The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 1930 Page: 3 of 4
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April 16, 1930
THE
RATTLER
Page 3
FRESHMAN FODDER
The agony is over! The Fresh-
man edition has made its welcomed
(?) appearance. We honestly hope
everyone was pleased with the edi-
tion. If you upper-classmen think
you were “ridden” a bit too much,
just consider the source.
It is alleged that Freshman
Schiffers has been mistreating
Chief Manny. After one of their
daily “workouts”, Manny emerged
from the fray with numerous cuts
and bruises. (Kindly notice the
“it is alleged”).
Congratulations to the boys who
are to participate in the Westmoor-
land May fete. That shows St.
Mary’s boys still retain their sex
appeal.
Sammie Katz, the new scorer for
St. Mary’s, has lots to learn, in the
opinion of Marke. Marke asked
him the score of a game last week,
and Sammie answered, “Last of the
sixth.”
Freshmen, take notice of Mr.
Manny. When he left for Seguin
last week, he was dressed in the
height of fashion. Reports from
that fair city have it that he com-
pletely captured the hearts of sev-
eral of the fair maidens there.
Freshmen day students are here-
by warned to dodge Fred Dikes.
He has been bothering all the
boarders lately, trying to secure a
white linen suit. He is becoming
a bore to everyone.
FRESHMAN FODDER is sorry
to announce that “Dizzy” Hummert
has not been pulling off any more
wild escapades lately. The writer
is continually asked “What’s Hum-
mert doing now?” The truth of
the matter is he does very little
worth mentioning. Studying or
otherwise.
In this corner we have “Pug”
Griffin, the battling St. Mary’s stu-
dent. In his latest battle Grif
took on five at one time. The iden-
tities of his opponents are un-
known. Although he puts up a
stiff battle, “Pug” emerged the
loser. He tells everyone the same
story—“Yes, but you ought to see
the others.” Quiere combate?
Hummert’s reputation of being
the dizziest boy in the University
is being seriously threatened. Mas-
ter Percy Johnson is being boosted
by many as Hummert’s successor.
In the writer’s humble opinion he
deserves the honor.
S. A. Indians Defeat
St. Mary’s U. Nine
The Rattlers crossed bats with
the San Antonio Indians, on March
8, and were beaten to the tune of
13 to 1.
The first to face Pitcher Roy
Auer of the Redmen was shortstop
Bill Clark, who after swatting a
majority of Indian balls over the
foul line, finally picked one and
drove it over the left field fence
for a home run.
Both Redkey who pitched seven
innings, and Dikes, who pitched
two, threw very steady ball but the
Indians proved to be too heavy
hitters for the Rattler hurlers.
40th Squadron
Whips Rattlers
Rattlers Trounce
K. C. Aces; 10-3
DIAMOND DUST
By Andy
St. Mary’s Rally
Beats Seguin
The Rattlers played the opening
game of the season April 3, and
although they out-hit the 40th
Squadron Flyers from Kelly Field,
they failed to outscore them and
the game ended 6-5. The game
was played on the new Rattler
Field.
The Rattlers for the most part,
looked like a well-polished ag-
gregation and at times played
class A ball. The failure of the
U boys to bunch their hits left
many on the bases.
Pitcher Coates of the Flyers, al-
though allowing 10 hits, hurled ef-
fectively in the pinches, striking
out a total of 15 batters. Velle-
quette and Pozniak of the Flyers,
starred in the outfield, while
Stewart at short, accepted seven of
nine chances.
The pitching job was handled by
Manny, Redkey, and Trueheart
and they allowed five hits between
them. The Rattler attack was led
by Captain Hog Nelson who found
Coates for 3 out of 3.
40th Squadron AB
R
H O
A
E
Stewart, ss . .
. 1
0
0 4
3
2
Raker, 3b. ...
. 5
0
0 2
2
0
Defee, lb. . . .
. 1
1
0 3
0
0
Casper, lb. . .
. 2
0
0 2
0
0
Williams, c. . .
. 4
2
2 8
0
0
Pozniak, If. .
. 4
0
1 3
1
0
Marshall, 2b. .
. 3
1
0 2
1
0
Vallequettee, c:
\ 4
1
2 3
0
0
Waldron, rf. .
0
0
0 0
0
1
Retter, rf. ...
4
1
0 0
0
0
Coates, p. . . .
. 4
0
0 0
1
0
Totals . ,
.30
6
5 27
8
3
Rattlers .....
AB
R
H O
A
E
Clark, ss . .. .
4
1
1 1
0
0
Daehne, cf. . .
4
0
1 1
0
0
Hagemann, rf.
5
0
1 0
0
0
Redkey, p. . . .
2
0
1 0
1
0
Trueheart, p..
1
0
1 0
0
0
Obriotti, If...
5
1
2 0
0
0
Bergmann, 3b.
5
0
0 2
1
2
Christy, lb. . .
3
1
0 7
0
0
*Marcus ....
1
0
0 0
0
0
Nelson, (c)c .
3
1
3 15
2
1
Wendler, 2b. .
3
1
0 1
3
0
Manny, p. . ..
1
0
0 0
1
0
Totals . .
37
5
10 27
8
3
*Batted for Christy in ninth in-
ning.
By Innings
R H E
40th Squadron 000 032 010 6 5 3
Rattlers 030 000 110 5 10 3
Summary
Stolen bases, Stewart 2, Raker,
Pozniak, Vellequette, Hagemann;
Sacrifice Hits, Stewart, Clark,
Wendler; Two-base hits, Williams,
2, Vellequette, Obriotti; Three-
base hits, Pozniak, Nelson; Innings
pitched by Redkey, 4, by Truehart,
2, by Coates 9, by Manny, 3; Hits
off Trueheart, 3, off Manny, 3, off
Coates, 10. Runs off Trueheart, 5,
Manny 1, Coates, 5; Base on balls
off Redkey, 2, Trueheart 2, Manny
2, Coates 6; Struck out by Redkey,
7, Trueheart, 2, Manny, 5, Coates,
8; Wild pitch by Trueheart; Hit by
pitched ball by Coates (Christy);
Winning pitcher, Coates; Losing
pitcher, Manny; Left on basis, 40th
Squadron, 6; Rattlers, 15; Time,
2:30; Umpires: Cartwright, Roper;
Scorer, Kolodzie.
The tamale song: Just Tamale
and me.
The Umpher song: Umpher ever
blowing bubbles.
Health notes: To the thin: Don’t
eat fast.
To the fat: Don’t eat. Fast.
In a game featured by the base
running of the Rattlers, the Uni-
versity team trounced the Knights
of Columbus Aces on the Univer-
sity field, 10 to 3 on Saturday,
April 12. The Rattlers went wild
on the paths, pilfering eight bases.
They also socked the “pelota” with
regularity, making nine hits, and
this coupled with the base running
and seven miscues by the Aces, ac-
counted for ten runs.
Trueheart and Manny held the
City League players to four hits.
The Aces scored their meager three
runs in the opening innings off
Trueheart. Manny then took up
the mound duty for the Rattlers
and held the opponents to two hits
in seven innings.
Dresch, hurling for the Aces,
struck out ten men, but the failure
of his teammates to support him
cost him a possible victory.
Captain Nelson led the St. Ma-
ry’s batters with two singles in
three times at bat. Clark hit for
three bases, while Manny and Hag-
emann each got a double and a
single in four tries.
R H E
K. C. Aces.. 120 000 000— 3 4 7
Rattlers ... 100 304 02x—10 9 3
Rattlers Defeat
Phonemen; 8-2
The Rattlers defeated the Bell
Telephone Company ball players
8 to 2 on Sunday, April 13, on the
University diamond.
The batting honors for the game
go to Wendler with a double and
a single, and Hageman with two
singles. For the losers, Andrews
got a triple and a single, and Frost
reaped a double and a single.
In the field, Andrews and Young
made sensational catches, while
Obriotti played a brilliant game at
first.
Redkey held the Phonemen to
six hits, struck out eleven and
walked none. Gordon allowed
eight hits, struck out six and walk-
ed one. Errors on the part of the
“hello” boys helped along the
scoring of the Rattlers.
Rattlers Win From
Piggly Wiggly
A rally by the Piggly Wiggly
Grocers in the final two innings
fell short by a couple of runs and
the Rattlers won their third game
on the University diamond, 7 to 5.
The hitting of Redkey and Young,
and the pitching of “Chief” Manny
featured for the Rattlers. Redkey
crashed out a homer in the third
inning, while Young got a double
and two singles in four trips to the
rubber. Manny held the Grocers
to six hits and struck out nine
men, but the erratic fielding of the
Rattlers accounted for most of the
opposition’s tallies.
The altered line-up of the Rat-
tlers evidently was a good move on
the part of Coach Irvin, as the
Serpents came through with eleven
hits, the largest amount they have
garnered in any game so far.
R H E
Piggly Wiggly 001 000 031 5 6 1
Rattlers 021 130 OOx 7 11 4
Presenting Hizzhonor Leepo Ro-
per. Roper will soon leave St.
Mary’s to go North when the big
leagues open. What will he do?
Why, umpire, of course.
“Dutch” Daehne and Fred Wend-
ler have taking ways. When eith-
er reaches first base, it’s just too
bad. It is a waste of energy for
any catcher to try to throw them
out.
That the Rattlers will have an-
other successful season in the
sports is evidenced by the fact that
so far (as this issue goes to press)
they have won five out of seven.
Hitting a triple in the tenth in-
ning, “Chief” Manny drove in the
winning run that enabled the Rat-
tlers to defeat the Seguin Luther-
an College by a score of 9-8. Be-
hind in the ninth, the Rattlers came
to bat and knotted the score as a
result of “Unk” Young’s three base
hit that drove in three runs. Young
later scored to even the count. The
hitting by both teams was free and
heavy, but the Snakes bunched
theirs to make them count. The
St. Mary’s nine garnered 15 hits
off the offerings of W. Dannhaus,
while the Lutherans connected 12
times with the slants of Dikes and
Redkey.
This is a St. Mary’s and Irvin
athletic year.
It was thought that “Chief”
Manny would not have so much
work to do in the way of baseball,
as there are three other capable
pitchers available for mound duty.
But when “Chief” isn’t pitching he
is playing either outfield or third.
Yep, he is a handy man to have on
any ball club.
Talk about tight fisted and stin-
gy! Huh, in the Rattler-42nd
Squadron game both pitchers were
tighter than the proverbial Scotch-
man. What a game that was! Add
the hits by both teams and the to-
tal is nine.
While on the subject of pitchers,
about Mr. Darrow the wrong-hand-
ed tosser for the San Antonio In-
dians. He must have gotten a
bonus from George Burns for the
way he pitched against the Rat-
tlers. Darrow pitched as though
he were in a World Series playing
against the Athletics.
So far no one has won the bar
of candy offered to the batter who
hits the ball either over the right
field fence of the Rattler diamond
or up on the track in left. That
Hershey bar is safe, in our humble
opinion.
The position of first base is pop-
ular. To date four players have
seen action on the initial bag. And
of the four, one is about as good
as the other.
Medical Prof—What is the first
thing you would do if a patient of
yours were blown into the air by
an explosion?
Livingston—Wait for him to
come down.
Marcus—I got kicked out of
class this morning on your ac-
count.
O’Connor—Kicked out on my
account? What do you mean?
Marcus—Remember last night
when I asked you how much a Ger-
man Mark is worth?
O’Connor—Yes.
Marcus—Well, “not worth a
damn” is not the right answer.
Tuffy Adams doesn’t care about
traveling. He says he will stay at
home and let his mind wander.
One of the features of the game
was the hitting of Hagemann, who
collected 4 hits out of six trips to
the plate. He also scored 4 runs.
Manny got 3 hits out of 5 times at
bat, Bergman 2 out of 4, Wendler
2 out of 4, and Young pinch hit-
ting for Wendler in the ninth came
through with a timely triple.
Line-up:
Seguin
AB
R
H
O
A
E
Reed, ss.....
. 5
1
1
1
2
0
Wiemers, 2b .
. 4
1
1
0
3
1
H. Dannhaus, 3b 4
0
1
1
3
0
Collings, lb. ..
. 5
0
1
13
0
0
Gips, If.....
. 5
1
1
3
0
0
Billnitzer, c.. .
. 5
2
2
9
0
0
Rodenbeck, rf.
. 5
1
2
1
0
0
Weinert, cf...
. 1
0
0
0
0
0
*Heinrich, cf.
. 1
0
0
0
0
0
W. Dannhaus, p 5
1
2
0
3
0
**Sager, cf ..
. 2
1
1
0
0
0
Totals. .
.42
8
12
28
11
1
**Batted for Heinrich in eighth.
Rattlers
AB
R
H
0"
A
E
Clark, ss.....
. 6
0
0
3
0
1
Daehne, cf . ..
. 6
1
1
0
1
1
Hagemann, rf.
. 6
4
4
2
1
1
Manny, lf-2b .
. 5
0
3
1
0
0
Obriotti, lb . .
. 4
1
1
12
1
0
Bergmann, 3b
. 4
2
2
2
1
0
Nelson (C) c.
. 4
0
0
8
2
2
Wendler, 2b .
. 4
0
2
0
3
0
*Young .....
1
1
1
0
0
Dikes, p .....
. 2
0
0
1
2
1
Redkey, p . . .
. 3
0
1
0
1
0
Totals. .
.45
9
15
30
12
6
Rattlers Win
Pitchers’ Battle
In a pitchers battle, the Rattlers
won from the 42 Squadron, 3-2.
Dikes for the Rattlers and Good-
win for the Flyers had their way
with the batters. Dikes whiffed
nine men and Goodwin sent 19
Rattlers back to the bench via the
strike route. The hitting by both
teams was light as was the scoring.
The Snakes made 5 hits to 4 for
the Squadron. Dikes with a double
and “Chief” Manny with a three
bagger were the heavy hitters for
the St. Mary’s team. The Rattlers
had 5 left on the bases to the
Flyers 2. On the base paths the
Rattlers excelled, pilfering 4
sacks. Both teams played a brand
of ball that was hard to beat.
Mayo—See that man stagger-
ing; he must be drunk.
Daehne—No, he’s just syncopat-
ed.
Mayo—What do you mean, syn-
copated?
Daehne—He’s moving “uneven-
ly from bar to bar.”
How to keep warm at night—
reach for a blanket instead of a
sheet.
Moss: Those were the days!
Hig: What days?
Moss: When night shirts were in
flower.
New song hits: Have you heard
the B. V. D. song? Underwear
you are tonight.
The vegetable song: In a little
Spinach town.
The dirty song: Muddy Waters.
The Dago song: Dago wild over
me.
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St. Mary's University (San Antonio, Tex.). The Rattler (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 1930, newspaper, April 16, 1930; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth614886/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library.