San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-29
BEARS ROUSE
INTEREST
IN RACE
Fort Worth Takes Pair Of
Trimmings-Atz's
Protest Futile.

Just as they knocked interest in the
windup of the Texas League race al
most out Of the ring the other after
noon by breaking the Wichita Falls
winning streak, so the Bears applied
the smelling salts to the sniffers OF
tagging fandom over the circuit Fri
day afternoon by smashing another
string of twelve straight victories, up
setting none other than the champion,
league-leading Fort Worth Cats in a
double-header.
A crowd of some 2500 raised a
ruckus in the brand new grand stand
as the Bears first gave Fort Worth
good old-fashioned country beating
1876, then chopped the champs down
in q five-inning affair, stopped by
darkness, 4 to 2.
Dallas won and the Steers are now
back in the hunt, only four and a
half games behind Fort Worth. It's
a long chance that they'll catch jake
and his boys but they have three
weeks left in which to try their best.
GETS JAKIES GOAT.
Dropping two to the Bears got deep
down under the weather-beaten hide
of the Cats able skipper, and he
filed a protest of the second game
with Umpire Estill. But nobody, not
even Mr.. Estill and, it is suspected
also Mr.. Atz, expects TO even hear any
more about the protest. For it was
based on Bob Coleman's threat to
20 in as a pineh-hitter. jake set forth
in a statement at the plate when the
Bear manager came swinging a pair
of bats that Mr.. Coleman could do
no such thing as pinch-hit, by gum,
that Mr.. Coleman had said he was
going TO retire and that he had to
stay retired. But Jake forgot for the
moment that the player limit is off
and a club may have and use in a
game as many men as it likes, man
ayers included.
Fact is, Bob rather ~city-slicked"
Jake right there. The Bears had the
score tied in the fifth inning Of the
second game, with two on and one out
and Lefty Johns becoming rather easy
to hit.
WHATS ALL THE SHOOTING?
Faustin Gallegos, recruit outfielder
from Paris in the East Texas League,
who started as right fielder, was re-
moved and Coleman appeared at the
plate ostensibly 70 bar. Atz protested.
Coleman is a right-handed batter,
Johns a left-handed pitcher. Some
where in the dim past, Coleman de-
veloped an immortal reputation for
treating southpaw pitching rough.
Atz took Johns out when the UNI
pire gave Coleman the o. X. to bat,
BE put in Lou North, a Highlander.
So Coleman, without looking at a
pitch, promptly jerked himself and
inserted 81 Rosenthal, a sOuthpaw
swatter.
North took no chances with Rosey
and walked him, filling the bases.
Mule Washburn, who had a good
day at bat, burned a grounder down
TO Palmer, but the ball picked up
four-leaf clover on the way, and.
just in front Of Palmer, took a high
hop and bounced over his head for
single, scoring the two runs that won
the game. Washburn advanced on a
wild pitch, but Warwick famed and
Tolar, young infielder from Ennis,
Texas, subbing for Booze at third
grounded out. The game was called on
account Of darkness. 1t was z O'Clock
when the umpire sent the fans home.
REVENGE FOR COUCHMAN.
Bob Couchmsn got ample revenge
on Lou North for that 81 defeat in
Fort Worth when he saw Lou driven
from the box in the second inning Of
Fridays first game while he himself
held the Cats almost powerless until
the ninth when Bob SLOWED six scat
tered hits up 10 the ninth.
And the old gentleman slapped out
three safeties on his own hook.
Once North walked Booze on purpose
10 get at Couchmsn and he singled,
bringing in q run.
Clark hit his thirty-first homer in
this game, a drive to the fence in deep
right, bringing in two runners ahead
Of him. He also tripled with two
aboard and tackled on a single for
good measure, Meyers tripled and
doubled, and everybody on the club
participated in collecting II hits off
North. Ralph Head and Gus Foreman.
Each Of the Bear outfielderS turned
IN fancy catches.
Hits by Clark, Washburn and War