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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1911
Page
8
Houston rallies to win 6 3 as Edmondson and Fillman walk and steal, Hill and Davis drive in runs, and a disputed foul ball call preserves the final two Houston scores. San Antonio struggles with Gray and Clark on the mound, leaving Houston ahead after a tense seventh inning.
Buffaloes erased a three run Houston lead after sixth, tying on Gray and Clark errors then pulled ahead in the seventh. Edmundson pitched for Houston as both sides argued with the umpire over balls and strikes leading to a Bison victory aided by misplays and timely hits. San Antonio produced an early run, Metz and Betts contributing with hits and a fumbled play allowing a score.
Boston June 14 Matt Wells the England lightweight champion won a twelve round decision over Pal Moore of Philadelphia. Wells pressed throughout with a steady jab and front foot attack, earning the verdict despite no clear superiority.
C A Bogardus, longtime world champion rifle shot, died last night in Springfield hospital where he was treated for uraemic poisoning for a week. He was 40 years old.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a scene near a Jefferson location with unclear references to a board and moths, yielding a vague local item. No clear people organizations dates or outcomes are readable.
Texas League game at Galveston sees Cocheran miscue in eighth inning after holding Senators to four hits. Austin scores in first on singles and wild pitch, Galveston totals one run on walk error steal and passed ball. Doubleheader scheduled next. Final: Austin 24, Galveston 1.
Fort Worth errored in the eleventh inning allowing Oklahoma City to score three runs and the Indians defeated Fort Worth 6 to 2. McKay and Drohan pitched with support from teammates as an absent umpire delayed the game.
In Dallas on June 14 the Navigators and Giants split a doubleheader as Waco won 12 to 8 in the opener and Dallas took the nightcap 1 to 0. Dale tossed a two hitter for Dallas in the second game, backing by Forsythe’s earlier home run kept Dallas from scoring in the first.
In close billiards action Fraser loses one to Hight despite a fifteen point handicap, 74 to 60 after Fraser led most of the game. Fraser also falls to Logan 60 to 40 in the second match. Fraser’s high run was 8 and average 17 33. Logan’s high run was 9 and average 12 33. Tonight matches include Erkel vs J Fraser, Allen vs J Fraser, George King vs J Fraser, and Sam Harrison vs J Fraser.
New York June 14 Ralph Frary an umpire in the Northwestern league is to be added to the National league staff of umpires.
Oklahoma City in Fort Worth and Waco in Dallas join San Antonio in Houston and Austin in Galveston for today’s schedule across Texas venues. Local teams clash in multiple matchups across major cities.
Beeville referenced in Bay City reports and Laredo listed within Corpus Christi coverage. The brief mentions geographic pairings across Texas cities highlighting regional connections. No further context provided.
Yesterday in the American League New York beat Cleveland 6 to 1. Philadelphia won 6 to 0 over St Louis while Detroit and Boston were rained out and Chicago at Washington was also rained out.
Chicago in Philadelphia, Detroit in New York, Cleveland in Boston, St. Louis in Washington page items list matchups or travel references with city pairs and venues. No clear event details emerge but locations and teams implied across four matches or tours.
In National League play New York defeated Cincinnati 6 to 2 while Chicago beat Boston 5 to 4 St Louis edged Philadelphia 10 to 8 and Pittsburgh won 4 to 3 over Brooklyn.
Brownsville loses 4 to 3 to Victoria in twelve innings as errors prove costly. Burge drives in the winning run with a single after advancing to third, while S Peebles Gerhardt Galm Killough form the battery for both sides.
Bay City wins 6 to 0 over Beeville in a lopsided game. Newmeyer pitched effectively in the clutch. Slaven collected three two-base hits and Sweet had three hits in four trips as Bay City lights up Beeville.
Corpus Christi Pelicans beat the Bermudas in two games at home by scores of 1 to 0 and 5 to 1. In the first game Trigg held Bermudas to two hits through eleven innings as Toepperwein worked clutch when needed. In the second game the Pelicans chased Carr in the sixth for three runs, backed by Wicker and Byrnes on defense.
Chicago June 14 Western Golf association plans Friday play for the Tom Morris memorial trophy. Entry lists close today with clubs mailing team member names to secretary A. Eulass. Canadian clubs Lambton Toronto Charles Winnipeg St Catharines Ontario among entrants along with Los Angeles Redlands Colorado Springs Colorado Golf Denver Chattanooga Arlington Columbus Detroit Hutchinson Inverness Toledo Little Rock Louisville Omaha Rock Island and others.
Birmingham edged Nashville 8 to 7 while Memphis beat Montgomery 4 to 3 and Chattanooga defeated Mobile 2 to 0. Atlanta won 2 to 1 over New Orleans in another league game.
Nashville faces Birmingham while Memphis plays Montgomery and Chattanooga meets Mobile. Aftenta travels to New Orleans for an additional matchup.
Behles and Boelhauwe architects listed with contact at 2 West Commerce Street and A Collman plumber, both phones indicated.
Macon defeated Columbia 2 to 10 at Macon, Columbus beat Augusta 7 to 3, Savannah defeated Jacksonville 7 to 2 in Jacksonville, and Albany 6 6 lost to Charleston 1 7 at Albany.
King Pattison Drug Co will travel to Floresville to meet the local baseball squad. A team meeting is planned tonight to distribute new uniforms.
John G. Kling, veteran catcher for Chicago, who was traded to Boston and refused to report, changed course after a 7:30 meeting with Boston president Russell. By 9:30 he sailed for Pittsburg to join the Rustlers, stating he will receive a large bonus for reporting.
Three directors of the Browns ville baseball club resigned after a player they recently released was signed again during the team's trip abroad. Officials say immediate financial troubles have been resolved and the full maintenance funds are expected to arrive to cover the rest of the season.
Wichita Falls leads the Texas-Oklahoma league and reports say the season may be divided into two periods to give other teams a fair chance at the pennant in the second half.
The twelve round bout between Kelly and Darshevski at the army post gym Thursday night is billed as the tourney’s best scrap. Both are backed by their batteries E and A of Fourth Field Artillery. Preliminaries feature Hansen versus Oliver and Thurman versus Swartz, all known to have fought in the tourney.
Fort Worth offered to acquire Brooklyn pitcher Burk from manager Morris last year, but the Brooklyn club rejected the bid this morning. Manager Dahlen stated he had not used the Texas pitcher and would not consider an offer.
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