The San Antonio Bronchos were a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas , that played in the South Texas League (1903–1906) and Texas League (1907–1919). The team was also known as the Mustangs (1903–04), Warriors (1905), and Aces (1919).
4-714: The team won two league championships. The first was in the South Texas League in their inaugural season of 1903, under the guidance of manager Wade Moore . They won their second in 1908, while a member of the Texas League under managers George Leidy and Pat Newnam . On July 23, 1907, the Bronchos lost a game played to the Austin Senators at Riverside Park in Austin by a 44–0 score, when they made
8-418: A farce of the second game of a doubleheader , after forfeiting the first game over disagreements with the umpire. † In 1904, the league started as Class D, then became Class C on June 15. Source: † In 1918, the league suspended operations on July 7. Source: Wade Moore Wade Hampton Moore (June 14, 1876 – June 14, 1956) was an American football and baseball player and coach. Moore
12-583: A win over Bethany College . After coaching football at Kansas State, Moore turned to playing and coaching minor league baseball From 1902 to 1907 he served as catcher and manager for a series of teams in Texas —in Paris , San Antonio , Houston and Galveston . In 1903, Moore served as player-manager-owner for the San Antonio Bronchos (also known as "Moore's Mustangs"), and led the team to
16-661: Was a graduate of the University of Kansas , lettering for the baseball team in 1898 and 1899, and the football team in 1899. Following his college playing career, Moore became the sixth head football coach for the Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan, Kansas . He held that position for one season, in 1901, and his overall coaching record at Kansas State was 3 wins, 4 losses, and 1 tie. Moore also played in some of his team's games in 1901, kicking two field goals in
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