San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-11-22
WILL TRAIN IN TEXAS
GOOD BASEBALL CLUBS EX-
PECTED NEXT SPRING.
The Famous Pittsburgs and Harry
Wrlght's Philadelphias Will Tour
the Lone State and Other Big
Clubs Expected-Win Visit San
Antonio.


spring for it's preparatory work, and
will very likely be accompanied by
Harry Wright and his Philadel-
phia ball tossers. Both teams will
be called together at Pittsburg
about February 10 and will leave
the same night for their southern
destination. Mr.. Buckenberger,
who is also president of the club,
gives this list of players who will
be taken along: Killen, Ehret,
Terry, Gumbert, ColcOlough, Par
vim, Lukens and NicOl, pitchers;
Mack, Stencil, Sugden and Earle,
catchers; Beckley, first base; Bier
bauer, second base; Lyons, third
base; Glasscock, short stop; Smith,
left field; Van Haltren, center
field; Donovan, right field and cap
tain, and Schelbeck, substitute.
Secretary Al X. Scandrett, of the
club, and Smoky City newspaper
men will also make the trip.
The Pittsburgs took second place
in the National league this year,
and there will be no changes in
the makeup of the team for 1894.
Parvin, Lukens and Nicol are adj
ditions to the pitching department,
and Judging from their work in
the Pennsylvania State league
they will more than hold their
own in the faster company into
which they have graduated. Nicol
was this season with Erie, which
won the Eastern league pennant,
Parvin coming from Johnstown
and Lukens from Attention. Parvin
began last spring with st. Joe in
the Western league, and was sold
to McCioskey's Montgomery team,
where he did brilliant work I'M
til the Southern ended in such a
miserable fiasco. JOhnstOwn next
claimed him, and his work was I'M
equaled in the Pennsylvania state
league. He is long, powerful fell
low, with tremendous speed and
good curves and judgment and
should prove winner for the Pr
rates.
There is great rivalry between
the Pirates and the Phillies, and
the Texas enthuiasts will see as
good games as were ever played in
the National league. Both teams
are strong in every department
and are evenly matched and it is
hard to say which is the strongest.
Either would have beaten
Boston out in the pen
nant race had not sickness and
injuries to players at critical times
crippled them. Philadelphia held
the lead for over two months, and
even with the most of its crack
players in the hospital, is was able
to finish a good fourth.
This Pittsburg team is composed
of a lot of nervy, dashing players,
who put up game replete with
life and ginger. Like the Phillies,
many of their players were injured,
but they hung on to second place
with a bulldog-like tenacity, and
nothing could dslOdge them. 1t
was a "heads apart" finish between
the Boston and Pittsburgs, and had
the season lasted another week the
Pirates would have "landed under
the wire ahead by "nOse" to use a
racing phrase.
Manager Harry Wright, of the
Phillies, gives this as a list of men
to be taken south: weighing,
Carsey, Sharrott, Nickery and San
ders, pitcher; Clement, Cross and
Doyle, catchers; Boyle, first base;
Hallman, second base; Reilly,
third base Allen short stop; Dele
hanty, left field; Hamilton, center
field; Thompson, right field; Tur-
ner, substitute. He has lines out
for several good Eastern and New
England league pitchers, and will
probably bring them along also.
About the middle of March both
teams will start on tour of the
old Texas league circuit, winding
up at Dallas, and then go home
for the opening of their summer
campaign.
Among the Pittsburg players
Texans will find two old friends
Jake Stencil and Red Ehret.
Jake's magnificent work for tn
Galvestons in 1889 is not yet for
gotten, and he will receive warm
welcome. A letter from him says
he will bring his wife and little
daughter to the Lone Star State.
Jacob is a big man nowadays in base
ball circles, for he has the honor of
leading all the National league
batsmen, with an average of 400.
Red Ebret is the same old scarlet
haired and flame faced pitcher who
was the star of McClOskey's Aus
tin team in 1889, and he hasn't