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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
5
Buffalo invades Broncho camp in a 5-2 win as Joe Martina dominates pitching and Frank Gibson belts a homer. Houston, led by Martina, scores in late innings, while Hydern and Ross hold Nag hitters with sharp defense and timely outs.
Fort Worth Texas May 8 Wachtel and Napier failed in key moments yet Wachtel earned luck as Fort Worth built a 6 to 4 win over Shreveport in the first game of the series Leary and Bittle drove in Panther runs while Fort Worths early four run lead held despite later Gasser rallies The scare:
The article vents pent up ire over umpiring in the Waco series and Buffalo quintet games. It cites players McCarty Perry Northen Gibson Dodd Nixon Martina and ex Oilers links while noting Beaumont’s crowd and a plan to move toward second place.
In Dallas Texas on May 8 Compere returned strong after rough starts aiding a Dallas victory over Waco by 8 to 2. Dallas built a three run first inning through hits walks and wild pitches, with Hoffman and Sims contributing. The narrative hints at further scoring in the fifth and a misplayed chance that could have altered the outcome.
The Navy announces Walter Camp's crawl stroke as the universal teaching method in naval training stations. The program includes land and water drills, with emphasis on the crawl for proper swimmer development and continuity of action, usable for civilians as well as sailors.
Promoter Ratsch presents a staged bout at Beethoven Hall headlined by Ad Ernst and Armenian Bob Managoff in a billed clash titled a Turk for a Night. The card includes a brisk preliminary army star bout, with the main event slated to begin at 8:30 PM.
Texas League standings and Tuesday results show Houston beating San Antonio 5 to 1, Dallas defeating Waco 8 to 2, and Fort Worth downing Shreveport 6 to 4. It lists upcoming games with Houston at San Antonio, Waco at Dallas, and Shreveport at Fort Worth.
American League scores show New York routing Philadelphia 9 to 1 and St Louis defeating Detroit 5 to 3 with Cleveland 7 Chicago 1 and Washington 7 Boston 2. Upcoming schedule has Cleveland at Chicago St Louis at Detroit Boston at Washington and New York at Philadelphia.
In the National League results Pittsburg defeated Chicago 2 to 1 while Boston battered Brooklyn 16 to 0 New York topped Philadelphia 7 to 3 and St Louis beat Cincinnati 6 to 3 Brooklyn faced Boston and Philadelphia met New York Chicago faced Pittsburg and Cincinnati met St Louis in upcoming games The American Association saw Toledo 5 Indianapolis 4 while the Southern League listed Birmingham 9 Atlanta 1 New Orleans 8 Memphis 7 Nashville 0 and Little Rock against Mobile and Chattanoog against Nashville near completion
After days of idle uncertainty and rains flooding fairways along the canal, the municipal golf links reopen to nine holes at 2 pm Wednesday. Temporary greens in use as some areas dry. the canal bank fix awaits sunnier weather. The Country Club links also resume soon after rain, with drainage minimizing delays.
New York defeats Philadelphia 9 to 1 as bats break open late game scoring. Key players Love Hannah Adams and Perkins anchor the batteries for New York while St. Louis and Detroit games highlight offensive bursts. Saint Louis and Detroit win on strong pitching as Cleveland beats Chicago and Washington edges Boston 7 to 2.
In home gardens train tomato vines to a single stalk and stake them five feet high. This promotes tall growth, rapid ripening, and fewer ground rots on clay soils. Pinch top shoots and use for all varieties except early dwarfs. even ex hibition fruit like Ponderosa benefit from this method.
Chicago outlasted Pittsburg 18 to 27 after late rallies in a nine inning affair with Weaver Whillifer Miller Archer on the batteries. Brooklyn defeated Boston 68 to 14 with Cheney Dunning Krueger Ragan Wilson handling the sticks. Philadelphia beat New York 8 to 7 at New York as Hogg Main Burns Karnes McCarthy and others contributed on both sides. Cincinnati topped St Louis 8 to 5 in a late rally with Bressler Eller Wingo supporting Doak Sny der and Gonzales.
Spider Kelly of San Francisco, a veteran lightweight and noted trainer, was engaged by Jess Willard to act as trainer, adviser, and chief second for Willard in the proposed title bout with Fred Fulton. Col J. C. Miller heads to the Atlantic Coast to judge venue options while charter actions in Austin list several Texas companies and amendments. Adolph Ernst, famed San Francisco wrestler, defeated Chris Sorenson in straight falls at Guy Turpin's club in Brownsville.
J L Weeks scored near a perfect 100 on a one inch bullseye at 50 feet with a .22 rifle on the municipal range. William Gaughen was close second with 95 at the same distance. Lieut W E Foust led pistol and rifle targets at 300 yards and 15 yards while Lieut S Seabick posted 86 on the eight inch target. G V Rotan reached 93 in pistol shooting as more notes follow from the Travelers Cigar Shop.
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