San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-03
BRUINS SHUT
OUT IN LAST
APPEARANCE
Wachtel Bests Marshal! in
Tight Game Before Over
flew Sunday Crowd.
FINISH ON THE ROAD
Bears Gone Until Next
Spring Boone Needs 2
Hits TO Break Record.

The Bears hattlcd fpr the last one.
hut the Fort Worth Cats. a little
nervous despite their big lcad-How
nine and half games with half a
month to play-werc desperate sun
day and grabbed the concluding
League Park contest Of the season.
= 10 q. The Bears Sunday night laid
aside their white home uniforms until
next spring and took the train for Ca
weston where they play double head
cr Monday to start the road trip OF.
fifteen games that will finish the.
season.
\ crowd that ovcIflcwcd the grand
stand into roped-off areas along both
the right and left field foul lines
roared encouragement 10 the Bears
and invited i'll luck on the Cats Sun
day afternoon. The game rewarded the
turnout even il the home team didn't
win; it was : hard-foIGht battle vi
pitchers. crroslesSly ficIded and gen.
orally well-playcd. although the home
talsat did pull borcr in one franc
that cost at least enc run.
Paul Wachtcl. who csSay,d to d"
for Fort Worth what other stars Of
Jake Ats staff failed in on the
two DAYS previous. deserved the VIC
tory. He virtually won it himself.
not only pitching beautiful hall but
sending out two long. sacrifice flies to
bring home the two pnuthcr tallies.
49, Marshall Has Wild Streak.
"Rube" Marshall for the Bears
lab0rc1 manfUlly endcav0rinG 80 over
'comc n tendency 20 wildncSs. That he
got by without score against him
until The sixth. although he ivsuPd
four of his five passes in that length
oftime and hit two batsmen. tcStifie!
10 his nerve in the pinchcs and his
brilliant support.
The fans were provided with an OK
cuse to holler in almost every inning
The Cats filled the bases in the first
inning. Calyo walked. Sears flied to
Meyers, who made three wonderful
catches during tho afternoon. Edins-
ton fouled 10 Simon. Kraft met
pitch squarely and drove it through
Simon so fast be never saw it. Ii
went for two bases. After monkeying
with Hoffman long time. Marshall
hit him. HawOr'h. with two strikes
and three balls. foulcl 10 Knhlberkpr
Fielding saved "Rubc" in the third
With one out. be walked Ellington
and hit Kraft on the shoulder. Gallo.
way leaned over the right field ropes
10 grab Hoffman's ioul. aul Meyers
Gallopcd at top srPe1 10 rob Haworth
o. n hit to lcf;-ccntcr.
kOhbecker drove one down the lift :
field line 70 start the third but wa
out trying 20 make L double. Simon
opened the fifth with single but TWO 4
Watchtel famed six-l
sandwichcd with 4 popup. retired tic
side. kohibecEPr'S called third stri'.
rnrared Manager Bob Coleman end he /
and Umpire Weir had words. resulting
IN Bob's being shcocj out of sight
somewhere.
: Bases Filled with One Ont.
Marshall wobhlci first under The
strain. He fed one up 10 Hoffman inl
the sixth that dutch" liked and = ,
single 70 center resulted. Haworth
sacrificed. Happ waited ard got 4;
walk. Luck played against Marshall
Then, for Tavcncr swung wildly ami
curved diniy little single back Of
third base, loading the cushions.
Nachtel sn0tc sacrifice fly out tuI
Hoone. after which Hoffman scored
t2lyo also filed 10 Boone.
Meyers ran down Iloffmau'S hard
dlve TO prevent score in the seventh.
In the home half of this inning. the
Bears had their big chance. Boone
slapped gruunder down second base
way too hot Tor Tavcner 70 handlc.
Simon lifted mean fly Just inside the
right field line. Ellington. on the deud
run. got his fingers on the ball. knock
ing INT into tie overflow crowd.
boone stopped between first and
second until he suw the ball wasn't
caught, then trctted 10 SECOND. Simon.
meanwhile. dug around first. He -o;
almost 10 second before he saw Ike
on The bag. When hc turned AROUND.
the throw was coming in aud he
couldn't get back Ia first. So bofL
Boone and Simon stood on second
Kraft took the ball. ran over and tag
gcd them both.
Simon. of course, was the man ca!l,d
( out. The umpire wouldn't listen TO
pleas that the hit Should have been 4
sSwo-baggcr because il went In the
-rArowd. and the damage was done. Ne, 20
ers got Il hit todard third. putting
Boone base nearer home. but Gallo,
way, after fouling hot one down
the first base line. grounded out to
Hoffman.
Marshall was fading little in the
eighth. when the visitors scored their
second run. Haworth singled to right.
Rapp sacrificed. Gross made fine
stop of Tavener's grounder past TIC
second sack but had 10 chance to
throw tho batter out. Haworth sco-et
from third on Wachtel's second sacri-
fire fly. If only Marshall had beer
batting in Wachtel's place. The
"Itube" struck out each time. making
il six n row for him.
lche Gears die1 hard. Grnss tried