San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-07
Baseball Briefs
Exhibition Scores.

Exhibition scores.
AT San Antonio; San Antonio, 3,
Austin, 3.
Shreveport, Boston Americans.
IL: Shreveport, o.
At Wichita Falls: Chicago Nation
ais. I; Wicaita Falls, 3.
At Galveston: st. Joseph. 3 Gal
weston, 8 (eleven innings. darkness).
At Oklahoma City: Pittsburg sec
ond team. s: Oklahoma City. T.
At Fort Worth Fort Worth, IL
Minneapolis, 10. TO innings).
At Kansas City: Pittsburg first
team. I; Kansas City, 1.
At Nashville: Brooklyn. S; New
York Americans. :, tsinall boys
thronged on field to see Ruth and
game had to be called.
AT st. Augustine, Fla: Cincinnati,
j; 81. Augustine. /.
At Wichita, Kan: Wichita, Is;
Hutchinson, 6.
AT Okmulgee, Okla. Okmulgec, L.;
Little Rock. q. $3.50.
At Houston: Houston. s: Tulsa. 3.
At Dallas: st. Louis Americans.
IL: Dallas. j.
At Muskogee, Okla: Omaha, 10;
Muskogee. 7.
At louisville: Nashville, Is; Louis.
vile. :.
At Chattanooga Chicago Ameri-
cans. 13 Chattanooga, 5.
At Memphis: New York Nationals,
(; Memphis. >.
At New Orleans Cleveland, .: New
Orleans. q.
st. Louis. April THAT Branch
Hickey feels the st. Louis Nationals
club is well fortified in pitchers was
shown today when the Cardinal man
ager announced the unconditional re-
lease of Fred Toney. veteran pitcher.
With Toney gone. the Cardinals now
have ~ players under contract. The
squad leaves Bradentown. Fla, to-
night on their trip north.
Philadelphia. April 5.-Heavy rain
caused the postponement today of the
second baseball game of the city series
between the Philadelphia Nationals
and Americans.
Cleveland. April . Recovering
their batting eyes. the Cleveland In
dams found two New Orleans pitchers
for eighteen hits. including three dou-
bes. two by Burns. and two triples,
yesterday. Joe Edwards went the
route for Cleveland, tanning Hoffman
with the bases full in the ninth for the
third out. Manager Speaker plans to
send the team through slff workouts
for the balance of the week.
Detroit. April IA deuhle-heade
with the Cincinnati Reds, the morning
game played within the walls of the
federal penitentary, gave the Detroi;
Tigers their first chance today against
a major league team. Twenty-eight
players, including eleven pitchers. re-
manned in the squad when training
camp was broken at Augusta. Ga, yes
terday ans three will be Topped from
this number before the American
League season opens. Manager Cobb
said.
Wichita Falls. Tex. April TN
fielder Pete Turge0n, Pitcher Bob Os-
born and Outfielder Martin Callaghan
will come to Wichita Falls from the
Chicago Nationals in a trade. closed
here today. Osborn and Callaghan
were two of three players owed the
Wichita Falls club from former deals
with the Cubs, while Turgeon was re-
ceived in exchange for Michaels. short
stop recently obtained from Pittsburg.
Chicago, April 7.--Grover Cleveland
Alexander tested his aged arm in the
seasons most strenuous workout yes
terday and found the 31-year-old flip
per as good as ever. He hurled four
innings against the Wichita Falls Tex
as Leaguers and, allowing only one
scratch hit, pitched not more than ~
balls to the twelve batters who faced
him. The Cubs won, 7-3.
The Chicago Americans found little
to be proud of beating the Chatt;.-
nOoga Southern Association Club. 13
to s. Pitchers Moore and Cvengros
displayed no major league ability. The
Sox resume their series, with the New
York Nationals today, the count being
3 to against them.
New York. April 7.-Johnny Jones.
Pacific Coast shortstop imported by
Brooklyn. made two doubles and a
triple in his debut Sunday. The Rob
ins slammed Sam Jones and the Yam
KEGS hit Dutch Reuther in the early
innings but Joe Bush and fSo Dicker-
man pitched good ball in the second
half OF the game, which ended a tie.
Travis Jackson and Bill Terry.
Memphis products, were the stars of
the Giants lineup in the AZ victory
over the Memphis team on its own
grounds. jackson fielded sensational
" and hit a homerun with Terry on.
The latter, playing first base, made
two hits.
Cleveland. Ohio. April THE OPP
tional release by the Cleveland Indians
of First-baseman II. T. tBob) Knode,
former University of Michigan star,
and Pitcher Phil Bedgood, was an
nounced in dispatches received from
New Orleans last eight. Knode goes
TO birmingham in the Southern Asso-
citation and BedgOod TO Minneapolis
in the American Association.
Boston. Mass. April 7.-Howard
Ehmke. in tip-top form. allowed the
Shreveport team OF the Texas League
only one hit and no runs Sunday in
the Boston Red Snx victory at Shreve-
port. Boston made fourteen hits and
eleven runs off Foreman of the Gass-
ers. Shreveport was also shut out by
Boston on Saturday. The Sox play
Memphis at Memphis Monday.
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