The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-03
GIANTS DEFEAT
SAN ANTONIO
SOLDIER BOYS

San Antonio, Texas, April 3.-The
Giants closed their spring offensive
against the United States Army here
yesterday afternoon when, with the
thermometer away at 95 degrees in
the shade, the National League cham
pions won the daily burlesque from
the Caph Travis team by a score Of
IA to 5.
The game proved rather a disap-
pointment to McGraw, as he expected
Travis to put UP much better game,
1nasmuch as the St. Louis Cardinals.
with Goak and Meadows, their best
pitchers, in the box, only beat the
Camp Travis boys to here last
week. The Travis team is composed
entirely of minor leaguers and was
Supposed to be the best soldier team in
the Southwest.
Lefty Craig, a minor league vet
eran, who was once with the Athlet-
les, pitched the entire game for the
soldiers. He was a soft mark for the
Manhattan hitters. While with the
Houstan Texas League club Craig
shut out the White Sox. Yesterday
afternoon the Giants f1ogged Craig for
10 hits.
Craig's support also was very rag
ged. Henning, who played fine ball
in two games which the Giants played
against San Antonio, bobbed up in
aCmp Travis uniform yesterday. His
transfer to Uncle Sans payroll did
not seem to help his playing, as he
was the worst trangressor on the SOL
der team. The boys in khaki gave
him an unmerciful panning.
Camp Travis, which is one of the
largest national army camps, has its
own grandstand, and soldiers were
| charged % and so cents to see the
game, the money going to the camp
| athletic fund. Major-Gen. Hen1y AL
| len, commander of the camp; Brig
Gen. G. J. Johnson, their stats and
families attended the game. Gen. AL
len is a great baseball fan. He is the
centre of all athletic activities at Ira
Wis. Rube Benton and Poll Perritt
each pitched four innings, after which
Schaefer wound up the skit in his
usual act. Benton permitted only two
hits, but Perritt was touched up free
ly But for a, remarkable back-handed
running catch by Without at least four
runs would have been scored by the
soldiers in the sixth inning
The Giants got the usual first in
ming jump. They scored three runs
in the opening round. Kauff beat out
an inf1eld bounder, stole second and
scored on two wild throws. Burns
walked, took third on Zimmermans
single and scored when Henning
muffed the throw to third. Fletcher's
single drove in Heinie.
! 1t looked as though Craig had found
himself in the second, when he re-
tired the side in order, but after that
he went completely to pieces. He
permitted three runs in the third, five
more in the fourth and three in the
fifth.
! While McGraw says he is only too
glad to play exhibitions for the SOL
diers, he welcomes the series with
Cleveland, as it will give the New
York hitters some real practice. THE
kind o fpieching we have been hitting
lately is not helping us any," he said
after the game.
Schaefer pulled a, RUDE Waddell in
the ninth inning. He called in all his
infielders and outfelders, had them
stand in line with him, and all went
through the motion of winding up.
Germany then let the ball go at the
batter and Holloway hit to the vacant
centre field for a fake home run.
Camp Travis has an Indian right
fielder, Robinson, who has a wonder
full whip. He can throw from deep
right TO any part of the infield, but
neither the third baseman nor catcher
SCENE da,bie to stop his throws. The
Indian also made a pretty running
catch of liner by Gibson. I had
the satisfaction of making him step
around to get that one commented
George.
The Giants Close their stay here to-
day with a farewell game at San An
tonic. The men surely have had
chance to timber up during the last
two days, as the thermometer hit
n rouD5 I'M in the sun.