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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1915
Page
5
Mills Engraving Company defeated Sams Company five in a high scoring game 807 to 721. Key performances included top scorers from Mills Engraving with steady team play and notable 196 individual game marks, while Sams showed strong early defense before Mills pulled away.
In a championship pocket billiards tournament at Brunswick Psr Jor, A Hendricks defeated George Paulina 100 to 18 while Ed Belford edged Larry Keough 100 to 10. The night featured strong play with Hendricks and Belford delivering solid runs and notable scores, though some players struggled with consistency.
A Knoxville Board of Commerce committee on Monday night announced negotiations to purchase the Mobile club’s Souther Association franchise and transfer the Mobile team to Knoxville. William Smith of the Atherton club reportedly represents the prospective participants, with an option already secured. In Atlanta, Frank St Callaway said negotiations to sell the Atlanta franchise are underway but no manager for next year has been chosen and the transfer to another city is not expected.
San Francisco November events opened at the Vanome Pacific exposition with the twenty five hundred dollar prize event leading the program. Noted titers from across the United States entered for the big money race where Peter Scott was the favorite to win.
A survey of Southern teams shows turmoil in franchise sales and market moves as Knoxville investors negotiate to buy Mobile and Atlanta clubs. The piece notes baseball’s 1916 season woes, fan income shifts to ten cent games, and the impact of the Federal League on Chicago and St Louis. mentions Charley Weeghman Joe Tinker Fielder Jones Dave Davenport and Eddie Plank, and highlights the close pennant race and weak profits across major and minor leagues.
Telegraphic reports quote Harry Grehenar secretary of the Chicago White Sox confirming spring training will be held in Mineral Wells Texas. The move promises Texans a view of one of the fastest combinations in the big leagues and suggests an exhibition game in San Antonio possibly against the Browns or Cardinals.
Jonas' basketball team defeated Mark Postlewaite's quintet 18 to 10 in a close Junior A series game at the M A arena. Norry Browart led with 15 of his team's 18 points, supported by Aubray Tutleblig's four field goals and Russell Jonas with two. The game featured a 12 to 8 halftime edge for Jonas' squad despite a stronger second half from Postlewaite's team.
The Tyetey won the first Junior A event at YMCA on Monday in a two race format among Tigers Leopards Panthers. Leopards edged Panthers in a runoff to reach the final where the Tigers defeated Leopards. List of competing runners and team captains is given along with judges Ernest Green Claude Fuquay and George Wherter.
New York University cancels a scheduled Monday night game with Trinity after faculty rule outfielder George Brickley as a professional. Brickley is brother of Harvard punter Charles Brickley and formerly tried out with the Philadelphia Athletics. Bucknell College will now play NYU in his place.
The New York boxing commission rejected recognizing Johnny Hirtie of St Paul as world bantamweight champion after a Brooklyn club petitioned for recognition following his victory over Kid Williams on a foul.
A boxing match in New York Monday night pitted Indianapolis fighter Aang Jack Dillon against Charley Weinert of Newark. Dillon weighed 171 pounds to Weinert’s 189, and after a earlier knockout Dillon outboxed Weinert over ten rounds before a crowd, securing a decisive victory.
Causey's basketball team split two Senior series games against local rivals on Monday. They defeated W. Warren's quintet 24 to 3 and then fell to J. Hill's squad 23 to 4, with standout performances from Salvin, Simon, and Fuquay amid a flurry of field goals and fouls in a rugged gym scene.
Boston Nov 2 The Smarksmen representing the Institute for Technology are named the new national Intercollegiate outdoor champions by the National Welfare Association. Fechnology’s record score of 38 pints sets a new standard, eleven points ahead of last year’s naval academy mark.
Connelly known as Suck Corneting died at West Pennsylvania hospital from a complication of diseases. He was 53 years old and attended every major boxing event in the country, once considered a referee for the Johnson retinive battle at Reno.
Harvard in Cambridge reports Hanright the halfback returned to practice after an injury from Penn State game. Rowright remains sidelined with a leg injury while Harvard prepares for next Saturday clash with Princeton.
Jess Willard heavyweight champion and manager Tom Jones held talks with New Orleans promoters on a planned March bout but failed to reach an agreement on an opponent. A second meeting was set for Tuesday as Moran and Fulton be considered, with promoters seeking a preselection for challenger development.
So ny Griffiths of this city shaded Wille Beecher of New York in a hot slugging game Monday night. Hinkey to Rewin Yale Coach, New Haven Conn., Nor. son A Talbott, assistant coach and official press rep of Yale, denied that Frank Hinkey had been deposed as head coach to be succeeded by Tom Shevin who has been asked to return as coach but not as head coach.
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