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BASEBALL BRDNGS RALLY IN NINTH ANO BEST GALVESTON Sand Crabs Tie Score In Final Round, But Locals Put Up a Strong Finish, FIVE OF THEM FOR ROGERS Contest Abounds In Brilliant Plays—Crabble Loses the Game on Wildness. Dame Fortune certainly juggled with the chances of the locals yesterday afternoon in the third meeting of the series with the Galveston team before she deigned to cast her smiles in that direction, and once again the locals were able to pull out a victory by the nar row margin of one run. The score was 4 to 3. But the fans were given many anxious moments during the final session and there was more excitement uncorked during that round than during the other eight innings combined. When that ses sion started the Bronchos had a lead of two runs and the ganje looked pretty safe. But things are likely to happen any moment during a base ball contest and they were certainly let loose yester day. A home run started the inning and it wound up with a strike out, but between these two plays enough hap pened to give the Sand Crabs another run and placed them on even terms with their opponents. Then to continue the excitement the locals came to bat in their half of the inning and the feeling was even more tense t|ian during the other half. The climax was reached when Mclver came to bat. There were three men on the bases and with the count of three and two a silence fell over the crowd that was ominous. But the man at the bat ■was the coolest oue of the men on the field and certainly did not feel th? strain one particle as much as the spec- in the stands. Crabble wound up and let loose one of his port side slants. But the ball did not bend in the manner in which he had calculated, and with a flourish of his arm Umpire Bailey sent Mac to first base and the winning run was forced over the plate. The game was full of thrilling plays and fine pitching. Rogers, with an un broken record of victories, was Man ager Leidy’s selection for the hurling task and he certainly had all of the luck one would desire. He was found for eleven safe drives, and had to pitch in his classics, style to keep the runners from denting the rubber. Excellent fielding aided him in this respect, for , the visitors had men on the bases in • every inning but the second. In the seventh, in particular, his support gaved him, for, with the bases filled, Kipp drove one at Alexander and a fast dou ble play was pulled off, the ball being relayed from short stop to catcher and from the latter to first base and the side was retired. This was the kind of luck that Rogers had on his side and the fans were grateful that for once everything broke for the Brones. O 1 the eleven safe drives secured by the Galveston team, eight of these were made by Spangler and Hoffman, the former getting his in four trips to the plate, one of them being a circuit smash tn the final session. Crabble, the star of the visitors, as cumed the flinging burden against the “Brones and he was responsible for the loss of bis own game. Every lapse into wildness cost him runs and it was the passes to first, followed by clever sacri fice hitting and a couple of safe drives by Pennell that gave the locals their runs. In the second he opened the inn ing by hitting Pennell, an dhe scored later. Again in the sixth and eighth sessions he is«ded passes to the first bat ter, and after the runner had been sent along to second Pennell cante to time with a bingle and the rubber was dented. ' But the climax came in the ninth, when he passed two men to the initial aack. one of these being with the sacks loaded. Both pitchers fielded their po sitions in fine style. The Bronchos broke the ice in the second inning and put one runner across the plate. Pennell was pinked by a faet pitch and went to second on sacrifice. Crabbel uncorked a wild pitch and Pennell pulled up nt third. Yantz was passed and pilfered second. Here the locals gave an ex bibition of how effective the squeeze CARS Ij ■ I yUwho owns I l Also the Packard three-ton truck Price of standard I chassis, $3,400.00 I Ltc'nuiiund'rStldri' PaUnt Texas Motor Car Company •22-924 Su Pedro Ave., Su Antonio, Texas MONDAY, BRONCS WIN OUT IN NINTH >irate twirler who has regained his form and is now twirling great ball. His recent victory over the Giants has increased the confidence of the fans in - his ability to again laud the Clarke outfit at the top. play can be when it is worked right, for Firestine bunted to the pitcher [when Pennell started up the line and peached the plate while Firestine was | being thrown out at first. Rogers I ended the session. In the third the visitors evened up matters. Spangler let loose one of the quartette of hits that came Life way during the game but was forced at second by Spencer. Crabble was pass ed and Riley then lined one to left field and Spencer scored. Kipp w’as out on a fly to Mclver. Hoffman singled and filled the bases but Faire’s best effort was a high one to left field. A base on balls to Mclver, a sacri fice and a single by Pennell gave the locals their second run. In the eighth I the Brones secured what looked like a safe lead. Alexander walked and reached second on Mclver’s sacrifice. Leidy was an easy out but Pennell was again on the job and with a neat single to center sent Alexander across with the run. In the first half of the ninth the visitors Iwoke loose and pulled up on even terms with the locals. Spangler led off with his fourth hit of the game, a home run over the right field fence. Spencer was passed and after Crabble had been benched by the strikeout route, Riley was hit, Kipp fanned, but Hoffman secured his fourth hit of the afternoon, a drive to center and Spen cer scored, ended the session wi’h a strike out. In their half of the same inning the locals landed the honors. Yantz led off with a safe wallop to left and reached second on Firestine’s bunt. Rogers sent one toward left field an'! ! pulled up at first base when Kipp । barely stopped the ball. Hohnhorst was then passed to first base, the sacks being loaded. Alexander was too anxious to hit and boosted a foul to [Spencer. Mclver then stepped to the ;bat and he certainly made Crabble [pitch the limit. With three balls and two strikes called on him. he was not caught on the next one when Crabble sent it wide of the plate and thus ‘lie winning run was forced across the plate. The score: San Antonio— AB. K. H. O. A. E. Hohnhorst, 1b....... 3 0 0 9 1 0 Alexander, ss 3 1 o 3 3 y Mclver, If ] , 0 3 0 0 Stinson, <-f 3 0 0 2 0 0 : Pennell, 2b 3 12 2 1 0 i Leidy, rf 3 0 0 1 0. 0 Yantz, c 3 0 1 6 2 0 Firestine, 3b 2 0 1 0 0 1 Kogers, p 3 0 2 j s 0 *B<Aan 0 ] 0 0 0 0 Totals 24 4 627 15 1 Galveston— AB. B. H. O. A. E. Riley, If 4 „ n o 0 0 Kipp, ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 Hoffman, rf 5 0 4 1 0 p Faire, cf 3 0 0 3 0 0 Dundon, 2b 4 0 0 2 0 0 Braun, e .: 4 0 0 3 1 1 Spangler, lb 4 1 111 1 0 Spencer, 3b ........ 3 2 1 3 3 0 Crabble, p 3 0 0 17 0 Totals 35 3 11 !26 12 1 'Ban for Yantz in ninth. !Two out when winning run was A VIA TION CAMNITZ OF PITTSBURG SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE CINCINNATI CLUB BUYS HINRICKSON. \ Special Dispatch. •, "■ Cincinnati, 0., July 18. —It % *■ was announced here this morn- ’• % 'ing that the local National *■ *■ league club had purchased *• "■ Pitcher George llinriekson of *• “• tlie Galveston, Tex., league club. *• “• He will report at the eud of the *• "■ Texas season, llinriekson is a "■ “■ former University of Illinois *• “■ twirler and was sold by the Dav- "• "■ enport (I. 1. 1. league) club to "■ *• Galveston. Ue has performed in "• “■ line style for the latter club and "■ "• should make a good showing in *■ ’• the “big show.'’ ’• "■ •• S •• *. *. s •• •• made. By Innings. San Antonio 010 001 011 —1 Galveston 001 000 002 —3 Summary. Two base hits, Spangler, Firestine; sacrifice hits, Alexander, Leidy, Fire stine (2), Faire (2), Stinson, Mclver: "tolen bases, Y'antz, Spencer; struck out. by Rogers 4, by < rabble 3; bases on balls, off Robers 2, off Grabble 7; hit by pitched ball, Pennell, Riley; left or bases, San Antonio 0, Galveston 10; wild pitch, Grabble; double plays, Alex ander, Y'antz and Hohnhorst; time of game, 2:00; umpire, Bailey. IrFLASHLIGHTS TAKEN I; DURING THE SESSION — The Galveston rooters made them selves known when Riley chased back and grabbed Stinson’s liner in the first. Rogers grabs those hard smashes with such grace that the chances look easy. » Firestine and Pennell worked the squeeze play perfectly in the second, the latter scoring. At that the run was sent over the plate without the aid of a hit. Rogers was off the bag when he caught Hohnhorst’s toss to the bag in the third and Hoffman secured a hit. Spangler waited for that slow one to reach the plate and then wailed it be i youd the sign in left field. It went for a double only, for Spangler never took any medals as a sprinter. Rogers could not get out of the road of Kipp’s line drive in the fifth and made a put-out. He put his hands in front of his face and the ball stuck there. Joe was robbed of a hit. Firestine’s double in the fifth was the first safe drive corralled off the benders of Grabble. Spangler got al] of the infielders mov ing when he started, to steal second in yie seventh and Spencer's bunt rolled safe. It was a fine play. ARRANGE PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL MEET Edited by FRANCIS C. RICHTER. Jr. ADD EVENTS TO PROGRAM FOR AVIATION NEET Big Purses Will Be Offered for the Cross-Country Flights. CURTISS WILL COMPETE Will Be a Member of Interna tional Team as Holder of the Rheims Trophy. Associated Press. New Y'ork, July 18. —Among the cross country flights for which large prizes will be offered in the interna tional aviation meet at Garden City this fall are the following: A flight from Garden City to the Metropolitan tower, New York, and return. A cross country flight from Garden City to Greenwich and return, a total distance of 52 miles which must be made within one hour without stop. A 224 mile flight from Garden City to Montauk Light at the eastern end of Long Island, thence around the Brook lyn Borough hall at the western end of the island and return to Garden City. » The manner of selecting the team of three Americans to defend the interna tional speed trophy on Oct. 22 against the challenging French trio will be de cided this week. Glenn H. Curtiss as winner of the trophy for the United States at Rheims last August will be accorded a place on the American team without the formal ity of entering elimination tryouts. An elimination race will probably be held to choose his team-mates. SHREVEPORT BREAKS LONG LOSING STREAK Tesreau Shows Real Goods on the Firing Line and the Pi rates Win In the Tenth. Special Dispatch. | Shreveport, La., July 18.—The losing ' streak of the locals was broken yester j day afternoon when Manager Gear’s aggregation won a fine pitchers’ battle! from the Dallas combination, the score; being 2 to 1. The visitors went into the lead in the; first session, when they put their lone tally across the plate. Thereafter Tes- j reau was the master of the situation, j The local slabman served out one of the best hurling exhibitions seen on thej home grounds this season. During the ten innings but three Dallas men were! left on bases, while he issued but one pass. The Pirates won the game when! Johnson passed a batter with the bases filled. Score— R. H. E. Shreveport ...000'010 000 1— 2 4 1 Dallas 100 000 000 0— 1 3 2 Batteries: Tesreau and Garvin; Tor rey, Johnson and Onslow. OKLAHOMA CFTY NOSES OUT IN TENTH INNING Special Dispatch. Oklahoma City. Okla.. July 18. —Tn one of the greatest contests that has been played here this season, the locals nosed out Fort Worth in a ten-inning contest by a score of 2 to 1. With a man on first base in the final session Nagel lined one to the club house and White registered at the home station. Young was in fine form and Should have had a whitewash victory but for an error by himself in the eighth, fol lowed up by a single by Morris. The Indians made six safe drives off Mc- I Kay and Weatherford. Score —- R. H. E. Oklahoma Citv..loo 000 001 — 2 6 4 Fort W0rth......000 000 100— 1 4 1 Batteries. Young and Noyes; Mc- Kay, Weatherford and Green. POOR PITCHING GIVES - HOUSTON A VICTORY Special Dispatch. Waco, Tex.. July 18. —Pitchers Schultze and Woodburn tossed away yesterday's game with Houston in the first three innings through their wild ness and their failure to stop the hit ting of the visitors. During their stay on the mound they yielded six runs, and this was too big a lead for the locals to overcome in the face of the effective work of Mitchell. The latter was touched up for the same number of hits as the Buffaloes garnered, but they were scattered. Score— R. H. E. Houston 213 001 000— 7 9 2 Waco 000 030 010— 4 9 3 Batteries: Mitchell and Burch; Schultz, Woodburn, Miller and Thack ara. Firestine shocked the fans when he dropped Rogers' throw on a force play at third. The error came as a surprise, as he is usually so steady. Pennell changed the dope in the sixth and placed a screamer in left, on which Mclver scored and placed the Brones in the lead. Some class to Man ager Leidy'( latest find. KEENE AND HILDRETH IN FIGHT FOR LEADERSHIP One of the biggest assets of the Mew York Americans during the present season is Infielder Laporte. He is noted for his slugging and has won several games for the Highlanders and has been a big help in keeping them near the top of the heap. , DALLAS TO HOLD THREE DAY SHOOT. 4 Dallas, Tex., July 18. —A big 4 4 three darts’ shoot will open here 4 4 on July 28 under the auspices of 4 4 the Dallas Gun club. 4 4 The first day will be practice 4 4 and sweepstake shooting. 41 I 4 Second day’s program will be 4 4 ten events, twenty targets, $1.50 4 4 entrance, $lO added to each 41 4 event. ' 4 4 Third day will be nine events 4 4 twenty targets, $1.50 entrance, 4 4 $lO added to each event and an 4 4 event known as the Southland 4 j 4 handicap of fifty targets, $5 en- 4 ' 4 trance, $5O added. One dollar 4 ■ 4 will be collected from each 4 4 shooter shooting one or more 4 4 events or more each day. This 4 4 amount will be added to the 4 14 Southland handicap. 4 >4444444444444444 BROOKLYN DROPS i OOUBLf Bill 10 CUBS Reulbach Scores a Shut-Out Ir First V/hile Richie Pitches Well In the Other. Chicago. Hl.. July 18. —Chicago won both games of a double-header fron Brooklyn yesterday by the scores of t to 0 and 7 to 4. Score —Firs Game — R. H. E Chicago 100 201 11’— 6 • ( Brooklyn 000 000 000— 0 2 ; Batteries: Reulbach aud Kligg; Wil helm, Rucker and Erwin. Score —Second Game — R. H. E Chicago 130 010 20* —- 712 1 Brooklyn 021 010 000— 4 8 I Batteries: Richie and Archer; Knet zer and Bergen. Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 3. St. Louis. Mo.. July 18. —Philadelphia won the opening game of the serie: j with St. Louis yesterday, 6 to 3. Score — R. H. E St. Louis 102 000 000— 3 9 .' I Philadelphia ....111 300 000—6 9 ( Batteries: Harmon, Reiger and Phelps Moren and Dooin. New York 5, Cincinnati 0. Cincinnati. Ohio, July 18.—New Yorl found Burns for ten hits and five rum in the first three innings yesterday am won, 5 to 0. Score— R. H. E I New York 203 000 000— 5 10 1 Cincinnati 000 000 000 — 0 6 I Batteries: Ames and Schlei; Burns Beebe and McLean. AMERICAN.LEAGUE Detroit Team Annexes Victory Ove, Washington In Ninth Inning. Detroit, Mich., July 18.—Killifer'.- error, a sacrifice and David Jones’ clear single gave Detroit the only ruh of ot yesterday’s game in the ninth inning Score — ’ R. H. E Detroit 000 000 001 — 1 4 1 Washington ....000 000 000 — 0 5 1 Batteries: Willett and Schmidt; 'Johnson and Street. Both the St. Louis Cardinals ami the Browns will have to work overtime to get out of the second division this sea son. TURF HIGHLANDER INFIELDER EORMER TEAM MATES DEFEAT PEEBLES, 3-2 Beeville Captures an Eleven- Inning Game From Laredo, After Tieing In Ninth. Special Dispatch. Beeville, Tex., July 18. —Fields, pitching for Laredo, opposed his old team-mates yesterday afternoon and the latter finished on the long end of the 3 to 2 score. But they were forced to play eleven innings before they were returned the winners, for both pitchers were effective and they received excel lent support. The feature of the con tst was the hitting of Longley of Bee ville, who secured four hits in five trips to the plate. j. Score— R. H. E. Beeville 000 001 001 01—3 8 2 j Laredo 000 002 000 00 —2 4 3 j Batteries: Fields and Robertson; ‘ Peei'les and Gonzales. BROWNVILLE DIVIDES WITH VICTORI A TEAM Special Dispatch. Brownsville, Tex., July 18.—Browns ’ ville and Victoria, the two leading i teams in the battle for the pennant, met in a double-header here yesterday I and each team won a game. In the cur tain-raiser the locals again handed a shut-out to the Champions, the score being 2 to 0, due to the great pitching of Taff, who allowed but two hits, both of them being made by Onion. The Brownies secured seven off Lohman. In the other game Vogel was very effective and in a seven-inning contest , he held his opponents to three hits and landed a shut-out victory. The score Of the second game was 5 to 0. Score- —First Game: R. H. E Brownsville 110 000 00*—2 7 0 I Victoria 000 000 000—0 2 4 ( Batteries: Taff and White; Lohman jand A. Knaup. Score —Second Game: R. H. E Victoria 000 130 I—s 5 1 Brownsville 000 000 o—o 3 7 Batteries: Vogel and A. Knaup; J Brown and White. MANAGER PAGE PITCHES PELICANS TO VICTORY — Special Dispatch. Bay City, Tex.. July 18. —Manager Page of the Corpus Christi team was the big stumbling block to the locals here yesterday, when ho went to the I mound and showed the real goods in the ■ flinging line. He held his opponents to five hits, and with fine support was able to get away with the game. On | the other hand, Wehrman was hit hard, j Baumgartner and Simpson were the stars in the field. Score— R. H. E. | Corpus Christi ...100 111 010 —5 8 2 Bay City 100 002 100—I 5 4 Batteries: Page and Kelly; Wehrman and Sweet. HIDALGO DEFEATS MILAM. The newly organized Hidalgo base ball club won their, first game water day morning on the I. & G. N. grounds from the fast Milam team by the score of 4 to 2. Klett's pitching was the feature of the game he allowing paly three hits and striking out eleven men. Batteries: Hidalgo, Klett and Mendez; Milam, Marcos and Nathan rfUKT 18, I'JIO. BEEVILLE DEFEATS LAREDO BASEBALL STRAIN TELLS ON PLUTEUS Of DETROIT TEAM Winning of Three Pennants Has Had the Effect During the Present Season. PITCHERS WORK POORLY Unable to Deliver Goods In Daily Contests and Retard Work of Combination, Detroit, Mich., July 16.—Few think that the Detroit Tigers will win their fourth consecutive pennant, writes H. G. Salsinger, in the News. The poor work of the pitchers, the occasional bat ting slumps and injuries have hurt De troit’s chances. But those who do not think that Jennings’ men have a chance forget that the season is hut half over and that there are many weeks in which many changes can occur. Those who have faith in the cham pions and believe that they will put up their usual finish, have been dis couraged by the reports received dur ing the series played with the Athletics in Philadelphia. In these reports De troit was credited with losing their fighting spirit. There was none of the old “ginger” and “pepper,” nor the gameness and the fighting spirit that has characterized their mad races for three vears. Fighting spirit has been the biggest factor sn the battles Detroit has put up, and which rewarded Jennings and his men with success. If they ever get an idea that they are beaten they will never land. If they get back in that fighting mood they have a good chance to finish on top. The playing of the Tigers has not been all that it should have been. On more than one occasion this year the men failed to rally behind Hughie. They forgot. This lack of memory is a bad thing in baseball. When it isn’t on hand the playing makes its absence ap parent. . • Must Out-Game Others. Detroit has won pennants because the members of the team have out fought and out gamed their opponents. Better teams than Detroit have been losing pennants because they lacked the heart. They couldn’t fight back; they were unfit to meet adversities; they lacked the confidence and all that meant a total loss of ambition. Jennings’ men can win this fourth pennant if they pull together. This does not mean coming along in short .sprints, but pulling hard and steadily and untiringly with all the confidence possible behind the pulling. They • should win the flag. Jennings has the bestMteam in the league outside of his pitching stafT Philadelphia has a good pitching staff and fairly good infield, but nothing to boast outside of that. And the Ath letics go only with the tide: t-hey don’t go against it the way Detroit has been going for three years. So why should Philadelphia win a flag over Detroit ! That the Tigers slteuld have a slump now is natural. Every member of the Detroit outfield has been through three grueling pen nant races; two members of the in field have been through one; one I catcher has had three years of it, and ; the other one, while all of the pitchers have had the limit for three years in the supreme test. Too Big a Strain. Going through a race the way the Tigers have been going for three sea sons running, is bound to tell on a player. It was predicted that it would I disclose itself in Detroit ’s playing dur ing the season, and it has. But the team should soon leave this slump, and when they start on an other spurt they will probably be pull-. ling together and pulling hard, with renewed ambition and hope and vigor. They must have the fighting spirit if they expect to get into another wond series. FIVE IN EIGHTH WINS FOR SARATOGA A rally in the seventh session when they scored .ive runs gave the Sara toga team a victory over the Peek ag gregation yesterday, the score being f to fl. Peek started as though they would make a run away contest, but I after scoring their six runs in the first two innings they failed to get a run ner across the plate. The Saratoga team bunched their hits in the third and fourth rounds and piled up four runs, and then in the seventh clinched the game with the five runs. Score — K. H. E. Saratogas 003 100 500— 910 2 Pecks 420 000 000— fl 7 3 Batteries: Russell and Dwyer; Hum mel and Wnitelein. Umpire: Marshall. Chalmers-Detroit “40” Touring $2750 Auto Sales & Supply Co.