Bronchos edge Senators in ninth to open season seven to six
In a tense nine inning exhibition the Bronchos score the deciding run in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Senators 7 to 6. Thrailkill drives in the winning run with a three base hit after Metz sends him home. Betts and Galloway homered earlier as San Antonio pitchers struggle through the late innings.
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Thrailkill
Metz
Austin
Shreveport
Nags
Betts
Broncs
Branchos
Hoyt
Hraw
San Antonio
Cochran
Lape
Smith
Bannon
Lane Handy Comstock
Bowers
Hin Ee
Galloway
Kuhn
Lace
Bannons Railkill
Pitshara
Wallace
Thral
Gray
Firestine
Herbert
Gear
Comstock
McLarry
Thrallhill
Cowan
Lee Lemon
All American Basketball Team Chosen
An all American basketball team selected by the New York Tribune includes Kiendle Columbia at left forward and captain Mahon Columbia at right forward Finnesy Yale at center Lee Columbia at left guard Walton Pennsylvania at right guard. The squad scored 260 points in the series with 156 from field goals.
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New York
New York Tribune
Kiendle
Columbia
Mahon
Finnesy
Yale
Lee
Walton
Pennsylvania
Olson and Knaupp Shine at Short in Friday Game
Special Dispatch from Alexandria Louisiana reports Olson and Knaupp fielded cleanly at short. Olson handled four chances with no errors while Knaupp made eight putouts and one assist. Knaupp impressed with range and a potential double play when Hohnhorst held, improving as an infielder over last year. Olson contributed on the coaching line, helping steady the opposition.
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Special Dispatch
Alexandria
Olson
Knaupp
Nap
T Turner
Hohnhorst
Baseball Primer Lesson No 12 Center Fielder
The piece extols the center fielder as a versatile asset capable of covering the entire outfield and hitting solidly. It argues placing such a player at first base can be more entertaining than employing him as an infielder and questions why readers question that choice.
Weather Delays Opening Day For Semi-Pro Baseball
Winter weather halted the planned season opener in Chicago. Fans avoided the Devon Avenue grounds as managers failed to call off the game by telephone, delaying play.
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Chicago
Ill
Devon Avenue Grounds
Yale Athletics Costs More Than Harvard in 1900s
Cambridge mass reports Yale spends about a third more per year than Harvard on major teams. Harvard totals run about 127945 with football 31600, track 9000, baseball 11000, rowing 15500. Yale football 40000, baseball 23000, track 138500, rowing losses exceed 20000 annually.
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Cambridge
Mass
Yale
Harvard
Cambridge University
Princeton
New Haven
Back to the Woods Old Man Is Message to Lou Criger
Lou Criger, long-time battery mate of Cy Young, is a free agent after Hal Chase failed to sign him for 1911. Once a stalwart catcher with strong defense but weaker hitting, Criger’s career spans Cleveland St Louis and Boston, with moves between franchises and a solid bank balance. He may sign with a class A club this season, preferring backstopping to any other work.
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Old Man
Lou Criger
Cy Young
Boston
Criger
Hal Chase
Yankees
Fort Wayne
Ind
Patsy Tebeau
Cleveland
Young
Robisons
St. Louis
Great Battery
Mound City
Ginger
John J. Taylor Jr
New York
Fair Grounds Track Suspended for 3 Months
The San Antonio fair grounds automobile race course was suspended for three months from February 26 to May 26 by the contest board of the A A A after the three day meet held by Barney Oldfield and his team. Oldfield Kerscher and Clark had their suspensions extended three months. The ban shifts Oldfield to July 1, 1912 and Clark to April 1, 1913. The track’s status for fair races remains unaffected and a local drivers meet may be canceled without A A A lift.
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San Antonio Fair Grounds
Barney Oldfield
New York
B. Butler
Oldfield
Kerscher
Clark
Browns Take Victory Over Reds in Spring Game
Hot Springs Ark March 13 The St Louis Browns won the second game of the series against the Cincinnati Reds by 9 to 4 The Browns benefitted from strong pitching by Flannigan while Reds infield errors aided the rally Clark of Cincinnati starred at bat and in the field as the Reds scored four runs in the final frame The batteries were Fromme Doherty Keith and Clark Murphy Flannigan Noyes Ketchell Crisp Stevens Umpire Bush.
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Hot Springs. Ark
St. Louis Browns
Cincinnati Reds
Flannigan
Browns
Bobbies
Reds
Clark
Cincinnati
Nationals
White Sox Rout Texas League Nators With Big Hitting
In Waco on March 13 the Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas league Nators 8 to 1. Collins hit two triples and a single while Bodie added two singles and a homer. Olmstead contributed a three-base hit and a single as Payne and Gilmore doubled. Texas errors sparked a three-run fifth.
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Waco
Tex
Comisky
White Sox
Miller
Smith
Collins
Bodie
Olmstead
Payne
Gilmore
Texas
Windy City
Pigeon Race Yields 1st and 2nd for Bodkins at Taylor
In the 100 mile pigeon race at Taylor, 119 birds were released by the San Antonio District of the National Pigeon Fanciers Association. F. E. Bodkins' birds won first and second, A. J. Froebel's birds took third and fourth. Alfred Dietzel shipped the birds via the International & Great Northern and Agent B. Co. Jones liberated them at 2 o'clock with the first bird arriving at 4:01 amid a north wind. A 200-mile race is planned for March 10.
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Taylor
San Antonio
National Pigeon Fanciers Association
F. E. Bodkins
A. J. Froebel
International & Great Northern
Alfred Dietzel
Iocal
Association
B. Co. Jones
Olympic curtailment marks changes for Stockholm games
Amateur Athletic Union officers expect substantial reduction in events at the Stockholm Olympics next year. The program drops the 400 meter hurdle and steeplechase, adds an 8000 meter cross country, introduces ambidexterity prizes, Gracco-Roman wrestling, Swedish system team gymnastics, and new women diving and 400 meter breaststroke swims.
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Associated Press
New York
Amateur Athletic Union
Stockholm
Sweden
London
Association of
Wolgast to Fight Mesic in Long Bout at Los Angeles
Chicago report notes Wolgast faces George Memsic in a twenty round world boxing match in Los Angeles Friday. The card also features Moran McFarland in New York Tuesday. Public interest grows as Wolgast proves his stamina against a strong opponent.
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Mesic
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Owen Moran-Packey
McFarland
New York
George Memsic
Los Angeles
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