San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
bply Is Very Limited and
Every Club in Majors
Is in Market.
|EN HIGGINS GETS ONE
Fsets Natural Antipathy
Toward Them and Ac-
cepts Pennock.
" GEORGE CHADWICK.


Ight, 1928, b. TIE San Hntonio Light
ew York. Feb. 1O.-If you will take
lie ramble down the baseball alley
note some of the preparations that
being made for the season of 1923,
will be surprised by the tremend-
activity in the concern of South
Ltd.
at is just what they are-limited.
is why there is so much activity
show room and in the back shop.
hgers are seized by an epidemic Of
hpawitis.
is begin with the champions. There
the Giants, for example, tearing
nd Baltimore to annex a left-hand
er who is not a high class pitcher
by means, but who is = sOuthpaw.
Giants are not over-supplied with
paws because Nehf is running up
sunset trail. Bentley, this Balti-
Hercules, not only can pitch with
eft hand, but he can bat like a
sylvania Dutch dairymaid churn-
utter, and if he should falter when
to stem the tiGe with his curves
light route the other side by bat
out home-run and introducing a
tide of his own.
Higgins Even Succumbs.
ggins is exposing a southpaw S pic
in his hand. 1T had been told
ms and the board of strategy that
with him, including the low coun-
and the high counsellor, that he
Id a Southpaw. Higgins had ideas
own about that. Every time in
baseball experience that he had n
Jaw he was bafflcd much of the
IN by the extraordinary cOnversa-
draught around his team. Hug
Responded to the clamor. however.
HE has Pennock, southpaw, at
Z Boston Americans are not valor-
in the hunt Tor n southpaw, but
will take anything in the pitching
whether it is north or south. They
take even n westpaw or an cast
BIZ there was one in sight.
Boston Nationals have gone into
Duthpaw hunt and have decided to
bn CoOncy who can pitch well on
when the sun is shining.
Mogridge at Washington.
shingtOn has what it thinks TO be
l-seasoned southpaw in Mogridgc.
Reasoning is good and the young
has pitched some excellent games,
Washington needs more than pitch
Zachary is also there.
~,
|endence Hall if they could find a
N Plank and, while they have
ach. some sooth-sayers have been
Heimach to try to be an out
because he is too good batter
up on the pitching plate.
Phillics, like the Boston Ameri-
are open to donations and care
a which side the line may form If
he fates will send them something.
sburg believes that it has two Of
,est southpaws in the circle in
and Hamilton. but each of them
wear older than in 1922 and IT
ONE time ago that they celebrated
first birthday in baseball.
Chicago White SOx have Leverett
nom they have pinned their talth
tidy is pinned to the old sptint-
ned rocker.
Browns have Pruett, whose fu-
grows roster and roster as Lee
and Bobby Quinn continue to put
ass in the window where the old
have been broken out.
Rixey Inspires Reds.
cinnati is wavcring as to whether
init better claim the pennant at
IN the strength of Rixey leading
't-handers in 1923.
in Detroit they wake up now and
with happy smile is they think
Francis may develop into a formi-
left-hand pitcher with such
behind him.
oklyn has Reuter-. but Brooklyn
I know whether to laugh or cry
Its ball team.
Eeland will again try old Sherry
who was with Brooklyn.
point of the whole thing is that
hangers have discovered, after fac
pitching situation for two years.
The curve ball pitchers are their
hope for success.