San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
Virgil Barnes Victim of Sox
Comeback After Appar-
entity Beaten.
KELLY SIGNS FOR TWO
Giant First-baseman Agrees
to Terms for 1924, as
Well as 1923.

afternoon smeared the delivery of Vir-
gil Barnes, who pitched such fine ball
against them at Seguin last Wednes-
day, and scored five runs in the ninth
inning of hectic game that lasted two
hours and twenty-five minutes. The
five runs overcame a big Giant lead.
tied the score at to 8 and prevented
the Giants from evening the cxhihi-
ton series at two games each. Um-
pire Brick" Owens called things off
on account of darkness after the last
White Sox batsman went out in the
ninth. The Sox were the "home team"
and were last at bat.
The game was one Of those in
which every batsman seemed to hit a
half dozen fouls after getting the count
TO three balls and two strikes. 1t was
queer mixture of listless stretches
between flashes of wonderful fielding
and long-distance hitting.
Each team used six pitchers. Gin
ton Blume, the collegian Of the Giant
staff. second on the New York shift,
made perhaps the best showing in his
four innings of labor. Hugh McQuil-
Ian. who started, was pounded hard
in spots. and Virgil Barnes was LAM
Knocked Mack Out.
-Stubby" Mack. after doing very
well for a while. was Knocked out OF
the box by the Giants in the fifth and
the veteran star. Red" Faber. took
nus place. Faber was nicked rather
ireely IN three innings and gave wav
10 Iecil Duff. who allowed three hits
IN the last two frames but got by with
out being scored upon.
The story of the game is wrauped
up IN that remarkable rally in ;be
ninth inning. The Giants came and
went in their last inning and the visi
Tors from Seguin took their turn five
runs behind, with the crowd edginr
toward the exits. Mcclellan started
the fun with a double TO right and he
lore the Sox settled down they had
DATED around and the count was
knotted. Mostil singled. Shealy hit a
sacrifice fly to Meusel, Kamm doubled
DOWN the right field line. Fish aad
Graham singled. Hooper walked after
talk. batting for Duff. had been
thrown out. and then Amos Strunk.
seemingly infallible in the pinch. an
peared for Leo Taylor and hammered
swift one past short that Bancroft
merely slowed up, Graham scoring
with the run that tied. Mcclellan
forced Strunk and the umpire called
the game.
Pinch Hit Every Time.
Strunk has come up as a pinch-hit-
ter in the last three Sox-Giant game.
and delivered hit each time.
To get back to the beginning. the
Sox scored twice in the first inning on
a walk TO Hooper. Taylors sacrifice
and singles by Collins. Mostil and
kamm. Elsh's infield hit left the bases
full when the third out was made.
The Giants tied it in the third. Gas
ton walked. McQuillan whitfield. Bar
croft singled TO left. Hooper took the
ball on the first hon and made a won
derful peg to kamm at third base
lit arrived on the fly-cutting down
CASTOR. Bancroft scored from second
on a double by Groh. and two-bas-
ser by Frisch brought in Heinie.
OConnell presented the Sox with
a marker in the latter half of the IN
ming. Collins singled and Mostil
walked. Shelly hunted into fast
double play but Kamm's fly 70 cente-
dropped safe in front Of O'Connell.
who obviously loafed on it. and Collins
scored.
The Giants fifth was a wild inning.
Biume. pitching at the time for New
York. dropped a hit back of first and
Bancroft sent 4 scorcher to center A
pass to Groh filled the bases. Friscii
drove one back Mt Mack that damaged
his hand. and Blume scored. Mack
picked un the ball and threw it to the
stands. Bancroft crossing the rubber.
Enter Faber TO pitch. Hoover Stun
bled and dronped a fly off Meusel's
bat. Groh scoring. Hooper picked IN
the ball and threw Frisch out az the
plate. Youngs walked and was forced
by Kelly. O'COnnell singled 70 center.
scoring Meusel. CASTOR famed 10
wind it up.
Three Wild Throws Costly.
Two Were out in the sixth when the
Giants added a couple more. Groh
tripled. Eamm made a great stop "
Frisch's drive. but n poor throw 70
first and Groh scored. Taylor took
Meusefs crounder and threw wild 10
first. Sheely recovered and peggei
over third base to the hleachers. letting
in Frisch. Youngs flied TO left.
Each team scored in the seventh. the
Giants on long triple by Kelly sud
a wild pitch bv Fsber. and the Soy
on triple by Mostil and a single by
Shelly.
The eighth saw threat on each
side. and then the busy ninth as the
sun went down.
Mostil. with triple and two sin
gles. and Kamm. with a double and
two sincles-nons Of Kamm's extreme
" hard hit balls. however--sbOwed
the way to the SoS hitters. Groh hit
triple. a double and single for
New York and Kelly. Bancroft and
FriSch also bounded the ball.