San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-11-21
Another Victory /!
St. Louis College Boys Add to Their
String Of Victories.
Defeat L. WOlfSon'S Nine By the
Phenomenal Twirling Of "0li
Reliable" Lee johnson.

Last Sunday hundreds of young peo-
pie anxiously watched the heavens to
see if they could divine the outcome
of the alteration between -'Old SoP'
and Jupiter Pluvius." For long time
it seemed as if his disgruntled majesty
would have his way about it and
change the earth into a sea; but fin
ally "Old Sol'' succeeded in dissuading
him from his dark purpose and even
got the afternoon for himself After
such an suspicious beginning it might
be expected that something great was
to happen. And so it turned out
L. Wolfson's nine, reinforced by some
extraneous talent, played their second
game with the st. Louis College boys
The game was close and exciting up
to the 9Th inning, when the collge lads
ran away from their antagonists. The
Wofsonites started out rather harshly,
making two hits and two runs in as
many minutes. This served as
warning to the st. Louis boys and
they promptly put their shoulders to
the wheel and played ball.
The playing of the Wolfsons was a
vast improvement on the first attempt.
George Chavez, their pitcher, struck
out seven men. He has a very decep-
tive drop ball, but made too frequent
use of it, and as consequence, had to-
retire in the seventh inning.
Catcher Lopez, of '"Topo Chico" fame,
caught for the clerks. He is a very
good catcher and batter, but is poor
both in throwing to and running the
bases. Joe Erps, at short was as agile
as cat and anything that came near
him was sure to be interfered with.
The high wind, which made it difficult
to judge fly balls, must be blamed for
many of the errors.
The personnel of the st. Louis nine
was somewhat changed. Montague
being sick, ''Old Reliable" Lee John
son twirled again. M. Walsh extend
ed hospitality to all callers at short
field and A. Smissen a junior brother
of the big first baseman, was appoint
ed to look after the middle garden. L.
Johnson was perfect Egyptian puz-
zle. Only three men could solve his
delivery. Lopez and Stappenbeck
seemed to have no difficulty and made
three hits each. The only other man
that made successful connection with
the ball was Gus. Geyer. The rest of
the nine gave Johnsons snake curves
and cannon shots a wide berth and
free passage over the plate. He struck
out seven men. The st. Louis infield
played according to Mike O'Connor's
tactics and made two fine double plays
which brought back to memory the la
mented, r-to-be-forgotten Broncho
inffeld of 1897. l.. Hartung had moth
ing to do in left field and did it well;
but he was very much in evidence at
the bat and on the bases, making four
hits and stealing four bases. Johnson
also made four hits and Young made
three. In all, the college boys made
eighteen hits. Their total of purloined
bases was ten-quite a record when it
is remembered that these bases were
stolen on a professional. A. Bor-
dages made lightning run, from ex-
trme right to the rear of second base,
for sky scraper and when he got to
It, surprised himself, by dropping it.
1t was an excusable error and one
that showed how much territory the
ST. Louis right fielder can cover and
how foolhardy it would be to try to
drop safe hit into his flower patch.
Following is the official score;