El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-20
SAN ANTONIO VINs12 STRAIGHT GAMES
DURIHG LAST 10 DAYS. WINNING STREAK
Continual Smuggling Did It. With Good Twirling; Man
ager Liedy Is Going to Be Scout For the St Louis
Browns Some Texas League Gossip Fresh
From the Scene of Battle in Biggest State
(BY HORACE H. SHELTON

team must be strengthened If the gate
receipts keep up and efforts have re-
Gently been maze in that direction.
Three St Louis players have been ad-
ded to the team They are, Herman
Beckewitz, outfielder; Jim Noonam, in
fielder, and Jim Memo. infielder. They
are husky youngsters and look as If
they would be able to do stunts in
baseball They have been playing pro-
feSSlOnal and semi professional base
ball in and about st. Louis for several
years. Three other players have also
Joined the team. These are Outfielder
Hopkins, of Chattanooga, in the South
ern league catcher McDOnough and in
fielder Maggie, of Marshall, Texas.
Hopkins is a fast man and ought to
rank with the best infielders in this
league. He has been swatting the ball
even in the Southern league in
mighty manner
Austin is also making some efforts
to strengthen The attendance there
has been very poor of late and the
franchise owners realize they must
give the fans better baseball or face a
big deficit Efforts to have games
transferred from Austin to other Texas
league cities have failed and it is now
up to Austin to put up a better exhi-
bitiOn of ball. Austin has been bring
ing in fresh pitchers and Otto McITer,
a former St Louis Cardinal. has been
purchase from the Pacific Coast
league. He is a fast outfielder and has
been showing up in good shape in this
league He was at one time one OF
the mainStayS of the San Antonio team
Waco while not croWding either San
Antonio or Dallas dangerously, is still
close enough to rush ahead and pull
down the flag should either team have
a very bad slump. There has been no
team in the league which has played
more consistent ball than Waco and
manager Hardy has made an excellent
reputation for himself. He has got
very fine work out of the youngsters
he has on his staff
There are six pitchers on the Texas
league staff who have succeeded so
far this season in winning a victory
against each of the other teams in the
league. They are Foster and Ray, OF
Houston; Goodwin and Browning, Of
San Antonio; Ashton, of Austin, and
Moore, of Galveston. Four clubs nave
not beaten Goodwin, of san Antonio at
all this year. They are Beaumont,
Waco, Fort Worth and Austin. He
walIOped Beaumont five times. Calves
ton, Waco and Austin have found FOs-
ter unbeatable. Fort Worth, Dallas
and Austin have been unable to get by
Ray and Waco mas taken but one out
Of four from him. Waco has beaten
neither Browning nor Ashton this year.
When the final averages show up,
however, Matina, of Beaumont, will
probably show up as the premier
pitcher of the league. He came from
the Southern league and has been go
ing at a merry gait. Had he been with
a stronger team his record would have
been exceptionally good
II the big leagues overlook Taft, of
Waco this year they will pass up the
one best bet. Yet under q, he has
played three seasons Of league base
ball and made good. The two past
years he has been with Waco. If he
was picked up now and properly con-
served he has many years of major
league baseball in him..
Next week Houston and San Antonio
will meet in the crucial series of the
season, three games being played at
Houston and three at San Antonio. II
San Antonio gets four out of the six
il means ruin for Houston. The same
may be said Of San Antonio if Hous-
ton wins four. Both teams are hoping
to be able to break even.
1t is during this series that Waco
expects to have a chance to jump into
the lead. That team will be toying
with the weaker teams of the league
and should luck break right and the
team snatch all six Of the victories
there might be an entirely different
complexion on the league race.
Regardless of the outcome of those
games it IS certain the pennant race
will continue to be a lively one with
at least three teams neck and neck in
the home stretch. This closeness has
resulted in the three leading teams re-
fusing some mighty tempting offers
for some Of their best players.