San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02

man in action agree. Clarke saw
Rosenthal first Mt the Sox camp IN
Hot Springs, Ark. He didn't know
who he was, of course. Rosenthai,
however. stood we'll behind the plate,
stretched out as the pitcher delivered
and smashed n liner to the Tar
reaches of the park. That was where
Fred is said 10 have made that memor-
able remark heard about several other
hittcrs, if you'll recall:
Most natural hitter I've seen in
a long time"
The Big Bear. Bob Coleman, is
Quietly sizing up the Sox youngsters
himself. OF course, he doesn't know
which men the Bruins will get from
the Boston club when Lee Foil and
company start north but he is cycling
the men he'd like.
If Boston can't use Sh0rtstoD Ray
Obrimski. otherwise OBrlen, Cole
man would like TO nab him mighty
well. But the way Obrimski OBrien
is performing in fielding practice
makes it doubtful if any other club
but Boston will get him. The boy
is undoubtedly the snappicst infield.-
er of the bunch. and there are several
snanpv infielders in the bunch.
Then. again, it may mean nothing
but Coleman was warming up Cy
Ruffing. the pitcher from Danville,
H.. and Frank Ulrich, twirler from
Waynesboro. Pa, during the Sox prac-
tice. in which the Bruin boss always
participates. But. shucks. Bob might
be warming up Howard Ehmke Sun
day. Nevertheless, the local pilot
doesn't overlook any bets and he's
wise to the things that are going on
about him. The fans cue is to jolly
him about staying out all day TO take
off some of his extra beef but that
isn't the only reason he hangs around.
Bob's squad is flourishing under
! the hot sun that has favored the
trainees during the last few days. y
dozen or SO Bears perched on the
bench and the srandstand rail to
watch the Sox cayort and all seemed
happy. even little Jim Keenan,, whose
index finger on the right hand-his
| glove hand-was somewhat swollen
and profuscly decorated with iodine.
Jim had the finer dislOcated in the
Saturday morning practice stopping a
hot liner.
The conversation on the bench
drifted TO Joe Harris, as it often does.
Joe is an idol Of the Boston fans
because he is n slugger of high volt
age. Jack Malaney, one of the
newspaper delegation. says that last
spring at Pine Bluff. Ark, Harris
hit ball over the center field fence
corner which is as far from the
plate as the flagpole in League Park
Jack says it was the longest drive
he ever saw.
swell, you said something wher
you opined that Joe can hit" chimed
: in Frank Kitchens, the Bear coach
who played with Harris in the South
ern Association some years ago
"Clevelanu drafted him, you remem
Der. Well, Jack McCallister, thu
e Cleveland coach and scout, WASH
: sure of Harris because he was afraiC
0 he couldn't hit He was wiscd NJ
on that point in a hurry. As re
= suit, Harris is big Lacquer now
0 and sure-enough big Lacquer"
$ Harris Is scheduled TO do the clean
up work in the Red Sox batting ordei
e this summer.
e The battle for the right field jO'
:. with the SOx may develop into strif
I between two of San Antonio's 1922
: favorites-Ike Boone and Phil Todt
[ The dopesters figure now that Bo
e Yeach will play left field and Ir
: Flagstead center and that the opei