Browning Nominated to Start Opener Against North Texas Giants
Cap Leidy will start star pitcher Dutch Browning for the San Antonio club in the opener against North Texas, with three games against Dallas slated. The Giants trail San Antonio by nineteen points in the standings as the series begins at 4 30 this afternoon.
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St Louis Defeats Feds In 7 Innings Baseball Thriller
St Louis college beat the Postoffice 3 to 2 in a seven inning game on the college diamond. Candy and Monie and Maurer produced the offense for the college while Dreiss Montague Ormond and Houston Bradbury worked the action. Louis scored two in the second and fourth while the Federals tied in the sixth before St Louis pulled away.
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United States League Scores and Rainouts
At Pittsburg Pittsburgh the game Lucazo Chicago and Cleve were played while other games were halted by rain.
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Pittsburgh
Lucazo
Chicago
Masters Ready to Meet All Comers for Bantam Title
Card Masters, the 116 pound Texas bantamweight champion, declares he will fight any boxers who can make weight after failure to arrange a match with Young Jeffries at the Army Post gym. He is eager to stage more bouts and defend his title, with arrangements through The Light's sporting editor.
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Auto Club Begins Period of Activity
San Antonio Automobile Club meets at the St Anthony hotel to approve clubhouse plans and road posting. Volunteers will log mileage to the county line as signs go up. The club to host visiting advertisers May 25 and considers traffic ordinance changes to curb reckless driving and road dust.
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Meeting Postponed by Injury Delay for San Antonio League
The San Antonio Commercial League managers meeting was postponed due to an accident involving Moseley, Household Furniture Company team manager and treasurer. The board planned to dispose of accumulated business but delayed until Moseley can attend.
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Household Furniture Company
Texas League Today Matches by Cities
Dallas travels to San Antonio while Waco visits Houston Austin plays Beaumont and Fort Worth goes to Galveston for league games today.
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Baseball scores and today’s venues listed
Yesterday results show Chicago 7 Washington 6. Detroit at Boston and St. Louis at New York were rained out. Cleveland at Philadelphia also rained out. Today’s games set Chicago in Washington St. Louis in New York Detroit in Boston and Cleveland in Philadelphia.
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National League Yesterday's Scores and Matchups
New York defeated St Louis 11 to 8 while Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 5 to 4 and Chicago edged Boston 9 to 8. Brooklyn and Pittsburg games were rained out. Boston played Chicago and Brooklyn faced Pittsburg, with New York visiting St Louis and Philadelphia meeting Cincinnati.
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Austin Takes Pair in Galveston Doubleheader
Galveston loses both ends of a May 9 doubleheader to Austin 5 to 2 and 3 to 1. Malloy walks 13, hits 2, and throws 2 wild pitches in game one as fans plead to pull him. In game two Salm contributes a costly wild throw aiding Austin’s two-inning three-run burst.
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Fort Worth Triumphs 3-2 In Nerve-Racking Beaumont Clash
Fort Worth edged Beaumont 3 to 2 in a tense game as both starters pitched well and erratically. Brandt and Dawson provided Beaumont’s battery, while Maple and Kitchens teamed for Fort Worth with Newhouse umpiring.
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Southern League Results From Multiple Games
Birmingham beat Memphis 38 to 5 in Birmingham. Mobile edged Atlanta 3 to 2 in Mobile. Montgomery narrowly defeated Chattanooga 3 to 2 in Montgomery. New Orleans defeated Nashville 6 to 4 in New Orleans.
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Crackers Sell Former Yankee Pitcher
Ira Hogue, the pitcher sent from the New York Americans to Atlanta, has been sold to the Carolina association, ending his stint with the Crackers.
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Carolina) Association
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Waco Navigators Triumph Over San Antonio Twice
San Antonio slipped to fourth in the Texas league after losing both games at Texas League Park. Waco led by Ellis Hardy’s club, with Metz and Rennard homering for the visitors and Dugey, Ogle, and Crichlow contributing key hits as they seized a 3-0 and 9-3 doubleheader win.
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Texas Beats Sooners in First of Series
Texas defeated Oklahoma 10 to 2 in the opening game played at Austin. Texas leaned on 18 hits while Henderson limited the Sooners to six. Fowler powered the win with strong hitting and Dunn and Courtwright were chased from the mound after early trouble.
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Pinch Hitters Fail In Extra Inning Classic
In Houston at last light May 9 Houston and Dallas played a classic extra inning game won by Houston 2 to 1 in the eleventh. Rose and Bader dueled well as both escaped trouble repeatedly. Houston took their run in the first on Esparza’s double and Duncan’s single while Bader walked and hit three men to force a run for Houston. Pinch hitters for both clubs failed with the bases loaded. Batteries Rose and Ailen Bader and Gibson. Umpire Brady.
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Krause Beats Swartz In Grand Alleys Medal Series
In San Antonio at the Grand Alleys two out of three games decide the diamond medal. Krause defeated Swartz 2–1 and claimed the high game with 177. Swartz totaled 169 across his three games. Other listed scores include McClannahan 179 180 166 and Prassell 156 161 105.
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Tesreau Wins Another Game for New York Nationals
Big Jeff Tesreau earned the victory yesterday against Bresnahan’s squad. The pitcher, formerly with Shreveport in the Texas league two years earlier under Dale Gear, has been delivering classy ball this season for McGraw.
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Dale Gear
Olympic Committee Seeks Funds for Stockholm Team
The American committee in New York said on May 9 that about $60,000 remains to reach $150,000 for sending the strongest Olympic team to Stockholm. They urge donors to give $1,500 daily from now until sailing on June 14.
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Associated Press
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Stockholm
Moseley Is Recovering After Baseball Manager’s Accident
Lou Moseley, a known figure in local amateur baseball and manager of the Household team in the Commercial league, suffered a vertigo attack last Sunday night. He fell on a Houston Soledad corner, struck his head, and was unconscious. He was taken to Physicians' and Surgeons' Hospital, later moved home, and remains seriously ill but improved.
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Umpire Tim Hurst Critically Ill with Pneumonia
New York May 9 Tim Hurst the renowned referee and umpire is critically ill with pleuro pneumonia.
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Associated Press
New York
Tim Hurst
Indoor championship of Y games decided
In the post series playoff between the Bankers and the S A A P team in the Commercial Indoor Baseball league the S A A P won 13 to 10 on the Y floor before 150 to 175 spectators. The Bankers led by a three run edge in the fifth but the S A A P rallied for five seventh inning runs to seal the victory. Batteries: Bankers Smit Bush Hamilton Smith. S A A P Lewis Shelton. A picked team will play the champions next Tuesday night on the Y floor.
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