San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-20
PLAYED GOOD BALL
The Missionaries Field Well, But
Their Weak Hitting Lost the

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Game.
Yesterdays defeat was partly
due to Payne's ineffectiveness and
largely due to the Missionaries
inability to hit the ball at oppor-
tune times. The Shreveport Peli-
cans found the local pitchers for
fourteen safe hits, five Of which
we're made of Chamberlain and
nine off Payne, while the Mission
aries connected safely only seven
times. But the Missionaries ex-
celled in fielding and would have
won the game with a little more
stick work at the bat, not in the
field, for our "stick" work in the
field is too far ahead now.
Payne had promised to pitch,
but as he was not present when the
game was begun, Chamberlain
went on the slab. He pitched the
first three innings and the visitors
made five scattered hits off him,
resulting in one run. Payne went
in to pitch in the fourth inning.
Two hits, a stolen base, a base on
balls, sacrifice and wild pitch
netted the visitors two runs this
inning. In the next inning the
first Pelican up made home run,
after which the visitors were re-
tired in quick order. The Pelicans
found Payne for five singles in the
sixth, and these together with four
stolen bases, and wild pitch, gave
them two runs, making six alto
gether. Payne then got down to
his usual good work and the Peli-
cans were at his mercy the last
two innings, being unable to make
another run,
With little hitting, the Mis-
sionaries would have easily won
the game. The locals first inning
passed without hit, although two
men reached the bases on errors,
after two were out. A hit meant
run, but Hughes was at the bat
and struck out.
Billie Koerps, the local amateur
second baseman, who played yes
terday, made the first hit for the
locals. He stole second, and went
to third on a wild throw of the
catcher in trying to catch him at
second. Garcia, another amateur,
who played yesterday, made sim
gle and Koerps scored.
The locals did not score again I'M
til the eighth, when with one man
out, Abbott's single, Payne's sacri-
flee stolen base and two errors of
Weber brought Graney andAbbott
home. Phelan scored the last run
for the Missionaries in the last inn
ing on two singles, stolen base, a
passed ball and an error. This was
four runs for San Antonio, the final
score being 6 to 4.
DIAMOND DOTS.
Although we lost, it was a great
game.
Hughes struck out every time he
went to bat, thrice retiring the side
with men on the bases.
Koerps and Garcia would be
quite an acquisition to the local
team, as it now stands.
The next league games will be
played here June 4, 5, 6, Z, s and 9,
when Houston and Galveston play
here.
The following are the results Of
the Texas-Southern league cham
pionship games Of yesterday: At
Austin-Sherman, 7, Austin 5; at
Galveston-Dallas 10, Galveston 8
at Houston IA, Fort Worth s.
There were at least a thousand
people on the grounds and the re-
ceipts were only $146. With only
eight hundred people at % cents
each the receipts would be 5000,
not including the grand stand adj
mission, which is 10 cents extra.
Baseball will never be a success
that way.
The local team is to leave for
Dallas in the morning under the
management of w. J. Carson, to
open a series Of three games
Wednesday. OF the present play
ers that are to be taken on the trip
are Abbott, Graney, Reese, Hughes
and Chamberlain. Five new play
ers are to meet the team at Dallas,
including Gus. Mackey, the Shreve-
port pitcher, who will wear San
Antonio uniform.
Crank or Philanthropist.
OAKLAND, Cal, May 20.-"Gen-
eral" G. f. Kelley, who led de-