San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-31
BASE BALL.
The Bronohos Made 1t Three straights fol
the Buffalos Yesterday.

San Antenions-from boy to bank
er. The attraction was not Schra-
der, nor was 1t Sam Jones-it was
baseball game, game which
every true American is proud to
call his own, a game founded by
the American people and for the
American people. ~
The contesting teams were the
Houston leaders and the San An
tonic tailenders. 1t was a game
for blood and the enthusiasm
manifested appeared as il it was to
decide between life and death.
The game was as uncertain as life
itself and was anybody's until the
last maa was out.
The baseball cranks look on
Mike O'Connor as the biggest man
in San Antonio today. He trans
formed what people sometimes re-
ferred to as the "Burros" to fris-
ky herd of prancing bronchos.
No sooner had Big Mike taken
hold of the team than the men
showed improvement in their
work. He made few changes,
and now he has the boys playing
the star game of the Texas league.
In hitting theIteam has no equal in
the league, to which assertion tn >
figures Of the past few games will
t. stify. In the field the Bronchos
are not to be beat, and there is not
a better set of base.runners in the
league.
Houston played in big luck yes.
terday and scored most OF the runs
on errors. Although but two
errors are charged, the Bronchos
had five, and every one was costly.
There were really only twelve hits
made off Parvin, who pitched a
good game, although little wild
at times. A NOTICEABLE feature
about Parvin yesterday was that
he had disposed of his flowing
blonde moustache, and that he
wore a glove and tielded his
position. sold Bones" struck out
eight men.
"Southpaw" Roach, off whom
the Bronchos had always been
lucky to get eight hits, was lam
basted for twenty-one safeties yes
terday, including a number Of
hunts which were beat out.
Shaffer was as crazy as ever and
the people were looking for him to
take fit every minute. The crowd
guyed him numerically for his
nonsensical kicking, and Umpire
York would have been justified to
place him on the bench. 1t would
have relieved the spectators OF a
great deal of annoyance. Shaffer
believes in bulldozing the umpire
and hurrahing the opposing forces,
but he has evidently found out
that he can't hurrah the Bronchos,
and neither can he bulldoze Um-
pire Clark. Of the ball field
Shaffer is a perfect gentleman in
every sense Of the word.
The locals began the run-getting
as early as the first inning, when
Elsey scored on a double and
Keefe's single. 1t was 10 until
the fourth inning when the visit |
ors scored twice on singles by
Jacobs and Becker and errors by
Elsey and Lawrence,making it 2-1.
The Bropchos passed the Buffalos
In the fifth by timely stick work
and clever base running. Roach
had his trouble. O'Connor singled,
as did Griffin. A neat double steal |
followed, O'Connor making a slide
to third while Griffin was safely
perched on second. Clark brought
them in with hit TO right center,
making the score 80, and the
grand stand and bleachers pre-.
sented a scene a, waving umbrel-
las, hats and handkerchiefs. In
Houston's fifth cote drove al
fly to the right foul line,
which Keeie failed to get on &C.
count of a carriage being in his
way. Cote reached third base on
the hit, and Clark's error Of Beck
er's hit brought him home, tieing
the score. In the sixth the visi-
tors scored again, making it 4.3 in
their favor. The eighth opened
with Parvin at the bat, who
slashed out q single. Law
renee hunted to third, and reached
first, while Parvin was on second.
Weber beat out a bunt and filled
the bases. Singles by. Elsey and
O'Connor cleared the bases, placing
the score IA for San Antonio. The
rooters went wild again. Houston
scored twice in the eighth, making
1t 7-6, but San Antonio forged
ahead In the ninth, while Houston
made another in their last, the
final score being 81 for the Bron.