San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-05
THE TEXAS LEAGUE.
What is Going On in Baseball Cir
cles in This State.

cles in This State.
w. L.. Work, manager of the Gal
weston club, is spending the win
ter at his home, in Mount Vernon,
Ill. He writes that he is pleased
at the prospects of Texas baseball
league for 1896.
]. G. McNealus will place a team
in Dallas next season. He says he
will give Dallas as good team as
she had in 1895. McNealus is said
to be an experienced baseball man
and the Dallas cranks have the ut
most confidence in his ability.
"The prospects for baseball in
this city and state for 1896 seem
brighter every day, and the coming
season will certainly be the banner
one in the history of the Texas
league" says a dispatch from
Houston. "The people of this city
are very well pleased with Mr.. w.
j. Carson, with whom they have a
contract to manage their club dur
ing the season of 1896. He has
already made contracts with some
very promising players, and is in
communication with Others"
From Austin comes the cheerful
news that Messrs. Booth and Vim
ing, are at the head Of the baseball
in the Capitol city. They were
interested in the club last season,
and although it was not as sue
cessful as desired, they deserve
credit for the noble manner in
which they stuck to the club.
George Mendell writes: "Austin
will be in the field with the strong
est team it ever had. We will be-
gin the campaign with good play
ers and first class manager. The
old grounds will be Abandoned
and more convenient park will
be selected"
There is much regret in Dallas
over the loss of Ted Sullivan and
his steers. Sullivan will come to
San Antonio next season with his
famous Steers. 1t is safe to assert
that the present ball park will not
be large enough for the crowds
that will turn out to see Ted wipe
up the earth with the visiting
teams. When the cranks realize
that they have team that can beat
in the state, nothing will
be to good for Ted and his Steers.
An editorial paragraph in the
News has brought forth
many protests from the friends of
Ted Sullivan, who are unanimous
in the opinion that Mr.. Sullivan
has done great deal for baseball
in Texas and throughout his con-
nection with the game. In sup
port of this position they urge that
all the money which Mr.. Sullivan
has accumulated in baseball,
has come through legitimate chan
nels. He has put his own capital
in his ventures and enjoys tho
Of not owing a ball
player or any one else a dollar. He
stands for the purity of the game
and it was he, who led the fight in
Texas last season to keep the sport
in 1895 above and away from
gambling influences. His reasons
for transferring the Steers from
Dallas to San Antonio, are WELL
founded. Experience has con-
WINGED him that opposition is to be
avoided and he realized that there
was a faction inimical to him as
manager of the Dallas team.
He has simply turned over
the franchise to the par
ties who worked against him
in 1895, and located in San
Antonio. where he will have no
opposition and is surer of appreci-
alton. Ted is one Of the best judges
Of young players, and as he seldom
fails to have team we'll up in the
race, San Antonio cranks are to be
congratulated on its selection as
the home of the Steers in 1896, and
for many seasons to come. Sulli-
vans worst enemy never question
ed his integrity or his ability as
manager or organizer.