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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1911
Page
23
The Oakland lad Frankie Burns endures sixteen rounds against champion Ad Wolgast. The bout shows Burns absorbing hard blows and fighting back with aggression in a grueling, bloodied contest across rounds 1 through 8 as he stays in the fight.
The bout sees Burns overwhelmed by Wolgast from round ten onward with strong to the head body and neck blows. Burns ends on his feet but his seconds throw in the sponge as Wolgast gains the decision in the seventeenth round.
Local auto dealers kept to business this week with several notable sales. Gibson Bros. sold a Model 3 torpedo Ford roadster to Mrs. M. H. Dimmitt of the city. Woodward Carriage Co. items include Dr. L. E. Parr of Beeville buying a torpedo Hupmobile roadster, Capt Kinzie Walker of Fort Sam Houston purchasing a Hupmobile touring car, E. R. Krause of the city acquiring a Hupmobile touring car, and F. K Flato of Shiner buying a Model 8 Mitchell five passenger touring car from Gibson Bros.
O W Budd Jr president of the San Antonio Motor Car company will depart Corpus Christi in an Oldsmobile roadster to lower the overland record to San Antonio. R H Brown from the Oldsmobile factory will accompany him as a mechanic. They plan to arrive about 1 pm with a support group meeting twelve miles out. Daniels of the SA Motor Car company notes rough roads and estimates four hours could suffice if conditions were traversable. The current record stands just over six hours.
The San Antonio Motorcycle Club hosts a 2:30 pm meet at the fair grounds track to promote the sport with four events and a 100 mile free for all. Prizes include tires lamps saddles and accessories for top finishers. Entered riders include M Derr Alfred Ulrich Otto Loeloff Gilmore Offer E L Miller F Smith Beeville B Wickwire and others with officials R H Hofheinz and S Hall scoring.
John Dittmar timers and Wickwire Williams Roach listed with clerk of course Armon Correvon starter Carl Huser umpires Pittman Amandi and track officers Tomlinson Edens Jones Kennedey noted as officials in the meet record.
Central Vulcanizing & Accessory co introduces small branch houses on outward roads to aid tourists and drivers with tire repairs and accessories. Free air dispensed. new outlets to be placed on loops and other roads.
Vice President Sherman received a set of automobile blue books detailing roads nationwide suitable for motoring. F. H. Elliott, secretary of the Touring Club of America, presented the volumes and explained their purpose to the official.
The national roads congress will convene in Richmond, Virginia, in September under the auspices of the American Association for Highway Improvement. The event aims to promote highway development and improvements across the country.
Delegates from fourteen university fraternities in Austin adopt a constitution for an interfraternity athletic association to organize track baseball football and tennis events starting next year with trophies for event winners.
Francis T. Baldwin of Haskell Texas was unanimously chosen captain of the 1912 baseball team this afternoon. He previously played for Texas Christian University in 1908 and 1909, was barred last year by transfer rules, but returned this season as a standout infielder and noted amateur player in the state.
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