San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-19
Baseball Briefs

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The home-run race in the American
League has started early with Babe
Ruth of the Yankees and Ken VIII
liams of the Browns batting one each
on opening day. Dykes of the Athle-
tics and Heilmann of the Tigers also
crashed circuit drives. There were
eleven in the two major leagues.
Johnny Kelleher of the Chicago
Nationals polcd homer at the Cubs
park and Charles Grimm smashed
one right after him. Scott of the
Giants, Mann OF st. Louis, Sand of
the Phillies and Wheat of Brooklyn
also made homerS.
The veteran Grover Alexander OF
the Cubs pitched in all his old-time
form against the Pirates, holding them
TO five hits. only two of which came
in one INNING. Every member Of the
Cub team connected for one or more
hits at the expense of George Boeh-
Ter, the former Tulsa star, on the
Pirate twirling staff.
Jimmy O'Connell, the $4,000 star
obtained by the Giants from the San
Francisco club. poled a triple and
scored one run for his club in three
times at bat. He had one chance In
the outfield and took care of that
easily.
Bill Bagwell of the Boston Braves
accomplished an unprecedented feat
by knocking the ball on n fly to the
left field wall at Braves Field and
got only a double on il.
Roger Hornsby of st. Louis. lead
ing batter of the National League,
who went hitleSs in his first game,
managed to get his eye on one of
Eppa Rixey's shoots for single in
three times at bat Wednesday.
The change of scenery from New
York to st. Louis appears to have
instilled new life into Big Fred Toney.
He outDitched the enlongated Rixey
OF the Reds and won, 4 to ., after
allowing eight hits and tanning six
Of Moran's crew.
Willie Kamm. the 500 900 beauty,
who was purchased by the White
Sox from San Francisco, made his
major league debut against Iris
Speakers tribe, handling his only
two chances Clearly and smashing out
a double in four times at bat.
Cincinnati, Ohio. April 19.-In
marked contrast to the day before,
when 30,S3S persons saw the St
Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati
Reds open the National League base
ball season at Redland Field, only
4509 ardent fans turned out for the
second game of the series. Tues
days crowd was the greatest that
ever attended an initial contest in this
city and the management regarded the
decrease as "calm after the storm -
rather than an indication of lack OF
interest in the national game.
Springfield, Mo-. April 1s.-Thc
purchase of Catcher Dixie Parker
from the Denver Western League club
was announced today by officials ot
the local Western Association club
Parker played with Oklahoma City
in 1921 and was first-string catcher
for the Denver club last season.
st. Joseph. Mo-. April fe.-Al
though the season was but a week
old today, 3S home-runs had beer
recorded in the Western League
Twenty-Five circuit clouts were reg,
istered at Tulsa and ten at Wichita
Eight home-runs were hit yesterday
Chicago, April 19.-parades In
every city in which American As.
sociation teams open were scheduled
Thursday afternoon before the games
Weather was generally good. Opening
games are: Columbus at Toledo,
Louisville at indianapolis. Minneapolis
at Milwaukee and st. Paul at Kan
sas City.