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WEDNESDAY, Waco Again Defeats San Antonio Brones Did Somebody Change Waco’s Gas Mixture? "Castoffs" Hit Up a Fast Lick and Cop Final Run-in—A Little Christmas, at That, With Feeney as Santy. Navigating at a powerboat lick that denoted a marked change of mixture in the gas tank, the Waco castoffs took a final whack at old bard luck yesterday and administered a knockout. The Brones struggled heroically against the unexpected burst of speed, but it was no use, the final count against them be ing 3 to 2. Feeney was chosen as the shunter for the locals, and while his performance | was fairly nifty a majority of the way. it showed a weak spot at a couple of psychological moment’, with a result 1 that he can blame himself more than , anyone else, for his loss of the game. ; Time after time he was saved a slaugh- : ter by brilliant fielding and at least one of the three runs was a direct re-! suit of wobbly work from the strip. | ’ There was little holler coming either I way on the luck-break. The Navigators [ just naturally got in the game, played [ baseball like h— well, like the dickens, | swatted the seamy side at the proper , moments and earned their victory. Connoway’s wallops had much to do i with the win. The big first sacker showed a distinct liking to Feeney’s chest-high teasers, cracking them on the nose every tjmc one floated by. Twice Horst snagged vicious liners for him, but on his other two times up his bits went for runs. Those who have seen Connoway’s helplessness when the delivery seeks the vicinity of his knees wondered why Feeney persisted in hand- I ing them up just where the left-hander liked them. The first run was Christmas for Waco, with Feeney as Santa Claus. With two men on as a result of scratch hits, the pitcher filled the bases with a walk and then heaved one so wide Schan didn’t even touch it. In t]to meantime the Brones were hit ’rfng vic Miller’s delivery viciously. In the first inning it took three corking wallops to put a single run over. The other run was pushed across on as nitty sn exhibition of inside basebail as one ; could care to see. Texas league teams hesitate a long ; time before they try a squeeze on : Brooks Gordon. The brick topped vet- ; eran has about as nimble a noodle as i he hasn’t feet, and besides is possessed I of that second sight which tells him j in advance the other side is pulling something. For this reason the Brones deserve much credit for the sixth-tn uing run yesterday. Stinson and Yantz had just worked a great hit and-run, the former being at third. With Firestine at bat the squeeze signal was flashed so slick that the wily old red fox didn't even pipe a corner of it. and it was over before he dreamed it had started. This In- ] ring for the Brones made them look i like the Connie Mack boys and helped 1 much to make up for the loss of the i game. While it can't be said local fans hope Waco has left its Jonah here, tne ' speedy boys made a very favorable im pression and carried away with them the best wishes of every fan in town. 'I hey go to face Houston with new heart in them and it wouldn’t be sur- ' prising to see the leaders run into a tough proposition. The score of yesterday's game: Waco— AB. R. H. 0. A. E. I Tullos, 3b 5 1 1 0 2 01 Bogey, 2b 4 0 1 0 1 01 Johnson, rf 4 0 p 2 0 0 Connoway, lb 4 1 « 12 0 0 Williams, If 4 y 2 1 0 0 Harbison, ss ....... 3 0 1 4 3 0 we S wf FOR SHREVEPORT TERM Special Dispatch. Shreveport. La.. Jun< 1. l h ;1 .rame' that required ten innings in which to! determine the winner. Shreveport se cured the verdiet over Fort Worth ves- I terday, the score being 2 to I. J n thi •ant session the winning run was reois tered on the squeeze play. Score— r ILF. Shreveport . ..000 001 000 I—2 7 1 Fort Worth ...000 100 000 0 1 4 3 Batteries: Herbert and Henniger; Weatherford and Gribbens. GALVESTON WINS AND MOVES UP IN RACE Special Dispatch. Houstdn, Tex., June I.—Galveston regained -second place in the league ra e yesterday when they defeated the locals by the score of 1 to 0. Houston out-hit the visitors, but Garber kept the safeties scattered while the Sand Crabs landed the lone tally in the fifth MWion on a single, a steal and a 1 wo. bagger. Score — R. H. E. ilalveston 000 010 000—1 5 1 Houston . o<iO (100 000—O 7 3 Rattcric’: Garber and Brann; Mitchell and Burch. Best Sporting Page in San Antonio Thebo. cf 2 0 0 2 0 0 Gordon, c 3 0 0 6 2 0 Miller, p 3 0 O 0 5 0 •Ogles 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 7 27 13 G — । "Ran for Williams in second. San Antonio — AB. R. H. O. A. E. Hohnhorst, lb 4 0 2 15 0 0 Kipp, ss 3 0 0 2 4 0 Mclver, If 4 0 2 1 0 1 Stinson, cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 Yantz, 2b 3 0 1 0 3 0 Firestine, 3b 3 0 0 3 4 0 French, rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 Sehan, c 4 0 0 5 1 0 Feeney, p 3 0 0 0 5 0 "Blanding 0 1 0 0 0 0 **Leidy 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 9 27 17 2 'Ran for Kipp in the first. ""Hit for Feeney in ninth. By Innings. Waco .‘..0il 000 010—3 San Antonio ..4. 100 001 000—2 Summary, Stolen bases. Stinson; sacrifice hits, Firestine. Dugey, Thebo; two-base bits. Dugey, French; struck out, by Feeney 5, by Miller 4; bases on balls, off Fee ney 4. off Miller 2; left on bases, San Antonio 6, Waco 6: double plays. Fee uey to Firestine to Feeney to Firestine to Kipp: time of game, 1:45; umpires, Page and Bly. I FLASHLIGHTS TAKEN i DURING THE SESSION Feeney made a good start, striking out Tullos and Johnson and getting Du gey on a weak foozle to the box. Hohnhorst started things with a pip- I pin of a line drive over second. Kipp’s sacrifice was straight at Miller, how sver, and the fleet-footed first-sacker was forced at second. Blanding ran for Kipp and went to third on Mclver’s I ■nile-a-second drive through the box. Mclver was (aught on au attempted louble steal, but Stinson put the pro ession in a sizzler over Miller’s head for the registering trick. Hohnhorst broke into the spotlight again in the second inning when he went up in the air about four feet and ranked Connoway’s terrific line drive , Jown with his glove hand. The spectacular catch didn’t help i nuch. however, as Feeney let Williams’ j ■low-hit ball get by him and Mclver failed to reach Harbison’s Texas j eaguer by a quarter of an inch. A | walk to Thebo filled the bases and a wild pitch allowed the tying run. ■ Connoway. on his next up. put a Irive where Horst couldn’t reach it and went to second when French failed to flag the balk Williams’ hit was just >ut of Firestine’s reach and Connoway neat Mclver’s throw to the plate. In the fifth, following Dugey's drive' hat netted him three bases, Waco at empted a squeeze, but Feeney handled Ihe ball so quickly that Dugey W:>- ' turned hack to third for a fast double ; play that pulled the Brones out of the threatened sewer. The Navigators took another try a* Feeney’s scalp in the sixth, but good support saved a slaughter. Hohnhorst ; igain smothered Connoway’s vicious liner, Stinson went to the shade of the fence for Williams’ hard smash and Kipp flagged Harbison’s hard-hit ’rounder. Messrs. Stinson and Yantz gave a real nifty demonstration of the gentle nt of hit-and-run in the sixth. The former readied first by virtue of a per- । feet Texas leaguer over Harbison’si head. When the runner started to steal second Yantz took advantage of the hole left in the infield by Dugey, win had gone to cover, the hit being seem ingly purposely placed. Vioo put the finishing touch to the hard-liuk story and incidentally to the game in the eighth, when Tullos start-, ed up with a pretty hit to left, ad- [ vami d on a sacrifice by Tony, went to third on an infield out and scored on , ■ onnoway's uglv drive, which Kippl ■ ailed to handle’. ( ap. Leidy was full of the old pep before the game, working behind the plate, throwing the ball around like a 2 year old and < uttin’ up generally. The foreman is about ready to get back in the game. The rain came near saving the game. It started in the second inning, the drops bring as big as lemons. The players were chased for a few minutes, but, the only final effect was to cool off the atmosphere slightly. Hurray! Again the Luck. Breaks Nicely and Lubb Gets a Suit of Clothes CHICAGO FANS THINK THAT JIMMY ARCHER IS AS GOOD A CATCHER AS JOHNNY U Jimmy Archer donned the mitt and mask for the Cubs the other afternoon, says the Chicago News, and after see ing him work, the fans arc asking, “Who is the better catcher, Kling or Archer? ’ ’ Had this inquiry been made in 1908. there would not have been any hesitancy in answering in favor of Kling. But Archer's busy season last year and Kling's absence seems to have made a vast and noticeable difference in the playing of both men. so that there are now two good grounds for a dispute. The Kansas City man naturally has experience in his favor, being the older of the two. If he succeeds in regain ing his batting eye and hits as he did two years ago he will also be stronger I there than Archer. But when it comes to judging the batters, throwing and pulling off inside plays with the infield Archer can be classed as equal to Kling. I who is. even now, regarded as the | greatest ball player who ever filled that ' position for a elub. Present comparison of the two star catchers may be a little premature in Kling's ease, as he really has not had much of a chance to get baek in form, j In the games played by him up to date he hit well, but his throwing and speed were not what was expected. Still he seems to improve with every game and it is thought that when the real summer weather shows up he will get baek in condition and show the fans that his laying off a year did not affect his wonderful playing. Even should the star from Kansas City come back and play as well as ever, it is not thought that he will sup plant Archer, whose catching has made him as great a favorite with the West Side followers as Kling is. It is not expected that he will take his place or even play better ball, as Manager • hame recently declared that he saw in Archer one of the greatest young catchers who ever broke into the league. “Archer, owing to his lack of experi ence, can not be raised to the same po sition as Kling,’’ said Manager Chance, HIGHLAROERS WE UH II LEAGUE DICE New York Defeats Washing ton While Athletics Secure Even Break With Boston, New A ork. June I.—The New Yorl Americans made it three out of foil from Washington yesterdav. Score— ’ R. H. E Washington ....100 000 000— 1 4 New York 000 010 22"— 5 8 Batteries: Johnson and Street; Quini and Sweeney. Chicago-Cleveland, No Game. Cleveland. 0.. June 1. —Chicago-Cleve land, cold weather. Detroit, 3; St. Louis, 1. St. Louis, Mo., June J.—Detroit yes terday won the fourth straight ganu and the series from St. Louis. Score— R. H. E St. Louts 000 000 001— 1 6 Detroit 102 000 000— 3 9 Batteries: Pelty and Killifer; Per noli and Schmidt. boston. 1-2; Philadelphia. 0 -1. Boston. Mass.. June 1. —Philadelplii took the series, three games to two, yes terday by winning the second game o a double header after Boston had score, a shutout in the first game. The scores: First game— R. H. E Philadelphia ....000 000 000— 0 4 Boston 000 000 001— 1 2 Batteries: Morgan and Lapp; R. Col lins nnd Carrigan. Second game— R. H. 1' I Philadelphia 000 022— 4 7 SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE '“but he is steadily improving and 1 when he has had the experience of John, he will be a wonder. As nearly everybody knows, Kling developed and is now one of the headiest backstops who ever caught a curve. As a thrower I he had no equal, and he always ranked I as one of the best I expect । the same from Archer in time. He is a wonderful backstop now and the work he did last season helped us greatly in giving the Pirates a tough battle for the championship. “The fans may not think Kling is going to come baek to his old form. I think he will. The weather has not been good enough for any one who was not on the spring training trip to get |in shape.' As soon as the snn beats 1 down with all its power then watch 1 how quickly Kling will show evidence I of the same greatness that made him [the idol of the fans years ago. He i seems to be hitting good, too." There is one thing about Archer, which is the case with all of Chance's catchers, and other players as well, he never shirks work. He is ready to go j in any time, even when he has a few j injured digits, and always maker a creditable showing. In the morning practice he is never idle. “Work makes a man,’’ said Archer, “and I figure that every time I am in there I improve and learn something new. Even in practice things often arise in work-outs that sqldom occur in games, aud it never does anyone any harm to learn.’’ In speaking of Kling and Archer as two of the greatest backstops in the I National league, Tom Needham must Ii ot be overlooked. While Archer was out with a Janie and Kling had not returned, Needham caught every day, and caught so weil that there was no chance for any criticism. In addi- I tion to that, he hit the bail at a pace that made the fans and opposing play ers open their eyes in amazement. His throwing also was good. He caught recently against Boston, and two of the Doves tried to steal, but Needham nail ed them by a good safe margin. PHILS PHI POORLY AND HEW YORK WINS Make Five Misplays in Field And Giants Finish In Front 4' to 2, Philadelphia, Pa., June L—Philadel phia put up a poor exhibition yesterday and Jost. Score— R. H. E. | New York 010 001 110 — 4 0 0 Philadelphia ....000 000 020— 2 10 5 Batteries: Raymond and Wilson; Moore, Brennan and Dooin. Brooklyn. 4; Boston, 1. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 1. —Brooklyn tried out Pitcher Knether yesterday and he made good. Score— R H. K. Boston 010 000 000— 1 6 | Brooklyn 002 020 00*— 4 7 1 Batteries: Mattern, Parsons and 11. Smith; Knether and Erwin. Cincinnati-Pittsburg, No Game, Pittsburg. Pa.. June 1. —Cincinnati Pittsburg, cold weather. St. Louis-Chicago, No Game. St. Louis, Mo., June I.—. St. Louis Chicago, not scheduled. Boston 000 101—2 0 2 Batteries: Bender, Thomas and Lapp; I Hall. Arcllanes and Carrigan. Game called to allow Philadelphia to catch a train. ■■ — If their pitchers can stay on the 1 ground, Brooklyn will surely cause some trouble for those “top notchcrs’’ in the National league SIANDING HF TEARS IH THF. GIG lEAGUES TEXAS LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C Houston 43 27 16 .628 Galveston 43 26 17 .605 SAN ANTONIO ..41 23 18 .561 Dallas 43 24 19 .558 Shreveport 44 20 24 .455 Fort Worth 42 19 23 .352 Oklahoma City ...42 19 2.3 .352 Waco 42 12 30 .286 Today’s Games. Galveston at San Antonio. Houston at Waco. Dallas at Shreveport. Fort Worth at Oklahoma City. SOUTHWEST TEXAS LEAGUE. ' Standing of the Clubs. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. O. Victoria 37 26 11 .703 Bay City 37 24 13 .649 Laredo 36 18 IS .500 Corpus Christi ...40 1 6 24 .100 Beeville 39 15 24 .385 Brownsville 37 14 23 .378 Bay City at Laredo. Brownsville at Victoria. Corpus Christi at Beeville. AMERICAN LEAGUE. _« a Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C. Philadelphia 35 26 9 .743 New York 33 23 10 .697 Detroit 39 23 16 .590 Boston 35 19 16 .542 Cleveland 32 14 18 .438 Washington .. ..38 16 22 .421 Chicago 31 11 -’■» .355 St. Louis 35 7 28 .200 Today’s Games. Philadelphia at Detroit. Washington at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE. —t Standing of the Clubs. Plyd. Wou. Lost. P. C Chicago 34 22 12 .647 New York 37 23 14 .622 Pittsburg 33 18 15 .545 Cincinnati 34 18 16 .529 St. Louis 38 18 20 .474 Brooklyn 38 16 22 .421 Philadelphia .. ..33 13 20 .394 Boston 37 H 23 .378 Today’s Games. Chicago at Boston. Cincinnati at New York. Pittsburg at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Philadelphia. SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C ; Chattanooga .. ..39 21 15 Montgomery .. ..42 21 18 .s<l New Orleans ....46 25 21 .543 Birmingham .. ..40 21 19 .525 Atlanta 39 20 19 .513 Nashville 41 20 21 .188 Memphis 43 19 24 .442 Mobile 44 14 30 .318 Today’s Games. New Orleans at Atlanta. Mobile at Chattanooga. Montgomery at Memphis. Birmingham at Nashville. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Indianapolis: Milwaukee, 1; In-: dianapolis, 0. ' At Toledos Kansas Crty-Toledo.; rain. COTTON STATES LEAGUE. At Jackson: Jaeksoa, 3; Green-j wood, 4. At Vicksburg: Vicksburg. 5; Hat | ticsburg, 4. At Meridian: Meridian, 5; Yazoo City, 4. (Thirteen innings.) Follow The Arrow—See Page 3 AMERICAN CULT MAY WIN CLASSIC ENGLISH DERBY AT EPSOM DOWNS TRACK TODAY Special Dispatch. Epsom Downs. England, June I.—An Aineriean-bred 3-year-old promises to be a factor in the great classic of the turf that will be run at the world-re nowned track here this afternoon. The colt is Witchwork, by Hamburg, which will carry the Eton blue and brown sash and cap of Harry Payne Whitney. This horse has been kept under cover up to the present time, but his work recently has convinced Trainer Joyner that the coit has a look-in for the blue ribbon event of the English turf, Joyner has a “line” on the favorite and second choice in their race, Earl Roseberry’s Neil Gow and A. Eairie’s Lemberg, through their race in the Two Thousand Guineas, when Whisk broom, from the Whitney stable, fol lowed them home. His opinion that he has a chance is accepted by the Ameri can colony as meaning that he expects to be “inside” the money in the big race if he doesn't actually win. Neil Gow beat Lemberg a scant head in the Guineas after a hard drive for the entire distance. Whiskbroom was third, a length back. According to “Skeets’’ Martin, the famous Ameri can jockey, who has ridden Witchwork in his trials and Whistbroom in his races, the Hamburg colt could give Whiskbroom 10 pounds and a beating over any distance, and Martin believes he will defeat the two short-priced fa vorites this afternoon. The extent that the British turf hss suffered by the death of King Edward will be shown Derby day. Of course, Lhere will be a crowd—Derby day is always a holiday, and to thousands of Londoners the real —the one real—hol iday in the year. But the sight of the horses will recall memories of last year BROWNIES IRV HEW PUCHER; MAKES GOOD Morton, College Youngster, Allows Victoria Two Hits And Wins 2 to 1. ■Victoria, Tex.. June I.—The visitors tiled out a college youth in yesterday’s contest against the league leaders and he made good. He allowed his oppon ents but two hits and Brownsville scored a 2 to 1 victory. Morton hails from Waco and gave every indication in the initial appearance that he will make good. Score— R. H. E. Brownsville . ...100 010 000—2 10 1 Victoria 100 000 000—1 2 2 Batteries: Morton and Tepe; Col grove and Adams. LAREDO NOSES OUT BAY CITY TEAM 8 to 6 Laredo, Tex., June I.—Tn a contest featured by constant wrangling over the decisions of the umpire, Laredo de feated Bay City yesterday by the score of 8 to 6. Score— R. H. E. Laredo ...200 010 23’—8 12 3 Bay City 001 010 220—6 9 6 Batteries: Fallanca and Underwood; Starr, Platzer, Watkins and Sweet. CORPUS CHRISTI LANDS CONTEST FROM BEEVILLE Beeville, Tex., June I.—ln a slow and uninteresting contest yesterday afternoon. Corpus Christi shut out Bee ville by the score of 4 to 0. Toor field ing by the locals was responsible for the defeat. Score — B. If. E. Corpus Christi ..100 000 300—1 5 2 Beeville 000 000 000—0 5 3 Batteries: Trotter ami Harper; Bak er and Robertson. JUNE 1, 1910. Edited by FRANCIS C. RICHTER, JR. । when the royal colors were carried “first past the post’’ by the Japanese named Minoru. King Edward Jed hib horse into the paddock, but this year the royal box will be empty and draped in mourning. The contrast will be es pecially noticeable because the king planned to make this year’s Derby un precedentedly brilliant, and King Ed ward planned to have former President Roosevelt as his personal guest. The Derby will be worth about $35,- 000. to the winner. The Earl of Rose berry’s Neil Gow. which will have the benefit of Danny Maher 's piloting, will be a favorite, but Fairie’s Lemberg is certain to be a second choice. Others who will be well played will be the Earl of Durham’s Rochester, Major Loder’s Admiral Hawks, L. Robinson's Tressady, Viscount Villiers’ Greenball, H. F. Lytham’s Lonawand and J. Bueii anan’s Charles O’Malley. The last-named is well liked by a certain following usually designated as the “sharp shooters.’’ He was bred by A. P. Cunliffe and is sired by Des mond. His dam, Goody Two Shoes, was bred in America, and O’Malley has had a long, careful preparation for the Der by'. His backing, like that of the Whit ney colt, will, however, be on the strength of his trials more than on any thing he has shown under colors. August Belmont’s Merry Task by Oc tagon, is rated low in the list, while nearly all the other American entries have been withdrawn. Compared with other Derbys, the race will be comparatively tame, al though there will be fifteen starters. The weather promises to be only fair. The latest betting is: Lomberg, 5 to 4; Neil Gow, 5 to 2; Charles O'Malley, 8 to 1; Greenback, 8 to 1. ELKS IN FINE SHAPE FOR HOUSTON GAME Team Practices Daily for Big Game Next Saturday—Root ers Will Be on Hand. The Elks ball team is in great condi tion for the first contest with the Hons ton J'Jks that will be played in the lat ter city next Saturday. All of the mem bers of the team have been practicing every day and have shown much im provements. All arrangements for the game have been completed. Mayor Rice of Houston will deliver an address of welcome to the local lodge upon its arrival in that city and in the evening after the contest there will be a dinner givep to the entire visiting delegation and the members of both teams. Already’ the Rooters’ club of Hous ton has arranged to attend the game in a body and it is* more than likely that there will be more than 700 members of that organization in the stands when play starts. In addition there will be a big party of fans from this city who will make the trip and root for the San Antonio team aud the contest should attract a record crowd. Chalmers*Oetroit “40" Touring $2750 Auto Sales & Supply Co.