The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19
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The Louisville players evidently remetn-
her well the courtesiea e1jendet 10 nm
during their stay In this city las, sp1hs
Ing of that clubs visit 70 Montgomery
SAYS: This IS 4 sample OF the
arnus..rents ~ night, barring an OCCASION
where. they look IN iongingly ana WSh
thev were IN Houston. where the oidcr
players claim. theatrical people "'eeos-
nize the profession.
The press of New Orleans Is pouring hos
aho, INTO Mr. Abner Powell, owner. man
ager and captain Of the Row Orleans
Baseball association.
A late issue Of the Item has mild roast
of Mr.. Powell In particular and his team
In general: "Considering late events the
question assumes this shape: Can the
Pel.cang have a fair chance against otheF
Southern League teams when they are
unable to make any sort OF showing
agatns, Texas Leasurrs7 II SO. then IT
IA admitted that other ciubs on the SCUM
er11 c,rcl,i, are unable to do better II they
were ir. tho Texas League, and n that Is
20. then the Southern League In cous.i-
tuted Of lot of cheap teams no; worm
the salt they consume IN theiT traYfls
from. city to CITY 10 perform as ball play
ers one thing IS ceriaah-local patrons
Of tho game win never be contrutct 70
think that city Ut this SIZE can not sup
NOR a better nine than Galveston or
Houston or Denison /, should b. the
same with Atlanta. nirmingh ham .rasy Other
members OF the Southern League
The Item can not understand how team
which is supposed TO represent the great
city OF New Orleans in tho big southern
league can be defeated so often by IA
cheap lot of Texas players" Tho ''chear
lot Of Texas players" referred to are not
high priced men who play on th- rapuio
tlons made in years gone BY. but they ar'
all young and ambitious. The tom Ma
no cause to complain. and n the t'clcau'
put up as good an article OF ban IN IN,
Sou,hern leagne as thfy az asnInst
cheap lot of Texas players" there y NJ
reason why New Orleans should not t;ni5l
one. two or thrce. W. Item should r.
member that these SAM "chrnp lots pla,
the fastest kind OF tall. and nothing out
side of National lehgnc ciuus can No.
them OF. Considering these things, Nev
Orleans put w great game and VIII b
able to hold it's own,
Mr.. Powell evidently thought he woui
come to Wild and woody Texas and SHOW
the natives IA thing or two about how /
play the game and how they do In EeS
Orleans. He Is no doub, sadder TIA
wiser man. and that Cheap lot of TeAa
players" did II.
II
Charlie Short was released on Thursda
and that evening left for hts home IN Mad
ison, Ind. Short has good deal 10 lear
yet but In the coursc of time VIII bo
good man. Short made many friends whll
here. all of whom rrgret to learn that cii
cuinhtnncea wer" such az they were.
Charles Hoffman, or sonny" as he
s nnoWm. ,h 1nT nsw sioriS s, - iitt
lie licckcr. and If he comes up to IN
slmndhri Of their work the hopes of II
rootors VIZ y. realized. ne played las
fore In Des Moinrs. He showed up We
In the practice games ana seems to be
good man for the place.
April 10 was observed an Harry Wrlet
Day by tho National league, and ever
CLUB played game the receipts of whic
to the great base ballist
IL Was IN october last that Harry Wrgh
after forty years and more Of honorab
service on the diamond field during whic
he achieved the cnyablr distinction of III
Ing the greatest OF base ball captalns "A r
managers. passed peacefully away at A
hntic Guy, N. j.. and was laid to rest
the beautiful city OF the dead In Phil
delphia's suburb.
Harry Wrlsht's name Will ever occupy
conspicuous niche In the gallery of eel
hrlties of the National game, and its hi
tory and progress would be incompl.
without II. No man who eyer trod a 81
mond was more known or'beovod In II
or reyered In death than the whole-soule
honest and mastery veteran to who
memory base bali Nation turned out
do homage.
Way back In the sos" when the Elysi
Fields. on the Hoboken side OF tho Nor
river was the battle ground Of the Metz
politan "grass-eaters," Harry Wright III
learned the manual OF the diamond.
the time he was the assistant profession
of the ST. George Cricket club which tn
occupied an enclosed field near by. WI
he Joined In the weekly practice games
the knickerbookers. whose diamond a
Joined. II was not until 1858 that he play
regularly in II match game. being one oi
picked New York team 10 play n pick
brooklyn nine. Wright played In rig
field. and the game was contested on I
old Fashion Race Course. Long Islal
July 20. 1855.
After seven years service at the
Wright, In 1865, accepted the position
professional to the old Cincinnati Crici
club. but two years later no was attack
with the base ball fever, so as cure
cast his lot with the Cincinnati bah toi
ers. who were at that time the bitter I,
men OF the Buckeyes. II was this acti
that moulded his future LIES cOurAe.