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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1915
Page
11
The Galverton Pirates edged the Broncs 6 to 5 to clinch the series at League Park Tuesday afternoon. Crum pitched solidly for the Broncs until a late Pirates rally. Tarleton homered and Muncell added key hits as Galverton built a lead, then held off a Broncs rally in the final innings.
Fort Worth held to six hits as three came with men on base and an error in the ninth doomed the hosts. Fentress pitched well until the ninth. Taft finished. The game ended 2 to 1 in favor of the visitors amid late scoring and defensive miscues.
Boxing note lists Benny Cordova appearing Monday with upcoming match plans in Texas cities. Results show Houston beating Beaumont and Dallas edging Fort Worth, plus Shreveport defeating Waca while Waca loses to Dalton. Wednesday schedule features Houston at San Antonio and Beaumont at Galveston with Shreveport at Fort Worth.
National League reports Ronny Cordova from Albuquerque arriving in San Antonio ahead of a ten round bout with Jack Shelton at Beethoven Hall next Monday. Conditioning by Young McCoy, with weight near target, signals a potential twenty round option if needed, as fans expect a hard hitting contest led by notable promoters and a strong Philadelphia boxing scene twist.
Tuesday results show Chicago beating Detroit and New York over Boston with mixed scores. Several matchups list Cincinnati at Boston and Pittsburgh at Brooklyn, plus Philadelphia hosting Cleveland. Weather notes mention wet grounds in New York and rain in Boston Saint Louis games.
Beaumont Texas May 2 Dade Criss pitched superbly Tuesday and won 1 to 0 in a pitching duel with Brant. Criss allowed three hits and Brant two reach second through seven. Frierson hit a home run in the seventh to break the deadlock as Houston scored twice in eighth. Final score Beaumont 3 2.
Tuesday schedule notes wet grounds affecting games in the Federal League. Buffalo visits Chicago while Baltimore plays St Louis and Brooklyn hosts Pittsburg. Scores listed show Brooklyn 4-4, Pittsburg 2-5, Kansas City 8, Newark 5, with Baltimore in St Louis and Newark in Kansas City as matchups.
Joe Cox of Springfield and George Rodell of South Africa fought to a dull eight round draw in Springfield. Both weighed about 200 pounds. Harvard edges Princeton 4 2 in ten innings. Princeton tennis team tops Harvard seven matches led by IL Norte Willitt defeating G. M. Charen. American Association notes from Kansas City and Cleveland scenes.
Waco twirlers mishandled Tuesday allowing Shreveport to score five runs in the second inning. Hendrix pitched well for Shreveport, leading to a 7 to 2 victory. Batteries listed as Hendrix Tolana for Shreveport and Markle Wi Ogle Reilly for Waco. Time and location noted as Waco Texas, May 28.
Fragmented box score style summary lists St Louis beating New York and Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, and other teams with partial inning and batter details. Names include Meguilin Harmon Schung Pfeffer Metarty Humphreys Standridge Bresnahan Alexander Kil Miter and others, reflecting a multi game roundup with incomplete data.
The report lists teams and players including Gallia Hopper Alnamith Cavot Roland Dubie Stanage Wyckoff McAvoy Mitchell O'Neill and others across Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia St Louis Chicago and New York venues. Weather and postponed Chicago New York game due to wet grounds are noted amid scattered scores and lineups.
Brooklyn wins first game 4 to 2 at Pittsburg with Seaton and Pratt on the mound. Enetzer and Berry homers power Pittsburg to a 6 to 4 victory in the second game behind Marlon and Land. Kansas City defeats Newark 8 to 5 with Falkenberg and Bart hen delivering the decisive hits as rain and wet grounds cause several postponements.
In Memphis New Orleans loses 4 0 1 0 with batteries Smith and Izes Keeley and Senlal while East Moran Gibson Hobertson and Wallace play for the visitors in a tangled box score from the Bieninghan Sears game against Memphis.
Beaumont Texas May 26 Infielder Schwind of the Pallas Glurts was purchased by Beaumont Club and will join the team at Chilveston Wednesday. Pat Donal catcher from Hirmiazhany will also report to the Dilera as Town issues. Defeat McKinley. The Town Mes defeater the Mec. Jeming avenue Baseball team tham Interesting contest Tuesday 2 to Dry Weel OF The wronking team f tured. Tstterigs Engique and Basch Venting and Touch.
The Sas Antonio Driving Club plans a harness meet at the Fair Grounds next Sunday at 2 PM with a trial session Friday morning. Four races are planned including a two-stall avated event, each race contested over one circuit of the mile track in three heats of five. Members are urged to attend with tentative entrants and no entry fee is mentioned.
May 28 Chicago reports twenty schools and 345 athletes entered in a small conference meet to be held at Minds Held Urbana June. Vernon C. Ward, secretary of the Big Nine managing committee, announced the list including Missouri volley teams, Notre Dame, Michigan Agricultural College and Colorado. Chicago and Wisconsin look to dispute top honors with discus and shot put stars from Wisconsin and Kansas rival contenders. Simpson of Missouri is a likely point scorer. Ward and Knight are noted figures in the entry details.
Chimied is poised to take a majority of points in the century while his slings win two games. The slings beat Munster ninepinners in the St Josephs cinepin series Tuesday night 274 to 263 and 279 to 28%. Excellent bowling from the winners highlighted both contests.
Torn Detroit America League moves see catcher Sohn Peters sent to Chattanooga and Joker Smithson to the Zeranta Club amid a round of player transfers. A separate, unclear quote references education and talent development.
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