San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-25
Comes Down Out Of Noun
tains Tanned and
Healthy-looking.
MAJOR CLUBS BEATEN
Giants, Brooklyn and Pitts
burg Bow to Miner
Leaguers.

I Tanned and healthy, with no trace
of the recent ailment that caused him
to proffer his resignation to Owner
Charles Comiskey, Frank Chance OF
the Chicago Americans, has returned
from the mountains to. his home in
Los Angeles to prepare to join the
White Sox at Chattanooga, Tenn,
April 5, according to Associated Press
reports.
The asthmatic condition which re-
suited from an attack of influenza
and threatened to disable the "peer-
less leader" seems to have disap-
peared. In fighting trim. Chance
plans TO leave Los Angeles April l..
The Sox spend several days in Ten
nessee, and he will have an tppor-
tunity to rest up before relieving
Johnny Evers OIL his managerial
duties.
The S-to4 victory Of the Sox over
the Boston Braves at Winterhaven.
Fla. Monday was featured by the
hitting Of "Red" Disregard and Ed
die Collins and the fielding OF Col
Inns.
According to reports in Los AM
geles, Ernie Osborne, veteran pitcher,
and Ray Pierce, a young hurler. have
been released by the Chicago Nation-
ais to. the Seattle Pacific Coast League
club.
Rain i'm California.
. Rain broke the Chicago Nationals
schedule at Stockton, Cal, again
and may Interfere with Tuesdays
exhibition with the Sacramento Bees.
Oakland beat Pittsburg in the mud.
8 to 4.
The metropolitan major league base
ball plane did a nose dive TO disaster
through wind pockets furnished by
American Association clubs Monday.
Milwaukee beat Brooklyn, IL 10 o.
at Palmetto. Fla. and Indianapolis
trimmed Artic Nehf and the New
York Giants, to 3, at Plant City.
Fla
Everything Went Wrong.
Brooklyn played with every depart
ment of the game in reverse. Deca.
tur, Dickerman and Green allowed
seventeen hits and gave six passes.
The Robin fieldcrs made more errors
than hits, 9-S.
The Giants did more graceful but
none the less painful flop. In an en-
I deayor to stem the fosrtd defeat in a
row, Manager McGraw kept hrs ,,su.
| lar lineup in throughout and started
| his 1923 pitching star. Maun, who
F followed Nehf, allowed only two runs
| but the game was lost. The contest
| increased the opinion that the Giant
infield is below par this season. with
Bancroft .gone and Groh recovering
slowly from an operation.
Manager Higgins of the Yankees
spent the day working with his yeuns
pitchers-Gaston, Pipgras, Roettger
and Olsen. ~
Tuesday. the Giants meet Toledo
at Gainesville. Fla, and the Robins
face the Braves Mt Clearwater, Fla.
The Yankees play by themselves at
New Orleans.
Five exhibition games in as many
days this week are booked by the
Washington Americans, whose I'M
broken string of four inter-league vic
tories has pu. them on edge for the
strenuous program,
Bush Against Old Mates.
McGraw. Marberry and Specie
drew the tentative hurting assignments
for Tuesdays game at Plnht City. Fla.
with indianapolis of the American AS
ISOLATION. managed by DOME Bush,
he Griffmen's pilot last yenr. The
New York Giants. st. Louis Cardinals.
milwaukee, Brewers and Cincinnati
Reds are, the Senator's other oppo
nents for the week in the order
1apled.
While elated over Walter Johnson's
showing Saturday against the. st.
Louis Cards. Manager Harris is down.
asst over the Injury suffered at the
.ansc time by Osee Bluege. THE vet
ran hurler allowed the Cardinals Only
bne scratch hit in the four innings he
pitched. INT Bluege, who was the i-su-
ar third sacker for the Griffmen last
rear, had recurrence of a knee in
ury, which physicians say. may put
i'm out of baseball for good. -
The Detroit Americans and the To-
orto Internationals meet at Winston
Salem. n. c.. in an exhibition game
tuesday. Detroit defeated Toronto
vice in the exhibition scheduled thus
ar. outhitting the Leafs Monday al
most three to one for 14-to-4 We
Dry.
Given their>first opportunity. Drake
nd EdmonC,son, Cleveland Indian re-
ruit pitchers. came through with hon
RS Monday in seven-inning game
hics tie Yannigans won. 4 to ..
fter the first isning. in which the
c::silsrs. scored their runs. only thir-
rem men faced Drake in -four innings.
even tackled Edmondson in two.
Stock Deal Strikes Snag.
DiSpatches from the Boston Braves
amp at st. Petersburg. Fla. state
nat efforts to obtain the services of
Iilton Stock. veteran st. Louis Ma
onal third sacker. TO fill the gap left
the death of Tony Boec&el. have.
riIck n snag. Manager Branch
ickey of the Cards wants Catcher
ickeg 0'Neil in return, the dis
licfsrs state.
Eleven runs in pc eighth inning
lahlcd the St. Louis Cardinals TO heat
. Philadelphia Nationals. IL 70 10.
Z slugzin- match al Lccsherg. Fla.
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