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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
6
Waco defeats San Antonio 5 to 1 in a road series finale. Hauenstein belted a third inning homer for the Bronchos, while Ashton dominated with two scratch hits allowed and a complete game performance. Managers Goodwin and Hauenstein led their clubs in a tight matinee.
In an extra inning matinee at the Pruitt avenue diamond, Union Meat Company defeated the Fort Worth Packers 3 to 2. Fritz delivered the decisive three base hit in the tenth with one aboard, sparking the winner. Batteries were Wolf and Hymes for Union Meat and Rembling and Peper for the Packers. The Seeger Pharmacy team schedules a Travis Park meeting Thursday at 7 30 p.m.
In Fort Worth on May 14 the Nance brigade won the first game while the Buffs tied the second before darkness halted play. Ed Appleton dominated the first game though he conceded five safeties with a single run scoring.
Waco 5, San Antonio 1 and Dallas 8 Beaumont 4. Austin 8, Galveston 6. Fort Worth 4 4, Houston 1 4. Play Thursday with matchups including San in Austin Galveston in Waco Houston in Dallas Beaumont in Fort Worth.
Weather notes for games include Philadelphia Cleveland cold Detroit New York rain St Louis Boston wet grounds Chicago nine Washington two. On Thursday Chicago faces Washington Detroit plays New York St Louis meets Boston Cleveland visits Philadelphia.
Cincinnati beat Boston 1 to 0 while Chicago routed Brooklyn 6 to 0. St Louis won 5 to 3 over Philadelphia as Brooklyn played in Chicago and New York in Pittsburg and Boston hosted Cincinnati.
Rain in Buffalo and Baltimore and cold in Pittsburgh disrupt games. Chicago plays in Buffalo, St. Louis in Brooklyn, Indianapolis in Baltimore, and Kansas City visits Pittsburgh with no other matchups on the schedule.
King Furniture Company baseball team players are requested to meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock at Manager Ackermann's residence. Business of importance is to be transacted and all players are urged to attend. The Kings will travel to Sutherland Springs Sunday.
E. H. Powell beats A. H. Muir in straight sets 11-5 11-8 11-1 in the Y M C A handball tourney. H. J. Young defeats R. M. O hair in three straight 11-4 11-1 11-5.
The Buffaloes face the Oilers and the Pirates meet the Bronchos in a Thursday night doubleheader at the YMCA. First game starts at 8 15.
May 14 report says the Federal League will move its Cincinnati team to Spink's ball park at Bellevue Kentucky within a month. The Cincinnati Federals will oppose the Reds, using local favorites to draw crowds as the war between leagues escalates across the river.
Arthur E. Gordon, a Kansas City Federal League stockholder, calls a Cincinnati rumor that the local club would move to Belle Vue, Kentucky, “rumors with no truth.”
Chicago on May 14 James A Gilmore president of the Federal League denied reports of changes to the circuit for the year He said there is absolutely nothing to the report that the Kansas City team will be transferred to Bellevue Kentucky or to Cincinnati on the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati confirming no relocation plans.
In Cincinnati Ohio on May 14 Moran drew a base on balls to start the first inning and Herzog doubled to score the only run as the Reds shut out Boston 1 to 0. James and Whaling pitched for Cincinnati with Ames and Clarke behind. In Chicago on May 14 Chicago defeated Brooklyn 6 to 0 in the series opener as Reulbach and Wagner control the pace and errors aid the win.
In St Louis on May 14, errors by Irelan and Marshall's wild pitch in the seventh inning allow two runs and help St Louis beat Philadelphia 5 to 3. Philadelphia scored in the first and fourth as St Louis pulled ahead with a three run rally in the eighth. Batteries Marshall Killifer Doak Griner Snyder.
Chicago scored nine runs on eleven hits to beat Washington 9 to 2. Chase collected a triple, a double and two singles in five at bats as Chicago built a large early lead. Weather was very cold with poor conditions noted. Batteries Russell and Schalk for Chicago. Kuhn Shaw Gallia Bentley and Henry for Washington.
In Mobile Nashville took a 3 to 1 victory in the series opener. Townsend and Schmidt were on the mound for Nashville while Berger and Gibson finished for Mobile. Birmingham then defeated Chattanooga 8 to 1 with Brown and Dilger handling pitching and Street catching. Atlanta beat Montgomery 8 to 6 after a scoreless start, Case and Donahue worked the game for Atlanta while Dunn contributed for Montgomery.
The United States Golf Association warns amateur players about crossing into professionalism. A letter to club secretaries calls for changes to by law section 7 to curb paid articles, free hotel board, and accepting equipment.
Dallas wins 8 to 4 after a ninth inning rally powered by Tex Brandt. Key hits include two-base by Tullos Cook and three-base by Betts Harber Edmondson. Beams left 4 on base while Dallas stranded 4. Umpire Gardner called the game at 2 hours 5 minutes with plays Betts to Brandt to Kibler and Kibler to Love to Cooke.
San Marcos Baptist Academy defeated Coronal Institute 3 to 2 in Academy field. B J Thomas pitched a three-hitter for Academy with strong support, while E Adair hit a homer and B Adair a three bagger. Coronal finished first with six wins in eight games.
In the May 14 draw at Sandwich England the American hopefuls face softer early rounds in the British amateur championship next week. Notables Ouimet Travers Hale Knapp meet Mc Gregor Palmer Cranston Chadwick with Whigham as strong British contender. final slated May 23.
At McAlester Oklahoma City defeated Muskogee 3 to 2 in ten innings. At Joplin Tulsa won 9 to 3. Other listed contests include Fort Smith and Muskogee 2 and 3 inning results.
In Montreal the International League game between Montreal and Providence was suspended due to rain while all other games were postponed. A note urged fans to report any lost items quickly.
The A. A. U. announced that amateurs and professionals cannot compete at the same athletic meeting under its sanction. Secretary James E. Sullivan said the mail vote by the registration committee ended five against four in favor of the restriction. The Southern association supported the affirmative.
In the Junior Indoor Baseball League at the Y M C A on Wednesday the Orioles beat the Eagles 3 to 1 as Herrera Porter and Bass led with timely hits. The Owls defeated the Hawks 5 to 3 with Hix Green and Miller collecting three hits apiece while Beitel and Fletcher led Hawks at the plate.
In Philadelphia Columbia topped Pennsylvania 8 to 5. In South Bethlehem Villa Nova beat Lehigh 4 to 2. At West Point Army fell to Notre Dame 8 to 9. In Princeton New Jersey Williams defeated Princeton 3 to 2.
Lee's Beauties won three of five games against Howard's Bears in a mutual two man per side match. Dick Lee led with 979 in high single and high series, while Krause and Howard posted strong scores for the losers. Umpire Nelson and scorer Quinn reported in Milwaukee action with Kansas City and others not on the schedule.
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