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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
10
The San Antonio International Fair hosts five days of racing with harness events and a Texas Thoroughbred Futurity for two-year-olds on November 8. The meeting opens November 8 and features purses totaling over $5000 including a $1000 Texas Futurity.
Weather bulletins note rain at Omaha site with Denver and Omaha matchups. Pueblo records 0. Sioux City 4. Des Moines nests Topeka and Des Moines rain. St Joseph hosts a Lincoln matchup with a double header and rain disruptions.
Wells displayed scientific boxing against Attell last night but lost by a narrow margin as Abe earned more precedence and simplicity of play. The article notes Brandt and McDonald set to face Nashville in the Southern league next season and details several decisive runs, hits, and pitching feats across multiple games.
The Giants moved ahead in the National League by sweeping a two game set from the Cardinals while the Cubs split two with the Phillies.
Rube Marquard pitched a complete game shutout for the Giants allowing only four scattered hits. Laudermilk, the opposing pitcher, was hit in crucial moments as the Giants' offense provided run support in the opener.
In the second game Crandall faced a barrage in the sixth when Mathewson entered to stem the attack. Bresnahan’s lineup scored all their runs in that frame. Wiltse pitched a shutout inning to finish, securing the win for the Giants.
The Giants hammered Woodburn in the seventh and eighth innings of the second game, which ended after eight innings due to darkness.
The Pirates defeated Boston on four hits off Tyler, while Hendrix was located by the Rustlers for a total of nine safeties.
Henry Knaupp of the Cleveland Americans and Southern league pennant winners heads home to San Antonio for winter ball. He may sign with Jack Burke's Round-Ups, carries a gold medal from New Orleans field meet, and plans to play Sunday in a double header at Krisch Park against the Households.
The late Uncle Russell Sage’s signature sold for 55 cents in a postage stamp collection auction. A $7150 check drawn to James Raymond from 1874 bore Sage’s signature. a bank cancellation marred it slightly, but the document remained legible. Only two bidders, a Consolidated Exchange member and a Sage acquaintance printer, competed in New York.
The Royal orchestra performs every day at the Sara toga restaurant, providing live music for patrons. Two phones 1238 are listed for reservations or information.
Carl Morris, coming off a defeat by Jim Flynn, insists he has not retired and vows to train toward becoming world heavyweight champion. He plans to hire a top trainer, study boxing intensely, and prove his potential within a year with renewed youth and strength. Harry Pollok adds Morris is brave and big, though green, and cites Jeffries’ early ups and downs as a precedent.
Lieutenant Budd of the U S Marine Corps heads the sole ice making plant in North China. Located on the American legation grounds in Pekin, it supplies ice to the legation and guard. The consular district has no breweries cold storage warehouses or meat packing houses using refrigerators.
Berlin's fire department runs on roughly $600,000 annually, equating to about 30 cents per resident.
New York 4 7, St Louis 0 4, Chicago 1 0, Philadelphia 0 4, Cincinnati 7 12, Brooklyn 6 1, Pittsburg 8, Boston 2. Today games include Philadelphia at Chicago and New York at St Louis. Boston at Pittsburg and Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia beat St Louis 3 2 Boston defeated Detroit 3 2 Cleveland won 11 4 over New York 9 5 Chicago won 5 3 Washington gained 3 against their opponent
Sports brief lists matchups with St. Louis visiting Philadelphia Cleveland traveling to New York Detroit playing in Boston and Chicago touring Washington. Matches reflect a busy schedule across major markets with city pairings and venue notes.
Fragmentary report lists multiple track locations and pairings including St Paul Minneapolis and Kansas City with results or entries such as Columbus Indianapolis Kansas City Toledo and Milwaukee. Rain appears in one line and scores or times are partially visible.
Sid Murray son of Senator Murray of Floresville visits San Antonio greeting friends before traveling to Marble Falls to join the University of Texas football squad as a lineman candidate for the varsity in the upcoming season.
J. Sheldon, last year quarterback for West Texas, visited his brother A. Sheldon at the academy while en route to Austin to attend the university. He is the only member of last year's West Texas eleven not returning. Academic league members meet Friday at 3 30 pm in the high school to adopt a schedule and close league business.
The West Texas squad of twenty five men are confining their preliminary practice to light work and in stead of football suits they practice each afternoon in track clothes.
Coaches Juhian and Barnes run a training course emphasizing quick starts sprinting charging handling the ball and running back outs. Little scrimmage work will begin only after cooler weather arrives. Jacks the Marshall Training school linesman returned to San Antonio and will likely return to Marshall.
Murdock's addition to the Training school eleven makes their prospects more luminous. The report notes improved lineup and potential for stronger performances in upcoming fixtures.
A British general in town weeks ago refused to surrender to orders while photographers directed him. He recalled serving in Africa with Lord Kitchener, adding a stiff piece of humor about the press photo session.
In Fort Sam Houston action the Third Cavalry defeated the Tenth Infantry 7 to 6 in a pitchers duel between Lieut. R. D. Johnson and Duff. The Eleventh Cavalry still hopes to claim the championship by winning two of three against remaining foes. The Tenth finishes their schedule and departs for Panama.
Harper's Weekly explains a hair's breadth equals 17-10,000 of an inch and is measured with a micrometer caliper. Such precise measurement is vital in machine making and in bank vault fittings where every part must fit exactly.
Abe Attell the featherweight champion took on Matt Wells English lightweight champion at Madison Square Garden last night in a ten round bout. Wells outweighed Attell by about fifteen pounds and controlled the match with superior infighting and clean boxing while Attell fought valiantly but could not overcome the weight difference. Wells drew blood in rounds five and six and was credited with the more effective work throughout the match.
James Cof froth of San Francisco telegraphed George McDonald offering Wells for a bout with Packey McFarland or Ad Wolgast. Price implies $5500 for a cut with McFarland and $7500 for a contest with Wolgast, to be staged in California.
Chase belted a two run shot to the centerfield bleachers in the sixth as two runners reached base, giving the Yankees a victory in game two yesterday.
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