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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1916

Page

8

Saxon and Coleman Set for Soledad Theater Clash

Arthur Saxon former circus strongman meets San Antonio heavyweight Jack Coleman in a catch-as-catch-can bout at the Soledad Theater Friday September 29 under Metropolitan Athletic Club auspices. Saxon notable for a one hour four minute stand with Frank Gotch and Coleman's strong earlier showings against Adolph Ernst now Santel.

Arthur Saxon Saxon Brothers Ringling Bros.’ Circus San Antonio Jack Coleman Soledad Thater Metropolitan Athletic Club Saxon Frank Gotch Coleman Adolph Ernst Ernst Santel Pacific Coast

Standings Show Boston Maintains AL Lead. Brooklyn Trails NL

Boston holds a game and a half AL lead as Chicago moves to second place and Detroit sits one half behind. Brooklyn leads the NL by one and a half games over Philadelphia after Philadelphia’s double victory over Pittsburgh. Boston falls three and a half games back.

Chicago Boston Detroit Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburg National Repcomist

Giants Win Fifteenth Straight as Cubs Fall 4 2

New York Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4 to 2 in a Wednesday game to extend their winning streak to fifteen. The decisive scoring came in the seventh when Holke doubled, McCarty tripled, and Burns drove in runs to break a deadlock.

Cubs New York Chicago Holke McCarty Burns

Schupp Shuts Out Chicago After Short Rest

Schupp allowed six hits and one earned run as he returned after a one day rest to blank Chicago. Mann was ejected by umpire Byron for kicking at a decision while Chicago trailed New York 6 4 2. Batteries: Lavender Hendrix and Wilson for Chicago and Schupp McCarty for New York.

Schupp Pittsburg Chicago Mann Byron R. H. E. Chicago New York Lavender Hendrix Wilson McCarty

Quakers Sweep Pittsburg With Double Victory

Philadelphia pitchers Demaree dominate Pittsburg in a 7 to 0 win and an 8 to 2 win. First game shows Pittsburg held scoreless while Philadelphia bats tally seven runs. Second game Pittsburgh scratches a single run early but Demaree again bests Mamaux as Philadelphia wins.

Philadelphia Demaree Pittsburg R. H. E. Pittsburg Cooper Harmon Fischer W. Wagner Burns R. H. E. Pittsboro Mamaux Fischers

Japanese Tennis Players Leave for Vancouver

Ichiya Kumagae and Hashishiro Mikami, touring players from Japan, depart Seattle for Vancouver to sail to the Orient. They plan a return visit to the United States next year. A national tournament opens in Japan January 1 with an American team anticipated to compete.

Seattle Wash Ichiya Kumagae Hashishiro Mikami United States Vancouver Orient America Japan

Standings and results in the American League

Wednesday results show Cleveland 3 Washington 2, Boston 4 Detroit 3, St. Louis 7 New York 3, Chicago 8 Philadelphia 7. Thursday schedule lists New York at St. Louis, Boston at Detroit, Philadelphia at Chicago, Washington at Cleveland.

Cleveland Washington Boston Detroit St. Louis New York Chicago Philadelphia Ciao

National League Scores and Thursday Schedule

National League results include Philadelphia 2 3 Pittsburg 0 2 and New York 4 Chicago 2 Cincinnati 12 Boston 4. Thursday’s games feature Pittsburg at Philadelphia St Louis at Brooklyn Chicago at New York and Cincinnati at Boston.

Philadelphia Pittsburg Brooklyn St. Louis New York Chicago Cincinnati Boston

Gotch En Route Home After Injury

Frank Gotch champion heavyweight wrestler travels from Chicago toward Humboldt Iowa after an accident at Kenosha Wisconsin. He still limps from a broken left leg but believes he will feel no lasting ill effects. At forty one he says he no longer cares to wrestle again.

Gotch Chicago Frank Gotch Humboldt Kenosha Wis

Weckman Jr. and Burg Tie for Top in Lone Star Shoot

Weckman Jr and E Burg secretary of the Lone Star Rifle Club tied for top honors in the semi weekly shoot at the Lone Star range 408 Military plaza both scoring 82. Cc F Russi Jr took third with 77 while Barbera Harker Caldwell tied for fourth with 75. Other good scores included J Bar loco 78 K H McKaskill 73 A Barbera 71 Boyles Royster 68 A S Flores 64 A Rouff 63 M A Friedrich 61 R J Durham 55 L Cotton 52. The club debuted its new single shot rifles used for the first time and members approved the new gallery guns. They seek gold and silver buttons for the best score of the month and expect a strong turnout tonight for the next event.

L. Weckman Jr E. Burg Lone Star Rifle Club Lone Star Military Plaza Cc. F. Russi Jr C. F. Barbera E. R. Harker J. R. Caldwell J. Barloco K. H. McKaskill A. Barbera Boyles Royster A. S. Flores A. Rouff M. A. Friedrich R. J. Durham L. Cotton Club

A Few Minutes With The Sporting Editor

The Red Sox solidified their AL lead as Scott doubled and scored on Henricksen's single in the eighth. Detroit's Vitt Crawford and Heisman supplied the offense, while Cobb managed one hit. The White Sox edged the Athletics as Demaree shut them down, and Brooklyn lingered near the NL lead with Dodgers favored to win the World Series.

Quakers Demaree Brooklyn Dodgers Brooklyn Dodger Red Sox Dodgers

All Day Job Lesson Turns into Endless Golf

A professional golfer explains to Mr. Stupid that teaching golf is an all day job. The client protests after an hour, while the expert remains confident the task will take however long it takes.

Miss Stirling Wins First Round At Berthelyn Cup

Philadelphia Sept 21 Miss Alexia Stirling of Atlanta southern champion Mrs C H Van derbeck national title holder Miss Mildred Caverly Philadelphia champion and Mrs Caleb F Fox win their first round matches by wide margins in the women s golf tournament for the Berthelyn cup at Huntingdon Valley Country Club.

Stirling Philadelphia Alexia Stirling Atlanta C. H. Vanderbeck Mildred Caverly Caleb F. Fox Huntingdon Valley Country Club

Fragmented Local Notice From Unknown Source

Readable fragments mention an event or action but lack names dates places or clear details making a precise summary impossible. This item preserves minimal information with no verifiable entities or outcomes.

Red Sox Edge Tigers In Close Detroit Loss

Boston defeated Detroit 4 to 3 in the second game of the series helping the Eastern leader in the pennant race while Detroit dropped to second. Henriksen batted for Carrigan in the eighth and drove in the winning run after Scott walked and stole second with two out. Detroit tallied three in the second on wild throws by Leonard and Hoblitzer and hits by Crawford and Heisman, while Boston tied in the fourth with four hits and scored on a Gardner sacrifice fly and Carrigan’s hit as Scott added an RBI.

Scott Red Sox Henricksen Carrigan Ehmke Vitt Crawford Heisman Detroit Cobb Leonard Gonfalon Covaleskie Cov Ruth Shore Chicago White Sox Boston Athletics Comiskey Warriors Tigers Mich Henriksen Hoblitzer Shorten Lewis Gardner R. H. E. Boston Thomas Stanage

Browns Beat Yanks in St Louis 7 to 3

St Louis rallied in the eighth inning after New York tied the score in their half to win Wednesday's game 7 to 3. The line score shows New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 and St Louis 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 x with 7 runs on 12 hits and 2 errors. Batteries were Russell Fischer and Walters for the Yankees and Groom Hartley for the Browns.

ST. Louis New York Russell Fischer Walters Groom Hartley

Chicago Bears to Second Despite 8 7 Win Over Phillies

Chicago moved into second place by defeating Philadelphia 8 to 7 as the White Sox offense struck early off Johnson and Seibold. Philadelphia rallied late but Danforth held off a late push. Boston topped Detroit elsewhere.

Chicago Philadelphia Boston Detroit Johnson Seibold Parham Russell Danforth Johnson, Seibold Haley Picinich Danforth and Lynn

Indians Beat Senators 3 2 as Poehling Wins First

In Cleveland on September 21 Morgan’s errors let the Indians score twice to defeat Washington 3 to 2. Poehling earned his first win for Cleveland. Washington produced 2 runs on 6 hits with 2 errors while Cleveland had 3 runs on 6 hits with 2 errors. Batteries: Avers with Williams for Washington Boehling with Deberry O Neill for Cleveland.

Cleveland Ohio Morgan Washington Poehling Avers Williams Boehling Deberry O'Neill

Geers Hart in Race at Columbus Hospital Entry

Edward Geers noted as dean of grand circuit drivers is hospitalized in Columbus after being thrown from his horse in the first heat of Wednesday's Hotel Hartman pacing stake. Rothmaid fell and Sir Anthony Carter, driven by Geers, was close behind. no internal injuries reported, no bones broken.

Geers Hart Columbus Ohio Edward Geers Hotel Hartman Rothmaid Sir Anthony Carter Geers

Dodgers Beat Cardinals in Final Series Opener 4 2

Brooklyn won the first of the final series against St Louis 4 to 2 on Sept 21. Brooklyn capitalized on St Louis errors as all Brooklyn runs were unearned. Batteries Ames Williams Gonzales Smith QO Miller.

Brooklyn St. Louis R. H. E. St. Louis Ames Williams Gonzales Smith QO. Miller

Cincinnati Bombards Braves In 12–4 Win

Cincinnati pounded three Boston pitchers for seventeen hits on Wednesday to beat Boston 12 to 4. The Reds scored in multiple innings as Mitchell and Wingo teamed on the mound with Rudolph Nehf Barnes Gowdy handling the Boston lineup.

Boston Mass Cinccinnati Cincinnati Mitchell Wingo Rudolph Nehf Barnes and Gowdy

News Wins Virginia Flag In Postseason Final

New Port News captured the Virginia League championship by defeating Portsmouth 3 to 1 in game seven of the post season series in Norfolk.

Newport News Gonfalon Norfolk Portsmouth

Trotters Napoleon Direct and Saint Frisco Start Amid Circuit Meet

In Columbus Ohio on September 21 Napoleon Direct and Saint Frisco of the Geerg string race in the free for all and Capital City stakes. Their owner lies in a local hospital recovering from injuries suffered yesterday in the first serious accident of the fall Grand Circuit meeting in this district.

Columbus Ohio Napoleon Direct Saint Frisco Geerg

Williams Varsity Captain Declared Ineligible

Hal Wright captain of Williams College football was ruled ineligible for this season due to college deficiencies. The decision announced Thursday affects the Williams Wildcats and their lineup for upcoming games.

Williamstown Mass Hal Wright Williams

American Lady At Stratford Enthusiastically Recollects Hare

An American woman in Stratford-on-Avon displayed strong American fervor at the railroad station. She told a friend on the platform that it was from this very platform the immortal hare would depart whenever he journeyed to town.

Stratford-on-Avon Hare

Dressed Chickens Prompt Rural Laugh at Butcher

A Mrs New-Wed visits a butcher to buy a dressed chicken for roasting. The butcher asks dressed or undressed, she replies dressed. The joke lands when she leaves as the butcher laughs at her husband’s fondness for chicken per.

Highest Chimney to Crown World in Japan Refinery

Tokyo reports the Kuhara Refinery in Saganosekei will soon complete a 567 foot tall chimney stack with a 26 foot top diameter, claiming the world’s highest smoke stack. Existing top stacks include Sukegawa at 517 feet and Great Falls Montana at 508 feet.

Tokyo Kuhara Saganosekei Japan Sukegawa Great Fall

Sunday 60 Cents Sutherland Springs Service Ad

Advertisement notes 60 cents for Sunday service at 8:15 a.m. on Southern Pacific Lines.

Sutherland Springs Southern Pacific Lines

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