San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-06
THE GOOD WORK GOES ON.
The Missionaries Are Hitting the

feats into victories, and San An
Antonio now has a ball team that
the people have reason to fee.
proud Of. The team is hitting anC
fielding well, and if no accident
happens, the Missionaries will be
the most dangerous team in the
league.
There is not a weak spot on the
team, with the exception Of right
field, and this will be strengthened
as soon as Abbott is able to get in
the game again. Abbott had a fin.
ger hurt at Shreveport, but will be
all right in a few days. At present
one Of the pitchers is playing right
field, and Carson intends to save
the pitchers as much as possible.
AS soon as Abbott gets well he will
be put on third, or behind the bat,
as Abbott is said to be also a catch
er. In the latter event Hughes will
be put in the outfeld, and will
thereby be given a much needed
rest.
The team needs another catcher
more than anything, for in
case Hughes would get hurt there
would be no one to relieve him and
the Missionaries would be in a de-
moralized condition again. 1t is
therefore hoped that Abbott will
be able to catch as well as he plays
third base. He has a good arm,
and there will be very few to steal
second on him.
The team showed up as we'll in
yesterdays game as in the pre-
vious one, and convinced the 400
rooters present that they are
going to win some games sn the
future.
The big score made yesterday
shows that the game was a slug
ging match, with the Missionaries
in the lead, they having touched
up the Swamp Angles for % safe
hits with a total of 81 bases, while
the visitors met the ball fifteen
times safely for eighteen bases.
DIAMOND DOTS.
San Antonio IS; Houston 10.
Hughes made three hits and two
runs. Hitting? Well!
The Rooters will be out today to
see how we do it.
Steinfeld, Houston's shortstop,
plays that position all the same
Herman Long.
Cox opened the fireworks. With
the bases full, he drove the pellet
over the fence, in the first inning.
Oh, but it looked bad for Houston.
Van Dresser led the locals with
four hits out Of six times to bat.
His fielding was also silver-lined,
accepting eight Of nine chances.
The crowd expressed it's sympa-
thy for the visitors in the first in
ming and called for another pitcher.
But Mccormick soon steadied
down and held the Missionaries
down to one hit the next two in
nings, while the visitors scored
seven runs in that time.
The so.called Austin "cast-offs"-
Sherry, Lennon and VanD Dresser
will show the Senators how it real
ly is done when they meet them.
Chamberlain and Cox each broke
two bats yesterday. AS a rooter
suggested, they will either have to
stop hitting or Manager Carson
will have to buy bats by the gross.
If "Calliope" Miller could but
hear that foghorn voice of Cox,
when coaching, he would recon-
mend him to some big league
team to be put on the lines.
A little soap and water applied
to the Missionaries uniforms
would make them look better ; also,
uniformity in colors. Some have
black stockings and some white,
while some wear a combination
uniform. There are two complete
sets and each set should be
Galveston plays here June 7, s.,
and 9. The Missionaries then go to
Houston, where they play June 10,
IL and II, and from there to Gal
weston, to play June Is, IA and Is.
Other Texas-Southern league
games yesterday resulted as fol-
lows: At Austin-Galveston 10,
Austin 8; at Fort Worth-Fort
Worth Is, Shreveport 7.
Thirty-one Years.