San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-01
Baseball Briefs
At Tampa: washington s; Brood

At Tampa: Washington s; Brook
Syn 3.
At Mobile: New York Americans
8; Rochester 8.
At Bradentown, Fla: st. Louis
Nationals g: Milwaukee ,.
At Los Angeles Pittsburg Nation
ais Z: Chicago Nationals 6.
At Texarkana: Texarkana EAST
Texas Leaguel II; Shreveport Tex
as League) II.
At Nashville: Nashville o; Louis
vile 6.
New York. April 1.-While Babe
Ruth's Big Bertha doomed the longest
homerun of his career. thus helping
the Yankees beat the Rochester Inter
national Leagers, to ., and Wash
ington crushed Brooklyn, s to 3, rain
penned the Giants in hotel Hobbies
yesterday with the Cincinnati Reds
and Chicago White Sox as company.
From the home plate TO the center
field fence, on the diamond at Mobile
the distance is 436 feet. The center
field fence is 80 feet high. TIE ball
slammed by the Babe cleared the
fence by ten feet.
The Yankees were in slugging mood
generally, both Aaron Ward and
Freddie Hoffman pasting the ball for
the circuit, the team as whole gar
nering IL hits.
At Tampa, partly through the errors
by Wheat and Klugman. and partly
on account of the excellent twirling
of Walter johnson and George
Mogridge, the Dodgers went down to
defeat. Two coast stars were on ex-
hibition at Tampa, one Johnny Jones,
who made an excellent impression in
workout before the game started,
the other, Rube Harrison, who reliev-
ed Henry in the eighth, and was hit
for two doubles, by Porthero and
Ruel, yielding run.
St. Louis. Mo-, April THE Will
liams-Jacobson-TOb combination will
be seen in the outfield of the st. Louis
Americans for the sixth consecutive
season, Manager Sisler has decided.
In their five years together the
Browns three musketeers of the gar
den patch own a composite batting
average of $50, while in friendship
they claim to be batting thousand.
Detroit, Mich, April 1.-Sam Brax-
ton and George Smith, pitchers with
the Detroit Americans, have been re-
leased to Asheville, n. c. 1t was in
timated that Johnny Neun, who has
been trying for a place at first base,
might be turned over TO Pacific
Coast League club.
Cincinnati. Ohio, April 1.-The
Cincinnati club is considering. pur-
chase of Tinker Field at Orlando,
Fla, as q permanent training camp.
The Florida State League club has
not been financial success and IT
is said creditors are likely to foreclose
and cut up the field into building
lots. There will be n meeting of the
stock company this week which Presi-
dent August Hermann will attend
and make a bid for the property.
The Reds are scheduled to play
their last exhibition game at Orlando
today. Saturday they leave for home,
the first stop being at Dayton.
Minneapolis. MIMI. April Pat
Malone. pitcher, last year with
Toledo. has been obtained by Minnea-
polls of the American Association from
the New York Giants.
Washington. ID. C., April 1-Ben
+. Egan, former major league catcher
and last year manager OF the Jersey
City club of the international League.
has been signed to coach the Wash
ington Americans.
Manager Harris announced Walter
johnson would not make the barn
storming trip north with the team,
but would go direct TO the capital.
The Griffmen wound up their Tam
pa major exhibition series with an
S-to-3 victory over the Brooklyn bod
ing prime form. The remainder of
the final weeks training will be de-
voted TO place games with the Tampa
club Of the Florida State League club
and general conditioning workouts.
Boston. April 1.-The Boston Ma
tionals suffered their second casualty
as a result of appendicitis yesterday
when Joe Batchelder. southpaw pitch
err, bought from the Pittsfield club
VI tne EdstcFH ISeuSuc, was Operditu
on at st. Petersburg. Fla. Outfielder
Gus Felix, operated for the same
trouble two weeks ago, will be out of
the game for some time. Manager
Dave Bancroft yesterday said that
contrary to custom. it was probable
no rockies would be Topped from the
Braves squad until the club reached
Boston.
Cleveland. Ohio, April 1.-The
Cleveland Indians will establish per-
manent spring training quarters at
Lakeland, Fla. if a bond issue. carry
ing an appropriation for the purchase
of the field and construction of a
concrete grandstand. is carried in
June. Before departing for Atlanta
with the team today, President L.
s. Barnard arranged for the issue. the
advices state, and was assured it
would carry. Mrs. James C.. Dunn,
owner of the club. returned to Chi
cago.
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