San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-27

The San Antonio Bears landed
hard on little Adolfo Pierotti of the
Houston pitching staff in the first in
ming of Thursdays game at League
Park, but Ad, though somewhat wild.
stopped the Bruin hitters short after
that and for the succeeding eight in
nings only one measly single was re-
corded by the home nine, more or
less moth-eaten blow into right field
by Meyers in the eighth.
Need it be said that the Bears lost!
The score was s to ).
Heine Meme, knocked out OF the
box with only one out and three runs
across in the first inning Tuesday,
was started again Thursday with al
most the identical result. This time
four runs went across before Henry
was derricked. They included the
usual homer with runners on base.
Guy Morrison took up Meine's
duties and pitched unusually good
ball. He did not allow an earned run
the rest of the way, although Hous-
ton scored four more and Morrison
own wild throw to first base permitted
two of these. Morrison famed five
with a pretty curve and walked only
one. 1t was the fans first look at
this husky right-hander and he got
the stamp of approval right away.
Hitting Not CO-ordinated.
It's unreasonable to believe that
the Bears will play ball all the time
as they have the last couple of days.
The hitters aren't hitting, but nobody
will deny that they are hitters and
they ought to prove it pretty soon.
Where the chief disappointment
right now lies is in the pitchers.
Not a San Antonio pitcher has
twirled a complete game yet and the
Bears have played nine. On the one
or two occasions when twirler was
removed for a pinch hitter, he was be-
ing beaten. But that Bruin collec-
ton is bound to come through, and
fans are wondering how long it will
take them to get right.
The Thursday affair was queer
one. Things you don't see often hap
pened in legion. Among other strange
ones was steal of home in the
seventh inning by Feori. the speedy
though somewhat erratic shortstop
of the Bisons.
Would Have Meant -Four Runs.
1t will have to be admitted that
the Bears, though they played ball be-
low their standard, didn't get many
of the breaks. McKee's drive over
the right field fence in the first in
ming with the bases full couldn't have
been foul by more than few inches.
A fair drive would have meant four
more runs and probably victory. Todt
| had hard luck, as has been the case
since the season started. on almost
every ball he hit, and he's pasting
/ them on the nose. Misfortune also
camped on Galloway's trail. And so it
went.
Meme started out as if he was
ready to establish a strikeout record
or something. He whitfield Feori. But
he dropped back into old bad habits
Immediately afterward, walking Sper-
ba. Monroe's double to right scored
the gentleman with the pass.
Schmandt, who ruined Meine's exhi-
bition with a homer in like situa-
ton Tuesday, was walked, but Hand
ley took up Rays good work and
lifted the ball out Of the park over
the left field fence, ringing up three
more runs. With nobody on base to
Llsther him, Meme was left in. Untz
sikr.ed. Goodbye. Meme; hello, Nor
rison. Bechtol forced Untz and went
out stealing himself.
Gross singled after Handley had
pegged out Fuller in the home half.
Boone cracked double to deep CEN
ter. Galloway's liner bounced off the
right field fence when Monroe failed
Ito spear it and Gross scored. Meyers
got the first of three successive bases
lon balls issued to him. Booze singled
70 center, scoring Boone. Todt flied
to Schmandt. Then Mckee lifted his
close foul over the right field wall.
following this by grounding out. Untz
Ito Schmandt.
Gross Thrills EN-.
Things rocked along until the fifth,
when the spectators got thrill out
of stop and throw by Gross which
prevented a Houston run. Turkey
made a marvellous stop of Monroe $
hot grounder behind second base with
Sperba on second and two out, and
got his man at first.
The Bears came up in the sixth with
rally in their bats. but Todt's APP
parently perfect hunt took a sudden
outward twist, missed third base by
Inches and rolled foul. That took
some more starch out of the domestics.
The real unstarching process came