The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 324, Ed. 1 Monday, December 11, 1916 Page: 8 of 12
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BEITS FOURTH
INFANTRY TEAM
Winner Goes Into Semi-finals
of Army Post Football
Tourney.
FINAL SCORE: 14 TO 0
Battle Is Interesting From
First to Last. Many Play-
ers Starring.
The Third Illinois Infantry foot-
ball eleven by playing the most bril-
lant football seen here this season
won Its way into the sem-flnal round
for the Army and Navy cup by de-
feating the Fourth Illinois team at
Fort Sam Houston Sunday before
tn immense throng. 14 to 0.
These two powerful elevens both
eager to win the Fort Sam Houston
championship. fought every Inch of
the way.
A Game Worth Swing.
They staged a game worth going
miles to see. There was not a dull
moment the Fourth Illinois stand-
ing by their guns until the final
whistle was blown.
Each side had its share of tough
breaks but most of them seemed to
go against the losers. And stars —
there were plenty of them —Messner
nt quarter; Edinger at right half and '
also fullback; Loos at center; John-
son. at tackle; Beall at right end;
Holderman. at full all were stars of
the first magnitude for the Third 11- ■
llnois. while Captain Kusener. E.
Kusener. Kirby. Stuteville and Con-|
ner all shone briliantly for the <
Fourth eleven. Both lines were alr-|
tight affairs but the Third s line
seemed to be a bit better schooled
than that of the Fourth.
Even in the final moments when ;
the Fourth seemed to wilt under fire
they still had a fighting chance and
were making the best of their op-
portunities. They fought like good
fellows.
Fought on Even Terms.
Tn the first quarter when both i
teams were fresh each combination
made runs and gains but to no ef-1
feet as the opposition by another se-
ries of runs around ends forward
passes fake boots etc. would bring
the ball back again. Neither team
had a real advantage until almost
at the end of the first half when Ed-
inger stepped In. stopped a for-
ward pass on the Fourth's 42-yard
line and circled end for 22 yards be-
fore he was pinned to earth. Clark
then made 12 yards and on the next
formation Messner slipped around
end tor three yards when he ran
.nto W. Kusener. who downed him.
The Fourth was putting up a vigor-
ous defense at this particular per-
iod and their rooters were yelling
for them to “hold fast." W ith the
nail on Fourth's five-yard line. Hol-
derman twice bucked the line and
placed the pigskin between the goal
posts. It was a sensational period
and was heartily applauded. Green
kicked a goal and the score stood
’ to 0-
The elevens were battling like good
fellows when time was called.
Early in the third period the
Fourth changed its scheme of of-
fense. trying forward passes. This
time it was Holderman who Inter-
cepted a forward pass and made
ground until he was downed on the
Fourth's 25-yard line. The Third
then lost about five yards but Mess-
ner came to the front and shot a
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Bringing Up Father
forward pass to Beall who beat it
around end for a gain of 15 yards.
Holderman then plunged through
tackle for five yards. Messner then
1 went through center. I»o8 furnish-
ing the interfernce and made the
touchdown. Green again kicked
goal. Score 14 to 0.
Third Trios Again.
The Third sought to register an-
other touchdown getting within la
yards of the Fourth’s goal when the]
Fourth again held tight when the i
whistle blew the ball was on their
Fix-yard line and they were still '
fighting. In this period the Fourth
came near getting across the enemy’s
goal line when E. Kusener intercept-1
cd a forward pass. He had a clear ’
field before him when he stumbled .
and fell.
The Fourth fought gamely In the
final period but the damage was]
done. The line-up:
Third (II). Fourth (0).
Beall Keller
Right end.
Ferguson McCullough
Right tackle.
J eterson-Steward Connor
Right guard.
Loos Thorne
Center.
Green Kirby
Left guard.
Johnson Lanham
Left tackle.
Keeney Troster
Left end.
Messner Fox-Kasserman
Quarter.
Edinger-Joslyn Stuteville
Right half.
Clark W. Kusener (C.)
Left half.
Holderman-Edinger .... E. Kusener
Fullback.
Referee. Lieutenant Dunbar; um-
I pire. Captain Johnson; head lines-
man. M. Miller; field judge. Lieuten-
ant Kennedy; timer. Lieutenant
Pratt; quarters. 15 10 15. 10; touch-
downs. Holderman. Messner; goals
from touchdown. Green (2).
To Tnlk <hi Preparedness.
NEW YORK. Dec. IL— -Maj.
Palmer F. Pierce of the United
States army will talk on “College
Athletes as Relating to National
Preparedness” at the opening ses-
sion of the seventh annual conven- I
tion of the National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association here December 28.
The program of the convention an-
nounced Monday Includes also an.
address by Prof. R. Tait McKenzie
of the University of Pennsylvania
on his experiences in the British
army entitled "The Making and Re-
making of a Fighting Man.
XXX PEARLS WIN IWO
GAMES FROM CHAPAS
“Cy” Fried Does a “Rube
Wadell” — Two Teams
Tied for Pinnacle.
WINTER BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
Team— P. W. L. Pct.
XXX Pearls .... 7 5 2 .714
Chapas 7 5 2 .714
Droemers 5 2 3 .400
Meier's Pharmacy 5 0 5 .000
“Cy" Fried pitcher for the XXX
Pearl baseball team did a “Rube
Waddell" Sunday afternoon on the
infantry post diamond at Fort Sam
Houston when he twice defeated
the Chapas leagua leaders throw-
ing the two teams into a tie for the
pinnacle. Th e final scores were 2
to 0 and 10 to 3.
Fried let the Chagas down with
one hit a single by Bertetti ex-
Broncho in the opening set-to and
felt so good after getting thoroughly
warmed up that he asked Manager
Blediger it he might twirl the sec-
ond game. In this clash he let the
Chapas down with five hits in seven
frames.
E. >tahl pitched a good game for
the Chapas in the first game but
the Brewery combination took kind-
ly to him in the second clash bump-
ing him for twelve hits. The Pearls
made a quick start in the first frame
for three runs and added to the
total In the sixth with five more.
Fried started his team to victory
tory in the first game with a single
was sacrificed to second and scored
on Ehllnger's screamer into center.
Fred Gaubatz featured the fielding
for the winners and Albert Stahl
for the losers.
Fried with a single and a triple
and Flaherty with two singles and
a triple led the attack for the Pearls
in the second game while Bertetti
led for the losers In both attack and
defense his home-run featuring. The
scores:
First game: R. H. E.
Chapas 000 000 000 —0 1 4
Pearls 000 000 llx —2 8 0
Batteries: E. Stahl and T. Stahl;
Fried and Helm.
Second game: R. H. E.
Chapas 010 110 0— 3 5 5
Pearls 300 205 x—lo 12 4
Batteries: E. Stahl and T. Stahl;
Friend and Helm.
FIRST WISCONSIN WINS
FROM KNIGHTS 26 TO 0
Soldiers Too Heavy and Too
Experienced for Local
Eleven.
Th? First Wisconsin Infantry
football eleven proved entirely too
heavy too experienced and too well
conditioned for the Knights of Co-
lumbus eleven in their contest Sun-
day afternoon at League park the
Columbians taking the short end of
the count of 26 to 0.
It was the old old story of a
good big team beating a good little
team While the Knights are able to
I cope with good elevens their own
size they were outweighed out-
-1 played and almost everything else
although they certainly staged one
l of th< grittiest battles imaginable.
Captain Davis ran his team well
i enough to win most games but in
the First Wisconsin eleven he faced
a team of ‘big league” caliber a
team which was conditioned for a
hard fray while most of the local
eleven's lad® work all through the
week and have little time prepping
for a set-to of such magnitude.
Wisconsin started a few minutes
after the opening of the game by
simply shoving the hall down the 1
field against a defense that could
not stem the attack. The Wisconsin
line brushed by the little chaps by !
pure strength and also broke up
the Knights' interference with ease. I
It was the first defeat suffered this I
season by the Knights but they
took their lacing gamely.
Quarterback Welsh who cap-
tained the Wisconsin eleven was
the star for the winners. He not]
only ran his team wpJI. but also
was the pivot on forward passes. J
while Right Halfback Meyers also 1
was a power. He would catch the
ball and. screened by an almost Im-
penetrable interference would make 1
long gains down the field. The first
half ended with Wisconsin having
scored 20 points but in the second
half the local lads seemed to have
solved the offense of the Soldiers
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
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and held them to one touchdown.
The lineup:
First Wisconsin (26)
Knights (0)
Finn Seng
Right end.
McMurray Richter
Right tackle.
Ludke Collins-Aldswnrth
Right guard.
Keller* Fiacher-Gettinger
Center.
Bufka Wyatt
Left guard.
McCrelght Lozano
Left tackle.
Rhode Feille
Left end.
Welsh (C) Davis (C)
Quarterback.
Meyer Lutz
Right half.
Wentbury Evans
Fullback.
Ball Dolan
Left half.
Time of quarters 12 12 12 10.
May Abolish Minor Tennis Fventa.
NEW YORK Dec. 11.—A move-
ment to abolish the multitude of
minor championships which of late
years has crowded the schedule of
the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association has taken defi-
nite form In a proposed amendment
to the constitution which will be
considered at the annual meeting of
the association here in February.
The amendment is recommended by
the executive committee of the as-
sociation which met here last week.
The proposed change would provide
only for national sectional state and
city championships. Other cham-
pionship tournaments which are
now annual fixtures would be elimi-
nated a * trophies if these events
were won outright.
Martin to Captain T. C. V.*B.
FORT WORTH Tex. Dec. 11
Ralph (Gish) Martin was re-elected
captain of Texas Christian Univer-
sity football team. Martin was cap-
tain this year played in the first
game and was then taken Hl with
appendicitis which kept him out of
the line-up until the final game. He
will be a junior next year.
COULDN’T FOOL “UNCLE
JOE.”
Shortly after Alexander Graham
Bell invented the telephone. says
Fred U. Kelly In McClure's Maga-
zine “Uncle Joe” Cannon then a
young member of Congress was ap-
proached with a proposition to in-
vest $lOOO In the new project to talk
over an ordinary wire strung on
top of wooden poles. For $lOOO he
was assured he could be in on the
ground floor of a great business en-
terprise that was destined to revo-
lutionize methods of communication
the world over.
Just a short time before that
Cannon had lost a few hundred dol-
lars In a scheme to convert brass
into gold by a new chemical process.
So he laughed heartily and slapped
his thigh when the telephone propo- ;
sltion was laid before him.
"I would much rather” declared
he "put my money in something i
more conservative. I think I'll go '
out In the country and buy up a i
few* bee lines."
A few days later Cannon had oc- 1
nasion to call at the office of a
young chap named Vail who wa s at
the head of the railway mail service
in the Postoffice Department.
"Mr. Vail is not in. He has re-
signed hi» place" Cannon was in-
formed.
"Resigned his place! ” exclaimed
Cannon in amozement for resigna-
tions from government jobs were al-
most unheard of.
"Yes. he’s gone with this thing
invented by a man named Bell. You
know—they claim they can talk be-
tween different towns over a wire.
Vail Invested some money in it and
is going to make that hig business.”
“Well it’s just too bad” said
Cannon; ”1 always liked Vail. They
tried to get me for their sucker. I'm
sorr\ it should have been a nice lit-
tle < hap like Vail."
He never say Vail again until last
winter when he attended a big din-
ner at the National Geographical
Society in Washington. The guests
all around the table placed receiver^
to their ears and beard the roar of
the Pacific ocean at San Francisco.
Right near Cannon sat Vail.
THt OLD
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GOOD BOUT PROMISED
MAT FANS TONIGHT
Both Coleman and Brown
Ready for Match at Beet-
hoven Hall.
Wrestling fans are promised one
of the most interesting matches ever
staged In the Alamo City tonight
when Pet Brown middleweight
wrestling champion meets Jack
Coleman local light heavyweight
wrestler. In a finish bout at Beetho-
ven Hall.
Coleman wound up h!s training
Monday morning with a vigorous run
on the road and will rest until
weighing-in time 3 o’clock then
take It easy and absorb a big meal
before he is called on the mat. Jack
though a trifle drawn is strong and
confident he will defeat Brown.
Tampko the strong man who has
been conditioning Jack for the last
few days avers his protege will
make the weight and be in superb
condition.
Brown arrived from Houston
Monday morning and seems fit. The
champion says he had a hard bout
I Going Home
I Christmas?
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■ rate* to
I All Points in Texas
On sa.le dally December IS tn 2<. incle-
alva. and nacembpr 81 and January 1.
Kl Limited for return January 5.
You Will Enjoy Your Holiday* More if
you travel
Katy Way”
The line of three famous train*.
- “THE KATY FLYER”
“THE KATY LIMITED” and
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| Christmas Holiday Tickets
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HMuni limit January 5.
I The St. Louis Express
eleri*OT to St. Ixmla.
I sunshine§pecial
The 28-honr train to St. Ixuile. leave* San Antonio 8:15 a. m. daily.
City Office 202 E. Houston St. Phones 425.
J * W KING » G M BYNUM
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g S. A. & A. P. RY.
I Holiday Excursion Rates to
| all points in Texas
7 On sale daily December 15 to 26th inclusive also Dec. 31st
and January Ist.
Final return limit on all tickets January sth 1917.
Spend Christmas with your friends and relatives.
For information tickets and Pullman reservations call
G. E. HAYNES C. P A T. A.
I Crockett 251. 108 Avenue C. New 251
with Mike Yokel former title-holder
a few nights ago in Houston but
feels no ill effects from it and will
go on the mat weighing in the neigh-
borhood of 162 pouAds while Cole-
man probably will be at the ringside
weighing 186 pounds.
Whether "Pet” can give away
weight to an opponent of Coleman’s
<aliber and defeat him is the ques-
tion that is uppermost in the minds
of the fans. If ne ran. ne is truly u
marvel at his weight.
According to an announcement
from the Metropolitan Athletic Club
there w*ill be several good prelimi-
naries to the main go. The first set-
to is scheduled for 8:15 o'clock.
WOULD MARK HISTORIC
SPOTS.
A movement. gays the George-
town Sun Is on foot by the people
of the vicinity of Prairie Dell to erect
a monument to the memory of the
three men massacred by Indians
near that place in February 1844—
Dr. Thomas Kenney and Messrs.
Castleberry and Courtney. The spot
where the bodies of the men were
found and hurriedly covered over
with stones by friends who had no
way of carrying them the long dis-
tance to the fort and who were in
mortal fear of being themselves dis-
covered by the Indians any minute
has e'er since pioneer days been
marked by a huge pile of stones the
significance of which is known by
only a few of the old pioneer*.
Dr. Kenney was the founder of
Kenney’s Fort a stockade and block
By George McManus
houses which was erected in 1838
near the place where the Katy rail-
road crossea Brushy creek. It was
at the time of the massacre occu-
pied by the family of Dr. Kenney
and the families of the other two
men and several others. The men
had gone out from the fort to get
some buffalo hides which they had
cached near the fatal place some
weeks before. They believed the In-
dians had left that part of the coun-
try. One yoke of the oxen that drew
the wagon when they left the fort
returned several days after with In-
dian arrows sticking in their sides
Friends retraced the animals' trail
and found the bodies of the three
men.
One grave in the old graveyard
near Leander holds the bodies of
thirteen men killed by Indians.
There are a number of places in the
countv that are associated with the
tragedies attending early days in this
sectiqp and it would be well to mark
them for the information of posterity
while a few" of the early pioneers are
still living. The people of Prairie
Dell are to be commended In that
they are taking un this laudable
worjt.
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Offers for December a f
SOCIAL CALENDAR <
Each event an Invitation to happy hour* in surrounding* built for S
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X HAWAIIAN TEA In the Tapestry Room and every afternoon 4:10 until •
* 6 o’clock. Service a la carte.
AFTER-THK THSATBR DANSANT each Wednesday evening 10;20 p. ZZ
— m until 1 a. m. Refreshments 7S cents. 3
HOUSE PARTY each Friday ovanlng • to 11 o'clock. Dancing with X I
3 refreshments. * I
Make Your Nev Y earn Re»ervation» Now =
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“ Tables Reserved on Request. Telephone Crockett 770(K 3 I
* T B B AKEK President and General Manager 3 I
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3 at tha Maiestic. and we hope to see you at THE SOCIETY VAUDE- 3 I
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Delightful December
It*s te bo the Banner Social Month of the Tear 1911 at the Monger. 3
Evrrv Monday. Wednesday. Saturday Evening. until 1« o'clock. Din- —
3 nor Dansant—ll per cover—no other charges. Every Saturday afternoon. Z
• 4 to « o’clock. Balle y Merlenda Refreshments S 5 cents. And every day. S
S old-Fashioned Plantation Dinners et |1 that are the talk of the town and 3
S Army and travelers from many States.l g’l
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THE MENGER
3 EDWIN H LEE. Manager = I
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Hot Wells Hotel and Bath House
Under New Management of ARTHUR G. JURY I
American Plan $2.50 to $4 Per Day ']
EI ROPEAX PEAN »l 00 UP I
TABLE D'HOTE DINNER SERVED EVERY EVENING 7Sc. I
Dinner Dance 7 O’clock Wednesday of Each Week ’
DEC. lImIOIO.
STIEHL’S VETERANS
Defeat PoU-hernicks tn Clone Base-
ball Game 8 to 7.
Bill Stiehl'a Veterans Sunday aft-
ernoon won a close game from the
Potchernick baseball team at
Krlsch's park. 8 to 7. The contest
up to the final frame was anybody's
battle until Barnes and Stiehi broke
it up with sequential hits.
These two lads along with Captain
Rill Stiehi were the main hitters for
the winners while Manny Hogan
and Vetters were the sluggers for
the sporting goods combination.
Srore; R. H. E.
Ftiehl's Vets 8 12 1
Potchernicks 7 f> 2
Batteries: Barnes and Myers; Ho-
gan and Monler.
A “muff controller" In not an electrical
device for keeping ’he har.de wai m It
tv a atevedore'a controller which may be
canied about awung oxer the ehrulder of
tha foreman. A flexible cable connect®
the < ontroller to an electric winch and
permits tha foreman to operate the winch
from a position where he may ebsorve
the loading op*rations the raising or low-
ering of a cargo on a ship or dock.
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