San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-08-28
BASEBALL.
San Antonio Took The Third Game
From Galveston Yesterday.

san ANTONIO TOOK Inc IDlfu Gume
From Galveston Yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon, as Umpire
Clark gave the signal, the Galveston
players took the field ON run, which
caused a Galveston rooter to shout
with joy, sect right at emf Dur
ing that time Mike O'COnnor took his
noble herd to the water keg,and impair
ted some fatherly advice to them. He
told them that they could win the
game, and showed them how TO do it..
The visitors presented Mr.. Smith,
the young college pitcher, late of New
Orleans, with GOnding behind the bat,
being the crack battery of the New
Orleans team, which won the Southern
league championship.
why it's cinchr' shouted frankie
Belt when the Bronchos were retired
in the first inning without a run. Four
Galveston rOOterS in the grand stand
made more noise than the 400 San
AntOnians.
1t was the visitors time at the bat
and the Bronchos scattered to the four
corners of the lot with George Keefe
in the middle. 1t was Parvin's turn
to pitch. and the rOoters were disap-
W SNC INtNIC SO III, Iol tutS
remembered the drubbing that he re-
ceived the last time. For the first
three innings the Sand Crabs failed
to get a hit, and in that time Keefe
struck out three men. Everybody was
convinced that the eX-WashingtOn
pitcher had not yet lost his cunning.
The Bronchos Jared little better I'M
til the third inning, when Stanley, the
first up, smashed a single past short,
was advanced on Herbert's sacrifice
and scored on Weber's double by Ell
sey. The side was retired by a score
of 20.
where are those Galveston root
ers nOwW queried a female eater.
Get a mapr' shouted another. You
couldn't find them with a search war
rant said another. Not so, however,
for the Galveston rooters were dead
game and cautioned San AntOnians to
keep quiet.
The first Sand Crab crossed the plate
in the sixth, and although San Anto-
MO was still in the lead, it gave the
visitors a little hope. 1t was any
body's game, the score being 3 to /,
and q few hits or errors would soon
change it.
The visitors were beginning to find
Keefe, but they could not get the balls
out Of reach of the fleet footed Bron-
chOs and were retired in quick order.
They hit Keefe quite lively in the
sixth and in the seventh it looked as if
they would do something. But the
.BronchOs' superb work in the field pre-
vented it. Elsey in this inning robbed
Belt of a beautiful drive to left. The
ball was going on a line, fully twenty
feet the right of ElSey and over his
head. He made dash for it, but
the sun was i'm his eyes and he could
not see the ball. He held up his left
hand, running in the direction of the
ball, when it struck his glove. The
crowd saw the little white ball nestled
safely in the glove and went wild with
cheers. Red Herbert also interfered
with Bammert's batting average that
inning. Bammert drove a safe hit to
right field, which Herbert fielded and
threw Bammert out at first la Tom
ME Mccarthy. These were two real
ly sensational plays.
The San Antonians beat Galveston
yesterday by score of 8 to 2 and
Austin defeated Houston by Z to 6.
That places Austin in second place.
with Galveston third and San Antonio
fourth.
Mike O'Connor has certainly got the
men down to fine work 1t is only a
pity that he did not come to San AntO-
MO sooner. 1t is hoped that he will
be San Antonio's manager next sea-
son, and it is safe to say he will have
a winner. college" Smith greatly
resembles Willie Clare, ex-manager Of
the old Missionaries. His style of
pitching is also that of Clare's.
1t is said that Grip" took the Bron-
chOs' bats to Schrader yesterday to
have them blessed.
Buck" Miller is playing with Aus
tin.
The Houston champions arrived this
morning and play this afternoon, to-
morrow and Sunday.