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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
9
A readable notice advertises an eye service offering glasses to correct defects. It states low prices and claims age and birth defects affect vision. The text repeats name and location placeholders and emphasizes improving sight and comfort.
Baseball results from multiple cities show St Louis, New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati games with various scorings. Notable performances include Beebe, McGinnity and Bowennan for St Louis in a shutout by the Cardinals, and Portland? No, other teams posting runs. detailed box scores note pitchers and batters across Cincinnati Brooklyn and Chicago matchups.
An advertisement promotes 20,000 Havana filled Nie Padre cigars with Havana wrapped wrappers for sale by the box at 1.90 dollars per box. The same cigars are offered in a special two for a quarter deal, with a 26 count box priced at 1.90 dollars.
Roy Lewis and Joe Shiner won the class A cups at Laurel Heights Gna club shoot amid high wind. Arthur Witewell and Emil Dithmar previously won trophies but must win three times to keep them. Contestants split into class A and B by 80 percent average. crowd of spectators cheered as winners were announced.
Local fans witnessed a disorderly seventh inning as the Navigators fumbled through multiple errors. Griggs steered the ship with a strong start, but a costly avalanche allowed the skippers to seize control. George Markley faced tough luck amid a chaotic field. Mac and Collins made notable plays in a muddled scoring frame.
A game narrative covers a seventh inning surge as Wallace, Collins, and Pat spark an attack. Edwards, Harbon, and Bammert contribute with strategic plays and a home run while Cavendar and Biden drive in runs, finishing with a late center hit and shifted momentum.
Special to The Light Yorktown Texas June 16 Independents beat Yorktown 8 to 1 as Ferguson saved eight chances at first base with no errors. Teepperwein of San Antonio held Yorktown to three hits while Hicks allowed eight singles for the home team. A rematch is scheduled for tomorrow with both clubs aiming to repeat.
In fourth inning Grigke shows cough of smoke as two pitchers toil. Sam Stovall hits a sharp line to fielded fence off Herbison’s drive. Griggs appears to dominate but few pitchers in the league can sling as fast as he. Pat Loft hits a two-run homer in the fifth. Bronchos prevail as Fisher, Markley, and Tornaco star on defense and offense.
The death of Harney Aaron at 74 marks the passing of a famed pugilist once regarded as among the greats of old time boxing. Trained by his father in land, he rose from humble beginnings to champion status amid a crowd of rivals. The piece also hints at ongoing sports chatter and notable figures in wrestling and baseball.
The Sir Antonio Red Sox beat the Bl Lewis College Seniors 4 to 2 and Juniors 5 to 1 in a doubleheader. Mother Joe Jed starred with a three-bagger and sharp fielding. Seniors’ battery was Averrage and Brady. Sox on base featured Mother Joe and I. Selling Beean. Louis College beat Beethoven Juniors 9 to 1 as Cuerva struck out fourteen and Wagenfuhr fanned ten. City league plans discussed in The Light editorial room.
In Chelay Falls Washington Prof A Van Holderbeke and Dr Melenn start a vast orchard along the Columbia River west of Shakane. Two mil londeres or peach trees and 510 serves of grapes will be planted and work began recently with completion before the first crop from the early odes.
A Chinese man, Dr J W Lim of Torreon, secured a government concession to build and operate an electric street railway from Yiorraga to Watamoras, a distance of about nine miles. Construction is expected to take about two years. Matamoras, a town of around five thousand residents, lies near large cotton ranches.
New York June 16 Patrick Connors president of the Longshoremen's union says there has been no weakening in the strike ranks and that they are ready to stay out all summer. He notes firmness despite new union workers moving freight and predicts hot weather may pressure steamship companies to reopen negotiations.
The Columbia Opera company opened a week's engagement at Electric Park Theatre with Said Pasha, delivering a superior performance that drew enthusiastic, carousal praise. Principal Carlotta Girwan and Charley Holmes led a talented cast praised for voice, training, and stage presence, with comedies by Robert Albright and Ben Lodge, and a noted Broad and Ford act scheduled for tonight.
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