San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-31
bRU|N FANS
SEE GL|MNER
. Of HOPE YET
Double Shutout of Dallas
Thursday Puts Bears
Second.
CATS COME TO TOWN
Just Barest Chance That
+ San Antonio Can Still
Overtake En-.
CATS COME TO TOWN

The flame OF hope flickers once
more for San Antonio fandOm. True.
IT'S little more than a will o the wisp,
but it's there. and followers OF the
Bears are again daring to hope for a
miracle that will put the home team
into a position to jar the Fort Worth
Painters out of monopoly OF Texas
League pennants.
Two brilliant shutOut victories over
Dallas in Thursdays double-header.
sweeping the series with the Steers,
sent the Bears into undisputed posses
sion of second place and pushed the
Steers down to fourth position, below
Wichita Falls. :,
Fort Worth lost 10 Beaumont and
Cciemans gang cut the Panthers lead
over them from twelve games to ten
and half Eighteen games remain
to be played on the Bears schedule,
Fort Worth must take the field u
times more. Five of the Bears re-
manning games are with Fort Worth.
three of them here. beginning FRIDAY
afternoon. Five more games are
scheduled with the weakened Sand
crabs. If only the Bears can show the
speed on the road they are showing at
home. the Cats may be forced, at least.
10 Nllt
Win Seven Out Of Nine.
The two triumphs over the Steers
Thursday. achieved by Bob Couchman
and Red" Lucas in most impressive
fashion, ran the Bears home record
this trip TO seven out of nine. The
more or less naughty Dallas team
failed 10 score for % consecutive in
nings while in San Antonio.
Ike Sablosky, owner of the Dallas
club, suffered through the double beat
ing his team got Thursday. Ike came
along with ]. Doak Roberts. president
Z of the Texas League, who Is here 'on
official business"
Couchman and "Slim" Love engaged
in beautiful battle in the first game.
Bob received snappy support when he
got into tight places couple of times
and achieved his second shutout of the
season over the Steers.
Kohlbecker's line home run over the
left field fence with one down in the
second inning decided the game. The
Bears scored another for good med.
sure in the seventh. Gross hit TO right.
Couchman sacrificed. Hamilton threw
out Fuller. Todt sent a spinner over
short which Hamilton couldn't quite
reach. and Gross scored.
Double Plays Stop Dallas.
Both teams had several opportunI-
ties to score which were not accepted.
In the first inning. a double plar
stopped the Bears with the bases full
and one down. Double plays twice
nipped Dallas rallies.
Lucas and Morris carried on the
good work of Couchman and Love for
four innings Of the second game. Meth
er team doing anything but threaten
ing mildly for that period. In the fifth
however. the Bears found Morris and
clouted him for five runs. Kohlbecker
started it with a double against the
screen over the left field fence. Gross
dropped hit over first. Lucas. who
hated perfectly. by the way, singled
TO right, scoring Kohlbecker. Fuller
4 sacrificed the runners along. putting
4 them in positions to score when TodI
vhacked single into Pug" Griffin's
Territory. Todt took second on the
1hrow-in. stole third when Adams
. 5uggled the ball and scored on Boonc's
fwo-bagger. Ike came home on a hit by
I Simon. Meyers was pinked by pitched
E ball. but Galloway flied to the left
fielder and Kohlbecker, coming up a
& second time, famed.
The first two Steers got on base in
ahc last inning, but Adams whitfield
and Donohue. batting for Morris. lined
80 Fuller, who converted the chance
dnto an easy double play by throwing
10 Galloway and catching Segrist far
off first base. That putout ending the
& game. strangely. was the only one
credited to Galloway.
Ike Needs Seven More.
Ike Boone got one hit. which gave
4 him seasons total Of 21S. seven
short of the league record with eight
& cen games TO go.
The box scores:
First game:
Dallas AR p IT a L