The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-15
THE HOUSTON TEAM,

Something of the Men Who VIII Win the
Texas Pennant
The base ball season now about TO open
bids fair to be the most successful both in
Il financial and playing sense that tho
Texas League has ever had. All of the
eight clubs composing the league have ep-
gagged good men for their teams and will
put up better article OF ball than has
heretofore been seen in this part OF the
country; IN fact. the Texas league Will be
as fast as any minor league, with one ex-
ceptlon. There viii be no rowdy!sm or
disgrRcaful wrangling which has OCCASION
ally disgustcd the patrons OF the gpmo in
previous years, and above all the game is
clean and above suspicion and Is worthy
of the patronage OF the best people. |
have endeavored to obtain n fun list of all
tho players signed ny the different clubs.
hut have been only partially successful.
The names that have been obtained, al
though somewhat mcager will give a line
Oh what the clubs VIII be when complete.
The men who win represent Houston on
the green diamond are rs follows: Roach.
Mccormick, Lccson ana Semple, pitchers
Cote. catcher. Schaffer. first base; Reed.
second base; Jacobs. third base; Short,
short stop; Becker and Slagle. fieldcrs,
Jack Roach has been playing profess
that time has played In nearly every
league in the country. including the Ma
tional: I'm fact. Jack began his profess
sional career as a New York Giant. Last
| year he played with the Peoria club In
the Western association and easily led all
| the other pitchers OF that league. lie
| pitched thiity-four games. winning TWEEN
| ty-five and losing niue--a percentage of
| 1872, which Is probably the record. Roach
is a "heady" pitcher. depending us much
| upon his ability TO detect batter's weak
ness a. he does upon speed and curves
Roach has good speed, perfect control and
| deceptive change OF pace.
| Bill Mccormick is known to all base ball
patrons throughout Texas. There Is no
better minor league pitcher than Mac. Last
| year he pitched for Houston. and as com
| pared with the other Texas league pitchers
| he WAS like stake horse among n lot OF
| selling platers: but he had no team behind
him and or course lost, This year he viii
| have team OF ball players who Will DC
their share, both In the field and at the
bat, and Mac will win as many games as
anybody.
sempls and Lesson have never played
professional bail. but ,hey come with tn
| Endorsement of McCloskey, which Is al
they need, for there is no better judge of q
ball player than John Jacob McCloskey
| Semple has n record CT twerty-one strike
outs In a college game.
| Shaffer has been in the business ahou
four years, playing In tho Pennsylvania
and Western leagues. Last season h'
played with the Western association. IL
played In every position except pitcher
with credit TO himself and club Shaffe
IL strong batter and dar.ne base KUN
ner. Last year hc accomplished the fca
OF making moro runs than he did bas'
hits But IL is as n eoacher that he eNoels
10 be appreciated he must be heard. Shat
fer will be captain and have entire charS'
OF tho team on the field.
Reed. who will play second, was las
| year with the Portsmouth club In the Nlr
| g,nia league. lie batted close 10 the 80