San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-14
CUERO TAKES GAME
FULL OF FEATURES
FROM COFFEE GIANTS
Rusche's Homer In Ninth
Gives Visitors S to 4
Decision.

The All Gold Coffee Giants lost the
opening game Of their season Sunday
at Broadway Athletic Field to the
Cuero Turkey Trotters in great
game by score of ) to 4. Rusche's
home run decided the game for the
visitors in the ninth.
Mayor John w. Tobin and Commits
sioners Wright and Paul Steffler
participated in the opening cere-
monies, Commissioner Wright pitching
the first ball, while Mayor Tobin was
behind the bat and Commissioner
Steffler. the Babe Ruth Of the city
commission. took swing at il. Man
ager \. Jonas was presented with a
floral horseshoe from friends.
The visitors were easy in the first
for CHASER, but scored twice off him
in the second. Il. Wagner flied ont
To right, but CHASER walked c. Was.
ner. Mauer was an easy out on a pop
fly to Hart. Rusche singled TO left
field. Arnold hit the first ball pitched
for the longest single seen in these
parts. the ball going over Simmang's
head. scoring Wagner and Rusche.
the latter from first base. CHASER
then frightened up and famed Muecke.
Cuero scored again in the fourth.
when b. Wagner started it off by
beating out an infield hit. He stole
second. on one covering the bag. &.
Wagner rolled out to Onion and Il.
Wagner went to third. Glaiser again
got wild and walked Mauer, and
Rusche came through with another
blow TO right field, scoring Wagner.
Tho npxf twn rnro aaSv outs
The visitors scored again in the
eighth. b. Wagner singled to left field
and Rattan let the ball 60 through
him to the fence. He relayed the ball
to Brown and they had Wagner a
mile at third. but Brown threw the
ball into the dugout, allowing Wagner
to score. Rusche won the game in the
ninth with long drive over the right
field fence.
The Giants did not score until the
seventh. though they had many OPP
portunities to do so. Conrad opened up
by singing to center. He tried to
stretch the hit into double and was
nippcd at second but Wagner dropped
the ball. Brown drew a walk. Hart
field out to center. and CHASER popped
to Rusche. Rattan then hit the first
ball pitched several blocks over the
left field fence for a homer, scoring
Brown and Conrad, as well as him.
self.
The Giants scored again in the
eighth to tie it up for the second
time. Hoyer relieved Macke in tine
box for the visitors. Sheldon was
given free transportation to first
Pete Onion then hit what looked like
sure double. but Newman made a
wonderful catch, almost doubling
Sheldon at first base. Sheldon went
to second while Wagner was throw.
ing out Calm. Butch Conrad strole
to the plate to play the hero role BY
cracking out beautiful hit to right
center, scoring Sheldon with the tyins
run. In the ninth. after Hart had
singled and gotten tossccond on sac
rifice. Rattan hit another long drive
but Howerton ran TO the fence to pui
| it down. 1t looked like another homer
for while. Higgy Simmang ended
the game by lining out TO Rusche.
Il. Wagner. Rusche and Arnold
starred all around for Cuero. while
Conrad and Rattan were the real noise
for the Giants. Conrad electrified the
fans with his great fielding on third
base. Maxey Hart looked like the Hart
OF old behind the bat.
The Kennedy White Sox will meet
the All Gold Coffee Giants next Sun
day at Broadway Athletic Field.
The Cuero ecore.