San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-08-31

Jack Phelan has returned from a trip
TO points in Arkansas and Louisiana. He
will begin preparations 10 few days for
baseball for next fall in this city.
MY trip was a most successful one in
every respect" said he last night.
II visited Little Rock, Fort Smith,
Camden, Hot Springs, shreveport
and other places. Shreveport has a cork
ing good team and is beating everything
in that neighborhood. "Old Sport" Nc.
Allister, who played here with Waco and
FL Paso, is with Shreveport, as is also
Flood, the ex-TeXas league pitcher Be-
sides those there are number OF cracker
Jack Southern Le9guers on the team.
II am in communication with num-
Der of clubs and If everything pans out
successfully the San Antonio baseball
fans can rest assured of some good ball
from the middle of September until cold
weather sets in. / want to have good
team for San Antonio, as the people of
this city will patronize only winning ball,
with the home team on the
winning side. have letters from a num-
Der of good players that want to put the
fall and winter in here and these can be
had at reasonable terms. The PLAYERS
know the climate of San Antonio
and say it is the best in the
country for training purposes. Now,
I can bring strong team here,
which l will, if there will be any teams
to play with. Shreveport has a good
team and wants to play a series of games
here. Marshall, Texas, has good team,
as | passed through there and know.
Houston and Galveston always have
good teams, ana from what | hear Hlor
ace Moore will have good team for
Waco.
Resides these clubs there will also be
teams here from the big league. Won der
Abe wants to send the st. Louis
Browns through Texas next Oc-
tober and January. Manning wants 10
take the BOstOnS south. There are also
probabilities of the Baltimores, New
YOrks and BrOoklynS coming south.
George Davis. and Billy Nash, who
were here with the BOStons last winter,
speak very highly OF the trip through
Texas aud want to make it ever again.
AS for the outlook for baseball for
next season ] sincerely believe we will
have a touch of the genuine article.
There is talk of forming a Southern
league with a number of Texas cities In
the circuit, and San Antonio is 20 be in
cluded. That's all | have to say at pres
ent, and il matters shape out SATISFACTORY.
ly you will find that everything |
have told will come pretty near being
true"
Then, Jack turned to Grip" the
champion baseball mascot of Texas" as
he delights hearing 1t, and said: well,
what have you been doing while | was
gone l reckon the fence around the
park IS all torn down and the seat of your
pants Is about worn out from sitting
down and taking things easy.
Grip could not realize that Jack had
returned, and it was a long time before
he could say word. Then. looking up,
and realizing the good soul that made
Grip the champion mascot, he smiled aud
said: "Well, Mr.. Jack, | looked de best
care knowed how oh all de uniforms,
and cherry time a piece Of de fence
would break I'd fixed 1t up agn. | tell
yer, Jack, | wuz worried ter death about
yer, thought yer never was a-cOmin'
back and was about ter 90 and tell Mr..
Weiss he better have the park torn down,
cause Mr.. Gates is goin' away and Mr..
Jack Phelan won't come back no more.
Say, Mr.. Jack, yer treated me awful
mean. put on me best lows two or tree
different times ter meet yer at the depot,
but you nebber did come, an when yer
did come didn't know it. An anOdder
ting want ter tell yer about, Mr.. Jack,
and dat is. | got de rules OBJ a mascot an
knows lust what ter do when yer play
ball again. Dem kids ill have ter keep
out, tell yer, only dose dat tote water for
the players kin come in. An, another
ting. dem blokes wot goes up in de gran
stan ill have ter quit guying de players,
according ter de rules Oh a mascot.