San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-24


the national game.
Although Ted Sullivan made a very
liberal offer for the San Antonio base
bali franchise. the association refused
to accept it. Immediately upon learn
ing this, Sullivan set to work organic
ing a state league in New Jersey, with
Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Plainfield,
Asbury Park, Millville and Trenton,
in the fold, and is reported having been
successful. Ted has the best wishes
of his many San Antonio friends, and
they hope that in the future he will
not fiirt with one city while he is ma
king love to another.
In last Sundays Light Secretary
Mosebach springs the names of forty
or fifty ball players who have writ
ten him for jobs, adding that those ap-
plications refuted the idea that good
talent cannot be secured at the pres
ent limit. "Mosey" is away off. There
may be a few good ones in the lot, but
the chances are that most of them are
a lot of worthless wonders" and "phe-
mons" who are not fit to carry bats
in the league. Good ball players don't
as rule, have to write for jobs, says
Jim Nolan. 1t may be stated here
that besides the list of names publish
ed, a batch of letters have since been
received from ball players asking for
Jobs. Even in the list thatappearedin
the Light it is ten to one shot that a
team could be picked which could give
any team of the Texas association a
run for its money: and what's more
the team would come within the limit
A large number of these applicants
come well recommended from men who
are now playing in fast company, but
have in the past two seasons or so
played with these applicants, only they
were little more fortunate to be Civ
en- an opportunity for advancement.
Yes, dear Jim, there are just as good
fish i'll the sea as were ever caught.and
it only remains for some enterprising
manager to come along and bring them
to the front. 1t is a we'll known fact
that the chief requisites for n success
full ball player is a good arm, keen eye,
activity, above ALL sobriety, and with
these an experienced manager will
have no trouble to make a ball player
out of anyone, if God ever intended
him as such. Just keep the Lights
list for reference, and before the sea-
son is over attention will be called to
the records made by at least a dozen
Of the players in the list.
A report from Richmond, Va, says
that Charley Elsey, one of the most pop
ular players on the San Antonio team
last year, has been signed by Jake
Wells as general utility man for the
Richmond team of the Atlantic league.
Elsey is the making of a good ball
player, but he has one great fault-a
bad temper-and unless he will under
stand this and try to remedy it, he will
never be in demand on the diamond.
Third Baseman Elberfield of last years
Dallas team is also to play with Rich
mOnd.
Senator Woods of GraysOn county,
has done something which he will have
reason to regret. He has introduced
u bill in the Senate to make baseball
playing on Sunday a misdemeanor Of
Tense. subject to a fine of not less than
$25 nor more than 5000. Senator Woods
must remember that the glorious Lone
Star state is on the eve of q most pros
porous baseball season and that the
success of the game depends largely
upon the receipts derived from Sunday
games. He must also remember that
Of every ten young men of this state
about seven are baseball CTankS, and
that about four of every ten work for
a living, and the only time they have
to see an eXhibitinO of Americas great
game is on Sunday, and rather than to
miss this game they would go to Jail.
Nobody but a woOden-head from Gray
son county would have introduced
such a bill, and its an old bat bag to
Il church steeple that the bill will be
knocked into cooked hat. There are
too many dyed-in-the-wool baseball
cranks in the Legislature who want to
see the little shortstOp and the little
pitcher and the little white ball do bus
mess this year. for they know that
Texas is going to have the real article.
Who would deprive the labOring man
of the only amusement and recreation
ne mas after MS week work IS uOne
TwO-thirds of the labOring men are
ball cranks, and if they couldn't go to
a ball game on Sunday they would go
to a saloon and play cards. Mr. Woods
must remember that there are laws on
the statute books, which are yet to be en-
forced, and before making new laws,
the old ones ought to be enforced.
Why not close up all the saloons on
Sunday? Then there will be trouble.
1t is evident that Mr.. Wood is trying
to educate Texas up to the cultured
north and east, but if he is right well
posted he ought to know by this time
that big movement is on foot in the
north and east to abolish the NONSENSE
cal Sunday law and run everything
wide open la Sanu Antonio, better
known as Gods country.
If Jerome Dawson, the Sporting
News correspondent at Leavenwcrth,
Kansas, knows anything about ball
| players, and is giving it straight, the