San Antonio Light and Gazette (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 47, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 8, 1910 Page: 11 of 14
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Brones and Tigers Hook Up Again Tomorrow; Fans Will Be Out in Force
BALL PLAYHS
GETTING STRONG
IN THE SUNSHINE
Weather Conditions Perfect for
the Development of Cham-
pionship Timber.
JENNINGS AND LEIDY HAPPY
Another Week of This Will Put
the Players In Shape
to Cut Loose.
With old Sol doing business in a
cloudless sky and no rain in sight the
Bronchos and the Tigers certainly have
reason to shake hands with themselves
over the excellent conditions that are
prevailing to enable them to get the
kinks out of their frames. While they
are all more or less sore from the
exertion of the work during previous
days the warm sunshine is entirely too
good to pass up and no sooner do they
get into a uniform than they are ready
to go in for more work. This sunshine
is tempting aud is bringing good re-
sults.
Both Jennings and Leidy can afford
to smile when the fact is brought to
mind that in many spring training
camps the players must confine their
Nwork to indoors as the result of a wet
spell or even cold and wet for the sea-
son when either may occur is not over
bv any means. Tn fact a wet 6pcll
would be welcomed from an agricul-
tural standpoint. But this is encroach
ing on the market editor's territory-—
skiddoo for that.
It’s conditions we’re after. The men
who are now romping around at Elec-
tric park every day morning and after-
noon are doing so with one end in
view. They want their arms in shape
to be able to throw a ball like a shot
out of a gun and to be able to hit a
given mark at a distance of .100 feet
but of course they are not making
these throws now so don’t go out to
the park in the hope of seeing George
Mullin or Jack Adams stand on the
home plate flat-footed and shoot the
ball over the center field fence for you
will very probably be disappointed.
- All of the players are rounding to in
good shape and if this weather will keep
np they will be in very fair condition
in another week.
Mannon
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ANO FINEST HOTEL
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Oioial Attention PeM th
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F. M. aWBARINOKM A MIL
Manealng DI rector*.
The Menger
Facing the Historic Alamo Plaza
THE HOTEL OF CUISINE
AND SERVICE
aud the best American plan bonne in the
South remain! as ever in the past
SAN ANTONIO'S MOST BEAUTIFUL COM-
PORTABLE AND CONVENIENT HOSTELRY
WILLIAM C. BRUCE. Manager.
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EUROPEAN PLAN $1.50 AND UP
350 ROOMS 225 WITH BATH
Largest and most commodious rotunda in the South. In addition tp ala carte
service we specialize LUNCHEON 12 to 2 p. m. 50 cents.
TABLE D’HOTE DINNER 6 to 8 p. m. $l.OO
. Orchestral Concert* THE GUNTER HOTEL CO.
TUESDAY
FITE 01 Wild IK
CANADA TO BE DECIOEO
Bill More Drastic Than the One I
Passed In New York Will 1
Be Up for Passage.
Associated Press. x
New York March 8. —Racing men
are showing interest in the fate of rac-
ing in Canada'which probably will be
decided within a few days. For sev-’
eral months a special parliament com- !
fnittee has been conducting a hearing
as to the merits of a bill which is even'
more drastic than the one passed in ।
New York state two years ago. The I
bill is being supported by the social)
and moral reform committee and is be- J
ing opposed by the Canadian Racing
association. i
Horsemen and breeders here declardfll
that to kill betting in Canada will mean;
a deathblow to the many racing plants
in the dominion. As racing and bet-
ting are fostered by the governments ■
of India Ireland Australia and lu-1
diana Canadian turfmen argued they i
should not be made to suffer hardships j
not imposed in other parts of the Brit-'
ish empire.
TEN-PIN TOURNAMENT.
Class B.
Fowler Pinkus Leland all took five ;
straight from their opponents last night
at Emerson alleys. The victims were;
K. Burt Keller aud O. M. Burt. Pinkus'
was both high in game score of 232 and;
average per game 205. Howard succeed-1
ed in getting four out of five from Mc-|
Clenahan. Forner took three from Luck-'
enbaeh.
Score:
First series—
Fowler .. ..168 152 163 149 135—767!
K. Burt .. .148 136 114 132 104—634
Second series—
Pinkus .. ..232 203 198 209 181—1023
O. Burt ...129 181 120 118 153— 701 '
Third series:
Leland .. ..151 J 63 143 180 184—821
Keller 116 151 131 136 106—640
Fourth series:
Howard .. ..171 165 124 153 156—767 j
MpClenahan .126 124 110 172 143—675
Fifth series:
Forner .. ..153 179 150 158 113—753
Luckenbach .173 136 152 128 164—753
Class A.
Roach is at last hitting his gait tak-
ing four out of five from Kohr rolling
high game for the evening 238.
8oor«i. „ a - -v
Roach 199 169 157 165 238—928
Kohr 178 147 156 183 160—824
Tonight Emerson Stars and Coman-
dies are booked to hold down the Bee-
thoven alleys in a double series of the :
City Bowling league schedule.
*
ARE EXERCISING HORSES.
New York March 8. —With unmis |
takable signs of approaching prosper-i'
ity in the air forty thoroughbred race j
horses heavily shod and wrapped in
blankets have emerged from their win-
ter quarters at the Long Island tracks
and are being exercised daily on the
Coney Island boulevard.
MELLOW 11
: 1
MOONL ' 6HT 1
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•IMba pure
WHISKY
Bl i M This Year's
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■ L* H Omming of year. ago.
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■ * I thin of Cascade Fuse I
■ I H Whisky. Proper aytny la
■ >ml 1 K » H nf " 10 tranortance after
■ I u • I|| proper Two
■ K it g'>|| r-asons why physicians
B U recommend Cascade.
■ 111 Ortcinal bottling
■ T tXNn(Cf U 04 Z® l4 label
X WuretrYll a dickil * co.
■ I ’niaß* JH Diitillert
I NasbrUk Tena.
81l WWj H Parmer & Findley
iMUhKx&f H State Agents
THREE HUNDRED MILE
FLIGHT AGAINST WIND
Due to Unfavorable Weather
Conditions Three Lofts Only
Report Same Day Returns
The three-hundred-mile race of the
old bird series San Antonio district of
the National Association of American
Homing Pigeon Fanciers was flown on
THE FIGHTING GAME
Reviewed By Tip Wright From Ancient Rome to San Francisco
t By Tip Wright
i CHAPTER 11.
The fighting game was immortalized
1 by Homer and mythology had its chain-
i pions. Pollux and his twin Castor
the result of the intrigue between Jupi-
ter and Leada. mother of Helen of Troy
fought their way to a seat on Mt. Olym
pus. The sign of Gemini in the zodiac
represeuts the twin scrappers. Possibly
they were the original of “Mike” and
I “Jack” (Twin) of Boston.
Anycus the king of the Bebryees 1
I son of Neptune and Melia was a
I “tough nut.” lie met comers until the
Argonauts reached his port and his chai
j lenge was accepted by Pollux who kili-
I ed him.
I Eryx was another demigod pug. He
was theson of Venus and Brutes a scrap
ping descendant of Amycus aud was no-
I ted as a shifty boy with a good kick.
Eryx also agreed to put away all com-
ers in a burrv which is proof that
[“Yours truly John L. Sullivan” was
i not so original after all. Unfortunate
ly for posterity. Eryx met up rsth a
j young buck called Hercules who never
I inserted a woigh-in paragraph in the ar-
' tides of agreement or drew the color
' line. Hercules won with a punch. Eryx
was buried with harps playing.
Having introduced two pugs from
! heaven (by Jupiter) and one from the
’sea (bv Neptune) the next champion is
j a cross between earth am) sea. He was
| a son of Terra by Neptune and when-
' ever he kissed his mother he renewed
I his strength. Hercules put him nut by
grabbing him around the waist and
holding him off the ground until he
cashed in. This proves wrestling had
not been abolished in Olympian bouts
so perhaps the London prize ring rules M
wore conied from them.
Of the Homeric boxers Epens and
Eurvalus were champs. Epeus was king A
of Epei and the son of Endymion. His Re
'father was the‘affinity of the goddess
|of ehastitv Diana so his pedigree shows ‘O
class. Epens and Enryalus fought tit
I the futfernl of Patroclus and tire former g o
| won. Homer refers to the battle:
Th
I “Officious with the cincture girds him ..
round ”8
: And to his wrists the gloves of death ]
are bound.”
Jir
So we may take it that the fight ma
game on Olympus meant dirge music the
for the vanquished. This fight the
first reported carries the game back to
1184 B C.. in the last year of the siege “ a '
of Troy. _ . . I 1
The game now shifts to Sieily and | r " r
Ttalv. with Virgi’as chronicler. Eneas 1 1°*
with Dares doanthus Gygos. Gyas. En ‘ I
foUns Eryx and Antens. opened a school ■ Hvi
of boxers. ! wai
Entcllus was snarring partner for ihe
Eryx. and defeated Dares at the funeial I
gnmes of Anchises father of Eneas in wit
Sicily. Entclhis had quit' the game but Th<
came back when: a 1;
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE’
Sunday 169 birds competing. Seven
lofts made entries but three only re-
port same day returns due to the very
unfavorable weather conditions. The
birds had to fly against a strong head
wind the entire distance. They were
liberated at Longview Tex. by C. B.
Cunningham.
Results were as follows:
Speed
yards
Owner. Reg. No. per min.
Wm. Rotzler IT. 22184 813.52
Wm. Rotzler ... .P.B. 29208 808.74
Oliver Heubaun. .E.Z. 42.461 798.90
E. S. Petersen..E.S.P. 718 798.72
Aeestos fired with just disdain to
see
plain usurped without a victory
iproached Entellus thus who sat be-
side •• • •
'nee but in vain a champion of re
nown
tamely can you bear the ravished
crown
le prize in triumph borne before your j
fht.’ ”
I imagine Accstes must have been the ;
n Coffroth of his day. for in such
.nner although with different words ।
' owner of the open-air arena sicked
ffries onto Johnson when the latter |
il cleaned up the field of eligibles. I
PL© point however < that Entellus ■
ne hack and chased Dares off the
b/Ueas was e mixer as as he '
ed. He met Diomcd in the Trojan
r aud even tried out Achilles. Laicr
fought in Sicily. Africa and Italy. .
When boxing originated men met
thout protection against the cestus. i
e man with the punch was it. Later h
For One Week—Half Price
We are overloaded on just two lines; in Suits and Overcoats—s2s.oo values and $15.00
values and in order to make an absolute clean-up we are going to sell them for one week
at just One-Half Their Regular Prices. It’s your last chance to buy for next season—-
and the best price you’ve had. See Commerce Street Windows.
Every $25.00
Suit and Overcoat
$12.50
Garments which sold for $25 single or double-
breasted—every fancy pattern including blues and
blacks—sizes to fit men of etery conceivable shape
and build and in perfect harmony with the prevailing
fashions.
Your Hat
For spring—if your choice be a Derby—is
hrre in not only all the correct colors but in
either flat or roll brims. Soft hats in Dun-
lap Stetson. Trimble imported French and
English makes—are chock full of snap gin-
ger and exclusive style. $2.50 to $15.00.
Death blow of ancient boxer from description in Ben Hur.
NEGRO JOCKEY TO GET $BOOO.
Associated Press.
Lexington Ky. March 8. —Jamef
Winkfield the Lexington negro jockey
has signed to ride for an Austrian count
at $BOOO a year. Winkfield has been
riding for a Russian nobleman for sev
eral years at $6OOO a year.
HOGAN OUT OF DANGER.
Torrington. Conn. March 8. —Jamei
J. Hogan the former Yale footbal
guard who has been dangerously il
from acute kidney trouble at his fath
er’s home here was declared out o:
danger today.
temporal bones and arteries was worn.
It resembled somewhat the beadguard
of the broadswonlsman.
There was no boxing in the middle
ages. The lower orders fought with
quarterstaff and saud bag. and the up-
per classes with mace broadsword and
lance.
St. Bernard far sighted saw the rem
[ edy for the abuse of deadly weapon'
I and established a boxing school as a
I safety valve for the pfignaeious Ttal-
-1 ians in 1200. The pugilists were snug
! bv the poets and recorded in manu-
script.
Homans and Greek considered boxing
: necessary to the young man's education
i as a means of strengthening the ho ly
; uoing away with fear and infusing
' manly courage.
Punishment rather than self-defense
was the object of the ancients and tile
I man with the kick stood first with the
1 people. It was a sort of “Gentlemen
of the guards fire first.” proposition
| with the people.
NOTE —In the next article Tip
Wright.will tell about the birth of med
lorn boxing and introduce the champions
Every $15.00
Suit and Overcoat
$7.50
This price includes every suit which formerly sold
for $15.00 —single and double-breasted in blue black
and al! fancy patterns’ —in checks; stripes or diagonals.
“Top-notchers” of a quality line.
WHER
SOME FRESH GROWLS FROM
THE LAIR OF THE TIGERS
News Comment and Gossip on the Doings of the Big Fel-
lows —Mullin Lectures to the Student Body of the
San Antonio Academy.
II Most of the soreness is gone out
| youngsters ’ arms and they should be
>f । able to go pretty fast tomorrow.
Captain Beecham of Fort Sam Hous-
“ ton who is an old friend ot Manager
Jennings was in uniform yesterday at
(the afternoon session. Although it had
[been a couple of years since the captain I
had worn a glove he showed surpris- )
ing agilily in getting under flies and
good form in catching them.
The three newspaper men also turned '
out in uniform yesterday. Paul Bruske I
of the Tinies has been working as hard i
as any of the players even running
1 around the park at the conclusion of
practice. Joe Smith of tbe Journal was
out yesterday for the first time and
came near registering under the influ-
ence of the unwonted exercise and the
hot sun. H. Salsinger of the News
is in pretty lair shape.
“Wild Bill" Donovan is nursing a
wound in his left arm picked up while I
I fighting a refractory brake lever on an I
j automobile. Eight stitches were taken |
I in the cut hut it is healing rapidly and ‘
1 the stitches will be removed tomorrow. |
) The wild one wil] then be able to re- '
' sume bis interrupted training.
i Tlie budding baseball stars of San )
1 Antonio academy yesterday enjoyed a '
i distinction rarely vouchsafed the play- '
j ers on prep school clubs when George
Mullin the premier heaver of the 1
American league gave them a lecture
and demonstration of the rudiments of
baseball. Mullin took a light workout
at the afternoon session and hurried
over to the school where the student |
body was assembled to meet him. After ;
a short talk on the elementary prin-
ciples of the game the big pitcher gave
a demonstration of his idegs of how to
' stand in the box. holding of the ball.
I the steps to be taken in its delivery
I and other pointers to pitchers. He also .
: showed them how to handle the hickory.
I how to step into a hall and impressed |
on them the value of getting away from |
the plate quick and hikiug it to first 1
base in a hurry. The king-bee heaver 1
spent a full hour and a half at the '
j school and the youngsters gave him the
■ most respectful attention throughout j
Mullin by the way is in perfect eon [
dition. He reported at mid-season I
I weight has worked all the stiffness out
of bis muscles and is now going easy. I
1 He eut loose a few Sunday and says
I that barring a slight weak feeling in
j his arm he is in as good condition as :
I he ever was in his life.
: Immediately after the game with the
I Bronchos next Sunday the Tigers are
scheduled to hustle back to town pack
lup mid hike to Fort Worth. Three
1 games will be played with the Panth-
i ers. one with the Dallas Giants and
maybe one with the Waeo Navigators. ।
1 After the return to camp. Manager Jen J
Do You Know That We Have An Up-to-date
Plant for Charging Your Auto Gas Tanks
INDEPENDENT AUTO CO.
10! GARDEN ST
MARCH «. 1910.
The Oxford
Your want may be one of our four or five-
eyelet styles or one of the snappy two-eyelet
pumps with a wing tip—in either case we’ll
show you—tans oxbloods or blacks—that are
not only correct but the product of real shoe-
makers. $3.50 to $6.00.
| niugs has promised h' yat”.'' '0 '4‘ FlNs: 7
Sam Hpuston team.
The regulars will arrive here about
the fifteenth and will remain fiist long
enough to work the soreness out of their
systems. The start back north will come
on the 25th. with playing dates in Hous-
ton New Orleans ami thence by easy
1 stages to the north. By that time the
[ club will have plenty of youug pitchers
I conditioned for all exhibition games .
land the older men may take their time
in getting ready for the opening of the
j season.
Trainer Tuthill last night gave a dem-
onstration of his hobby which is an
elcetrie blanket. It is a small electric
ally heated pad for use on sore should-
ers neuralgia racked nerves jumping
toothache and the like. He has had
small use for it ou the Tigers so ax
ploited it for the benefit of several in-
xalids at the hotel.
Manager Jennings has selected three
fresh youngsters to throw in the box
against the Brones tomorrow. Vance
Browning and Hardin have been select-
ed for the sacrifice. Two of these.
Vance and Browning have played in
the Texas league and will be remember-
ed by mauy of the fans.
DES MOINeTcLUB
INSURES MANAGER
Chicago. March 8. —Following the ex-
ample of other baseball magnates the
owners of the Des Moines lowa team
in the Western league have taken out
an insurauce policy on Geo. Davis the
new manager to protect themselves
against loss. It is said the policy is for
c7he
TheCaROF txCLUS|VNESS
See SidheyN-Weis
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