Golf becomes leading sport of the city
San Antonio sees golf surge as Country club hosts Austin team for the third annual Austin San Antonio cup. Laurel Heights held Sunday matches with local scribes, while a two-division, challenge-led plan aims to boost club participation and schedule future events. Course limitations threaten wait lists during the tourist season.
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Austin
San Antonio
Jupe Pluvius
Austin Country Club
R. H. Connelly
Laurel Heights
San Antonio Country Club
Laurel Heights Club
Country Club
Good Races Mark First Day of Jubilee Meet
Harness matinee at the Harvest Jubilee drew strong local entries and spirited protests. Lone Star won the 2:30 trotting class in two heats with Footstrong second. Rowdy captured the 2:20 pacing in two heats. J A Haden led the 2:30 pacing with Lady Cauthen second. Officials included Dr William Robbie starter and judges Vollmer Coffman and Howell.
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Eli Howell
Co. D. Palmer
Henry Betz
Local Mechanic Builds Lightest Racing Car
San Antonio mechanic Charles Tips builds an 800 pound light eight cylinder race car with 100 horsepower and wood wheels for the Harvest Jubilee races. Driver Barney Oldfield or Ben Johnson may pilot if admitted, but executive rules may bar the car for being too light unless extra weight is added. Tips and Johnson are arranging potential ballast to gain entry.
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San Antonio
Barney Oldfield
Ben Johnson
Flanders
Tips and
Johnson
Keep Your Eye On The Ball In Golf Stroke Mastery
Expert Symons outlines key drills for beginners and older players to improve driving. Focus on keeping the head still, turning the hips, and following through. Use sand tees and parachute balls to train a long, low drive and avoid dipping or skating the ball.
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Michigan
Shakespears
American Hock Keyes defeats Leon Bernstein in Sydney bout
Hock Keyes defeats Leon Bernstein in Sydney as the French fighter quits in the eighth round. Seven thousand spectators witnessed the fight today. Keyes earns a decisive win in Australia.
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Sydney
Australia
Hock Keyes
Leon Bernstein
Official entries for first day's auto races jubilee meet
Officials released the first day entry list for the jubilee auto meet. Notable entries include Charles Tips with a 1 mile free-for-all and a 150 mile continuation race, Ben Johnson piloting a light 800 pound vehicle, and multiple cars from Oldfield, Marquette Buick, Studebaker, Mercedes, and Ohio 999 in events 1 2 3 4 5 and the 150 mile continuation. Event six remains a truck novelty race.
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Auto Club Contest Committee
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Ben Johnson
Oldfield
Clark
Prince Henry Binz
Marquette Buick
Moore
Cino
J B
S. BE. Moore
BE. M. F
John Craig
Ohio
John Ramey
Studebaker
Russell Johnson
Conde Morley
Cristie
Mercedes
George Clark
Special
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S. E. Moore
Lincoln Speech on Emancipation and Kansas Slavery Trade
The Springfield 1857 address argues that freeing enslaved people is more valuable than exporting them as cheap labor. It condemns circulating slaves to foreign lands while highlighting the lure of selling enslaved individuals for profits in new territories like Kansas.
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Kansas
Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
Local Football Schedule Urged To Crown A Champion
Managers of the Big Four and others argue that a complete schedule is needed to determine a local football champion. Teams claim open dates exist and call for regular games with all rivals to avoid endless practice and ensure fair competition.
Normal Downs Red and White in Close Texas City Battle
In San Marcos on October 19 Normal edged San Antonio High 19 to 18. L Coors scored the winning touchdown as time expired. Gill Pagenstecher and Copletti starred for SA High while the Coers brothers led Normal.
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San Marcos
Tex
Normal
San Antonio High
L. Coors
Gill
Oldfield Breaks Mile Record in Christie Car
Fort Smith Arkansas October 19 Barney Oldfield in his 300 horsepower Christie car broke the world mile record on a half mile circular track this afternoon by three seconds running a mile in 1 08 previously 1 11 1 4
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Fort Smith
Ark
Barney ‘Oldfield
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