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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1916
Page
8
The national commission faces delays in scheduling the World Series as the near tie in both major leagues creates uncertainty about which clubs will participate. Officials plan to discuss the issue in Cincinnati with club owners during the annual minor leagues meeting, possibly producing multiple series schedules.
Captain Johnny Evers returned to the Boston Nationals yesterday after a summons from Manager Stallings. He is still troubled by neuritis and remained on the bench. A medical exam found his condition was largely caused by a tooth failing to penetrate the gum.
Chicago fighter Andre Anderson who beat Jack Hemple in Kansas City is matched to fight Fred Fulton of Rochester Minnesota before an Eau Claire Wisconsin club on September 27.
In Boston Chicago edged the Red Sox 5 to 3 after a 3 run span in the late innings. The win keeps Chicago within half a game of Boston while St Louis moves Detroit closer as the White Sox sit two games back in third place.
In a marathon extra affair at Boston the Chicago EB team battles to a 7 38 deficit after 18 innings as Hendrix and Wilson handle pitching duties for the Batteries.
At Brooklyn, Pittsburg tallies none in the early innings while Brooklyn scores in the later frames to win 6 to 0. Evans Jacobs Miller and Fisher Pfeffer Meyers pitched for the batteries in a pitching dominated game.
In Brooklyn, Mamaux and Fischer faced Coombs and Miller as the Batteries held firm. The final scores show a tight contest with Brooklyn edging Pittsburg by a small margin.
In Philadelphia the St Louis team scored 3 runs in the first sequence and Philadelphia 4 in the final innings. Batteries listed as Meadows Gonzales Alexander Burns Adams.
New York 3 Cincinnati 0 in the opener with strong pitching from Mitchell and Huhn. Benton and McCarty provided support as New York held Cincinnati to three runs.
Brooklyn split a twin bill with Pittsburgh, losing ground in the NL race as Philadelphia and Boston won. Philadelphia moved to within one game of first place while Boston sat three back of the Robins. In the American League, Detroit rolled past Cleveland as the Red Sox suffered a setback.
In Cleveland, Detroit routed the Indians 10 to 2. Detroit batted .300 and scored in four innings, with strong pitching by Ehmke and Spencer. Cleveland managed two runs as Coveleskie, Bagby, Penner and O Neil were charged with the defeat.
In Philadelphia today play continued in the Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Tournament at Merion with doubles underway and third round singles matches. Yale champion Weber faced Blair of Cornell while Warren of USC met Thayer of Penn and Coffey of Princeton faced Praffman of Harvard. Beekman of Princeton met Caner of Harvard in the day’s feature match.
Officials of the Amateur Athletic Union name four men to represent the United States in the October games in Stockholm Copenhagen and Christiania. The squad includes Robert Simpson of Missouri Fred Murray of San Francisco Ted Meredith and J G Loomis. Simpson and Murray hold world records.
The table shows Boston 1 3, Chicago 0 3, Brooklyn 6 1, Pittsburg 0 2, New York 3, Cincinnati 2, Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 8. Play Wednesday with Pittsburg at Brooklyn and Cincinnati at New York, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Chicago at Boston.
A sports brief notes Washington defeated Boston 4 to 3 on Tuesday with play scheduled for Wednesday. St Louis visits Chicago while Philadelphia faces Cleveland and New York travels to Detroit.
New York report on Charlie White as a great minor league scrapper but unlikely world lightweight champion. Welsh dominates White in the Labor Day bout with White shown as flat footed and outmatched. despite some Eastern writers backing White, most accounts deem him inferior and note referee concerns and frame-up rumors.
Frank G. Menke argues champions naming their own referees taints the sport. He endorses a drawn lot among four to six acceptable referees by each fighter to select the official, promising fairness and less prefight squabbling.
Golfers arrive from across Texas for the first Rivercrest invitation at Fort Worth. The event helps players acquaint themselves with the Rivercrest course ahead of the 1917 state tournament to be held there.
Jack Dillon of Indianapolis and Battling Leavinsky of New York fought eight rounds to a draw in Memphis. Dillon pressed early and knocked Leavinsky through the ropes in round two, while Leavinsky rallied late and took the initiative.
Wheeling West Virginia hosted an exhibition game in which the Wheeling Central League team defeated the Philadelphia Americans 4 to 3 after eleven innings.
American Association results show Toledo 5 over Kansas City 6, Indianapolis 3 over Minneapolis 1, and Louisville 0 over St. Paul 2. The readings reflect three matchups with St. Paul and Louisville producing the night’s upset.
The Texas Industrial Traffic League met in Austin to urge settlement between the Texas railroad commission and Texas railroads over Interstate Commerce Commission rates. A committee was formed to offer good offices to minimize litigation and protect shippers, while urging the ICC to clarify intrastate publication requirements.
A commission session reviewed propositions including rough log and cross tie rate changes, carloads from Cotton Belt points to Lufkin, cotton oil mill sweepings, and bids to close Kennan agency on the Santa Fe. It also eyed express rate revisions for syrups, a fruit shed platform at Hawkins, a depot at Murvayl, and minimum weights for canned goods.
Iowa's football outlook is fair as Coach Howard Jones builds a lines-heavy squad. Veterans include Bowlsby Davis Duncan Grubb Fosdick, Laun, McKee, Scott, Scott, Triplett, Von Lackum, with newcomers Macker Gillis Hamomad Kuehnle Mur phy Van Pelt Walker and others. Key tests loom against Minnesota and Nebraska with two tough games on the schedule.
Syracuse N Y September 13 Lee Axworthy the world champion trotting stallion lowered his own world record at the New York state fair grand circuit meeting by trotting a mile in two minutes flat. Paced by two running horses the son of Guy Axworthy never faltered trotting each quarter in exactly 30 seconds. Axworthy's former record was 2 1 4. Under perfect weather and track conditions his driver Ben White essayed to break the track record of 2 01 4.
Winston McMahan city attorney of Houston secured approval from the attorney general for an issue of 100000 city of Houston 5 percent sewer bonds maturing serially as part of a 4600000 municipal bond program recently authorized by Houston officials.
A committee report presented at the National Reception of Insurance Agents’ annual convention in Boston warns that about four fifths of U S insure companies could fail unless the multiple agency system is checked.
In Columbus, September 13, the New York Americans defeated the Columbus team 9 to 7 in a loosely played ten inning exhibition. The game drew a sizable crowd and featured several standout plays despite the uneven fielding.
Detroit Free Press reports that German professors redefine golf as leb erball spiel to remove British associations. The note suggests the change aims to alter perception and flavor of the sport among German audiences.
A colorful quote features Uncle Eben declaring that a man who believes nothing should examine his company before making a change, a line reflecting cautious skepticism about whom one associates with.
A Saxony invention perfects a machine that decorates a dozen stockings simultaneously with 288 stitches from a bank of needles. British aviators discover horsehair cushions absorb vibration to stabilize aircraft compasses in flight.
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