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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1916

Page

10

Gas Company Team Defeats Households in Commercial League

The Gas & Electric bowling team defeated Households in the three game session 644 to 608, 604 to 627, and 627 to 604. Walser led the losers with 505 total and a 188 single game. L Halliday led the winners with 478 and a 170 single game. Wednesday night the Uvalde Gulf quint will face Service Engraving Company.

The Gas & Electric Company Teeewes J. W. White Ose Mushall

Intercollegiate Tennis Plan Outlined for Eastern Colleges

The proposed league includes Yale Harvard Princeton Pennsylvania and Cornell. Each team to play four singles and two doubles per match with six players if possible. Matches to be held in spring, with a championship banner for the leader and captains as the executive committee.

New York Yale Harvard Princeton Pennsylvania Cornell Intercollegiate Tennis Association

Boston Club Sale Signals New Chapter in Baseball Power Shifts

New owner Harry Frazee acquires the Boston Americans for 675000 after a year of rumored sales. The sale follows J J Lannin's price of 750000 and reflects broader major league changes as other owners weigh dispositions of holdings. Frazee brings promotional savvy and experience in sports ventures to the Red Sox franchise and park property.

New York J. J. Lannin Red Sox Lannin Boston Americans Boston Harry Frazee Havana Cuba Jess Willard Jack Johnson Frazee

Van Cleave's Five Wins in Y M C A Business Boys Contest

William Van Cleave defeated Jack Bond 20 to 16 and lost to Frank Erben 8 to 4 in the business boys class at the Y M C A Tuesday. Albin Icke scored four field goals, Virgil Winters three, Raymond Farrington one. Sweeney and Reimschissel added three apiece for Van Cleave. Erben led with six of eight points in the second game, Erich Menger adding a field goal. Bailey guarded well. Lineups listed for Van Cleave, Bond, and Erben teams.

William van Cleave Jack Bond Frank Erben Alvin Icke Virgil Winters Raymond Farrington Clarence Boldt Orrell Sweeney Julius Reimschissel Allen Hines Forrest Fesler Erich Menger Gilbert Bailey Julies Reimschissel van Cleave Forest Fesler O. Sweeney Bond Erben Joe Glass Robert Stites

Yachting Gains Popularity Among Wealthy Cuban Elite

In New York Cuba’s rising prosperity boosts yachting as a premier sport among wealthy Cubans. Havana Yacht Club races become a season feature and larger racing yachts are ordered in the U.S. Producers hope American owners join international races and possibly challenge for the America’s Cup in the years ahead.

New York Cuba Havana

Myers Defeats Pieper In Y M C A Handball Match

William Myers defeated William Pieper in the Y M C A handball Class C third round 11-5 11-5 7-11 11-9. Pieper led early in game one before Myers routed with placement and service. Eddie Barr refereed. next finals feature Walter Janert vs Gilbert Bailey with winner meeting Robert Joyce for Class D title.

William Myers William Pieper Pieper Myers Eddie Barr Walter Janert Gilbert Bailey Business Boys Robert Joyce

Clique Plot to Oust Matchmaker Johnston at Garden

New York November 8 a clique of borrowing sportsmen seeks to oust James Jay Johnston from his roles as matchmaker and manager of the Show Corporation which runs boxing at Madison Square Garden. Johnston argues he should stay noting Garden profits and a string of successful events including Moran Willard and Leonard Dundee bouts.

New York James Jay Johnston Show Corporation Madison Square Garden James Jay Jay Johnston Garden Garden General Jimmy Coffroth Metropolis Willard-Moran Tex’ Rickard Owen Dundee Sqlary Oohnston Langford McVey Gorden

Heir 16 Throne at the Front in Somme Town

British officer prince attached to headquarters along the Somme renders valuable service. The report notes his presence in a little town as World War I actions continue nearby.

Somme Prince

Hunter Versus Bears and an Inventor’s Rubber Ball

A hunter shoots a bear near 100 feet, killing it with heart shot, then fires at a second bear and finally ends the threat as bears leap around. The incident precedes a note about a Texan inventor’s large rubber ball aimed to envelop pedestrians, triggering air release to set brakes on cars.

Smith

Bears Left Wounded in Mer ritt Shootout Hero Smith

In Wenatchee Washington Mer ritt bears season tale centers on H B Smith who shot a bear about 200 yards away wounding its foreleg The wounded animal came toward him and the report ends with further details unread in the fragment.

Wenatchee Wash Merritt H. B. Smith Smith

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