San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-18
CHICAGO WINS
FROM NJ GRAN' :
MEN BY s To 4
Sox Jump Into Lead, Lose
1t and Regain 1t
on Errors.
EDDIE COLLINS SIGNS
Second-baseman Reports in
Few Days-Game at
3 Sunday.

Misplays decided a close game at
League Park Saturday and the Chi
cago White Sox are off to a running
start in their exhibition series with
the New York Giants. The Sox cap
tured what is usually referred to as
hard-fought contest by the score of
q TO (, although the men of McGraw
had the edge on number and distance
Of hits.
The Sox earned one run in the Sec
ond inning and then accepted another
in the third for which the way was
paved by Jimmy OConnell's muff in
center field. Frisch hit homer with
one on in the third, tying it UP, and
the Giants went ahead with a run in
the fourth, driven in by Frank Sny-
der. Two bases on balls got Fred
johnson, twirling for the New York
ers, in trouble in the fifth and a hit
and two sacrifices put Chicago in
front again by run. The Giants
tied it in the sixth on a double BY
johnson who then lost his own game
in the seventh when, with two men
on bases, he made a peg into center
field in an attempt to catch a run
the brace of markers that decided the
game.
The stands were packed for the
game, and all the lrishmen wore
shamrocks. The Giants wore their
new gray uniforms for the first time.
New uniforms. say the old-timerS.
never failed to jinx a team in the first
game worn, even if most of the team
NIrES and So -
Blume and johnson.
Clinton Blume, the tbllegian from
| Colgate, pitched the first four in
nings for New York and got along
very well. Fred johnson, the ex-Bear,
travelled the rest Of the route. As far
as pitching was concerned, Fred got
along fine, but he slipped up in his
defensive play, as above related, with
damaging results.
Ted BlankenShip. the tall Texan,
was in the box for Chicago for five
innings and "Stubby- Mack. secured
from Seattle, finished the game. The
| Giants collected eleven hits off their
deliveries, but they performed nobly
with men on the sacks-and there
were Giants on in every inning but
the eighth.
~ Ndiltp VI tue EdQle WAS
frankie Frisch's score-tying, crowd
enthusing home-run in the third in
| ming. Two were out and Groh was
on first by virtue of base on balls.
t'rlsch sent the ball on a line over
the deep left field wall for a homer.
| The remarkable part of it was that
frisch is n left-handed batter.
This homer put frankie back in
| ha h. - IL.
py muffing an easy pop fly hit by
trooper, the initial Chicagoan at bat
IN frame No. 1. Nothing came Of
mat muff, however. as the next three
Sox went out in order.
Broke the Ice i'm Second.
| The Giants had a chance in the
tlrst when Frisch lined one to center
with two out aud took third on a
freak hit through second by Meusel.
but Fish got under Youngs' high fly.
The Sox broke the ice in the Sec
ond. A walk started the trouble.
Sheely got it. Leo Taylor, trying to
sacrifice, forced the runner, but
Ihird-baseman Louis Rosenberg laced
out his first of three singles, and
then Ray Schalk came through with
hard safety down the left field line.
scoring TAYLOR. Blankenship hit into
double play.
In Chicago's third. Hooper sent a
long fly to right center. O'Connell
camped under it and muffed it, Hoop
er reaching second. In the next in
nng.. OConnell and Youngs traded
positions, evidently because the sun
bothered the $4,000 star. McClel-
Ian sacrificed Hooper to third. from
where Harry scored as Bancroft, after,
beautiful stop, threw MostiI out at
| first.
Frisch's homer tied it up in the
Giants third.
The Sox opened the fourth with a
brace of measly hits, but double play
squelched Kid Gleason's gallants for
the time being.
The Giants assumed the lead in the
fourth. Kelly hit TO left with one
down. OConnell popped TO Shelly.
Nelly stole second and scored when
Hooper, after long run. failed TO
hold Snyder's short fly back of first
base and followed his futile attempt
by pegsing the ball 10 the left field
bleachers. Snyder got to third and
Stengel, batting for Blume, walked,
but Bancroft popped out.
| Naths arc NOSuy.
Fred Johnson took the hill as the
Sox went TO bat in the fifth and had
trouble locating the pan. He walked
Hooper and Mcclellan TO start the in
ming. Mostil scored Hooper with a
hit TO eft. Fish hunted the runners
along and Sheey's sacrifice fly to
O'Connell scored Mcclellan. Frisch
tossed out Taylor.
The Gisnts got one off Mack in
his first inning OF duty. the sixth.
Kelly had famed and O'Connell. after
shooting a hot single through Sheely.
had been retired at second trying 70
stretch his hit. Smith singled 10
center. Fred Johnson uncorked two
bagger between Mostil and Fish and
as MoStil tried 10 pick the ball up
after stopping its flight 20 the fence.
Smith scored. Bancroft was a Tay-
lor-Sheely out.
Johnson'S blow tied the score az
4-all and then Fred had to 60 and toss