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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1918

Page

5

Gassers Melt In Light In League Park Slugfest

A regular race meet turned into a baseball ha ha on Monday as the Bronchos beat the Gassers 16 to 4 at League Park. Mike Berosgy started, Clyde Barfoot earned the win, and Shreveport was overwhelmed despite a few bright moments.

Perrymen Mike Berosgy Guoser Clyde Barfoot Clyde Shreveport Sheffield Jezza Buddy Shreveporters Neil Broncs Pehlman Verbout Hale Beresky Mike Buddy Rezzu Walsh Stewart Rezza Havingeen L Y Neillians

Fort Worth 7 Houston 0 note in Fort Worth series finale

Fort Worth Panthers defeated Houston Buffaloes 7 to 0 to clinch the series in Fort Worth. Johnny Kerson relieved in the fifth holding Houston scoreless, Jaenhus pitched well with four hits allowed. The Bronc coaches Glenn Brown and Eddie Sicking highlighted a high scoring rivalry, with Brannon and Beresky contributing early runs and a late triple by Clay Perry.

Sicking Sykes Stewart Gilson Y Barfoot LeBeau Perry Verbout Remise Sinsie Thade Beresky Gibson Barfoot Pahtman Tate Gassers Brannon Hale Bronccho Hilt Sheffield Clayt Perry Verhout Ieee Lovey Antonio Diy Jax Lebeag Harfont Ueresky du Iartaot Port Worth Tex Panthers Houston Buffaloes Tod Joe Marthuabaster Johnny Kerson Houston Atamen Jaenhus Herston

American League Scores Roundup From Early Baseball Action

Boston 1 Chicago 0 as Hush and Schang batters held. Boston edge. Detroit falls to Philadelphia 6 4 in 9th inning rally aided by Dauss and Spencer. Washington beats Detroit 4 3 in a lengthy scoring contest. St Louis narrowly loses 9 2 after late bursts. Batteries noted for each club in multiple games.

Standing of the Clubs in Texas League

The Texas League schedule lists San Antonio at Fort Worth, Houston at Dallas, and Shreveport visiting Waco for today’s games.

E. A. Seidemann Medina Street Tele Crockett San Antonio Texas Fort Worth Houston Dallas Shreveport Waco ST. Anthony T. B. Baker

Baseball Standings and Results Across Leagues

National League standings show Pittsburgh and Brooklyn contending with mixed results as Boston, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia exchange wins. Chicago routed Philadelphia, while New York and St Louis battled in a tight race. Southern Association reports Birmingham edging Chattanooga and Atlanta slipping to Nashville. American Association notes Indianapolis losing to Kansas City and Louisville defeating Milwaukee in wet conditions.

GTA Chicago New York Cincinnati Boston Pittspurgy St. Louisian Philadelphia Brooklyn AG Birmingham Chattanooga Atlanta Nashville Orleans Faith American Association

Court of Honor Beats Seegers In Eleven Inning Tie

In Sunday noon action on Potchernick's diamond Court of Honor edged Seegers 4 to 3 in eleven innings. Amann and Burnett dueled ten innings, Bourgeois doubled and a wild pitch produced the deciding run. Gaubatz and Seegers fielding shine, Amann and Bourgeois power key the winner.

Court of Honor Seegers Potchernick Amann Burnett Gaubatz

817th Trims 134th In Scrappy Brooks Field Win

The 817th Aero Squadron baseball team at Fort Sam Houston defeated the 184th at Brooks Field 8 to 6 in a close, heated game. Key moments include Van Dyke’s seventh inning homer that sparked a Brooks protest, Hynes and Gladstone driving runs, and Swenson's clutch double in the eighth. Rogy started for Fort Sam and left in the fifth. the 194th did not record a hit off Swenson. Umpires were Yates, Christa and Jones.

17Th Aero Squadron Fort Sam Houston 184Th Brooks Field van Dyke Hap Hynes Artie Gladstone Fusco Morrow Nichols Swenson Gerard

Southern Association votes to close season on June 28

In Birmingham the Southern Association directors unanimously voted to close the season June 28 citing lack of interest and rising travel costs along with the draft work or fight order. Officers and directors will remain in place to protect territorial rights and franchises while play is paused until peace is declared or clubs deem resumption wise.

Birmingham Ala Southern Association of Professional Baseball Clubs Theson League Southern Association

Truck Company 387 Defeats New Braunfels Tigers 14 to 3

Motor Truck Company 387 defeated New Braunfels Tigers 14 to 3 on Sunday. Gilmore starred in fielding and Seehippert with the bat, while Smith limited opponents to six hits. The team is open for games with any local army or civilian group. contact Sergeant Gilmore at Army Post Crockett 4660, extension 329.

Motor Truck Company 387 New Braunfels New Braunfels Tigers Gilmore Seehippert Smith Motor Truck Company No. 387 Army Post Crockett

SAPS Win Easily Over Garden Auto Shop Club

SAPS defeated Garden Auto Shop 11 to 3 on Sunday with strong pitching by ers and solid hitting by the Sap players. Slhwager led the losers with two hits as Meyers and Jrfurth combined for a Battery, while Heye and A Dres backed the winning effort.

Garden Auto Shop Heye White Slhwager Auto Shop Meyers and Jrfurth A. Dres

Sleep Walking Warriors of a Great Retreat

A renowned account of the Mons to Marne retreat describes Allied soldiers marching nine days and 180 miles while sleep deprived Yet they slept through fatigue starved for food and water even wounded they dream of battle and bear up under anesthesia like a French soldier singing the Marseillaise during surgery

George W. Crile Mons Marne

Detroit teachers crippled soldiers nursing program

The Detroit News reports a new school program to re educate disabled soldiers. Miss Susan E. Tracy directs a Jamaica Plain experiment and will train fifty Detroit nurses to teach crippled veterans simple trades. They will produce items like cane seats, purses, baskets, and slippers so maimed soldiers can earn living wages even in beds or wheelchairs.

United States Detroit Detroit News Susan E. Tracy Jamaica Plain Boston Detroit Community Union Tracy

Golf raises over one hundred thousand for Red Cross

CHICAGO June 11 President Charles I Thompson of the Western Golf Association said more than 100000 had been raised at the fourteen Red Cross matches thus far ahead. Forty two more exhibitions are listed with dates arriving daily. A combined kitchen sink and bath tub was invented for small homes with the sink mounted on top of a cabinet that moves aside when the tub is used, sharing the same faucet and outlet pipe.

Chicago Charles I. Thompson Western Golf Association Red Cross

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