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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1913
Page
10
Dozens of golfers from Country Club and Laurel Heights enter the San Antonio city championship at Laurel Heights October 2 3 and 4. The event features four flights with cups and medals for top finishers and a first team match today on the Laurel Heights course.
Ames tops Nap Stucker and Ragan in a pitchers duel as 13 safe ties by the Naps falter against the Red Sox eight. Leach wins Cubs first game. Tinker leads with three hits for his squad. Browns blank Athletics. Hess and Walsh noted as strong contributors for Braves and White Sox respectively.
Chicago and Boston split a doubleheader in Chicago with the home team winning 3 to 0 in the first game and Boston taking the second by a wide margin. Leach contributed key hitting and base running for Chicago in the opener while Boston capitalized on Chicago errors and aggressive baserunning in the nightcap.
The Klaus and Huntress teams split a double header with Klaus taking 288 to 279 in game one and Huntress winning game two 255 to 248. Key performers for Huntress were T Tengg and E McLaurin as Lassner and Reymann led scorers.
Washington toppled Detroit 6 to 1 after a batting surge. Renfer started six innings, gave up five runs before Harding relieved to allow one run on three hits. Detroit scored in the sixth, while Washington pushed across six runs with key hits.
In Boston's 5 4 victory over Cleveland, errors by Cleveland helped decide the game. Engle reached, James failed to touch first on a toss, Engel stole third on a wild throw, and Seibold's throw mishandled allowed the decisive run. Final line shows Cleveland 4, Boston 5 with Mullins in batteries for both sides.
New York stays within one game of seventh place by edging Chicago 6 3 in the third game of the series. Ed Walsh pitched four innings for Chicago in his first appearance in two months, Maisel went 5 for 5 with a double, three singles, two stolen bases, and a walk. Batteries: Russell Walsh Basterley Gossett McHale Gossett.
West section shows Detroit at Washington and St. Louis at Philadelphia while Chicago visits New York and Cleveland travels to Boston. Standings list Detroit Chicago St. Louis Philadelphia Boston Cleveland Washington and New York yet to conclude.
Chicago defeated Boston 3-0 while Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 8-2. Other games were postponed due to wet grounds with Philadelphia in Pittsburg and Brooklyn in Cincinnati. International Le Resulte games listed Baltimore 5 Jersey 3 and Buffalo 3 Montreal 2. American Association results show Milwaukee 0 Louisville 1 and Milwaukee 0 Chicago 4.
Cincinnati defeated Brooklyn 3 to 2 after a costly bad inning by Eagan and the series opener was followed by a rain affected doubleheader first game called due to poor field conditions. Rucker Ragan Fischer Ames Kling were the batteries.
Leverenz held Philadelphia to four scattered hits as St. Louis won 6 to 0. The Browns compiled a strong early offense, with Leverenz pitching shutout innings and McAllister contributing behind Shawkey and Schang. Philadelphia managed just four runs in a quiet game.
Local lightweight Charlie White will meet Johnny Dundee in Racine Wisconsin on October 6. Ad Wolgast and Battling Nelson signed to box in Milwaukee Wisconsin on either October 13 or 27.
Bankers led by J W Brinkmeyer F W Pancoast George Pancoast and Ned McIlhenny defeated the Scribes 7 holes to play after a one sided first seven holes. Scribes John Brogan Louis De Nette Allan Merriam and Ray Hare competed but fell behind as the bankers dominated with precise drives and steady putting. A third match is likely Tuesday in this cross town series.
Syd Cooper, golfer of international reputation, arrives to spend the winter in San Antonio with Bobby MecWatt at the County Club. He has played with many top players, is temporarily off form, but expects to regain it within a week. He impressed on the putting green and has an all around strong game. He came from the continent a year and a half ago after a stint in Buffalo.
San Francisco lightweight Dick Hyland and Jersey City’s Young Joe Shugrue battled ten rounds in Denver. Hyland pressed the action throughout and was declared the aggressor, but the bout ended in a draw last night with neither fighter gaining the decisive edge.
Francis Ouimet the Boston amateur overtook Harry Vardon and Edward Ray at the Countryside Club in Brookline Massachusetts to win the fifty fourth American open. Ouimet totaled 225 after a 74 final round for a 54 hole score. Vardon Ray and Hagin trailed with 225 and 227 respectively as leading finishers announced.
George McCarthy former national amateur champion led his class with 172 of 175 targets in the Wesley Hogan tourney at Atlantic City. In the professional division Homer Clark of Alton and G. H. Hawkins of Baltimore tied at 172. Jay Clark of Worcester won the Wesley Hogan amateur singles with 99 of 100, Clark then posting 20 straight in the shoot off while Jesse Griffith of Philadelphia hit 99.
Willie Ritchie world lightweight champion was offered 10000 to travel east for a ten round bout with Johnny Dundee at Madison Square Garden in late October. Billy Gibson wired the proposal from San Francisco yesterday. Dundee has just returned from the coast after several solid wins.
The Southern Department baseball squad battled the Army Post Asylum team to a 3 2 win in twelve innings. Dayton Smith and St John led the Army with strong defense and timely hitting while Meyers controlled the mound for the victors. Pendleton scored the decisive run and steal highlighted the extra frame clash.
Two carrier pigeons released from a San Francisco office roof reportedly fly toward Pittsburg, Pa., a nearly 3000 mile journey described as the longest attempted by carrier pigeons. The birds belong to William Geisler of the Allegheny Club of Bird Fanciers in Pittsburg.
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