San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-30
Bears Make Good Use ofHits
and Take Odd Game ofSeries
All Bruin Safeties Bunched
in Three Innings-Collins
Hangs Up Fourth Pitch
ing Victory Without De-
feat to Mar Record.

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their hits off Sigman ana TOWNSEND
of the Beaumont staff in three in
nings 1uesday-and to good purpose
With the help of n couple of Export
ers errors and pair of walks. not
To mention hit batsman, seven runs
were shooed across the rubber penta
| son in those three innings, far more
| than necessary to better the Beau
mont total of two. The triumph OF
the nome gang was the eleventh III
| thirteen completed games. Being the
second of three games here with Beau
mont, it kept the Bears record on Sc
ries won clean. Furthermore, it
| showed the club half a game farther
awaNe from the persistent Panthers,
who were idle because of rain. Like
wise. it gave Mike Collins his fourth
pitching victory of the young season,
without a defeat to mar the record Of
the clever Irishman.
81 Rosenthal paid the price of VIC
tory and may be out a couple of days,
although the club physician believes
his groin injury. suffered in sliding
to the plate in the third inning. is
nothing serious. Rosy was in consid-
cradle pain and had to be helped TO
the clubhOue, Booze replacing him in
right field.
Three Infielders Bunged Up.
The Exporters presented a patched
up infield. in spite of Bob Tarleton's
excess of ground-ball grabbers. Three
infielders were on the incapacitated
list, Third-baseman Bill Huber, with
split index finger on his right hand.
IThIs Tho first Hrha, LoI
missed since the start of the 1928 sea-
SOM Cotton" Knaupp with boil
on one leg. and Jack Stanbury with a
bad throwing arm. Admiral" Mar
tin played third-made three of the
teams seven hits. by the way-and
Catcher Lothes subbed at second base.
Both teams had men on the paths
in every inning but one. Collins fen
dency toward wildness was offse:.
however, by his ability TO tighten in
the pinches and by the sterling sup
port accorded him. Gross. Fuller and
Galloway made three double plays.
all snappy performances. and fourth
was prevented by Jims muff. Fuller
accepted eleven chances errorlessly.
Gross nine-twenty between them.
which is considered a busy afternoon
in any league.
Booze Slides for One.
These two were not Collins only
assistants. Booze in right, jerked the
fans, to their feet in the fifth with
a one-handed catch of liner by
Townsend. He made a dive and skid
ded on his shoulder several feet to get
the ball. Najo nailed a couple Of hard
ones in left. TOO.
But Collins deserved thcscredit of
the win. In the fourth. after Mar
tin. Disregard and Bernsen had sin
gled in quick succession and run had
come in, Mike scratched his spikes
deeper into the dirt and famed Wirts
and Taylor. A forceout ended the
inning. A walk to Ostergard. first
up, paved the way for the other Beau
mont run, in the sixth. 1t was I'M
earned, however, for Disregard. after
going to second on a hit BY Wirts. |
following NajO's running catch of
Bernsen's liner, came home when Gal |
loway failed to hang onto a throw |
from Fuller that was intended to |
complete a double play that would |
have retired the side.
The Bears started on Sigman in |
the first inning After Najo popped |
oft, Fuller sent a single skimming |
past second and ROsenthal put him |
on third with mighty crack through |
Bernsen's territory for two SACKS. !
Galloway. falling away from an in
side pitch, cut it through second for |
a single, scoring both runners. Meyers /
singled but two grounders retired the |
side.
Wild Throw Lets in Two.
Fuller dragged a hit toward first
which Sigman tried hard 10 field in
the third. Rosenthafs wind-bIown pop
ny fell near the third sack for a hit |
galloway. trying to sacrifice. forced
Fuller at third but Meyers hit a long
fly into center field that Rabbit
couldn't reach. ROsenthal and Gal
l1way .ganged around second and TO
Scnthal was thrown out at the plate.
Wirts tried to catch Galloway off
third, threw wild and both Jim and
Meyers scored. I.othes muffed Bro
vold's fly into short right. Gross
walked. Townsend replaced Sigman
in the box. Coleman singled to left,
scoring Brovold. Collins walked, but
Naio grounded out.
Collins himself drove in the last
two runs in the eseventh. Galloway's
high pop fly fell safe as the Beau.
mont infield gathered around. Devi-
yeros took Meyers short fly back of
second. Brovold, on the hit-and-run.
singled to right, putting Galloway on
third. Gross hunted but the squeeze
signal didn't take and Galloway stuck
to third. Coleman stopped fast one.
filling the bases, and Collins singled
to left, scoring two.
The Houston Bluffs are here We'd
nesday to start a three-game series,
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