San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06
LAKE AUSTIN
TEAM BATTLES
TRIBE. SUNDAY.
College Stars Clutter Line
up Of Alamo-Pe ck's
Rivals.
RANGER GAME IS OFF
Benson Refuses to Let
League Team Invade
His Territory.

The Lake Austin Independents
from the state capital, will present II
strong array of diamond talent com
posed largely of former university let
ter men and semi-profcssional players
against the Alamo-Peck Indians at
o'clock Sunday at Schwab Field.
There is nothing weak about the
Lake Austin aggregation which stacks
up well with Powell behind the bat
Collie Falk at first base, Clarke nj
second base, Allison at third base
Hopkins at short and Leissner. Dick.
ersOn and Keyes in the outficld. B.
Davis and Whitloek are the utility
men while kid Davis and Falk arr
the pitchers.
Powell is an old A. & NJ. College
letter man who played behind the bat
for the Aggies in 1913. Since that
time he has been playing with Lake
Austin constantly with the exception
OF one year with the Austin American
Legion team.
Kid Davis also established a repu.
tation with the Independents last sea-
son when he won every game he
pitched for them.
RUDE Leissner Listed.
Mos tot the other players are for.
mer University of Texas diamond
stars and several of them are PLAYING
With the Ionghorns this season. Rubc
Lclssner is listed as one of the out
tielders on the Independents advance
lineup but he has done some good
hurling for the Longhorns in other
years and also for semi-prO teams. He
could be called on for box duty in an
emergency.
All of the former LongKorns on
the team have been under the tutelacc
OF Billy Disch, 1.-THE grand old man.
OF baseball at the university. Many
OF these were members of the famous
Farmersville, La. independent team
last summer. This team was made
up almost wholly of college men and
cleaned up in their part of the coun-
try. "
Chester Falk, brother of Bib Falk
OF the Chicago White Sox, has es-
tabllshed n reputation with his hurl-
ing Tor Austin high school during the
school year and his mound work with
independent teams during the sum-
mcr: He probably will be first choice
against the Indians Sunday. He is
the pitcher Schwab dickered with ear
~ IN the season for berth on the
Indians hurting staff.
Scliraub for Indians.
=, The Indians probably will use
Schraub against the invaders Sunday
with Jimmy Brought and Lefty
Matthews in reserve. Schraub show
ed lots of stuff in the first two regu-
lar games played by the Indians. He
was the Indians pitching ace las,
season and his early season perform.
ance this year promises much.
The game between the Alamo-Pecl,
indians and the Austin Rangers OF
the Texas Association scheduled for
Sunday, April 13. has been cancelled
by the Rangers as the result of the
refusal of ii. ]. Benson. owner of the
San Antonio Bears, to allow the Ran.
gers to play any other team in his
territory.
George Schwab, owner of the Ala.
mo-Pack Indians. officially issued \
challenge to the. Sar. Antonio Bears
Saturday tor game to be PLAYED for
the gate receipts. Mr.. Schwab said
Saturday that he felt confident that
the Indians could give the Bears at
least a run for their money if not
win the game.
The Indians are without a game
for next Sunday, none having been
booked so far to fill the date lief,
vacant by the Rangers cancellation