San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-25
CLARK PLAYS
MERR|WELL
IN PINCH
Like Storybook Hero He
Settles 1t With Base
cleaning Homer.
Until the last man is out"

Until the last man is out.
That must have drummei III the
ears of the San Antonio baseball
players at Waco Monday as they fol-
lowed each other to the plate in quick
succession TO click off hits IN the
greatest ninth-inning batting rally put
on BY any ball club this season.
Out in order in the seventh and
eighth before the magic of old Oscar
Tuero's curves, the Bears entered the
ninth inning in a state popularity de-
scribed as hopelessly licked. The
scoreboard showed: Waco 0, San An
tonic ..
But. hereafter, no Waco fan will
leave before the last man is out II
San Antonio is furnishing the oppo-
sition.
CALL OF THE WILD.
Held TO four hits for eight innings,
the Grizzlies suddenly rent the leash
on which Tuero apparently held them
safe and scored ten runs on seven
healthy hits, a couple Of walks, hit
batter and an error.
The Waco fans sat through more
than 20 minutes of abject misery while
-Tuero failed to retire a single batter
of six to face him, then Lyle tried
futilely against two more, and Benge's
effors were unavailing against three
a total of eleven batsmen safe with
not an out mixed in. Final score
u TO 10.
FRANKIE IN PERSON.
In this storybook finish, Danny
Clark was cast in the role of that we'll
known example of athletic heroism,
Frank Merriwell. The remarkable
Mr.. Merriwell had absolutely nothing
.on the remarkable Mr.. Clark, who
started the ninth-inning rally with
single and finished il with a home
run that cleaned the bases and won
the game. 1t is Daniels misfortune
that his feat was not performed at
home; without a doubt the excited
customers would have forgotten them
Z selves so far in their frenzy of JOY
as 10 rally round and present the hero
with garland of beautiful green U. S.
Mint blossoms, as is the wont of
frenzied fans laboring under the
stress of such history-making circum-
stances.
incidentally, il was Clark's thirtieth
. homer of the season, and his 203rd
hit, he having nieked Tuero for a
double in addition TO his brace of val
liable ninth-inning knocks.
While the Bears were docile 10 the
extreme at most stages Of the game
up 10 that acknowledgement ninth,
s they gave Tuero warning with
couple of early growls.
In the first inning, Mason hit his
nineteenth homer of the season over
the center field fence. In the fifth,
! Gonzales socked one off his fellow
Cuban across the left field wall.
ORDINARY CHUNKING
But, meanwhile, Owens, and Col
lard, who relieved him in the fifth,
were faring mighty ''porcly" against
the Waco swatters. Three hits,
walk and an error produced a trio
I Of tallies in round three. In the
4 fifth, Browns double and Galloway's
single got Owens a shower bath. Col
+ lard was worse in the next inning.
Z He permitted an error 10 get him in
the air completely and four clean
Smashes brought around four runs. He
got By the seventh but, in the eighth,
young Cohen hit a home-run over the
left field fence.
: That made the score Q to 2.
And the stage was set for the big
doings.
Clark led off with a single into
: right field. ROsenthal got three balls
and strike, then the necessary fourth
! ball. Tuero decided Wsshburn was
Z crowding the plate, tried TO dust
him Off and put the imprint of a
few horsehide seams in his arm. War
. wick raped mean grounder to deep
short, Cohen couldn't handle it in
time, and in came Clark. Bases still
{ full. Score. 90. Booze singled 10 cen
Z ter. scoring Rosenthal. Score, 81.
wirts. batting for Collard, Emscked
. the first pitch into right for base.