The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-09

ton, when II - taken into con,iaer,t,o,,
that the Paris team, when II comes South.
has the benefit OF an equal division OF
the gate receipts. which are SO much in
oxcNss of those at Paris that II was a
inequality that the Sou,herners could n,t
So It was that when Denison failed
tee the mark the league met and Paris
dropped out. or rather was dropped by
the league This left league OF six clubs
Dallas was In financial distress and sey-
eral days were consumed in reorganlyinr
Fort Worth's manager. however. became
tired of paying salaries Ind holding hs
team while the Dallas pc pie were nero
uating. and he threw up the sponge, ieav.
ing the South Texas clubs to hght IL ou,
And they ran do Il.
rhe interest in South Texa. will give
things. rather Ayely for while, and the
end will be awaited in bright anticipation
of brilliant record
Houston Is In good shape. The Bufraloes
are we'll organized. play a good game and
play winning ball. or course the loss OF
Kline will be felt for some time, bu,
then there never was good man without
there could be another found to do his
work Just as well, and the sudden de.
parturc OF the substitute catcher will no,
affect tho team 10 any considerable ,x-
tent. The team has been winning ever
* nee they started in without him. md
he can comfort himself with the tt" ass "mu
ance that even IL he was a good hall
player. there are others" Clark IL a
good man, As soon as 1t was learned thai
Kline had departed. Clark Of D~nison was
signed by Manager Shaffer and was NM
at short. He is quick and does good work.
Since Fort Worth was dishanded, Gal
weston has added considerable strength 20
the team. Dermody's Dudes viii now be
composed OF some Of the best PLAYERS in
/. L. Ia ~, III
make a hard fight for the pennant.
i. occurs to me that Tho season is cut
too short. The game can be continued
here until late in October, and there Is
no reason why the schedule should not
he srranged for dates extending until
then. Some argue that the political cam
paign will detract from the interest. but
hardly think Sc Those who are en-
ihusiasta VIM 60 TO the game IN the at
rot matte. much IN Texas anyhow. The
d mocrtrc party is on easy street. ana
VIII easily win OFT In the coming election
IT Is sasd thSa uneasy me lss the nSad that
has been king in Texas long time, ana
there has been nothing 20 disturb the
dreams OF the ruler. There are n few
boilers. but not enough to hurt.
would like to see Brennan and Clark
the ump.res for the four club league
Brennan Is In North Texas handling the
Indicator for amateur games. II he will
come south he will be satisfactory to the
people.
The Post Is under obligations to the
American Sports Publishing company. No
al Broadway. New York. for files OF the
Spalding's Home library, Which IL as
complete publication on well known ard
popular games as can be found. In pre-
pairing these books, Messrs. A. Howard
Cady and Henry Chadwick have given
treatises which are indeed interesting. go
ing into ancient history for such scientific
games as chess and whist. rhc books
arc complete in every way. and are In
teresting reading.
The Post is in receipt OF The Official Sou
vcnir of the '96 Meet ~ the League of
American Whcelmen, which commences
in Louisville. Ky, tomorrow. 1t is ? beau
tiful publication and shows vrr's or me
track at Fountain Ferry where the wheel
mon are expected 10 make new RECORDS.
The crack riders of the country VIII be
there and ~ large attendan e is deserved,
las the managers of the meet have been
lavish in the use Of printers Ink, ana
never was an event better ADVERTISED.
Ilaif-tcne engravngs OF the OFFICERS OF
the meet are well executed ana alto
gcther the souvenir is one of the hand
soonest Of Its kind sver seen. me events
win lost until the 18th INSTANT ana eh-
curs ons of all kinds have been arranged.
1t Viii be one of the grandest gatherings
of whcolmen in years.
Charles II. Thacker OF Cleburne was IN
tho city Friday en- route to Galveston to
Join the populists. he said, as the pops
are looking out for good roads. Charlie
is a candi tate for secretary treasurer OF
the Texas division of the League OF Amts-
lean Wheeincn, He IS an enthusiasts
cyclcr and viii he a good man for tht
rlace His work as secretary OF the Ola
texas Baseball league, WHOM LOUIS New
nurs Vas prssiann,; IN 80 isss .r ," ANA
he was an efficient man for that poSition;
Thaciter is strictly f,r good roads, and
he says tho 1000 wheelmen are for III"
same thing.
IT was Texan who had foresight
enough to buy Ben Milllcan at st. LOUIS
TUESDAY. when that gclding was selling ut
500 to / In the pools. 1t was a Texas
victory all around. Mlllican Is owned and
raced by r. a. Gay X CO.. a leAas nrm.
was ridden by Bonner, an cx-TeNhs cow
hoy. and the WHINE" of the $1,000 by an
Investment of 81 was l.. T. Cation. the
owner Of IKE pra. a os % Si ' IN IoYgs
last fall with Ike fr.or. ara inn MS horse
In the races here. but he had no oppor-
tuty to cash in 9n nie nuen ti hnet rs e
Louis When the race was run IN ST.
Louis Madgau lay odds of 100 10 ] on him
Mt the pool room in the Turf EXCHANGE
there was nobody on him, Long shots do
not often WIN. but when they do they
cover lot OF grounn.
The trap shooting in Chicago during tho
mast week was the greatest event OF It's
kind eve. recorded. There were over
thousand entries fer some events, and II
there had been facilities for shooting there
would have been more than 2WV And the
veteran was there. i3ogardus, the master
OF the gun. and Kleinman. who is prob
ahlv hIa ouual were both there. They
are old men now, but their ago has not
dtmmed Their eyeetght or quakeh the
nerve OF tie trigger finger. They shoot
az true now as they have ever done, ani
making the same close scores they did
yrars ago. Others made clear scores but
others aCe not SO well known. The Du-
pont company made a ten-strike on that
shoot. J'fV'
AMATEUR LEAGUE.
ORGANIZATION Perfected Last Night--Ofh-
GERS Elected.
Last night at the Capitol hotel all the
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