The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-18
Bruno Runs Bases and Fields as Well
as He Did Before Ankle Was
Injured.
fRY cHAREs A. REINHARD

(BY lcHARES A. RElNHART)
There was a happy spirit In the
| camp of the Colonies yesterday. In
fact, every member of the squad had
a smile wreathed on his countenance.
The reason for this was the snappy
manner in which Bruno Bethel, main
| cog Of the Colonies stonewall inf1eld,
| cavorted during the practice game. He
not only fielded in a much improved
manner but ran the bases in his old
time form and on one occasion in
| dulged in a slide to second The rea-
son for this activity on BetzePs part
was that he wished to convince the
doubtful that his ankle is as strong as
1t used to be before his injury.
If Bethel can keep up the stride he
set yesterday there is little danger of
his falling to be the peer of any second
sacker IN the minor leagues the COM
ing season.
Another four Inning practice SEES
sion was INDUCED in yesterday by the
Colonels with the Regulars defeating
| the Yannigans by the score of to 4.
Each side came to bat twice with six
outs to the frame. Today a regula-
ton nine-inning game will be staged
by the Regulars and the Yannigans.
After the game it is highly probable
that Manager Mccarthy will be in a
position to know just which young
sters will not make the grade.
The feature play Of the game yes
terday was triple play pulled by the
Yannigans. With Lamb and Combs
on first and second respectively, Bill
Meyer slashed wicked grounder at
Piggy" Stanley. The Louisville boy
scooped UP the drive. stepped on third
and threw to Bill Holden at second
The latter touched second and tossed
to Neil Deighan on first for the third
out of the triple play. 1t was a force
| out at each bag which is quite an un-
usual manner to pull trio of outs.
1t is a play that is seldom seen, but
talked of lot.
Tommy Gaffney was the fielding star
of today's affair between the Regulars
and Yannigans. The way he performed
at shortstop for the Yannigan gang
was of big league calibre. "Shanty"
gu luEIl IIOfil DUN sues, ana often
went down into the sand for drives
The former Philly school boy is in ex-
cellent shape and making every effort
to earn a steady job with the Colonies.
He is shortstop pure and simple, but
to beat out Ballenger would be asking
too much of the youngster at this
stage of the game. It is the general
opinion that if he is ever given the
opportunity of showing just what he
can do between second and third base
Ballenger will find himself hard
pressed. Gaffney is taking a free
swing at the ball this season and this
Is sure to improve his batting.
The Regulars used two hurlers and
so did the Yannigans. Estell and King
worked for the Regulars and Koob and
Deberry for the Yannigans. Fifteen
hits were made by the Regulars and
13 by the Yannigans. Estell allowed
four hits and no runs in two innings,
while his successor, King, was touched
up for nine hits and four markers in
two frames. Eight safeties were gar
nered off Koob and seven off Deberry
by the Regulars.
Three recruits showed up in fine
style In the brief affair. Billy Jones.
the little outfielder cracked out three
successive hits on the Yannigan side
while Dean, a pitcher playing center
field, smacked out a double and came
within an ace of sending one over the
left field fence when Ellis was forced
to make a leaping one-handed catch
Of his drive, in the opening inning.
Billy Monk, catching for the Yanni-
gans the last two innings. showed
enough stuff to convince Mccarthy
that he must be given due considera-
ton when it comes to deciding the
berth OF second string catcher. This
lad cut down two base runners and
came through with two slashing |
drives, each good for one base
Earle Combs continued his good
batting by slamming out two doubles, |
one to left field and the other to right |
center This lad is about the fastest
stride and covers a lot of ground in /
running the bases
Lyman Lamb, who has more to sayi
on or off the battle field than any
other member Of the team, is finding
his batting eye in fine style for in yes
terday's game he was credited with a /
long double and Il single. He played
center fleld for the Regulars and made /
several nice catches. Here Is one new
face on the Colonel roster who is sure
to make a big hit with the Louisville /
fans this Coming season. He Is full OF /
pepper and is in the game every min |
ute Of play. While he was obtained asi
utility player, none OF the Regulars
In the outer garden are sure of their
posts with this diminutive lad hangingi
around. He is down here to earn a I
regular job and declares friendship
ceases in this regard.
Bill Meyer started off catching for
the Regulars yesterday and then was
shifted to center field for the Yanni-
gans. lie spotted Ballenger a home
run in the fourth frame by allowing
his drive to sail over his dome. 1t
should have been an easy out but