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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
8
San Antonio tops Fort Worth 4 to 3 as Stinson leads with key hits and decisive seventh inning. Maloney shines for the Panthers with two hits, while Davenport earns the win for the Bronchos and McCafferty struggles on the mound.
Notes of the game describe a strong pitching effort by Maloney with six strikeouts and three hits, supporting a Panthers win while Aiken Schwind Frantz and Davenport contribute offensively. Fort Worth pinch hitters Vance and Kneaves fail to spark late-inning chances.
The account describes players such as Kibler and Aiken making key plays against Kitch ens and Lemon, with McAvoy involved and Howell under pressure. It notes a 600 percentage figure, umpire challenges, and crowd tension, while expressing optimism for another win and a cryptic postgame message referencing a batters lineup.
Frank Chance opened his first western tour as AL manager with a win as New York defeated Detroit 6 to 2 in Detroit. Keating yielded only two hits, supported by sharp fielding though sometimes shaky. Mullin was hit in the second and fifth innings, while Detroit benefited from errors, Zamlock finished the eighth inning fanning Sweeney to close out the game.
Washington defeated Chicago 3 to 2 in the first game of the series. Chicago led briefly after a third inning single and two errors but Washington rallying with a fielder's choice error and a McBride triple, then added a run on a pass, stolen base, and a single. Batteries Hughes and Ainsmith for Washington while Cicotte Lange and Schalk worked for Chicago.
Boston defeats Pittsburg 2 to 1 in twelve innings in a pitchers duel. O Toole vs Tyler, with Boston scoring the decisive run on an error by Sweeney as Whaling failed to handle a throw. Final line 2 runs 9 hits 1 error for Boston, 1 run 8 hits 0 errors for Pittsburg. Batteries O Toole Kelley Tyler Whaling Rariden.
CHICAGO May 8 Charles A Comiskey owner of the Chicago Americans plans farewell to the game he helped make famous After the White Sox finish their tour of the world next winter he will retire from active management He told friends last night After the trip around the world the coming winter I will be through with baseball I have been at it a long time I dont like to say how long for my friends might think I am getting old
A wrestling card last night featured Young Americus defeating Harry Lucenay who refused to continue. Texas Bill substituted and took a fall before Americus won in eight and three minutes. Preliminaries saw Young Ernst and the Boston Kid draw, with the Kid winning the first fall and Ernst the second.
Cleveland defeated Boston 4 to 1 on May 7 as Cy Falkenberg earned his fifth straight win. Five Boston regulars were sidelined by injuries and Engle with Janvrin produced the lone Boston run with a fourth inning double. Score: Cleveland 4, Boston 1. Batteries: Falkenberg and Carisch. Leonard, Foster and Carrigan.
Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 4 to 3 in a tense uphill battle. Paskart's tenth inning single followed by Knabe's sacrifice and Lobert's double broke a 3-3 tie as the Phillies overcame an early 3-0 deficit behind strong defense and timely hitting. Griner and McLean, Seaton and Dooin were the batteries.
In San Marcos Texas Southwest Normal defeated the all-faculty team from Normal Coronal and Baptist Academy in the first of a series of faculty and student games by a close score. The contest featured nine runs in the second inning for the normals, a home run by Woodruff the faculty pitcher, and three base hits by Rob inson and Scott from the faculty.
New York May 8. Sam Robi a Philadelphia lightweight defeated Johnny Lore of New York in a fast ten round bout. Leo Houck of Lancaster out fought George Brown of Chicago in a ten round contest.
Yesterday results show San Antonio 4 over Fort Worth 3, Houston 6 over Dallas 3, Austin 2 over Beaumont 1, Galveston 5 over Waco 4. Today matchups: Fort Worth at San Antonio, Austin at Beaumont, Dallas at Houston, Waco at Galveston.
The American League schedule has Washington visiting Chicago, Philadelphia at St. Louis, New York at Detroit, and Boston traveling to Cleveland as teams chase wins across the regional rivalries.
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 3 and New York 6 Cincinnati 4. Chicago 4 Brooklyn 3. Boston 2 Pittsburg 1. Pittsburg in Boston, Chicago in Brooklyn, Cincinnati in New York, St Louis in Philadelphia.
Fragmentary sports notes show several box scores with teams like Kansas City, St Paul, Louisville, Columbus, Toledo, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Milwaukee. The readable lines list balances or scores such as 8 6 and 3 1, with partial city pairs and misprints.
Rochester hosts Baltimore 9 Rochester 4. Toronto hosts Newark 3 at Toronto 4 to 3. Jersey City visits Buffalo 4 Buffalo 5. Providence 9 Montreal 2 at Montreal.
At Memphis the Memphis team lost 0 to 3 against Nashville. In Mobile Atlanta defeated Mobile 6 to 3. In Montgomery Chattanooga beat Montgomery 8 to 4. The results reflect regional play outcomes across three cities.
At Princeton Brown beat Princeton 3 to 1. In Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania defeated Columbia 2 to 1. Yale overwhelmed Amherst 14 to 1 in New Haven. Hanover saw Lafayette 5 over Dartmouth 2. Columbia NC hosted South Carolina 9 to 1 over Washington and Lee. Arkadelphia hosted Mississippi 15 to 6 over Henderson College. Durham revealed Trinity College NC 3 over Wofford 2.
Philadelphia defeated St Louis 3 to 2 after solid pitching by Brown and Mitchell. Brown issued three walks in the opening frame, yet Lapp saved the inning by catching two stealing runners. Murphy walked in the first, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on Oldring's RBI single.
In Cleveland on May 8 a Boston Cleveland American League match sparked rough play and a clubhouse melee. Fourteen to fifteen players from both sides joined in a fight after the game amid accusations of abusive language and rough play. A Cleveland and a Boston player clashed over alleged language before others intervened and the dispute subsided with no lasting damage.
In Galveston on May 10, Harben shut down Waco with tight pitching while Fritz stayed sharp for the victors. Reilly belted a ninth inning homer for Galveston and Dodd’s error sparked the visitors’ only third inning tally. Galveston won 5 to 2 as McKee benched McMahon for arguing.
Beaumont Texas May 10 The Senators defeated Beaumont 2 to 1 after Bremmerhoff started wild for the locals. Larson held Beaumont to one hit as Thompson doubled in the visitors’ two runs in the second. Beaumont scored on a fielder’s choice and an error in the bottom of the frame.
Chicago stopped Brooklyn’s winning streak with a 4 to 3 victory in a pitcher’s duel. Key plays by Culshaw Bridwell and Bresnahan’s homer highlighted a tense game as both sides used many players. The Cubs scored in the first and eighth while Brooklyn managed a late push, but Chicago held on for the win.
New York defeated Cincinnati 6 to 4 in New York yesterday. Benton struggled and was relieved by Packard who delivered a superb relief performance after the third inning. Ames was ineffective and left with bases loaded in the second. Mathewson held the Reds later, with Shafer at short handling twelve chances cleanly.
New York May 8 Practically all hope of inducing Dr E Lasker worlds chess champion to enter the forthcoming international tournament at Havana Cuba has been abandoned Word has been received from the champion at Berlin that it would be impossible for him to come over for the Cuban tournament and that moreover it was questionable whether he would take part in many tournaments hereafter As his serious life s work will be directed into other channels Dr Lasker states he would be obliged to limit himself to a few matches.
Houston wins a dramatic game over Dallas 6 3 after Reynolds and McDonald sparked offense. Whiteman, Mowry, and Reynolds starred with standout catches and four driven runs by Reynolds. Ray pitched despite rough innings. Bader relieved, while Kellerman and McDonald led for Houston with multiple hits. Dallas counters with Tullos and Kellerman contributing, but Houston holds on.
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