San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-06-27
THE BASE BALL RACE.
Most Interesting at This Time of
the Season-Other Notes.

most exciting and interesting of
the entire season, for the reason
that the first half of the cham
pionship season is nearing its end,
and the clubs are now on the home
stretch. The first half of the
scheduled league games of the
country will be completed about
the middle of next month, when
the pennant for the first half will
be awarded to the clubs leading
their respective leagues and asso-
Citations.
Then the contests will be re-
newed for the championship of the
second division of the season. The
teams winning the championship
of the second half, which will be
decided next September, will then
play a series of five, seven, or nine
games with the champions of the
first half, in order to decide the
final championship of the various
respective leagues of the United
States.
The race thus far this season has
been a most interesting one in
every league and all clubs report
their financial standing on the
right side of the ledger, notwith-
standing that the money market
is reported very low this year.
The Southern League has had
three different leaders this season.
Augusta, Montgomery and Men,
phis. Augusta occupied first place
at the opening of the season and
held that position for some time,
until McCloskey's "TeXas Steers" of
of Montgomery crowded the Geor-
gia city and took first place. Scarce
~ had Montgomery settled in first
place when Augusta made a squirt
and Mac and his men were placed
on the toboggan slide. Memphis
suddenly became a conspicuous
figure in the race, to the surprise
of every one, and in a short while
was crowding the leaders for first
place. Finally Augusta had to
yield to the excellent playing of
Memphis and the latter club was
regarded as the pennant winners.
Augusta, under the captainship
of the famous Jerry Denny, is de-
termined to carry off the coveted
bunting, and up to date is in the
van in the Southern League
race.
In the National league the
Huntsville wEernelsn are having a
hard time of it, having occupied
the last place since the opening of
of the season, and with poor pros
poets of improvement. When the
"Colonels" were in. Boston the
Herald remark: ITS well worth
seeing the Louisvilles play, if for
nothing else than to see Tom
Brown run and field and Fred.
Pfeffer play second" This brought
from the Louisville Commercial
the profane retort: ave would a
id sight rather see them win a
game now and then" Louisville
has not won one-third of the games
played this year.
The season opened with the
Cleveland Spiders in first place.
Next the st. Louis Browns were
leading and then Pittsburg. On
June Y Pittsburg was defeated by
Boston, which placed Brooklyn at
the top, while the Pittsburg "Pi-
rates. went down to third place.
At the present time Philadelphia
is in the lead for the pennant of
the National Leag&e.
SPORTING SALAD.
The city council of Buffalo, n.
Y, has decided to appropriate 800
to be awarded as prizes for base
ball contests on the 4th of July.
The sum of 5000 was likewise hung
up for the bicycle contests, which
will be given either at the Parade
house or the Driving park.