San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-22
Other Teams Counting on
New York Staff to Flop,
Are Alarmed.
TEAM PLAYING BALL
Hurlers Stingy and Hitters
Timely-Other Base
: ball Dope.
New York. ApriI ee.-Tbe Giants


won their fifth straight game Mon
day and this winning created food for
thought among followers of other
teams who counted upon a founder
ing pitching staff to block McGraw's
path to another pennant.
In beating Boston, . to l, Jack
Bentley held the Braves to seven hits.
Splendid pitching by Bentley. Dean
and Huntzinger. all youngsters, COM
bincd with effective hitting by Groh
and Frisch. have sent the champions
leaping ahead with surprising speed.
The Giants beat Jess Barnes Mon
day after he was apparently on his
way to one-hit victory. Jackson's
home-run in the eighth tied the
score and Groh and Frisch batted out
a victory in the ninth. The victors
made but four hits.
Lots of Extra Innings.
Deberry, Brooklyn catcher, hit
homer with two men on in the tenth
sand the Robins defeated Philadelphia.
q to 4. 1t was the third extra-in-
ming game of four played in Phila-
'delphia this season and the second
ten-inning defeat for Carlson.
= After pitching fine ball for eight
innings, Grover Alexander weakened
and Cincinnati's fighting team beat
the Cubs, 2 TO ], in the tenth after
tying the score in the ninth. Rube
Benton gave the Cubs only four hits.
Pittsburg played another close game
but for the first time it was a slug
ging battle. The Cardinals delivered
the final punch and won, IL to Q.
Each team used three pitchers, Will
bur Cooper being one of the Card
victims. Ray Blades, Cardinal out
fielder, hit homer.
Only two contests were played in
the American League. Joe Bush,
holding Washington to six hits, check
ed the Yankee losing streak and beat
the Senators, 4 to 2. Meusel drove
in the winning runs. Ruth went
hitless.
Rommel allowed the Red Sox but
five hits and Philadelphia shut out
Boston, 4 to o.
The Detroit-St. Louis and Cleve-
land-Chicago games were postponed
by rain and the Tigers and White
SG thus continue in a tie for first
place.
Fred Schliebner, substitute first
baseman for the st. Louis Americans.
VINO contracted blood poisoning in
his left foot and leg during spring
training, has returned from his home
ready TO don a uniform when the
Browns open their home season We'd
nesday. He reports the foot in play
ing condition.
]. L. Davenport, left-handed pitch
er. formerly with New Haven of the
Eastern League has been released to
Beaumont by the Chicago Americans.
Davenport won twenty games last
season before he was purchased by
: the White Sox. He will join the
Exporters Immediately.
Rochesters 30-to-2 victory over
Newark in the international League
Monday has been exceeded by only
one major league team, Chicago.
which defeated Louisville, SO to Z
on June 90. 1897 in the twelve-club
National League. Cleveland's 27-to-3
win over Boston on July Z, 1923,
is the nearest major league approach
TO the Chicago score. In the dark
ages of baseball, 1869. the Niagaras
won from Columbus at Buffalo. 209
TO 10. In modern minor league his
tory, Corsicana defeated Texarkana
in the Texas League, "a to ., max
ing 10 home-runs in the game.
I. Amos Strunk, one of the two sur
viving members of the former four
time pennant winning Athletics. has
been released by the Chicago White
Sox, leaving Eddie Collins, captain Of
the Sox, as the only member Of the
1910 Athletics in the game. Strunk.
who came to Chicago five years ago,
was Internationally released. Because
of his long service in the American
League, Strunk was declared a free
agent and probably will sign up with
q Coast League club.
"Red" Faber. the veteran White
: Sox pitcher, will be as good as new
II couple Of weeks. promise sur
Z seons who Monday removed piece
OF Clipped bone from the elbow Of his
pitching arm.
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