San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-03
The Daily Eight.
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1895
SPRING YOURSELF!
Give San Antonio a Good Ball
Team and it Will Receive

the wires hot for players every day
and has been doing nothing but
spending money for telegrams-if
reports are true-but there's doubt
about this. Those at the head OF
the club should not now weaken
because San Antonio has a losing
team. The only remedy is to get
about six new men and compe.
tent and reliable manager at once
and let out about four or five OF the
present team. Some of the men
on the local team ought to be driv-
ing street cars instead of trying to
play ball. They only disgrace the
game. There are about five good
players on the local team, and
that's all.
1t has been demonstrated that
San Antonio is a good ball town
and will patronize the game we'll,
so that it will pay, if a good team
is placed here. It is not necessary
that the team be a pennant-win-
ner, but one that will be able to
win on an average two out Of three
games at home and two out OF six
abroad.
The LIGHT suggested last Feb
ruary that San Antonio was very
slow in getting into the league,
and at one time the town was
threatened with being dropped out
of the circuit on account OF her tar
diness. 1t is said that the attend
ances in the other cities are
smaller than in San Antonio.
This may be, but the people who
are behind the clubs OF the other
cities are not complaining, or at
least are not letting out, and are
backing their clubs with the de-
termination to be the last to drop
out. The sole object is to make
this Texas.Southern league stick
to the end Of the season ; or at least
to have San Antonio, the largest
town in the State, claiming to be
the most enterprising, to be in the
league until the last club drops
out. 1t will be hard blow for
this town If the local club goes I'M
der before any OF the others. San
Antonio should not let such towns
as Sherman, Fort Worth or Aus
tin get ahead of her no mat
ter whether it is baseball
or anything else. AS for Dallas,
Galveston, Houston and Shreve-
port, these towns are good for the
season and will finish the season.
The best thing to do now is to
strengthen the club and keep it
in the league, or San Antonio will
be too slow for Galveston, Dallas,
Houston and the towns of Sherman,
etc.
DIAMOND DOTS.
Governor Foster and Senator
Blanchard witnessed the Fort
Worth.Shreveport game at Shreve-
port yesterday.
Houston, Is; San Antonio, ~;
Shreveport, IS; Fort Worth, 4;
Dallas, 6; Sherman, 3; Galveston,
10; Austin, II.
Out Of four times to bat yester-
day, Reese made four hits, giving
him a ], 600 per cent. He made two
home runs, two singles and a sacri-
fee.
There were about 500 people at
the game yesterday, and the eX-
element and enthusiasm was in
tense whenever the locals tied the
score or led the visitors
Kaymer struck out twice yester.
day, once retiring the side with q
man on base. He also made an
error on first, on which a run was
scored.
Killing is good hitter and fielder;
but he seems to lose his head on the
bases.
San Antonio made II safe hits,
1 sacrifice hits, I errors and
stole y bases. Houston made
safe hits, sacrifices, IL errors and
stole bases.
Scrip" instead of mascot, has
proved to be Jonah" The locals
were in the lead yesterday until
"Crip" showed up, when the visi-
tors began hitting the ball and the
locals went to pieces. 1t was the
in the Galveston series.
We want three pitchers and a
third and first baseman, and not
until then will we have any chance
in the race.
1t is hoped that the San Antonio
club will stay in to the last and
will be strengthened at once.
To the management: Distribute
your advertising a little better
Give everybody a chance and you
NAV do better husinpSS