San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-29
Bernsen's Homer in Ninth
Scores Three Runs After
1t Seems Lybrand Has The
Enemy Trimmed-Great
Afternoon for Second
Guesses.


out of their winning gait Monday-and
he succeeded. As result, the Bears
have won only ten of their twelve
games instead of taking eleven of them
as 1000 or more fans fondly hoped
they would do until the ninth inning
Monday.
Two home-runs spilled the beans
for "Lefty" Lybrand and the league
leading Grizzlies. "Chink' Taylor's
in the second inning found Huber. who
had doubled, on base. Manager Bern.
sens in the ninth came with two on
the sacks and provided the winning
margin of one run. the score at the
end of the hectic run-in being ) TO 4
for the enemy.
1t was great afternoon for second
gIesses. 1t is safe 10 say that hun
dreds of sentences we're started with
the words, "nOw. If" Probably some
arguments still rage. But this is an
ether day and the Bruins should be up
and at 'em again.
TIC begin with. it rained just before
game time. which was depressing. and.
Us some psychology sha,k might be
bribed to say, in"culated the Bruins
with sort of SKIS, llabled complex
that caused inward bleeding of the
soul, melalcholia and low pepper pres
sure. That would be the only alibi
that stands inspection.
Bernsen Mu,is One.
;ernsen VINO was cast in the hero s
RE from Beaumont standpoint in
the last inning, lei in the first Bear
rir, in the opening lame. The Bears
had instituted an effective system of
hitting the fiist Fitch delivered up by
Eari EberharJ which had enabled Full
Ter and Rosenthal to drive out hits to
right and Galloway to advance them a
base on an infield out: Meyers slip
ped warm one along the ground to
Huber, who pegged straight into Bern
sens hands. The Beaumont manager
fumbled and Fuller scored. Brov0ld
walked, filling the bases, but, after
Gross first attempt had thumped the
left field fence less than q foot on the
wrong side of the foul line, he flied
OUT
Huber's double and, after two outs.
Taylor's homer over the right field
wall. put the enemy in the lead in the
second. Rabbit, in center. stole an
extra-base from Galloway with Rosen-
thai III first and thus prevented a
tied score in the home half.
Lybrand himself hit double to
the deep left field fence after two away
in the fourth and Najo, who delivered
in the pinch twice, came Through with
a healthy single to left after the count
had been worked to three and two.
scoring Lybrand with the tying tally.
Galloway Hits for Three.
A triple TO center By Galloway and
Meyers sacrifice fly showed the Cole
manese in front in the fifth.
Beaumont threatened in the sixth
and kept threatening steadily from
then on but never started until after
two were out. Of all the Exporters
who got on base-eleven were left
stranded. the same number as the
Bears failed to score-only couple
reached first before two outs had been
made.
Najo came through again in the
sixth, scoring the fourth San Antonio
run. Gross had singled and advanced
on Coleman's sacrifice. Lybrand flied
to Taylor. Najo connected hard and
the ball bounced off the screen over
inc left field fence only a foot or so
from the top. Gross scored easily and
NaJo got two bases but was out trying
10 reach third
Lybrand. while less and less con-
sistent as the game progressed. seemed
to get more puzzling to certain indi-
riduals. He famed three in the sew
nth. He whitfield seven in all, start
ing in the fifth inning. In the eighth.
Lefty famed two more, including
inch hitter with the bases full.
The Painful Details.
Rabbit drove liner in Brovold's
hands to open the ninth and Stansbury
struck out. The fans prepared TO go
iDme. Ostergard sent sharp ground
" TO Galloway. Lybrand rushed over
o cover first and muffed GalIoway's
brow. Fuller tried calamity for
iard chance off the bat of Admiral"
Martin but failed 10 grab it and two
8,re on. Bernscn cnose this crucial
moment to soak tie ball over the
'ght field fence TO-. 1 homc-run. Wirts
ripled off Lybrand and Winters came
n TO finish up. Bfoyold took care of
Taylor.
Fuller and Rosenthal, first Bears
Up in the ninth, were comparatively
asy. Old Jim Galloway. though.
ever giving up, worried Pitcher Town
end-oh. yes, n couple of changes had
zen made in chunkers for Beaumont
'ecause of the free use of pinch hitters
and got a base on balls. MEYERS
Wasted no time, driving the first pitch |
o right for a single that put Gallo
ray on third.
Here commenced a little battle Of |
Wits between the managers that is |
nown as strategy in baseball. "Booe |
atting for Brovold." sang out I'm
ire Coe. Booe. a left-hander. to hit |
gainst the rigEt-handed Townsend. !
'ernsen had an idea. Davenport
ow pitching for Beaumont" yelled his
southpaw. to counterfeit
'ooe's deadly fork-handedness. Again
be umpire turned and howled: war
lick batting for Booze" A right-hand-
batsman to pit against the left
anded twirler. Bernscn made no fur
her change. He probably ran out of
all players. Anyway. the rig, t-hand-
r versus left-haDder dept didn't work
IT Warwick struck out and the ball
anne ended.
The Houston Buffaloes opel three.
'me series here Wednesday.