San Antonio Wins Opener From Fort Worth in Extra Innings
San Antonio defeated Fort Worth 5 to 4 in eleven innings as Cann faltered late. Morton steadied the Panth ers while Eberline starred with three singles and a triple.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
8
San Antonio defeated Fort Worth 5 to 4 in eleven innings as Cann faltered late. Morton steadied the Panth ers while Eberline starred with three singles and a triple.
Brooklyn wins the final of the series 2 to 1 at home in Brooklyn New York. Rucker injured his hand in the first inning and will be out for several days. Griner McLean Yingling Miller are the battery for the game.
Philadelphia wins the three game series against Chicago as they pour in ten runs while holding the Cubs to four. Lavender and Archer secure the win for Philadelphia with solid relief work.
The Bronchos finally snapped a losing streak with a 5 to 4 eleven inning victory over Morerton, following a sequence of one run losses from May 12 to May 17. The club hopes the win restores confidence ahead of the Sunday rematch with the Houston Buffaloes at Black Stadium.
One hundred players, seven more than last year, enter the fifteenth annual Metropolitan Golf Association championship. The event opens tomorrow at Foxhills on Staten Island and runs through the weekend. Notables include Travers Herreschoff Kirby, with absentees Carter Douglas Graham Hicks.
Results show San Antonio 5 Fort Worth 4 in 11 innings and Beaumont 5 Dallas 4 in 11 innings plus Waco 4 Houston 1 and Austin 7 Galveston 5. Today’s games list San Antonio at Fort Worth Houston at Waco Beaumont at Dallas and Galveston at Austin.
Boston beat Chicago 10 to 1 and New York defeated St Louis 8 to 6. Cleveland edged Washington 4 to 1 while Detroit won 9 to 3 over Philadelphia. Boston in Chicago and New York in St Louis marked notable results with matchups Philadelphia in Detroit and Washington in Cleveland.
Cincinnati defeated Boston in Philadelphia 10 to 9 while Chicago beat New York 4 to 3 in 14 innings. Brooklyn triumphed over St Louis 81 to 1 with Pittsburg winning in Brooklyn. St Louis plays New York and Cincinnati faces Philadelphia in remaining matchups.
Scores from Atlanta Nashville and Birmingham show Memphis losing 2 3 to 3 0 to 2 0 to 6 in Chattanooga. The fragmentary report lists teams Mobile Birmingham Memphis Atlanta Nashville Montgomery Chattanooga with unclear punctuation and final digits.
Federal League games in Pittsburg and Covington produced Pittsburgh 6 Chicago 2 and Covington 7 Cleveland 4. American Association saw Milwaukee 15 Toledo 3 and Kansas City 3 Indianapolis 6 with Minneapolis noting rain for Louisville Minneapolis and St Paul Columbus games. College baseball Harvard 8 Penn in Philadelphia. International League Burims Baltimore 8 Toronto 6 and Rochester 10 Newark 2 Buffalo 4 Providence 1 in 10 innings with Montreal Jersey City rain.
Connolly homered with bases loaded in the ninth to tie Boston but dropped Clarke in the tenth, allowing Cincinnati to win 9 to 8. Batteries: Tyler Noyles Rudolph and Rariden for Boston, enton Johnson Brown and Clarke for Cincinnati.
Captain Stanley M. Doust Horace Rice Aubrey B Jones and Manager E W Hicks arrive in Boston for ten days of practice on Longwood raw courts. Later the American team Maurice McLaughlin Norris Williams H H Hackett and R D Little will appear at Longwood for exhibition matches so both sides can study the others in action. Shugrue and Lore draw in lightweights in Youngstown Ohio. Tommy Bressihan beats Louis Depontheieu in ten rounds. A Collman plumber.
Waco defeats Houston 4 to 1 as Malloy walks Dagey in two thirds of an inning. Lohman pitched steadily for Waco while Dagey, Tanner, McLaurin and Crichlow contributed key hits. Houston’s scoring came in the seventh on Britton’s hit and a McDonald double, but Rennard and Reilly helped limit damage.
The postponed matinee at the San Antonio Driving Club goes on this afternoon at 2 30 at the fair grounds. Honest Boy leads in the free for all pace with Amy Brooks a strong contender. Orphan Boy drives in the free for all trot amid solid entries while Clara Mitchell tops the opener though Shooting Star and Foot Strong may upset if track slows. Admission is free and the crowd is urged to attend for an entertaining afternoon of racing.
Yale defeated Harvard in New Haven to tie the series at 11 wins each. Through 22 years the overall scores read Yale 11611-5, Harvard 1148 4-5, with notable 1891 and 1897 mismatches and a decisive 1910 Harvard win by one point.
Chicago May 20 Joe Wood silenced the White Sox as Boston won the opening game of the series 10 to 1 after eight innings. Wood and Nanamaker faced batters while Cicotte and Easterly pitched for Chicago in a game halted by darkness.
Cy Falkenberg shut out Washington until the ninth inning as Cleveland won 4 to 1. Falkenberg and Carisch worked the mound with Cashion Engel Boehling and Williams behind them, while Washington's offense managed a sole rally late.
New York won 8 to 6 over St Louis yesterday in a game likely protested by St Louis over Manager Chance batting out of turn in the eighth inning. The Browns scored in the first and sixth, while the Yankees tallied in the first and seventh innings. Batteries: Weisman Agnew for St Louis and Fisher McConnell Schulz Sweeney for New York.
In Jourdon ton Texans May 20 the Charlotte team defeated the local squad 21 to 4 as the batters sprayed hits to all parts of the field. The hosts boast a strong lineup and readiness to challenge any opponent with Deborah Howard and McNiel leading the pitching staff backed by Scott Lowe and Mahone.
Austin defeated Galveston 7 to 5 in a seesaw game as Leidy used the pitching staff to hold the Pirates. Opportune hitting and aggressive baserunning fueled the victory, with Ashton relieving McCuller in the fourth and Harrbin issuing wild pitches and walks.
Corpus Christi Texas May 20 A Gulf Coast Base ball League meeting set a partial schedule and gave the schedule committee a week to finish it The season opens Monday May 30 Judge W B Sheldon of Rockport was elected president Forfeits posted with the league treasurer and six teams will use home players serving without pay on Sundays and holidays end September 20
May 20 St Andrews Scotland militant suffragettes threaten to destroy the putting greens to disrupt the world amateur golf championship next week. Local guards and 5000 volunteers organize vigilance to protect the course amid growing town fear and anxiety.
In San Francisco on May 20 the 20 round heavyweight bout between Gunboat Smith and Jess Willard could crown a new world champion. The winner is likely to face Luther McCarty to decide the crown amid betting favorites and a first SF appearance for Willard. Ben Selig to referee the match.
Charlie White of Chicago defeated Joe Thomas of New Orleans by KO in the second round of a ten round bout. Thomas was knocked down in the first round and twice more before the bell saved him. White finished the match with a decisive barrage and the referee awarded the knockout early in the second round.
Mandot, a ten to four favorite, faces Bud Anderson in a twenty round bout at Vernon Arena tonight in Los Angeles. Anderson has attracted heavy betting as Mandot’s experience borders on the favorite and Anderson is reportedly struggling with the weight at 133 pounds versus Mandot’s 130.
Dallas and Beaumont split a 11 inning game with Beaumont winning 6 to 4. Errors by Dallas and a late Downey pinch hit helped Beaumont. Swan pitched the full game for Beaumont as Baltimore- or Dallas-based offense wore down late.
New York defeated Pittsburg 8 to 2 in a 14 inning game. Camnitz and Marquard started strong, but faded in extras as pinch hitters produced the decisive runs. Hendrix relieved Camnitz and allowed New York to tie in the twelfth and win in the fourteenth.
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