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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1911
Page
9
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Austin fans held a benefit game to raise receipts for the pennant winning team. Each player paid 25 dollars to participate while provincial and city figures attended. Jack Ashton received the pitcher's trophy for 21 wins. Gardner had the most hits. Cook earned a pipes prize for runs. Schmidt captured the catcher's prize. George Smith equaled the world record with a 2 15 second sprint from home to first. Gardner won the base-running event with Brownslow. A five inning game followed with Austin business men in the outfield.
Brady played right field Will Vining centerfield and Del Walker left field Attorney General Lightfoot agreed to play one fielding position but was called out of town. The visitors outfield included Frank Girard Witcher Moore and Jack Slaughter Girard was the only outsider with a hit Austin Senators left for Cleburne for three exhibition games then on to Shreveport and likely Kansas City.
Tele gram from Lycurgus Neilson reports May Noble the pacing mare owned by E Blount Turner of Taylor won the big pacing event at Leavenworth Kansas on Labor Day in three heats 2:22 2:22 2:21 driven by Nelson. Nelsons Symbol Flint trotter also won the trotting race in 2:25. This marked the first Taylor appearances on the Kansas circuit after a Missouri swing with several wins. Taylor sportsmen praise Nelsons Taylor stable for continued strong showings.
The Zeppelin dirigible Schwaben departed Baden Baden at 6 05 this morning with seven passengers for Berlin. It is to stop at Gotha today on the roughly 350 mile trip.
Rightfielder Amos M. Pitts of the Johnson City Appalachian league was struck above the temple by a ball pitched by Stultz of Bristol in Bristol yesterday. He was unconscious for four hours and hospitalized, with Demorest Ga. as his home. John Cusack dies in New York. he backed John L. Sullivan in the 1892 New Orleans fight and reportedly lost $68,000.
The crack left fielder of the New York Giants earns praise for reliability. In the National League it would be hard to find a player who excels Devore in consistency, always on the job and delivering in field and at bat. DeVore is one of the speediest men in either league.
The Bexar Bowling club will meet next Wednesday night for electing officers for the year ahead and a banqueting session as part of their annual custom. The gathering is one of the few events on the bowling schedule and mirrors the gridiron club activities in function.
New York 4 Boston 3 Philadelphia 10 Washington 4 Detroit St Louis rain. Games today include Boston at Philadelphia Washington at New York St Louis at Detroit.
Chicago earned 3 runs while St Louis scored 2 in a tense game. Philadelphia routed Brooklyn 6 to 0. Pittsburg Cincinnati match marked by rain affecting play with no final score available.
In Atlanta Memphis Montgomery New Orleans Nashville Chattanooga and Birmingham featured results with several postponements and rain. Wednesday scorers included Birmingham 8 Mobile 7. Nashville and Chattanooga suffered rain while Memphis beat Atlanta 4 2 in scoreline. In Carlsbad the twelfth round of the international chess match saw Schecher beat Cohn Johner fell to Rotlech Loewenfisch defeated Fahrni Jaffe lost to Alechine Kostic beat Chajes Perlis lost to Chotimirski and several draws among other pairs.
The Eleventh Cavalry polo team seeks the Velie trophy now held by the Third Cavalry after a defeat last week. Two new players Captain George T. Langhore and Captain George Vidmer join, plus two new ponies. Third Field Artillery withdraws due to key officers. next match Sept 19 at Fort Sam Houston to decide cup possession, with challenges allowed within thirty days of issue.
The Tenth infantry tied for first by beating the Twenty-second 6 to 3 at Fort Sam Houston. The Tenth benefited from the Twenty-second’s questionable calls as Duff and Farrow, Kay and Adams powered the batteries. Umpire Van Ottman officiated the game.
Horace H. Hilton, champion amateur golfer of Great Britain, arrives in New York. He will compete against American amateur stars in the remaining tournaments on the season schedule.
James Sullivan resigns as chairman of the New York State boxing commission citing ill health. He announces his departure at New York headquarters on September 6.
R H Connerly state golf champion leaves Austin for Rye New York to compete in the national championship. He has held the state title for three years and defeated President Taft on his last Texas visit, and he expects to win honors in the national event.
Tom O'Brien and Casey Hagerman of the Denver Western League club left last night to join the Boston American League team, adding two mainstays to the AL roster.
Langford defeated Jeanette by decision after ten rounds in Madison Square Garden. The Boston fighter resisted a late rally that could have doomed plans for a Johnson match, leaving Langford with a hard earned win and Jeanette still a potential rival.
At St Paul the St Paul quintet won 5 to 0 against Minneapolis. At Toledo the Toledo team beat Columbus 3 to 2. In Indianapolis the Indianapolis squad defeated Louisville 5 to 2. Milwaukee hosted Milwaukee against Kansas City, with rain affecting play.
In Jacksonville Columbia defeated Jacksonvill 4 to 7. In Columbus Macon won 1 to 2 over Columbus after 11 innings due to darkness. In Savannah Albany beat Savannah 5 to 6.
In Seguin Texas on September 6 the Guadalupe County bowling teams converged at West End alleys. Every county team entered and a large crowd watched the games with Bebles and Boelhauwe architects, A Collman plumber, and Theo Artzt's Orchestra listed among local supporters and contacts.
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