San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-04-20
BLACKBURN'S WORK.
HIS DIRTY BALL PLAYING AT
AUSTIN YESTERDAY.
A Big Crowd of ROOters Went Over to
Cheer For the Bronchos and the
Capital City ROOters Were
Not In 1t.

The Bronchos were defeated
they were goose-egged-but the
latter occurrence is due to a little
careless base-running on their
part.
AS to the defeat, the Bronchos
are not to blame. The Senators
owe thanks to Umpire Butler for
their first run, which was scored
in the sixth inning, and was the
cause of the whole trouble. In this
inning Mr.. Butler allowed Sem
ator to score ON foul tip.
The ball struck Miller's mitt and
got away from him, but he did not
go after it very fast, knowing the
runner could not score on q foul.
But Mr.. Butler called it strike
and the Senator came in on a
"passed ball." as it had to be
scored. Everybody in the crowd
heard the ball tip the bat, and even
the batter admitted it after it was
too late. Till then no runs had
been scored by either side, and bar
ring a great amount of senseless
kicking, for which the umpire
alone was to blame, the game was
very pretty one the first five in
nings.
San Antonio was we'll represent
ed, not less than 500 people being
present,and the rooters did this city
proud. The Austin rooters were
entirely outclassed, as is also their
ball team, compared with the
Bronchos. The Austin rooters were
never heard from until after the
sixth inning, when the San An
tonians were leaving the park to
catch the train out OF the Dam
town.
When the Bronchos came on the
field for practice they were received
with enthusiastic cheers and a
round of cheers was sent up for
"Old Bones" Parvin, Captain Croft
ty, Eddie Gull, Percy Griffin, Elsey,
Mackey, Miller and the rest. The
players smiled and when the COM
mand to "play balp was given the
Bronchos went at the Senators as
though they meant to repeat the
first dose.
Mr.. Blackburn, the esteemed
manager (nit) of the Senators, WI as
determined, however, to have the
game. He evidently knew that
he couldn't win the game fair,
and therefore tried every other
means. First he got in the way
of the ball, while at the bat, to
be shit by a pitched ball." but the
umpire promptly called him out.
The next time while at the bat he
deliberately interfered with Miller,
while the latter was throwing to
second to catch a runner. Then
again, after being thrown out at
first, he tried some dirty work.
Even the Austin people dissp-
proved of his actions, and II Black
bnrn does not cease his hoodlum
playing, for which he is noted, the
days Of the game in the Capital
city are numbered.
Wellner, the Austin pitcher, held
the San Antonio boys down we'll,
only three hits being made off him,
while Nevin was wild. But not
until the seventh inning could the
senators gauge him, and then only
after he tossed the ball over the
plate, disguised with the game.
The final score was 9 to 0.
Never before was so much en-
thusiasm manifested over a
ball game in Austin. The
San Antonio rooters went
over with flying colors-white
and greenland one rooter had a
flag made of the colors, which he
waved in the grand stand. The
Austin colors are red and yellow,
but were not conspicuous until
Austin had the game cinched.
The San An tonic rooters bet
their money freely-a violation OF
the Rooters' club-and not few re-
turned home without even the
price for supper. 1t was a
merry crowd, though, and as
the train pulled in at the differ
emit stations on the way home, they
cheered for the Bronchos, az
though 1t was a glorious victory.
The San Antonio war cry was
yesterday the score was seven to
two; today we won't do thing tc
you"
Among the prominent rooters
who went were: Nose Frank
Captain Page, Attorney Wurzbach
Attorney Selig Deutschmann
Rollie Meyers, Charles Fisher
Fred. r. Foster, Charles Hollub
III. j. Ryan, Arthur Storms