3-3 with Gloveland credited, while Boston and Chicago split in a close contest. Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 9 to 5, and New York edged Detroit 4 to 1. Batteries and pitchers noted, with line scores and late innings.
Fragmentary standings list teams and results with locations such as Waco, San Antonio, Galveston, Fort Worth, Houston, Beaumont, Shreveport. Notable entries include Galveston 4 in Fort Worth and Beaumont 7 in Shreveport, with several incomplete lines and garbled terms.
Eroplion edged Pittsburg 4 to 3 while Boston defeated Cincinnati 4 to 3. New York topped Chicago 3 to 4? and Philadelphia beat St. Louis 4 to 1. Remaining games feature Boston at Pittsburg Brooklyn at Cincinnati New York at St. Louis Philadelphia at Chicago with results pending.
Fragmentary game listings show Batson Tinclanati and Pittsburg matchups with partial inning scores and player names. Notable teams include Brooklyn New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis and players Rudovik Whaling Schneider Benton Clarke Patterjee Smith McCarty McQuillen Fibson Marquard Meyers Lavender Standifer Archer Mayer Burns Salles Snyder.
In Chicago Tuesday night Charlie F White stops Charley in the seventh round of their scheduled twelve round match. The bout headlines a busy night with other sports notes scrambled alongside and local reports.
Tuesday results show Hesulta Washington 3 over Cleveland 2. Chicago 4 over Boston, Philadelphia 6. St Louis 3 over New York 4. Detroit 1. Remaining games include Chicago at New York and St Louis at Washington. Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Salt
Thursday results show Kansas City 6 over St. Louis 1 and Brooklyn 6 defeating Baltimore 2. Upcoming Wednesday games include Batizio at Baltimore, Newark at Brooklyn, and St. Louis at Kansas City.
Seegers manager George Bacher announces a Friday afternoon game against the Floresville team in Morvesville. Pitchers Speedball Wedge and Grlando will start for the Seegers while Floresville’s battery is not yet announced. Seegers depart on the Sap at 9 o'clock Friday morning.
In a tense baseball game at Waco Texas the home team defeated Bronghos 6 to 4. Markle held San Antonio hitless until late as Waco built a lead with early errors by Bronghos and a nine inning rally by the Navigators. Love was beaned and Hauenstein ran for him, while Harber and Balenti contributed key hits for Waco amid a chaotic, error-filled contest.
The Riverside Athletic Club opens in San Antonio with plans for boxing exhibitions and athletic events. Charter memberships offer bathing, canoeing, and other privileges. A new gymnasium with modern equipment will be ready in about five weeks and open air events are planned.
In Philadelphia Pa a second day at the United States women's national tennis championship saw Miss Malla Bjurstedt with partner Briggs eliminated in doubles while Mrs Marshall McLean of Morristown N J defeated Mr Barger Wallach of Newport in singles. Sixteen players advanced to the tournament's second round as Mrs Barger Wallach and Mrs H Cabot of Boston won a three set doubles match over Bjurstedt and Briggs.
Sailors from the fleet including the Colorado perform a final dance with San Diego girls at the Pan-Pacific International Exposition grounds marking War Admiral Howard Day. Rear Admiral Howard and Mrs. Tower led the jerama march amid celebration.
A long rambled column reviews local baseball woes including the Hinton team’s defense and offense weaknesses, team slumps, and internal disputes. It notes misreporting of game results from New Braunfels and San Antonio, plus letters accusing garbled scores and umpire bias. The piece laments poor sportsmanship and calls for better reporting and honesty in local ball games.
Liberty Bell arrives in San Francisco for the Pan American Pacific Exposition with a formal welcome address planned for July 17. Officials announced the readiness of ceremonies and public observances surrounding the historic bell.
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Dallas shortstop Jewel Tay drilled a seventh inning homer over the fence for the lone score as Dallas edged Galveston 1-0. Mullins and Dunn toed the mound for Dallas while Barra and Deedan worked for Galveston in a well pitched afternoon game. umpires: Muer.
H Legg of Minneapolis draws J M Scruggs of Memphis in the first round as the Trans Miss, playoff began after 28 hole qualifying with Legg earning medalist for the fifth time. Other qualifiers include Cady Swift Harrison Carr Carpenter Bronke and more across Des Moines Minneapolis Houston St Louis and Oklahoma City.
Fort Worth hit Edmondson hard Tuesday and won 4 to 2. Redfern relieved with bases loaded and two outs in the seventh. Batteries: Taff, Redfern and Mo Murray. Hammondson and Allen. The Guarantees football team seeks next Sunday game. call manager after 6:30. Comanches beat Newsies 14 to 10 in a slugging contest. Nemo and Michiel starred for the winners. Signs and Ralph for the losers.
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