Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-20
BEARS Seen
AS WEAK IN
TEXAS LOOP
Team Is Said in Poor
Condition Due To
Trades And Mater
ial Received

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 2o.--lF-
III there's any enthusiasm over the
outlook for the San Antonio Bears
in the Texas league race this year
10 Is anon the club owners. only
and they r not shouting from the
~housetcps. There's none among the
fans.
who have we got on the team
that we can look to for reSults?"
asked one fan. adding: We've got
one fairly good pitcher, Andy Mes
SengeT."
The lineup was discussed in de-
tail. Here II Is.
Catcters. Bill Warwick, Frank
Meyers and Pete Arzatti.
Pitchers: Andy Messenger, Nor
man CHASER, Gene Walker, Rudy
Kniesch, Bert Hinkle, Herbert Ag-
ricola, Leissner Poth, DIN Perry.
Hobo Carson.
First base: Ray Grimes and Lee
Stebbins.
Second base: Tom Connolly.
Shortstop: Lloyd Flippen.
Third base: Joe Tate and Harvey
RaIleW.
Outfield: Chief Lyman Mason,
Hank Emmett Mulyey. Frank Wet
eel and Harry Taylor.
The main attack conferred on the
pitchers. IL was claimed that with
the exception OF Messenger there
Is not one proven hurler IN the lot.
The rest OF the team was accepted
as fairly good.
Grimes will be all right II his
legs carry him through" said one
fan, who agreed that the big first
baseman proved TO be one of the
most timely hitters in the league
last year.
Connolly was good in his day,
but he's about through" said n
other, who agreed that IL Tommy
plays the game he did with Shreve-
port a couple of years ago, he will
prove a tower OF strength.
"Flippen will never fill Flash
hampers Shoes" was the verdict
for shortstop, although all agreed
that Flippen is a clever ball player
but weak az the bat.
Dallas wouldn't have let Tate 60
IL the Steers hadn't got a better
man in Bill Huber" was the con-
sensus OF third base, although he
saw great promise in young BalleW,
Southwestern University Pirate star
both as q fielder and hitter.
The outfield was regarded as an
improvement in hitting over last
year with the addition of Frank
Wetzel from the Western league IN
a trade for Leo Najo. although Eajo
was rated as n OF the finished
flelders III tine country and light
ming fast on the bases.
Behind the pat Warwick could
not be beaten when he was with
the Bears III 1925, but the question
was raised as TO mis- present stand
ara since Nike Kelley OF THE Min
neapolis Millers let him 20.
Myers vas rated q goou average
minor league catcher while Ar1atti
vas rated as q Glass ID catcher.
Among the pitchers AgrlcOla,
Poth, Perry and Carson r young
ster5, Agrlccia being on trial with
the Bears for the third time while
Poth, Perry and Carson came from
the West le&as league, Carson hav-
ing formerly pItched Tor the Texas
Christian University team.
StebbinS also came from the West
Texas league, where ne batted .39l
last season.
Then came the cruz or the stu
atiOn-the big hope on which Bear
chances 7 pinned-the manage
ment OF the club.
This department Is In the hands
or William ). Alexander and Robert
Patrick Newman, both former play
cr5 III the Texas league. Both have
played on two san Antonio pennant
winners--in 1908 and lJ0S-and
Newman hes won a number OF pen
nants for Houston as Buff pilot.
Both have been aggressive ball
players and with this spirit TO guide
them the Bruins cannot be counted
out or the Texas league race even
before the start of the season. And
the SkepticS wer fair enough to adj
NIT this.
IL is on the managerial ability of
the skepticS we're fair enough TO ad-
der that the club owners largely
bank Oh making q dent in the Tex
as league race this year. and they
are shouting this from the house.
tops.