San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
HURLERs
BLANK MEX|A
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Lybrand and Timer Show
Something to Hub Nor
then's Batsmen.
PLAY AGAIN SUNDAY
Texas Association Team
Able to Give Locals
a Good Fight.

/. Hub Northcn's pitchers and field
ers gave the San Antonio Bears q
battle Saturday afternoon at League
Park, but the Mexia batsmen found
it difficult to hold up their end, cs-
pecially in the pinches, and San An
tonic won the first OF two exhibition
games with the Texas Association out
fit, 8 to 0.
Lefty" Kearby Lybrand, Bruin
southpaw, and Clarence Timer, young
right-hander, showed the visitors
something, and Mexia gathered but
five hits, all singles, scattered over
as many innings. Lybrand allowed
four. He worked five frames. Five
strikeouts were marked up to his
credit: Timer gave up one hit in the
last four frames, walked one and
whitfield n couple.
The Bears should have scored more
The Mexia defense, some tight twirl-
ing at critical moments by Hill, right
handler, and McCaw, port-sider, and
some unorthodox basc-running by the
Bruins, wrecked number of chances.
Eleven San Antonians were left
stranded.
A glimpse at the box-score will
show where the Bears hitting
strength against the Gushers lay and
why more Rms weren't scored. Ike
Boone, the Samantha slugger, collect
ed four line singles. almost half of
the local blows, and Everett Booc got
two of the others, one of them a dou-
bic, the only extra-base hit of the
afternoon. Boone sent high fly 10
the second-baseman on his first time
at bat and then laced out four con-
secutive hits, the kind that ball play
ers describe by flapping their tongues
on their teeth with Sup" and ex-
tended the hand palm downward, with
a hasty upward flip.
The Bears scored every other in
ming, winding IN with two in their
last bats, the eighth. They started in
the second. Galloway walked and
Meyers shot a single TO left. Todt
flied deep TO the center fielder and
Galloway advanced 10 third. Meyers
was called out trying to get TO Sec
ond. He kicked vigorously to UNI
pire "Cap" Leidy. Mckee singled
to right, driving in Galloway. Phelps
iOTCeu MChec.
In the fourth, Boone hit out Of
the second-baseman's reach, Galloway
dropped one behind short and Meyers
was hit by pitched ball. Carl Hill,
the former Bear, was pitching. A
passed ball let in Boone. The pitcher
threw out Todt. Mckee was COM
plimented with an intentional base on
balls. Phelps hit to the third-base,
man and Galloway was thrown ont at
the plate Catcher McClain whipped
the ball down TO first base and Mey-
ers tore around third for the pay-off
station. He dived over the catcher
but missed the plate and McClaiu,
getting the ball again, tagged him
out.
Meyers Hit Again.
Meyers waas hit by one Of Nc
Caw's first pitches in the sixth. TodtI
walked. Coleman famed. Meyers
stole third and Todt advanced TO sec
ond. The effort was wasted as Phelps
walked. Timer sent sacrifice fly
to Kyle in left, On which Meyers
scored. Booze was hit by the Pitcher,
loading the sacks again. '.eedy made
n spectacular catch OF Gross fly in
short right.
In the eighth. Phelps was walked
and forced by Timer Booze doubled
10 right field. Gross sent a sacrifice
fly to Howell. on which Timer scored.
Boone's fourth bit, sizzler through
second counted Bope. Better made a
neat stop of Galloway g grolndcr
down the third base line and got
Bad News" jim at first. !