San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
BEARS SWEEP
FIRST SERIES
]. OF CAMP |GN
Hit Road Sunday, Sharing
=. League Lead With
Wichita Falls.
SKIPPER BREAKS IT UP
II
Coleman Triples and Ma
IL jos Sacrifice Fly Does
the Rest.

A couple of young Irishmen had a

...pitcbing duel at League Park Satur-
day. Chsraeteristically unyielding and
tenacious of purpose, they batted on
even terms until the eighth inning
when one of them slipped over SO httie
and q great ball game was decided.
The one whose grip loosened was
doe Gleason of Galveston, he VINO
stuck with it to the bitter end was
Mike Collins of San Antonio.
{, The score was to u.
For seven innings, the Bears and
the Sandcrabs fought and many were
.a.iihe popups and infieid grounders' Inc
hssfans hung 10 their seats py tne 9ut
Items on their hip pockets as tcklsh
= Situations were conquered and fielders,
in and out, scampered over the green,
+rsward making sparkling grabs anu
stabs Of flies and grounders.
Coicman's Bat Again.
-. To Collins boss and battery mate,
,-.ssvatting Bob Coleman, goes the hon
share OF credit for the production OF
b.; the one and only run. Bob, first up
a. in the eighth. crashed a mighty .hree.
- bagger to the uttermost reaches cl
:, left-ceuter field. The fact that Cole
s0.man reached third on the waliop Is
81. testimony enough as 10 Its length anu
.3sheft. Gleason put the fuzzy stun on
sfs~the baH 1or SOlilhs anu -n.hC e
lin handy reach of the pitchers box
u. coleman tramped up and down the
base line off tnird. The big Saturda!
crowd called on young Leo Naio TO 10
something. Leo did 1t. he smacked q
s1-.long fly out to Don Brown IN center
- field. after which Coleman pounded
= home with the sole tally. The "vivas
S;5were defeaning. .s
- Galveston made just four hits off
Collins. Only one of these, drive
81 TO center for a sack by Whlteinan
hn-in the fifth, was clean-in that
clean" is taken TO mean not being
rs interrupted in its flight by an infieid-
ais err. Wisterzils single was roller
- lust out of Collins reach which the
pitcher DETECTED between Brovold and
-1Stfross. Brovold rushed in front OF
NrsGross and tried to scoop the ball up
90 but only batted it along and 1t was
.gscored scratch hit. King. in the sec
iond, got two bases on a violent smash
: that caromed off Brovold's person to
~ the grand stand. In the ninth, King
g got a scratch hit to short.
-Te Crabs Had One Chance.
= Galveston had only one real chance
to sew up the game. That was In the
second when the bases were filled on
Kings hit and, after two outs, an err
ror by Gross on his easiest chance
80 of the day and a walk 10 Gleason,
- the only base on balls issued during
= the afternoon. Whiteman drove one
into the trees beyond the left field
fence, foul by dozen feet or so, then
popped to Gross.
The Bears made six hits off Glea-
son. Two were triples-by Coleman
=, and Brovold Another was a hard
double by Fuller, who also singled
clearly. Gross and Collins singled.
Fuller's double came with one out
in the first inning. 1t dropped between
: Center-fielder Brown and Right-fielder
iWhiteman. Rosenthal shot liner to
the right field fence but Whiteman
Z speaed it. Galloway's grounder was
a difficult one to handle and Short
stop Burkett fumbled. Fuller dashed
past third however, and Burkett, re-
covering. pegged TO the plate. Fuller
was retired sliding back into third
base. although it cost Tex Wisterzil
cash in the forehead and a dizzy
Z moment to make the putout. He divod
on Fuller and apparently was side
wiped with spike in the brow. A
sprinkling of water and wet towel
made him as good rs new.
Left George on Third.
In the second. with one down. Bro
void raped n long fly to right-center.
Brown. travelling full tilt. over-ran
the ball and the speedy Bruin third
- sacker converted the swat into q
triple. Gleason threw out Gross.
Coleman showed n slow roller toward
third that would have meant scratch
Chit for anybody else in the league hut
sWisterzifs throw beat big Bob TO first
by couple of shuffles.
.sas,- Brovold's long throw from the foul
1xaA ,w4I T,n-
.s.s,rprospectiye hit from Brown in the
third.
-rs.-- The Galveston infield PLAYED bill
lizards with Mayors hot drive in the
fourth, Wisterzil DETECTING it off the
fingers of his glove TO Burkett. who
-relayed it to first in time to retire
Mokc
>. -. While the battle was going on. In
fielders Turkey Gross and frankie
Fuller were rowing around the out
81 fields. sometimes surprisingly far out.
s-for pop flies, ard Gross was making
- all manner of snappy plays around
= short. Gross. whose fielding has been
ga feature of the entire Galveston So
ries. drew applause at the end Of al
most every inning.
- Coleman Knocked Cuckoo.
sAsei In the fifth. he started what looked
81 Tor awhile like q scoring rally BY
singling TO center. He was forced al
=, second when Bauman made n neat
atop of Coleman's warm grounder. Col
ins shot hit down the left field linz
60 the fence but Coleman, trying t.
make third, was thrown out. Bob es
syed one last desperate effort t.
reach the bag as he saw the ball hi
~-sfse dirt in front of him and his slide
brought him into violent collision with
TfNisterzil. The Bruin skipper was