San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-07
'SOXAND BEARS
READY To MEET
NF|RST CAME
Boston Will Loan San An
tonic Herman and Fuller
Saturday.
ROSENTHAL SHOWS UP
Only Two Bruins Missing
Novice Looks Great
in First Workout.
ROSENTHAL SHOWS UP

DaSeman Floyd "BaDe Herman ana
Second baseman frankie Fuller from
the Boston Red Sox. the new San
Antonio Bears will make their bow 10
the home fans Saturday afternoon in
the first game Of a weekend exhibit
ton with Lee Fohls big leaguers
from Beantown.
Two good ball clubs will respond
to Umpire Cap Leidy's call to
"play ball" at 4 o'clock. The clubs
will not be as good, of course. rs their
owners. managers, coaches and LAY "
followers from the ranks of fandOm
hope them tn be by the time the races
i'll their respective leagues begin. but
good weather has enabled the players
to get into shane quickly and they'll
be prepared to give Il creditable ac-
| count of themselves.
With possibly one or two changes.
the opening Boston lineup in both
Saturdays and Sundays games will
be what the "dope" sizes I'm as the
Red Sox crew TO make the American
League pennant race.
ShortstOp Dudley Lee, $4,000
worth of speed and all-around skill
wrapped in little package, who made
an impressive debut in his first ap-
pearancc in uniform Thursday after
noon by cracking out Il single and n
three-bagger in Regularly anniqan
game, will lead off. He's the short
stop.
Wamby Hits Second. e.
Bill Wambganss. the former Cleve-
land second-sacker. will bat second.
Then comes Bob Neach, ball-busting
left fielder. bought during the winter
from the Detroit Tigers.
Joe Harris, who played the outfield
for Boston last year but will per-
form at first base this season, hits
| in cleanup.
sun Antonio's 1923 pride, Ike
Boone. who hit .402, new Texas
League record. for the Bears last sea
son. will follow Harris and patrol
right field.
Another San Antonio product.
Phil Todt. will bat behind Boone,
Phil is the center gardener.
Norman Mcmillan. regular third
sacker. is next, after whom will come
the catchers and pitchers.
Use Young Batterymen.
Manager Lee Foil Friday noon
said he would use at least two Of
his recruit catchers and three or more
young pitchers.
John Heving, from Mobile. probably
will be the first catcher, with Stokes
and Adams following. 1t is not likely
that Steve ONeill and Val Picinich
will get into Saturdays game. al
though both NAV work Sunday.
Foil has n dozen young pitchers
TO choose from.
81 can't say which men I'll use"
he declared Friday. Probably start
whoever j think of first"
Manager Bob Coleman has made
all his plans for the Saturday game
and is out TO give the big leaguers
battle.
He'll start off with Frankie Fuller.
borrowed from the SOx to play second
base in the absence of Bruin candi-
date for that position. Fuller led
off most of last wear for the Bears.
Leonardo Najo. the Mexican boy
who is making such an impressive
showing in practice and who probably
will be carried by the Bears this sum
mer. will bat second and play left
field. Naio is clolting the ball hard
and his work in the outfield is flaw
less.
Herman Hits Third.
Babe Herman'S big bat will wave
third. Herman is the firSt-baseman
the Bears hope to "inherit" when the
Sox pail out for the North.
Dick Reichle, husky right field
candidate. will clean up. Reichle
comes from the Boston club. too. He's
getting his eye OH the ball now. Able
naturally to larrup outside pitches TO
a FRAGILE, he's been working steadily
on hitting inside balls TO right field
he's left-handed batter-and his
industry is bringing results in man.
ner pleasing TO Skipper Coleman.
Moke Meyers of the 1928 Bears.
as usual the center fielder. will bat
behind Reichle.
Sixth in the order will be George
Brovold. the new third-baseman. from
Moline in the Three-Eye League.
Joe Longnecker, whose flashy work
around the short field has enlivened
practice periods, will be next.
Coleman will not do any of the
catching himself Saturday but will en-
trust the bacSstopping to Will War
wick and Clarence Fields. his two
Warwick probably will
bear tnp Dfnnt. III view VI lut Id'l
that Yields is troubled slightly with
sore hand.
Porter. Pritchard. Rodriguez.
Young Milber Porter, who was with
the Bears part of last season: Ted
Pritchard. from Flint. Mich. and
Lupe Rodriguez. the boy from the |
border who stood them on their heads !
when with Corsicana last year. are
scheduled to share the pitching. three
innings each.
Simon Rosenthal, the Eastern
League outfielder. arrived late Thurs
iay light and reported to President /
H. ]. Benson of the San Antonio
club Friday morning. Rosenthal did
not work out in the Bears Friday
morning session. He is little over
weight.
Rosenthal's arrival leaves two men
missing f. m the Bear roster as ii
stands at present-Everett Booze and
lin Galloway. Booe's car. pointed
his way from North Carolina. was
reported Friday morning % miles
vest of Opelousss. La. Galloway. at
Attest advices, is still in his home J