San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-04-05
BASE BALL NOTES.
What the Players are Doing Here,
There and Everywhere.

There and Everywhere.
Sherry plays third base for Fort Worth.
Trueheart will be the catcher for the new
nike.
Lockwood and McAllister are both heavy
hitters and excellent ieldcrs.
The game for tomorrow is Jokers vs. Pick
Nine, on Oppermann's grounds, at O'Clock.
Hofford, formerly a pitcher of the Texas
league, is in New Haven, Conn.,, playing IN
minor league
Veltman is also a pitcher, and whenever he
is in the box, the base runners hug the bags
until hit" is knocked off him or pass ball
occurs.
Reynolds was the star twirler of the JOkers
two seasons ago, and with a little practice
will undoubtedly make the old timers ian the
atmosphere again.
Sunday and Joyce, now with Brooklyn, play
a good fielding game. but they are not onto
those pitchers yet and cant line EN- out as
they did down in Texas.
Boston witnessed Der first game of the sea
son last Thursday. The league team and
nine consisting of five reserve players, hlled
up with amateurs, were the contestants.
Corpus Christi is the town for base ball. OF
the 1900 to witness the games last July De-
tween the JOkers and the Bluff Cuys, 800 were
of the fair sex, and every spectator was paid
for.
Large attendances are desired at every
game OF base ball, but the crowd that had the
pleasure of Witnessing the game last sunday
will be in luck TO see another without putting
up q red.
The Austin team is not regarded as the pen
nant winners but they will hold their own
with any team in the league. The manage
ment went TO the full extent of the salary &c
secure good talent.
The amateurs prefer playing in CastrOyille
before playing another game to crowd of
such d'adhcadS as had the nerve to stand up
at last Sundays game. out OF two hundred
people p cents were raised.
Austin was initiated in the league with a
defeat from the Dallas Hams" on the Capital
Clty's grounds. yesterday, the score be ng III
to ). Batteries: COnOver and Key for Aus
tin; Cain and WEIGH, for Dallas.
Hoffman evidently has lost his grip of the
ball and will be knocked out of the box by ev-
erything this season. He wants to hold down
first bag, but McClnskey will try him as
pitcher. "Hof" had rep" two seasons ago
Manager Mutrie. OF the New Works. offered
to wager 800 that the Giants will hold 2 nigh
er position than the New York Players club
in their respective associations at the close of
the season.
The men who have put their money into the
Brotherhood league scheme want to fix dates
SO az not to clash with the games of the Ma
tOna! league, while the players are opposed
to anything of the sort, and propose to fight
the question
Galveston has well equipped club. The
players, when off the diamond. are attired in
uniforms as well as at u game. The outfits
consist of navy blue serge SUITS black straw
hats and blue and white four in hand ties
They paradcd the Island City last WednC sday,
and were enthusiastically cheered by every
body.
Among the players to constitute the nine
now being organized by Joe McAlliSter are
Reynolds Lockwood and Neltman, formerly
of the Jokers. After this team is complete
the JOkers will have the pick of players then
yet unengaged, and when the now existing
vacancies of both teams are filled, rivalry Will
prevail between them to as great an extent as
last season between the Browns and JOkers.