San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-20
AT FORT SAM HOUSTON.
NEWSY GOSSIP PICKED UP AT
THE POST.
E. Company Does Up The A. Company
Men In A Ball Game Person
ais, Purloughs, Etc.

The baseball nine of company E,
Eighteenth infantry, under the man
agement of Corp. Kearns, proved their
superiority Friday afternoon by de-
feating the ball nine of company A,
Eighteenth infantry, by a score Of IA
to 10. The game was rendered inter-
esting by the fact that a key Of beer
was at stake, which was furnished i'm
mediately after parade last evening.
During the progress of the game Eddie
Alstine, catcher for company A, had
the misfortune to sustain a broken
numb from foul tip in the fourth in
ming. The teams were composed as
follows: A ompany-Pitcher, Cossey;
I. catchers, Alstott land Alstine; first
base, Dial; secoYd base, Schultz; third
base, ]. Short short stop, Leasure;
left, Kent; centre field, Martina; right
field, Russell. z company-Pitcher,
Kelly; catcher, Noster; first base, Love;
second base, Oats: 4 third base, Kearns;
short stop, Eskridge; left field, Tevis;
centre field, Welton; right field, Dins-
more.
Private Charles Cossey, of company
A, Eighteenth infantry, secured three
months furlough yesterday.
The wall for scaling in the. Third of
July athletic exercises has been erect
ed near the ball grounds on the lower
end of the upper parade. AS 1t is d.
rectly in the rear of the catchers' stand
it viii serve as an excellent back stop.
The battery went out yesterday
morning under the command of Capt
Dillenback to Riverside park where 1t
fired a salute at o'clock in honor OF
the day for the Emancipation day eel
braters.
Sergeant Maccubbin, of company E.
Eighteenth infantry, who has been
away from the post on furlough fol
four months. reported for duty yester'
day. His friends are glad to see hin
back.
Corporal Kearns, the efficient clers
of company E, Eighteenth infantry
has developed into an enthusiastic base
ball player. He is the leader among
the sporting element in the company
. and is open for game at any time.
The Saturday inspection of the troop:
took place Yesterday morning at II
o'clock followed Immediately after
ward by instruction in litter bearing
and administration of aid to the sicl
and wounded, for one hour.
The map making party, commanded
bv Lieutenants Parker and Whitworth
which left this post about two weeks
ago to make a map of the surrounding
x.o..p+ru ic now at PearSall.
Recruit Jos. ]. Dalton, who recently
arrived at this post from Philadelphia
has been assigned to troop ID, tltti
cavalry, this post, by orders NO. 81
He is late member Of the U. ;. ma
rine corps, of which organization M
was a corporal.
private Heath, company e, Eight
eenth infantry. is becoming quite al
expert in the manipulation of the cam
era. He has taken snap shots of near
" everything of interest in anC
around the post, and has turned out {
fine lot of photographs. He shows
steady Improvement in his work anC
nv the time he leaves the service h
will be able to engage in the photo
.raphic business in earnest. Camera
are numerous about the post of late.
Corporal Jim Reed is the oldest sol
der in company E. He has completes
thirty years service in the army AM
is now available fer retirement iron
active service, whenever he chooses Z
make application therefor. Corpora
Reed is a veteran Of the Civil wa
and has seen plenty Of hard service i
his time. but he Is still hale and heart
and able to hold his own with any