San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-01
Drub Fort Worth, 10 to 3,
and Run Streak of
Eight in Ten.
EVERY BRUIN ASSISTS
Morrison Himself Gets
Three Hits-Simon
Triples Twice.

The Bears started strong against
the leading Fort Worth Panthers Fri
day in the beginning of their "forlofn
hope" drive to overtake Jack Ats
nine and clouted the most reflective
pitcher of the league, Lii Stoner
from the hill with a downpour of hits
in the first inning, drove Sam Ross
a southpaw, out two rounds later, and
managed to get few ticks off Red s.
Conkwright, new right-handed addi-
ton to the Cats staff from Evans
vile in the Three-I League, who. how
ever, was the most effective of the
lot.
The score was 10 to 3.
Guy Morrison occupied the hill foi
the locals. The Cats made three solid
hits off him in the first inning and
two more in the second but got only
one run out of the collection. Ii
seemed at the beginning that perhaps
the best that could be said of Guy
Friday would be that he has darn
nice personality. But he settled down
and, though nicked for twelve hits in
all-at least one in every inning but
the eighth-he managed to hold the
enemy well in hand. and his mates
usually rallied round nobly when hot
grounders and long flies were 10 be
taken care of. But, at that, only one
of the three runs off Morrison was
earned, errors figuring in the Other
two.
Morrison made three hits himself
Two of them were clean pokes, one
for a couple of bases. He scored after
each one, which provided him will
plenty Of exercise for some time Il
come.
Marshall Comedies Victory.
Dewey Marshall. who had hopes OF
| fattening his .0S7 batting average suf
Efficiently to overtake Morrison. official
~ conceded the race to Guy after the
third hit.
Everybody in the San Antonio line
up hit. Besides Morrison, Syr Simon
got three hits. and. golly, what drives
they We're. His first two. coming In
the first and second innings when the
slaughter was bloodiest. were lengthy
three baggers. Each found two run
ners on the sacks. Simon's last hit
the last Bruin safety in the game
was the only San Antonio hit in the
whole sixteen that did not help push
across runs.
Boone's one hit gave him n seasons
total of 219, six short of the league
record.
Singles by Fuller and Todt. Boone's
hot drive down the third base line
that Rapp stabbed to force Fuller
Simon's first triple, and q single by
Meyers ended the efforts of Stone,
in the first inning. Galloway welcomed
Ross with single and Kohlbecker
doubled. Finally the side was retired
-Four runs.
The Cats had scored one in the
first and were cheerful. but this bat
fast by the Bruins changed the aspect
of the game entirely.
a double by Morrison. two outs, p
walk to Boone and Simon'S second
triple produced two more scores in the
second.
Ross Satted From Box.
Hits by Kohlhecker, Morrison
Fuller and Todt showed two more over
in the third and sent Ross to the
bench. Conkwright walkeds Boone pur-
pOsely. filling the bases. Simon forced
Ike. Atz evidently figured Simon had
hit enough for one day and took a
chance on him.
A double by Gross. Morrison's beat
en- hunt followed by Catcher Haworth's
wild throw. two infield outs and
paBoone'S single gave the Bears their
last two scores.
Among the fielding features was 4
long running catch by Meyers that
prevented a Fort Worth run in the
second inning.
COURAGEOUS and hopeful fans might
remark that the Bears cut the Cats
lead from ten and half to nine and
a half games. with seventeen games
still scheduled