San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
CITY LEAGUERS
/. TOSTART WITH
]. THREE GAMES
Fans May Pick and Choose
to Watch Sunday
Openers.
NEL-STONES JOIN UP
Complete Eight-team Loop
on Eve Of Seasons
Start.
NEL-STONES JOIN UP

The City. League will start off the
organized amateur baseball season for
San Antonio with three games Sun
day on three different fields and
with a full quota of eight games en-
tered in the loop apd ready to play.
At Schwab Field, following the
Alamo Peck Indians game with the
Kennedy White Sox in the afternoon,
champions last season, will meet the
San Antonio Light in seven-inning
affair.
Sacred Heart Paris representatives
will play the Pittsburg Water Heat
ers at j o'clock on the Sacred Heart
diamond, and the Pastime Club will
meet the Texas Steam Laundry at 8
o'clock on the Public Service COM
pany diamond.
Two teams, the Union Bus Lines
and the Nel-Stones, will have an off
day Sunday.
The Milestone club is the latest en-
try in the league, Manager A. Gero-
detti having applied for membership
Saturday morning. This entry gives
the City League full quota of eight
teams.
Same Public Service Team.
: This seasons Public Service COM
pany team is an exact duplicate of the
championship team turned out last
year with the exception of one player.
Eight of the men are the same as
last seasons, Heye being the new man.
He plays right field. The men back
from last year are Walls, h.;
Schwartz, 2b.; Harris, 3D.; Gouger,
S.; Huffaker, c.; Schwager, IT,;
Kendall, CT. and Small, p. With this
team, Manager r. L. Sivley expects
no duplicate last seasons success.
= Opposing the champions will be The
San Antonio Light club under the
management of Sam McAllister. The
newspaper boys were a strong aggre-
CATION part of last season but they
have been strengthened considerably
this year by the addition of good play
ers. The team is composed of Klee-
man. 1b.; Maule, 3D.. Schaezler, Sd.
(Jack) Williams, CT; Steele, IF. The
opening battery probably will be cori-
posed of Tolle and Vogler. Irwin is a
reserve pitcher and Brush and Lang
utility men.
Ginger or Meyer will officiate at
this game.
An interesting game can be expected
at the Sacred Heart diamond at
o'clock when Sacred Heart Parish
meets the Pittsburg Water Heaters.
Father James Lockwood is manager
of the parish club and has strong
team already signed up. In practice
games the team has lost two games
by close scores and won two by big
margins. Father Lockwood intends to
put a team into the field against the
Heaters composed of Irving Necker,
h.; A. Maspere, 3D.; Gilbert Santa
Cruz, 3d.; Bill McBrearty, S.; Il.
Mueller, If; Joe Vollmer, CT; p;
Ferdinand Santa Cruz, RI. Leo Salizar
is another combination of pitcher-cen-
ter fielder on Lockwood's roster. Au-
gust Weynand is a reserve pitcher
and Charley Mueller a good utility
man.
Heaters Still Puttering.
Manager K. l.. Edwards Of the
Pittsburg Heaters is still puttering
around with his lineup but he expects
to put team into the field against
the Sacred Heart team which will
either win the game or put up hot
fight for first blood. He is contemplate
ing sending team composed of Stahl,
h.; Cohen, 3D.; Hasell, 3d.. L.
Dresch, ii. Dresch, If; Schwager, CT.
Lindsey, IF. White probably will start
the game in the box with Case catch
ing. The Heaters played one pre-sea-
son game, defeating the 26th Squadron
from Kelly Field, 10 to 5, last Sunday.
Dell Gotten will umpire this game.
The Texas Steam Laundry and Pas
time Club teams played a tie game
several weeks ago and Sunday they
will battle in, earnest as contestants
; in a City League game. The game will
be called at o'clock on the Public
Service diamond on Roosevelt avenue.
Grover Weikel is managing the Pas
time Club team which is composed of
Burke, h.; Pilgrim, 2b. Weikel 3D..
5. Chittenden, S.. Talbert, If. L.
Chittenden, CT; Whitledge. rf. Mama
ger Weikel will use either HAMPTON
or Dunbar in the box with Osborn do
ing the catching. Farer, Beck and
Jourdan are the utilities. The team
has lost one, won one and tied two in
practice tits.
Bolstered Laundry Nine.
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Laundry team considerably since en-
{. tering it in the league and the club is
expected TO be a formidable opponent
for the Pastime Club. Before entering
the league the Laundry team lost a
4-to-1 game to the strong Comfort
team and tied with the Pastime Club.
Manager Meyer and Henry Dodgen
have been working hard to get the
team in shape for the first City
League game. They will put a team
in the field composed of Fields, lib.
Mianzi, 2b. Karger, 3b. Naylor. SIS.
Rees, IT,; Lockmann, cf.: Paul
kuehne, rf Either Satcher or Meyers
will start in the box with Limbmann
catching their slants.
G. c. st. John is the league umpire
for this game.
Off teams will be the Union Bus
Lines and fhe Nell Stones 9Ruddvn