San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-01

Ncisively, burned a three
Dagger down the right fielt
line in the ninth inning a
League Park Friday afternoon wit
Wirts on first base and two out, Pre-
viding San Antonio's Bears with tn
winning run in a 6-5 baseball
struggle.
A big yirginian, Frank Watt, re
placed Jim Lindsey, ousted by the
umpire in the sixth inning after ar
argument and held the Spudders hit
less the rest of the way. Not only
that, the Spudders got nobody tc
first base, four of them famed and
not a ball was hit beyond the infield
while Watt presided.
ALL REPRESENTED.
There were other heroes, including
a medium-sized North Carolinan,
Everett Booze, who delivered twice as
pineh-hitter; a slimmish Latin
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big day at second base with eight
assists and two putouts: a stocky
Mississippian, Danny Clark, who
mangled the delivery of Big Jim
Roberts for three singles, running his
great record for consecutive batting
TO "a games, and Others from near
and far.
The victory gave the Bears the
series, two games 10 one, and did a
lot 10 chirk up the spirits Of the boys
with the Fort Worth series ahead.
Manager Bob Coleman had the
proverbial happy lark feeling rather
dissatisfied by comparison today.
WINTERS CHUNKS.
Buck Winters will pitch satur-
days game announced the Skipper
between hearty chuckles at recollec-
ton of Fridays fracas.
Mr.. Winters, it will be recalled, is
the party who engaged Lefty Johns
in a fourteen-inning chunking ioust
at Fort Worth only last week.
Who'll get Sundays assignment re-
mains to be seen. Maybe Collins,
says Coleman, If be feels just right.
Bob Couchman is being given a rest
even from pitching TO batters in prac-
tice so that be will be ready for
Monday.
Shaping it to the Spudders Friday
WIS an eventful happening. For one
thing. il marked the first defeat in
the Texas League this year for jim
Roberts, an ex-Bear, who had won
five straight since he joined Wichita
Falls recently.
The Bears made twelve hits off him,
ell singles, it's true, except Kahdot's
game-winning triple, but most of them
clean blows, a good sign that the
club Is beginning 10 hit again.
OFF IN LEAD.
The Bears got the jump on the
enemy, as they did the day before.
After q GonZales-KahdOt- Washburn
double play had retired the Spudders
in the first, the Bears counted twice
on a walk TO Gonzales, Meyers sin
gle and successive wallops by Clark
and Rosey.
Wichita Falls got to Lindsey in the
third for five Of their total Of /even
hits and took the lead, 40. The five
hits came in succession after one out
off the bats Of Query, Roberts, Dis
tel, Callaghan and Bodie. A forceout
Of Bodie permitted the fourth run,
and Clark made neat play 10 get the
last man out at first.
Everett Booe's pinch Texas Lacquer
in the fifth tied the score. Gonzales
and Meyers had famed. Mason, falling
away from the plate, smacked a single
to center. Clark hit and Rosenthal
walked, filling the bases. Washburn,
who hasn't recovered his batting eyel
since his long layoff with bad ankle
and who had famed on his first two
times at bat Friday, was removed for
Pinch-hitter Booze. Everett dumped
a hit into center and two runs scored |
to tie the count at fOur-all. Booze
made a pretty delayed steal, but Wirts
grounded out.
In the sixth, the Spuds forged
ahead, Bodie hit through short and
ambled TO third when Booze pegged
wildly to second base after fielding
grounder. A forceout at
second permitted Bodie 10 score. Tan
ner famed.
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made a balk. Umpire Tanning took
offense at Jim's observations on the
decision and said something about be-
ing careful not 70 slip on the soap
while taking the shower.
Watt now pitching for San An
tonic remarked the announcer.
Watt whitfield Dorman for the third
out Of the inning.
The Spuddens thereafter did a
wand drill at the plate whenever their
burn TO bat came around.
The Bears rallied in the sixth but,
with runners on first and third and
one down, Meyers flied 10 left and
Mason popped high 10 short. If Mason
pops, count on il being q high one.
he puts as much into his popups
as he does into those screeching
triples.
NEAT PLAY TIES 1T.
Some nifty base-running by Clark
and Booze tied the score in the seventh.
Clark opened with y single, took sec
ond on an infield out and advanced
10 third as BOOc beat a hit 70 short.
The Bears have perfected q delayed
steal calculated 10 make the best Of