Pearl and Chapa win opener in Winter League
The Winter Baseball League opened Sunday at the Post diamond with the Chapas defeating the Dreemers 4 to 1 in a pitching duel. The XXX Pearl R. & S. team won 13 to 10 in ten innings, with Hynes hitting a home run and two doubles and Bernal sparking the defense behind the plate for R. & S. The report credits E Stahl and Holbrook for the Chapas and notes two-hit games by Garcia, T Stahl, and A Garcia for the winners, while Pape led the Dreemers with two safeties.
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Winter Baseball League
Chapas
Holbrook
Garcia
T. Stahl
A. Garcia
Pape
Dreemers
Samuels
E. Stahl
J. Stahl
Lancaster
King, Hynes and Ledger
Kraft, Burnett_and Bernal
Two Polo Contests Held at Fort Sam Houston
Civilian Four with Jack Lapham beat Seventh Field Artillery 2 12 goals to 1 in a four-ducker. Staff team defeated combined Artillery Cavalry 4 to 1, also in four games. Seventh Field Artillery Band provided entertainment at the afternoon event.
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Fort Sam Houston
Jack Lapham
Seventh Field Artillery
Artillery-Cavalry
Seventh Field Artillery Band
Trench dog Tiger spared after court hears history
London Oct 23 Tiger an Irish terrier famed as a trench dog was returned home after over eating trench rats left him ill. Brought to Bromley Kent police court on charges of biting several persons the judge showed leniency and dismissed the case ordering the owner to be more careful.
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London
Tiger
Bromley
Kent
American League Dominates Postseason 1916 Summary
The 1916 season closes with the American League in front after post season play. Boston Americans beat Brooklyn Nationals four of five, St Louis Americans toppled their NL rivals four games to one, and Chicago Americans swept Chicago Nationals four straight. NL clubs did better in spring games. Eastern League top finish went to New London at .71 win rate. Playoff formats gained favor. more leagues split seasons into halves. Final standings and league tables follow.
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Boston American
Brooklyn Nationals
St. Louis Americans
Chicago Americans
Chicago Nationals
Boston Americans
St. Louis Nationals
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American
Boston
Brooklyn
International
Buffalo
American Association
Eeses
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Western
Cre Wes
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Western Association
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Tulsa
Northwestern
Spokane
Indiana-Ilinois
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Winnipeg
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Marshalltown
See
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Columbia
North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte
Feteacan
Dixie
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Owenshure
Ohio State
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Harvard
Princeton
Army
Colgate
Brown
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Georgetown
Navy
Union
Tufts
Oklahoma Eliminated From SWC Title With Texas Loss
Oklahoma University is eliminated from the Southwestern Conference championship after losing to Texas 21 to 7 in Dallas. Texas strengthens its chase with further matchups looming against Texas A and M and Baylor as Rice, Missouri, and Arkansas also post decisive results.
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Tex
Oklahoma University
Texas University
Texas
Benny Owens
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M. College
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Daniel Baker College
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Haskell Indians
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Columbia
Missouri State
Missouri
Oklahoma
Norman
Southwestern
University of Arkansas
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
Razor
Oklahoma Aggies
Louisiana State
Mississippi College
Henry Kendall
Alva Normals
Busy Week Schedule for Y athletes at YMCA
The YMCA programs promise a busy week with seniors opening postponed class contests. A major handball tournament starts Tuesday while Junior A and Senior teams prepare for class basketball. Weekly schedule lists volleyball, basketball, and tournament games across Monday to Saturday, encouraging participation and signups.
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A. H. Muir
Frank Cunningham
T. P. Smith
Emil Mueller
George Wheeler
Wil
Bruce Banks
Rex Logan
Willard Boone
J. M. Hall
Business Men
Leopards
Lions
Tigers
Panthers
A. G. McNeill
Lipscomb
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Greens
Purples
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Evans and Sawyer Defeated in Atlanta Exhibition Match
In Atlanta on October 23 Charles Chick Evans national and open golf champion and Ned Sawyer former national champion were defeated one up in an eighteen hole exhibition by Bob Jones and Perry Adair two Atlanta school boys Jones and Adair had earlier beaten Evans and Sawyer one up in a separate morning match over another eighteen hole course Jones had recently shown well in national matches and won the Southern championship.
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Sawyer
Atlanta
Charles
Chick) Evans
Ned Sawyer
Bob Jones
Perry Adair
Adair
Jones
American hero cables for cocktail recipe in London
A prominent American figure, provoked by taunts over not revealing a famous cocktail recipe, sends a cable to a New York hotel firm. The firm wires back the requested information, sparing the man further public jibes.
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London
New York
Rifle Match Opens Tourney in Jacksonville
The 1916 matches open Monday with the individual rifle event under the national board for promotion of rifle practice in Jacksonville Florida. Team matches have 56 entries and the United Service match runs through Thursday as the program continues at the Florida range after NRA and Southern Rifle Association events last week and the week before.
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Jacksonville
Fla
National Board For Promotion of
United Service
Florida Range
National Rifle Association
Southern Rifle Association
Battling Nelson Arrested In Hyde Park Court Case
Oscar Battling Nelson former boxer now under care of beauty doctors must appear in Hyde Park Court Monday after a street car incident on Cottage Grove avenue Sunday night. A conductor testified his transfer was worthless and Nelson refused to exit the car. Nelson told a policeman to do his duty and was released on bond.
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Battling Nelson
Chicago
Oscar
Hyde Park Court
Cottage Grove Avenue
Nelson
Mormon Preacher Must Serve
London match court rules that W S Hawkes a Mormon preacher is not exempt from military service. The tribunal found Latter Day Saints clergy not listed among exempt denominations and cited 600000 Mormons in the US and 10000 in Britain. Hawkes must serve when called by the military.
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London
W. S. Hawkes
Latter Day Saints’ Church
Army Council
United States
Great Britain
Hawkes
Durazzo Bishop Arrested in Scutari Flight to Trial
Zurich dispatch reports the bishop of Durazzo, Albania, arrested at Scutari and sent by air to Durazzo to face a military tribunal for acts unfriendly toward Austria. The case marks a sharp diplomatic gesture amid wartime tensions and Albanian-Austrian friction.
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Zurich
Durazzo
Albania
Scutari
Austria
Americans Sweep Most Events In Scandinavian Test Meet
Cold, icy track under freezing skies in Christiana as American athletes dominate the day. Andy Ward wins the 200 meters, Ted Meredith takes the 400 and 100, Loomis takes the 100 and high jump, with Simpson and Murray also winning events. The American relay wins, while Scandinavian rivals claim some seconds and thirds. Separate notes report coast guard adopting dry cell electric flash lights and Paris using electric cars for garbage collection after tests.
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London
Andy Ward
Bob Simpson
Fred Murray
Joe Loomis
Kullerstrana
Sweden
Murray
Ted Meredith
America
Rustad
Norway
J. Bolin
Loomis
Ward
Simpson
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