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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
10
Carl Masters and Young Jeffries will top off their training today and tomorrow for a bout at the army post gymnasium tomorrow night. Promoters expect a large crowd and referee James J. Corbett, appearing at Plaza this week, will be the third man. He visited the post and said conditions are favorable for the exhibition.
The Vanderbilt cup race committee announces prize awards for the race. A new trophy valued at 1500 dollars is offered by a motor car company for small stock cars. Cash prizes exceed 16000 dollars and may reach 20000 dollars, with first prize at 5000 and smallest prize at 250 in equipment and accessories, totaling over 40000 dollars when including the grand prize and various cups.
At a Canadian Amateur Swim Association meet on May 23, officials decided George Hodgson could travel to Europe to compete in the Olympic games without local trials on May 31. The move followed his past performance, deemed second to none among local swimmers.
In Waco on May 23, Houston built a quick lead with four runs in the first three innings. Knaupp's single and Newnam's triple sparked the offense, while Waco errors aided the surge. Final score Houston five, Waco two with Edmondson contributing strong defense and timely hits.
Austin wins 4 to 2 over Beaumont as Taylor shines with a late RBI single to break a tie. Larson is hit and fielding helps but Beaumont’s batting struggles with poor support. Umpire Jacobs presides as Austin’s Taylor and Hinninger combine on the mound.
In Fort Worth Texas on May 23 a bonehead tenth inning mistake by Galveston catcher Williams cost Galveston a 2 to 1 loss. With runners on second and third and one out Howard hit to Madden who threw to Williams for a double play wrongfully thinking the bases were loaded. The misplay ended the inning and the game as Fort Worth earned the win.
Taylor Texas May 23 Household team from the San Antonio Commercial League scheduled to play games at Taylor against visiting clubs Saturday and Sunday. Manager Hicks plans a busy June and July and is seeking additional opponents.
Big Ed Sweeney returns to the fold of manager Harry Wolverton with the New York Yankees. He is hailed as one of the best throwing catchers and among the fastest in the league, seen as key to bolstering a struggling club.
In a tense City Commercial Tenpin match at Grand alleys Saxet Club defeated Household Furniture two games to one moving from near last to a solid third place. Captain Walker rolled the high single 205 and Bless led with a 542 series as Diebler and Smasal contributed strong scores despite Household injuries including Lockhart and Blowers missing play.
Harry Steinfeldt former Chicago third baseman and recent St. Louis release signed with the Chattanooga Southern league club in Cincinnati on May 23.
The Weber Club of Ogden Utah bid $10,000 to Tyrus Cobb of the Detroit Americans to manage the Ogden team in the Union Association this season. The Weber club has just secured the local franchise.
Yesterday Dallas edged San Antonio 3 to 2 and Austin beat Beaumont 4 to 2 Fort Worth defeated Galveston 2 to 1 and Houston topped Waco 6 to 2 Today’s games feature San Antonio in Dallas Galveston in Fort Worth Beaumont in Austin and Houston in Waco
Baseball style results show Philadelphia 8 Boston 9 and Chicago 11 New York 65 with Detroit 6 Washington 4 and Cleveland 0 at set venues. Today Chicago visits New York while St Louis travels to Philadelphia and Detroit goes to Washington and Cleveland to Boston.
Chicago defeats Brooklyn 10 to 6 while Philadelphia edges St. Louis 3 to 2 and New York wins 6 to 1 over Cincinnati. Boston falls 3 to 0 to Pittsburgh. Brooklyn meets Pittsburgh and Cincinnati plays St Louis in upcoming NL games.
Ty Cobb may not play in New York until late in the season due to a spectator clash that could lead to court action. He also faces threats from gangsters over an assault claim, while the New York club promises full protection for Cobb inside the ballpark.
Two phone numbers listed for BswYS Taxi advertise a roast goose special at the White Horse Tavern. The brief note pairs transport service contact with a dining offer for patrons.
Dallas Bronchos win 3 to 2 in San Antonio on May 23. Forsythe stars for Dallas driving in all three runs. Browning and Bader duel on the mound with Dallas pulling away in late rallies and costly Nags errors sealing the loss. San Antonio’s defense improves but hitters tally seven bases on five hits.
President Johnson of the American League orders the use of only the live ball for between innings warm ups, abolishing the traditional infield ball. The move aims to speed the game by preventing fielding practice delays, with shortstop or second baseman allowed a catcher throw to mask up in the interim.
Staacke Bros offer rubber firing on carriages and buggies using Kelly Springfield rubber. Dr J R Cunningham appears as osteopath at 449 Moore with phone 984ring.
George Carpentier, reigning middleweight champion of England and France, defeated American Willie Lewis on points after a 20 round fight in Paris on May 23. Carpentier dominated the match with precise combinations and sustained pressure throughout the bout. Lewis stayed competitive but could not overturn the scoring despite several hard exchanges.
The Forest City Hall and Amusement company surrendered its Cleveland franchise in the United States Baseball League. The company president cited dissatisfaction with conditions in other league cities. Players received full pay.
Philadelphia light welterweight Jack OBrien edged Knockout Brown of New York in a six round match at Philadelphia last night. The decision favored OBrien by a small margin.
At Atlanta 8 to 1 over Mobile in Atlanta. At Chattanooga 11 to 5 over New Orleans in Chattanooga.
Commercial Baseball league managers held a meeting at The Light offices to settle umpire duties. Simon Pendleton, known in amateur circles, will officiate Sunday games. A double header was arranged to avoid home schedule disruption with Washer, Chapas, Johnson & Burnett. Discussion included a possible city championship series and a request to the city board.
Jack Curley manager of Jim Flynn wed Miss Marie Drescher a Denver society girl in East Las Vegas New Mexico yesterday. The bride met Curley only two weeks ago and the wedding occurred in a low key ceremony.
At Milwaukee Minneapolis 7 Milwaukee 1. At Indianapolis Toledo 6 Indianapolis 3. At Louisville Columbus 6 Louisville 4 in 10 innings.
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