San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
KEENAN, AND
| QUINN START
| ON THE HILL
Opening Selections For
Pitching Duty in Satur-
day Game.
FULLER IS STILL OUT
Second-baseman Has Been
Unsigned Almost Two
Weeks Now.
FULLER IS STILL OUT

Jim Keenan,, one of Bob Coleman's
most promising left-handed pitching
hopes, will oppose Jack Quinn, the
cagey veteran right-hander of Lee
Fohl's Boston staff. at the start of
Saturdays exhibition game between
the Bears aud the Red Sox at League
Park. according to managerial an
nouncements Friday morning.
The boss Bear will keep Jimmy on
the hill for about four innings and
then finish the game with Buck WIZ
tiers or Clarence Blethen, in all prob
liability.
Manager Foil of the big leaguers.
said Friday he intended to pitch
Quinn for. about half the game and
finish up with Alec Ferguson or
George Murray. This will leave more
/" old-timers" for use in Sundays ex-
hibition. the last the Boston team
plays here. The Sox pull out for tie
North on Monday, eight young play
ers leaving in the morning to go ci-
rect to Boston and the main party
taking the Sis I.-G. \. for Fort
Worth, TO begin an exhibition tor
that will get them into Boston the
day before the opening of the Amer
lean League season. April 10.
The Bears, some of them still
edown" from that hot weather OK
hibition with the Sox Wednesday,
found the before-daylight drizzle FRI
|day an excuse for missing workout.
Manager Bob Coleman called off prac-
tice about Woodworking, although a
| few players climled into uniforms and
! limbered up a little.
PLAY Practice Game.
The Red Sox. however, got busy.
! as usual. shortly before noon aud
Manager Foil indicated that another
warm session was ahead of his
men.
The Beantown contingent split up
Thursday afternoon and played Reg
ular- Yannigan game, the Regs beat
ing the Vans. 3 to ..
Curtis Fullerton went the rout for
the Regulars-but the route was only
seven innings. Youngsters Howe aui
Fuller twirled for the Yannigans.
Harris was out with sore shoulder
the X-ray taken Thursday showed
nothing and it's supposed that the
first baseman's ailment is only a per-
muscle-and Phil Todt played the ini-
showed the onlookers something, too.
rot only hitting well but making some
fancy fielding plays.
The real feature of the game. how
ever, was the hitting of Al Stokes.
the young catcher from Rockford. III.
He smashed out home run and
triple, aiding materially the Reg
ulars' run-getting.
Frankie Fuller is on the eve of
beginning his third week as Bruin
boldout. Apparently no move either
way has been made in the last "a
hours.
Bob Coleman Friday took occasion
&c clarity Frankie's statement Thurs
day that he has offered to take a big
cut, at that" The manager saws
FRANKIE was offered a contract py
the ball club higher than the figure
at which he played for the Bears last
season. Probably what frankie meant
was that he was taking a reduction
from the figure he had signed at with
Boston. =
Henning Bruhn and Mason Viii
llams were hosts to the Boston Club
officials and newspaper men Thurs
DAY afternoon at barbecue in Koch
Ter Park. Besides Lee Foil. jim
Price, Hughie Duffy. Jack Ryan,
Rudy Hulswitt and the Boston scribcs
and President II. J. Benson of The
San Antonio Club, Secretary Tom Con-
nor. Manager Bob Coleman and Cap
tain Jim Galloway. the party also in
Guided Mayor Tobin, County Judge
MeCloskey, County Commissioners
Sommers and Rnbiola. City Commits
sioner Paul Steffler, Aaron Pancoast
Fred Fries. Jim Simpson and several
San Antonio newspaper men. 1t was
ell for the bic leaguers since their
arrival morn than n month 600