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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
3
In other leagues Philadelphia tied Boston 2 to 2 in Philadelphia. St Louis blanked Detroit 4 to 0 after overtime. Batteries listed Waddell and Summers with Thomas. New York defeated Washington 71 to 55 in Washington with late scoring run by the visitors.
An OCR fragment shows multiple college and city teamings with scores and names like Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Brooklyn, Memphis, Nashville, Montgomery, and Mobile. The text mentions a long set of scores such as 12 to 2 and references about a public notice for recruiting in Texas, with ages 18 to 25 and addresses in San Antonio. The readability is inconsistent with garbled names and places.
Mission squad edged White Rose twice in a pair of close matches. Standout pitchers B Zuercher and Otto Tolle led the pins as Missions won the first by 2 and the second by 8, with key contributions from Schvetze, Huntress, Glouckner, and the Eagles and Sapir lineups.
Turner Ladies section plans a special Friday meeting at Warner hall to back the Winner Bowling League carnival efforts. The group aims to construct a German village with garden features as part of their fundraiser. Members Miss Wicedenfeld and Mrs Glowerner scheduled to bowl today at Turner alleys. Kohts adds to Emerson alley records with a 185 series and 26 total pins. Emerson San Antonio Ninepin team set to travel to New Braunfels next Tuesday for three games with the Socials of that town.
The article reports a chaotic scoreline with Dallas 4 San Antonio 3 and multiple regional games. Winchell pitched well for the Bronchos, Moore left the mound early, Cooper relieved, and San Antonio benefited from errors and timely hits.
Diarmond Dots and Hitchen of Harris lead a busy day as Galveston teams produce fun games. Burnett and Monroe shine in Dalton Suites league with Shreve open Friday for four games. Christian University defeats Texas Christian University 8 4, while Texans 2 see Randall and O Drakes backed by Grahm and Brownlee. A meeting for all amateur teams set for editorial rooms of The Light at 8:30 pm to assign terms before start of regular schedules next weekend. Ortho Laxative Fruit Syrup advertisement concludes.
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