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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1912
Page
17
Miss Blanche Scott, famed for a 3000 mile auto voyage, plans a Channel crossing in a hydro-aero plane within days. She recovers from Harriet Quimby’s death after three landing attempts and vows to push on despite dangers and a sister aviator’s demise.
Scouts say high-class third basemen are rare across baseball with few truly elite options. Rolled discussion covers Rollie Zeider’s return to third base, Baker’s continued excellence, Foster’s rise, Zimmerman’s value, and aging stars like Lord and Tannehill, plus Gardner’s steady season with the Red Sox.
San Francisco writer urges a New York boxing commission led panel to draft universal rules for referees and ringside officials. The piece cites past disputes in O'Brien vs Fitzsimmons and Miller vs Flynn to argue for a formal rule on pauses between rounds and loser designation if a boxer cannot continue. It notes Flynn’s improvement and Kaufman’s enduring popularity in western fight circles.
A short essay notes that many professional ball players chew tobacco and cites Woodrow Wilson on the habit. It argues chewing fosters laconicism and epigram while prompting faultfinding in communities, presenting a moralizing tone about tobacco use among athletes.
The Crisfield Maryland port collector says Crisfield leads the United States in registered vessels. Many are small craft like bug eyes pungies canners and bateaus, so tonnage is not large. Crisfield touts the world’s largest hard and soft shell crab market and as the centerpiece of the Chesapeake Bay oyster industry.
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