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A. A. A. U. Officials Compliment Splendid Amateur Showing in San Antonio i TIGERS PLAY FIRST GAME WITH BRONCHOS SUNOAY-WARMING lIP Genial Weather Makes a Great Hit With the Champs, Who Want to Work a Trifle Too Fast to Suit Jennings. *r- ■ — The Tigers,-after a refreshing slum-1 ber, awoke bright and early this morn-' iug to see Old Sol extend them his ■ cheerful greeting in the city of the I Alamo. “Say, this is fine busiiyss,” remark ed “Wild Bill’’ Donovan, as ho sauntered up and down the sunny side of Alamo plaza park. “To think that only a fortnight ago we were oa’ing icicles and now we are eating oranges. right off the tree. I tell you, old San Antonio is there with the goods when I it comes to climate. ” This brought forth an expression from the übiquitous wit. ‘ ‘ Why, yes, I hpard they were getting rea<ly to build a railroad from ban An-1 tonio to the sun.” , “Hof” naked n bystander. “And. pray, tell me how they expect to get up j theref” I -“Why. climate, my boy; climate. Immediately after breakfast, the j Tigers, headed by “We-ah Hughey, repaired to the ball park, where they put in the forenoon with light work. Thev were a trifle stiff from the long ride from Michigan nnd the light work at the park yesterday afternoon, but by the time thev were warmed up they forgot all about'this, and Jennings had all he could do to restrain them from cutting loose in mid-season style. Jennings, however, has two old a baseball head to run any in his plavers springing a and duly cautioned them against jk exertions. The players will conti nmlOß light work today and by tomorrow ,wr will go a little faster and will continue to increase their pace day by day until they are rounded to in championship shape. With the Bronchos lining up for spring training, a schedule has been ar ranged in order to allow both the Tig ers and the Bronchos the use of the ball park. The. Tigers will have the field daily from 9:30 to 10:30 a. m., and 2:30 to 4:30 p. m.. while the Bron chos will be on from 10:30 to noon and j from 4:30 p. m. to 6. The Tigers’ first appearance in a game against an opposing team will be next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when they will line up • against the Bronchos. Since the arrival of the Tigers an-| other member arrival last night; H. H. ■ c//ie TmeCaROF txCLUSIVNESS See SidneyH.Weis i SAN ANTONIO’S : LEADING HOTELS • {••••••••••••••••••••••••a ...THE... St. Anthony ABAOLOTELY FIBEfROOE SAN ANTONIO’S NEWEST AND FINEST MOOCIIN IN RVKRV DCTAn. Ne Batter ar Mere Cemnlete Hotel of Ite Blu (tIO room; In America Liberally Conducted on the EUROPLAN PLAN •pnctal Attention PaM * Commercial Mew. F. M. BWCARINBCN A BOIL Managing Olrectera. l.ji hl i-U'-" - ■" i J The Menger Facing the Historic Alamo Plaza THE HOTEL OF CUISINE AND S> RVICE and the best American-plun house in the ' South, icmains, as ever in the past SAN ANTONIO'S MO,T BEAUTIFUL, COM PORTABLE AND CONVENIENT HOSTELBY WILLIAM C. BRUCE. Manncer. gZ>e Gunter I EUROPEAN PEAN $1.50 AND UP 550 ROOMS 22.5 WITH BATH Largest and most commodious rotunda in the South. In addition to ala carte service we specialize LUNCHEON. 12 to 2 p. m.. 50 cents. TABLE D'HOTE DINNER, 6 to 8 p. m.. 81.00 Concerts THE GUNTER HOTEL CO. WEDNESDAY, TIGERS WILL SEE MINSTRELS i Veteran Invites Entire Bunch to Be His Guests at the Grand Tonight. , George Primrose, the veteran minstrel man, has invited the members of the 1 Detroit ball club to be his guests at the 'i Grand tonight. “1 was born in Detroit,” laid Prim- I rose this morning, after the mad dash I C GEO. PRIMORSE. i j through the streets, “and it’s a cinch nothing I’ve got is too good for the 11 Tigers. They can take their choice of I performances and can occupy any seats they want to, from a down stairs box to ' the highest perch in the peanut.” • Primrose is almost as rabid a base- '; ball fan as George Evans, the Honey Boy minstrel. While he hasn’t offered any medals for batting honors, he is | generally on the job whenever he is iu '| a town at the same time two ball teams ' I nre, and he sometimes gets up and does ' gome hollering himself. Mr. Primrosp, who is probably the 1 -lean of old time minstrel men, was out ’ j early this morning looking for his i I friend, Hughey Jennings, and the two । । had a long confab. I Pernoll came in. Peruoll is a left-hand- I ed pitcher and was in the Northwest | ern league last season. He is a husky 1 youngster, and from outward appear j ances has the making of a star twirl । er ' Arriving at the hotel he walked np to a number of men who miglt be taken [ for a lot of bail players, smee in this I day and generation it is difficult to distinguish a ball player from a bank er so far as sartorial appearance is concerned, and he asked: “I am looking for Mr. Jennings. Are you some of the Detroit bunch?" The men pleaded not. guilty. “Well, I am. - ’ was the ready re sponse from the young twirler. and he hustled up to the office where he got the desired information. The White Sox will play the Tigers I on flag raising day at'Detroit on .Tune ; 28. and the Browns will open the White i Sox new park in Chicago on July 1. LIKLE AUTOMOBILE CO. 427 MAIN AVENUE Agents for JACKSON Old Phone IBSS j WOODWARD CARRIAGE CO. 2=============== Vehicles Harness and Rubber Tires 213. 215. 217 St. Maiy’n Street I WHITE STEAM GASOLINE I : For performance, simplicity, cheapness ot I up-keep and durability they cannot be equalled for the prlee. Youncbiood Automobile Co. PLAYERS DOWN IN SECOND POLO TOURNEY GAME Savage From Fort Worth In jured In Collision With Gre ble—Taken to Hospital. CAPTAIN M'INTYRE IS HIT Demonstrates Grit By Finishing Though Struck Squarely On Head By Ball. In the second game of the state polo tournament at Fort Sam Houston yes terday afternoon, which was witnessed by a largo crowd, the Deer Park team was an easy victor over the Fort Worth team, th" score being 11 1-2 to 3 1-2. Notwithstanding the one-sided score, the game was full of excitement and the Fort Worth tcum put up a game struggle. There was much brilliant work done on both sides and many of the goals were cleverly executed. During the game one of the players of the Fort Worth team. Savage, was injured in a collision with Greble ami hurled to the ground, his horse rolling over him. He was picked up uncon scious, but soon revived and was then taken to the post hospital. Savage’s absence had a tendency to weaken the Fort Worth team, although Captain Mclntyre, who was substituted for him. played a game that was a creditable one for the limited experi ence he has had. Captain Mclntyre demonstrated his grit in the game, for in the fifth period he was struck squarely on the back of the head with the ball and nearly unhorsed, but this did not prevent him from finishing. He scored a goal for his side in the tenth. Deer Park's victory leaves this team to battle with Midland for the St. An thony hotel cup tomorrow afternoon. There is no game today, the losers play ing for the consolation prize Friday. In tomorrow's game Deer Park will give Midland three goals to start on as a Aaudicap, under agreement, provided the present line up continues. x The line up and score of yesterday's game was as follows: Deer Park. Player— Position— Handicap. Greble. No. 1 • • Beadleson, No. 2 - Mentes, No. 3 Stevenson, back " Total handicap 1 Fort Worth. , Player— Position- Handicap. Cruseman, Nos. I. 4 Anderson, No. 2 ' Leash, No. 3 " Savage. No. 3 ■’ Mclntyre, No. 1 Total handicap s Deer Park. Won by .goals Won by handicap .. , ' Lost by penalties 1 Total 11 12 Fort Worth. Won by goals 4 Lost by safeties o 1 o Total Goals: Beadlesun (5), Greble (3), Stevenson (3). Anderson (2), Montes. Mclntyre, Leach. Referee: Lieut. M. * hurchul. EGAN SETS A LOW SCORE FOR AMATEURS Associated Press. Chicago, Hl.. Match 2. H. t handler Egan gave the contestants in the west ern indoor golf championship a refiiark aWy low score to shoot nt for the next two weks. by notching 65 for the Mini kahda course in the first day’s play at the indoor golf school. The qualifying round, which began yesterday, will continue until March 10. and it will require some fine play to beat the mark set by Egan, which ?» onh" two strokes over th'e indoor pat tor the Minikahda course. Dr. S. S. Beaklev, GfbLe Bldg. Eyo, car, nose and throat. SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE LON 6 DISTANCE. RACE BETWEEN EOCAE MACHINES Automobile Club Receives Of fer of Prize of $3OO for Carnival Event. / MUCH INTEREST AROUSED Sixty Will Take Club Run to' Boerne Sunday—Start In Front of City Hall. Automobile races at the spring cm n.val and the club run to Boerne next. Sunday were two important matters that were discussed at the meeting of the San Antonio Automobile club last night. When the question of arrang ing for rhe auto races during the spring carnival .ante up. a prize of 8300 was affered by Dr. F. J. Fielding, for a long distance race between two local fast machines. The offer was received with enthusiastic applause, for it means that there will be some excellent sport in the wav of nujo races while the carnival is in progress. Much interest has been aroused in these races and there are several vary already entered, some ot whu-h have good speed records. With the dvelop ment of the local talent in the racing game, some gc.od sport s-an be looked fey .hiring the carnival. The races will be held in the forenoon of two days luring the carnival, the .lavs to be an uouneed later. It was decided to make the races strictly a home affair, as it is consid ered there is enough talent here Io g"e a classy exhibition of speed without looking elsewhere for it The Boerne Club Rim. Much interest is being taken in the club run 1o Boerue text Sunday. The committee on good roads, through Chair man R. A. Goeth, made its report on the route chosen for the Boerue club run at the meeting Inst night. The secretary of the club is today getting a line on the members who will make t he run, to ascertain whether they will take with them basket lunches or nmt up at the hotel at Boerne, so that ne.-es‘ari hotel nrrangements ean be ma 'e if the latter course is pursued. It was decided to extend a welemi.* to non members to make the run with the eluk. The start will be made Sunday i morning at 9 o'clock from in front of the city hall. The machines wil) be so lined up that there will be space be tween them to prevent anyone from re. eciving the dust of the nne ahead, and a res-onable rate of speed will be mnin tninc'l Present indications are that there will be about sixty persons in the party to make the club run. AUSTIN MAY HAVE NO BASEBALL TEAM THIS YEAR Special Dispatch. Austin. Tex.. March 1- Austin has not onlv lost all chance of having a baseball team in the Texas league thin year but may also be without repr sentation nf tire new Southwestern league, according to B. S. Dickenson, president, of the Southwestern. Mr. Dickenson has kept in touch for some time with local fans, with a view to having them tnke charge of an Aus tin team in the Southwestern, but it now declared these negotiations have been dropped. Parties in San Antonio and Houston are considering the prop osition and if they fail to act there will [ be uo,league baseball for Austin this year. ‘ FOOTBALL MAN IS ILL. Associated Press. Torrington. Conn.. March 2. J Hogan, the former Yale football cap tain, and lately a member of Street Commissioner “Bill" Edwards' force in New York, is seriously ill at. his i home here with kidney trouble, ffogan was takey ciiddenlv ill shortly after his arrival here a few days ago and a specialist has been called from New York to attend him. His condition is not thought to be critical. Dr. 8. F. Jacobi, dentist, 519-20 Hieki Bldg. Old phone 1832. J DON'T YOU REMEMBER POINTERS ON TRAINING FOR YOUNG ATHLETES This article deals with middle dis tance running. The half and mile runs are the ones high school athletes com pete in.’ The half-mile requires more endur- i ante and less speed' than the sprints. . To run a half mile in 2 minutes and 15 i seconds a runner should cover distance . as follows; First. 220 yards in 31 1-2 seconds. Secou,| 22V vards in 33 1-2 seconds. Third 220 yards in 34 12 seconds. Fourth 220 yards in 35 1-2 seconds. To run’n half mile in two minutes] •'flat,” he should run as follows: First 220 yards in 28 seconds. Second 220 yards in 29 seconds. Third 220 yards in 31 seconds. Fourth 220 yards iu 32 seconds. The first three weeks jog a mile a Jay at n sevenminute gait. After fin ishing this distance, walk half a mile to cool off and allow the heart and resuira tion to return to normal. The second three weeks reduce the distance to three-quarters of a mile nnd increase the speed so that the distance is covered at a six-minute gait. End up with a wnlk as before. The third three weeks increase vour speed so as Ie cover the three-Quarter mile in 5 minutes 3 seconds. Walk as before. The last three weeks run 700 vards once a day nt seven-eighths speed and practice spring from 70 to 100 yards from four to six times. It is well to practice each lay in your longer dis tance the following: At the start sprint from 30 to 40 TEN PIN TOURNAMENT Kohr succeeded in taking two out of five from Thomas Inst night at Emer son al’eys. Thia t" 11 mighty good per fornwnce for Kohr to carry oft as Thomas has been either taking five or four from every one he has met so tar. Thomas rolled high game. 223. and best average per game, 193. Wagner took three from Connors: Roach three from Hill; Howard three from O. Burt. The score: First series— Thomas . . ..211 168 203 223 161—900 Kohr l'»0 172 171 184 1b8—855 Second series— Wagner . .. 179 186>1 >7 196 215—9-4 Conners .. .178 179 160 194 199-910 Third series: Roach 202 171 195 168 143—SSI Hill ....■ ...133 165 189 198 160—Sb* Fourth aeries: * _ _ Howard .. .137 10« ISO 149 142 < L* O. Burt .. ..123 137 127 106 151—b l I ,01883 B. Forner took three out of five from K. Burt, rolling best average in class B by getting an average of 188. Burt rolled high game score. 210. Fowler sueceedetl in taking three from Pinkus. The score: First series: • Forner .. ..197 152 171 165 156—841 K. Burt .. ..11« 210 118 198 158—830 Second series: Fowler .. ..156 123 143 lob 156 <34 Pinkus ....144 189 155 127 1.33—748 । a । 8 ■ *"** STAGG LEAVES FOR ARKANSAS. AMod.ted Pres.. Chicago, HI.. March 2. —Confident that the football schedule which he has arranged with Wisconsin, Cornell, Min uesota, Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern ami Purde will prove acceptable to the board of athletics. Director Stagg of the Fniversity ' of Chicago left yesterday for the Fniversity of Arkansas to try out the new gridiron rules. Stagg de clared he had received numerous letters bince first announcing his “laboratory idea” commending tffe plau. and said he felt the results would prove helpful to the football rules committee at its meeting Mfreh 25. BRINGS NEGRESS BACK. Special Dispatch. Austin. Tex., March 2. — Detective \. T Corwin brought back Nora Harris, a negress, from San Marcos last night t 0 answer a charge of theft from the person. The woman is charged with I.living picked the pocket of'flu aged em/ilove at- the state capitol. F. C. Mi!- mfi several months ago. She will be f/rned over to the county authorities Otto Riebe Undertaking Co. 221 East Commerce St. Both nhcncs 341. yards, theu drop into your regular stride. At the end ot' three-eighths of I a mile, sprint once more for 50 vards. and end your distance run with a sprint beginning with 30 yards at the end of your fourth week’s training gradually increasing the distance of your sprint untli you reach 75 yards by adding 10 vards daily. Should an athlete desire to run a mile in five minutes, eaach quarter should ' be mu as follows; First 140 yards, 1:10. ■ Second 110 yards, 1:14. Third 4 In yards, 1:17. Fourth 110 yards, 1:19. Should the time desired be 4:40. the standard would be as follows: First 110 yards, 1:01. Second 410 yards, 1:08. Third 440 yards, 1:12. Fourth 110 yards. 1:16. Jog two miles a day for three weeks at about a seven-minute gait for each mile. After finishing Hus distance walk a half mile. Then reduce the dis tance to a mile and a half, but increase thp speed so that each three aunrter is run in four and one half minutes. Walk as before. The third three weeks run the santt I distance. Running cadi three-quarter I mile in four minutes 10 seconds. The last three weeks run three-quarter mile j each day; rest; sprint 60 yards four rimes. Never run to your limit except in a race, unless making a trial. A mile re । quires more endurance than the halt. ' and your judgment of pace must be I keen. DUCKS LEAVING COAST F.OR COLDER CLIME The dm k season on the coast is near ing an end —that is, the ducks are leav ing the coast and returning to the north. This has been a good season on the coast and scores of hunters enjoyed some rare sport. With the advent 'f warm weather the ducks are leaving their winter abode and hustling back for the north. They arc. however, in no hurry to get to the extreme north so verv soon and are stopping along the way so as to be within a temperate zone ami not to be cut off from their food supply, as would be the case ’f they were in the snow-bound region. The ducks wiH be gone until next fall, when they will return with the first northers. MAY BUILD ELECTRIC PARK AT DEEP EDDY Special Dispatch. Austin. Tex., March 2.—With the be ginning of the annual rush of Austin people and visitors to the deep eddy, on the Colorado river, talk of an amuse ment park at that point has been re vived. The Electric Street Railway company has promised to extend its tracks to Deep Eddy is the proposed electric park is built there, and the scheme, which was much talked of last year, may be come a reality this summer. F. H. Jones of this city has another electric park project which contemplate’ an amusement park on the south bank >f the river below the city. MAYFIELD TO WASHINGTON. Special Dispatch. Austin. Tex., March 2;—Allison May field, chairman of the railroad com mission, will leave to join other state officials in Washington Sunday. The Texas officials arc fighting the advance of 10 per cent in freight rates made by the railroads, before the interstate com merce commission. KIRBY AT AUSTIN Special Diepatch Austin, Tex.. March 2— John H. Kirbv of Houston is here to attend the argument of demurrers in the suit of Ben <'. Jones & Company vs. The Gaul niel Statesman Publishing company, of which lie is a part owner. The suit was decided in 1908 for the plaintiff, but the latter secured a reversal on account of the small judgment. Jol.n (“Dots") Miller will receive B'lirno for his work with Pittsburg the coming scamou. Nice money for Ihe second yeat i" Wg show.* MARCH 2, HUO. BLEACHER SEATS WILL COST 510 If You Want to Get Close At the Big Fight July 4 It Will Cost You Just $lOO. : 4 Associated Press. San Francisco, Cal.. March 2. — Fight enthusiasts will have to dig deep in order to get seats for the Jeffries-Job fl son eombat to be staged July 4. An nouncement was made yesterday that bleacher points of vantage would sell at $lO each, while the ringside box cushions will come at $lOO. Promoters Gleason and Rickard already have re ceived hundreds of requests for reser vations. ST. JOSEPH BOWLING LEAGUE GAMES PLAYED Standing of Teams. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. .Giants ..... 4 3 1 .750 ' Highlanders .... 2 1 1 .5’H) : Tigers 2 1 1 .500 I Pirates 4 1 . 3 .250 The Giants outbowled ihe Pirates in loth games last night on the St. Jo -eph alleys, thereby winning a double ■leader. The first game went one ex i tra inning to decide who was who. both ■ teams rolling a tic score of 232 and in | rhe roll off the Giants finished ahead just by one pin. The second contest ' was a much easier victory for ’he I Giants by 25 pins, the Pirates seeming . to be unable to strike their gait. The । stars of the evening were ' Mueller. A. Meyer. Swegeman, L. R. | Meyer. Maggott and Jaekle. genre—First Game — — Giants 36 41 47 36 48 24 44—278 Pirates 34 25 35 53 39 46 43—275 Score —Second Glime — Giants 36 24 52 ->3 68 61—294 Pirates 26 46 37 35 42 43—229 The Highlanders and Tigers will hold dswr the St. Joseph runways tonight in their league schedule of game*. The Beethoven Juniors and Eagles arc hooked to entertain the City Bowling league tonight at Mission garden al ■ ley’- CITY BOWLING LEAGUE Standing of the Clubs. Plvd. Won. Lost. P C. Owls « « I • Eagles .... 6 4$ ' Beethoven .. ..... * 2 Hawks 8 5 3 .62> [Comanches 8 4 4 ,5W I Missions 4 I Socials 6 4 •’ •;”! 1 Stars fi 1 5 - I *' The Hawks and Comanches broke ] even last night at. Beethoven alleys, the Hawks winning the first game by ta pins. It wa* a battle royal from start Io finish, the first inning ending with both teams rolling a tie score of 14. It was in the second and third innings that the Hawks went sufficiently strong t< < in. h the game, going 20 and 2ff goad. The best that either could do, in the third and fourth innings was to bowl tie scores. In the sixth, the Comanches got busy and for a while it lookad ns though they were going to capture th* victory, going 30 good, but it was 16 short of being enough. The stars in this game were Fritae and Gloecknor for the Hawks and Joe McAllister for the Comanchgs. ~ The second contest *»ent >n f-'vor f the Comanches by 30 pias. The Con Min lies >ak a lead of 35 pius in the first two I flings which the Hawks cut dow> to one pin by going 34 good, the only inning in which the Hawks ever had a look-in. lust saving themselves a good c at of Whitewash. The balance of the game all went in favo* of rhe lomfl'i •■bes. Gloeekuer ami Grasso were the stars for the Hawk*, while every m " ■:f the t'omaaehes iu thi* battle liowle I an even, steadv game. Score —First Game- Hawks 4 1 58 79 41 4« Cinmocbes . I* 36 51 'I 18 65 . Scor^ —Sec”**' 1 -52 I s**—■ Rawk , . “ •-*>:: 15 3- - —— Ted. Sullivan, the xcteran »c mt a-bi manager, has !m>*'U appoiuted manager ... the i linlou. la., team in the new 11