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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
7
The Cornell Oberlin football game set for September 30 in Ithaca has been canceled due to the prevalence of infantile paralysis in the area.
Wichita owners forfeited their Western League franchise after refusing to send the Wichita team to Denver for the next series. It remains to be seen whether the team will complete the schedule as President Zehrung and league directors decide. The season closes September 24.
Hartford on September 6 reports interest in the grand circuit meeting centers on the two minute pace. Napoleon Direct driven by E. F. Geers and others like Single G Roan Hal and Peter Stevens are slated to race. Napoleon Direct has posted a 1:59 3-4 gait this season as the card also features 2:12 pace and 2:20 trot races.
Philadelphia reports the U S amateur golf championship turning into a national contest with Perry Adair and R T Jones Jr of Atlanta gaining notice as under twenty. Gardner and Marston lead expected favorites as upsets and tight matches unfold at Merion. Robert Kampmann from San Antonio participates, preparing for the next round.
R Norris Williams of Philadelphia defends his turf singles title at the West Side Club Forest Hills defeating William Johnston of San Francisco in five sets 4 6 6 4 0 6 2 6 4 1915 champion Johnston among the last to reach the final after a week of play before about ten thousand spectators in the 36th annual National Association tournament.
The Indianapolis St Louis American exhibition game was halted in the second inning after rain. Browns led four to zero at stoppage with locals scoreless.
A picked Central Association team defeated Chicago American Leaguers 6 to 5 in Cedar Rapids Iowa yesterday. Runser, the star shortstop, hit a home run with two runners aboard to highlight the game's late inning rally.
Tuesday results show Philadelphia 1 Boston 7 Los Angeles 2 New York 0 Washington 2. Final scores reflect a busy slate with the Yankees and Athletics among the leaders.
Brooklyn 5 New York 2 leads a set of NL results as Philadelphia, St. Louis and Pittsburgh post wins. Cincinnati edges Chicago 3 to 2 while other teams show mixed records in a crowded pennant chase.
In the first game Philadelphia beat Boston 5 to 2 with Shore Ruth Cady Thomas Johnson and Picinich producing the batting. In the second game Boston won 18 to 7 behind Mays Thomas Myers and Picnich. The batter lists include Cullop Walters Johnson Henry and Henry in the earlier lines.
A short notice states that no orders are accepted or solicited in contravention of Texas liquor laws. The terse statement implies enforcement or compliance requirements for related businesses or individuals.
In a day of baseball results Philadelphia beat Boston 5 to 1 with Demaree on the mound and Blackburn catching. Brooklyn defeated New York 5 to 2 as Coombs Moller and Schuppe stand out. Cincinnati topped Chicago 8 to 5 behind Knetzer and Wingo.
Chattanooga beat Nashville 5 to 1 with a late surge as Little Rock overwhelmed Memphis 35 to 2. Atlanta edged New Orleans 3 to 1 in another league matchup with Day and Snyder listed among batters.
In a Birmingham matchup, Birmingham 5 defeated Mobile with a tight scoring sequence. Battery work by Ledbetter Schmidt and duo Ponder Smith produced the decisive runs as the fielding kept pressure throughout the game.
Maurice E. McLoughlin of Los Angeles says he will not quit tennis after two defeats in his bid to regain the national title. He plans to return to the East for tournament play if given the chance, citing indoor business life as a hindrance to fitness but expressing love for the sport.
Clarence Boldt swept two swimming events the 25 yard dash and diving for form as the Business Boys class of the Y M C A held two events. Boldt led the standings with 10 points as Reimschissel Janert and Hines trailed. Boldt’s team also won two volleyball games 11-5 and 11-7 against Bailey’s squad.
An advertisement notes 60 cents fare to Sutherland Springs every Sunday at 8:15 a.m. on Southern Pacific Lines.
In Detroit Miss Minneapolis of the Minneapolis Power Boat Association won the 90 mile gold cup race and set a new world record of 55.8 miles per hour for five miles. She finished second to Miss Detroit in the final 30 mile heat, crossing the line one second behind Detroit after repairing a broken piston rod. Hawkeye placed third with 13 points. Peter Pan also noted.
VII of the Columbia Yacht Club, New York, placed fourth with 11 points as Miss Minneapolis set a heat pace of 41:21 at 50.4 mph. Miss Detroit completed 90 miles in 2:07:48 at 48.6 mph, while Miss Minneapolis and the other starter battled engine trouble through the final heat.
Petersburg Virginia League Club officials denied Buckley entry to the game with Newport News and he crawled through a fence hole. The game was forfeited to Newport News, Buckley jailed on trespass, later released on bail, and a riot erupted as crowd protested. Club officials blamed Buckley for unpopular calls and pressed to replace him.
The Danish steamer Jeanne of 1178 tons gross was sunk according to a Weymouth dispatch to a shipping agency. The captain and crew have been fed. The vessel was 332 feet long, built at Newcastle, and owned at Copenhagen.
A coroner's inquest disclosed that J Frank Cox killed his wife at their Hartley Iowa home before taking his own life. Cox had been fined last week for abusing his wife, who left home to fetch clothes.
Partial ad notice shows a Sunday 8:15 a.m. service option for Southern Pacific lines with a 60 cent rate. No full details or destinations provided in the readable text.
In Austin on September 6 the attorney general’s department certified bond issues. Tyler city waterworks projects totaling 250,000 dollars and county road district No 3 issues amounting to 224,000 dollars were approved, both bearing 5 percent interest.
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