San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-02
Camp Chatter
Jumps Shoes Grimes.
Lazerri Parks One.
Giants Look Good.
Braves Feel Fine.
lBy Associated Press.)

Rights, liberties and personal free
dom Of big league baseball players
are limited even III exhibition games.
And Pitcher Grimes Of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, has discovered that question.
ing an umpire's decision is barred in
Nashville, Tenn. He was ousted from
The park fer such an offense there
yesterday in n game which his club
won from the New York Yankees.
Banishment of Grimes was not the
feature of the battle, however. Lag
crri, a Yankee, won the plaudits OF
the customers by smacking homer
with the bases full to guarantee vic
tory for the Yankees.
The Philadelphia Athletics display
. ed a keen batting eye in their de.
; feat Of the Rochester Internationais
at Waycross, Ga. Walberg and Sim
mons each connected for Il circuit
& drive in the first frame, Walberg's
coming with three runners on and
I Simmons with two on bases. Wambs-
ganss made a third four-bagger for
the Athletics in the second inning.
In their contest with Toledo at
Jackson, Tenn, the New York
Giants showed the championship
brand OF ball which some dOpesters
believe will land them a pennant
this season. Southwark made n
costly bobbie, however, misjudging
ny and allowing the Toledo team
TO score two runs.
Boston Braves, all jubilant and
high-spirited over their seasons rec
ord, closed their Florida training pc
riod by beating Providence. The
Cleveland Indians beat the Toronto
club at Atlanta, and now head for
New Orleans for three games and sew
ersl days of practice on inside base
ball."
Yesterday was just another ha.d
luck day for the Boston Red Sox who
were trimmed by Birmingham on the
Birmingham lot. The St. Louis Car
dinals revealed no i'll effects from n
day of idleness and won a decisive
victory over the Dallas, Tex, team.
With Bottomley in first class conGi-
ton and the infield generally much
improved, the Cards are considered
possible pennant contenders.
Champions Of the world, the
Pittsburgh Pirates, and runner-up
world champions, the Washington
Senators, are homeHard bound. The
Pirates will work out indoors at
Kansas City today. McKechnie
fearing staleness because OF four
idle days. The games with the
due TO weather conditions. Man
ager Harris and his Senators ar
rived in QuitmaD, Ca, today for
the first Of their transforming
games. Columbus will provide the
opposition.
The Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White
Sox and Detroit Tigers have chalked
up another day of practice. The Sox
were given double dose Of work
at Shreveport in preparation for
today's game with the Shreveporters.
Cobb sent his Detroiters through a
drill and then led them to the an
nual knife and fork contest arranged
annually for the team by the Augusta,
Ca, Klwanians.
The philadelphia Nationals and st.
Louis Browns are rejoicing. The
Phillies are home, and the Browns
have just closed a 32-day training
season prepared to enter the race
with practically the same outfield and
infield reserve strength.
Chicago's Cubs have missed only
two days practice this spring and
one was yesterday. when rain pre-
vented a game with the Los Angeles
club. They are scheduled to play
the Hollywood Stars today, the An
gels Saturday and the Stars again
Sunday.