San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11
BRUINS MOVE
| To DALLAS To
C|NCH SECOND
Victories Over Steers Will
! Make Them Runners-up
Z for Certain.
BEAT SPUDDERS, rs
Dewey Marshall Hero of
! Game-Gross Makes Hit
/. That Decides 1t.
BEAT SPUDDERS, rs

!. Wichita Falls, Tex. Sept. 1.-THE
San Antonio Bears moved on 10 Dal-
]as Monday night after taking the Sec
sond contest of the series with the
,Spudders here. thus splitting the two
game series. The score was 10 ..
:. At Dallas, the Bears will either grab
second place or slip down ard let the
Steers be runners-up TO the champion
Fort Worth Cats. Dallas lost Monday
70 Beaumont and thus skidded a full
game downward. bu. the Bears lead
is only a game and a half now, and
three contests are scheduled between
the Alamo City outfit and the Walter
Morris clan.
y The Dallas-San Antonio series doubt
1essly will decide possession of second
position, for only one series remains to
be played after that before the cur
| tain comes Gathering down on the Tex
rs League season. Houston will be at
Dallas for that closing series, and San
antonio will be at Shreveport.
p Dewey Marshall was the hero OF the
! Bears win over the Spudders Monday.
/ Rushing to the rescue of Lucas, whose
/ pitcEing collapsed in the second inning
after the Bears had provided him with
d three-run margin in the first, Mar
Shall held the locals runless and to two
lonely hits for the seven and third
snnings he worked. .1-r. ube
in the fourth and Coombs' single in
the fifth, the two safeties he permitted
each started an inning. Marshall
tghtened and nothing that wins ball
games happened.
Two HOmers in Second.
Five runs were made off Lucas IN
chat breezy second inning. Two hOmers
we're driven out in succession by Cot
ter and Berger.
The Spudders enjoyed their two-run
lead for only couple of minutes. until
tbe third inning. when the Bears put
on a rally and chased over three scores.
taking the lead again and holding it
the rest of the way. One run was
added in the ninth for good measure.
San Antonio didn't he. hop
on Bob osborn, the yOungster just sold
to the Chicago Cubs in the fl. in
ding. Fuller si... to center and gal
bped across the pan when Todt smash
ed a three-bagger to the same field.
Boone was given his first o. = bases
On balls. He got hit the other time
up. his 234th of the season.. Simon
grounded out, Todt scoring as the play
was made, Meyers struck out. but
galloway doubled TO right, bringing
Boone home. Kohlbecker lifted to CEN
ten.
That lead looked healthy when Lu-
cas retired the Spu ..crs in ordcr in
the first inning on two popups and
gtoundcr he handled himself, but in
tbe second he went completely to
smash.
Spudders Get Violent.
Tanner singled ND Cottcr lost the
ball owe the right field 60" ;er
hit homer over the left field wall.
tying the score. Followed a couple of
outs. bobble by Gross. stolen base.
q hit by Bescher, Cooms' double and
two moro runs scored. Marshall was
sent to Lucas relief. Weiss flied to
Meyers. retiring the side.
Boone was passed TO start the third.
Simon forced him at second. Berger
fnmbled Meyers grou.,der and two
were on. Galloway Tiled out to cen
Ter. Osborn cut loose a wild pitch.
letting Simon score and putting Mey-
ers on third. KOhlbecker walked and
stole second Gross delivered timely
single. scoring Meyers and Kollbecker
and as it turned out, deciding the is
sue of the game. Marshall famed
Kunz was on the Hill for Wichita
1salls in the fourth and kept the Bears
down until the ninth. when Todt dou-
bied. Boone walked and Simon singled.
producing the seventh and last run.
Famed Side in Ninth.
Marshall got better as he went along.
He struck out Barrett. JON rd and
kunz in succession in the ninth in
ming. Altogether. he whitfield six. The
'13ube" famed n couple Of times him
self. but in the sixth he popped out.
the first time in eight successive ap-
pearances at the plate that he was not
strikeout victim.
5Ihe box score:
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