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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1915
Page
7
A garbled OCR item references Silk Hat Harry in a divorce suit with a dated copyright note from 1515 and a tote term. The readable fragment hints at a legal notice or entertainment column item rather than a full article.
Army and Navy officers and officials fill Gotham for the annual Army Navy football game at Broad Stadium. Wilson and Mrs Galt arrive. 25,000 outsiders attend. field is perfect. betting favored Army. lineups listed for Navy and Army stars with officials and judges noted.
In cool weather the Rice Owls prepared for their closing 1915 season game against Notre Dame after a victory over Texas. Captain Sandin and Center Kull led the team in a matchup pitting Rice’s first intersectional hopes against the powerful Irish squad as Notre Dame sought revenge for prior losses to Texas A&M LSU and Texas.
President Wilson and a party left Washington for New York to attend the Army Navy football game. He will sit in a Navy box first half and an Army box second half, then spend the week with Col. I. M. House before returning to Washington Monday morning.
Curtailed racing in England ends amid softer attendance and fewer fixtures at Doncaster and Goodwood. Despite fewer events, Newmarket saw higher attendance while overall prize money dropped. leading owners Nebmann, Tosted, Jacl and others earned substantial sums, with Pommern considered the best three year old and La Folymélus atop the sires list.
A Harvard graduate writer to the Rimini Bulletin condemns summer baseball, arguing it risks collegiate players diverting their summers to baseball to keep teams victorious. He calls the proposed practice a potential scandal and a source of endless dissension.
Local note says St Anthony seeks a basketball game for Sunday with any suitable team. Contact Brother James at Travis 818 for engagement.
The Swift Co. Bonlers upset in the opening frame but won the second and third matches in a three game set. Capt Hudson led with 548 and 808 in the final session, Harvey Waddell totaled 521, and the squad claimed a solid late rally to finish ahead of Tractions by a fair margin.
In a close Sunday contest the YMC A’s Five beat St Mark’s 32 to 27 after leading 27 to 14 at halftime. Fuquay and Warren led the Y team while Haas and Gish scored most for St Mark’s. The St Mark’s quint surprised city champions with clever play and was praised by coach A H Mutr for their strong showing.
Fragmentary notes mention weekly practice at a church and several names or places including St Mark's and Fuquayco with scattered terms like Wesday Map-up and Warren. No clear event, date, or coherent facts emerge from the legible portions.
Billiard schedule altered as Aldeo falls ill postponing River and Yunyan-Johnson matches. Lives and All' duco to be on Monday afternoon if condition allows, leading to Belford Hendricks final. McKinney Cabtugss to finish week Saturday. potential three corner playoff if Belford and Alifaco win.
A translated glimpse of Professor Berget’s claim that weather can be forecast with near certainty using barometric pressure laws. He argues wind velocity toward low pressure is predictable, reducing forecast errors from about 20 percent toward vanishing levels and envisions comprehensive weather maps for days, months, or years ahead.
Major leagues reported numerous odd games across National American and Federal leagues. One and two hit games, long scorelines, and extreme totals show Chicago beating St Louis 14 12 in the National, Boston defeating Detroit 18 12 in the American, and Baltimore beating Kansas City 17 12 in the Federal. The era featured 19 and 16 inning thrillers and a 20 to 1 Boston St Louis outburst, with 24 hit games peaking in the National and Federal circuits.
Atlanta Georgia November announcement from ST Reynolds head of a local estate that Charles Frank, a Cleveland scout and former New Orleans manager, has signed to manage the Atlanta club for the coming year. Frank left for New Orleans but is expected to return, and will take full charge of Atlanta club affairs on December 1.
National bodies including the NCAA the Amateur Athletic Association and the Young Men's Christian Association met to interpret this years revised basketball rules Most changes align with the collegiate code but include AAU input They permit shooting after four dribbles hand behind back and juggle play an extra period to settle ties and ban center passes from facing a second side off and from fouling by other players
Fragmentary OCR text records top hitters and teams across leagues. Names appear jumbled with stray punctuation and misspellings, mentioning Western, Northik Cooma, Inter State, and New York State alluding to a broad baseball or cricket context.
No games tonight as the Sunday School Basket Ball League retools the schedule with the next Dahlia DIN set for Tuesday night. Notices list $40,000 livestock dealings and multiple incorporations including L. J. Seler and J. Thompson. Also announced are name changes, capital increases, and remarks on transport and a boxing match in Kansas City with Jack Dillon slated for December 1 in Indianapolis.
Three ball games scheduled Sunday at Fort Sam Houston will decide second place in the post championship. Morning action at 1 oclock features Loyal Order of Macaw vs Third Field Artery in an eleven-inning affair. Afternoon games pit Barrandele against Henquarters and Lowther Bros. with pitching duels expected. Manager Bill Nexon plans possible multiple arms, while Ike Pendleton and Speedball Wedge Will also contribute on the mound.
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