San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-28

| these men are not In the game one
| will be on the bench and the other at
| the gate. As for treasurer to accom-
pany the team on the road, Manager
O'Connor will act in that capacity,
thereby saving the club extra railroad
fare, an extra hotel bill and extra sal
airy, which would knock quite a hole
in its profits. Several bids have been
received for the scorecard and cushion
privileges, but these will be awarded
later on.
As long as there is "A newspaper in
reach Ted Sullivan will not be lost,
He is always doing something to bring
him out, even if he has to revive the
old story that he is writing a play.
Ted is now busy getting players to-
gether for his Trenton team, of the
New Jersey league. He made a
strong bid for the San Antonio fran
chiSe last fall. He was willing to put
a team here at his own expense, and
all that he asked was the support
of the people and n ball park. But as
he is in the habit of changing his
mind so often, the local association
would not listen to his proposition.
With the players, however, there is
none more popular than this same Ted
Sullivan. He has never been known
to owe cent of salary to a player and
seldom fines one, and they all have n
good word for him. But rather than
lose ball game Sullivan would part
with ten-dOllar note, and the players
always know enough to keep away
from him after n defeat, no matter
how badly they want a little money,
and they always take good care to
turn in early that night. 1t is victory
that makes Ted smile, but if he has
no better success this season than last
his smiles will be few and far he
tween
Here is the salary list of the Boston
team for this season: Duffy, $1,000;
Hamilton, $2,400; Long, S2,4O0; Lowe,
81, 400; Nichols, $1,000; Tucker, $2.400;
Stivetts, 50, 100; Bergen, 81, LOO; Ten
ney, $500; Collins, $2100; Sullivan,
81 800; Camel, 81 800; KlObedanz, ST.
800; Yeager, ,200;Stahl, 81 200 Lew
is, 81 200. Total, $50, 400 for the season
for sixteen men or $1,000 a month.
Little Eddie Teehan, who pitched
for Galveston in 1895, is to play with
Atlanta, Ga. Monte Mcfarland and
Josh Reilly, who played with Fort
Worth that season, are to play with
Kansas City this year.
Perhaps the most difficult feature |
of baseball in which to acquire pro-
ficiency and yet the one to which the |
least attention is usually given, is |
batting. Confidence is a great factor |
in successful batting. The player
who goes timidly to the plate, feeling |
that he cannot hit n pitcher, is al !
ready half out. Enthusiasm is an
other element in good hitting. A nine
that has not made hit for several
innigS will suddenly start in and bat
out a victory. One player leads off
with a good hit and is followed by
another, each benefited by the conf
dence and enthusiasm the preceding
batters have aroused.
4 letter was received in the city by |
Frank Cam last Monday from Percy |
Griffin, the popular little shortstOp of |
last years BronchOs, who is now in |
st. Louis, Among other things Percy |
says: Il would like to go back to San |
Antonio, but of course that's out Of |
the question as l suppose Mike, by |
this time, has a man for short l have |
not decided where will go this season
l have had an offer from Houston and |
am liable to be with some club in
Texas when some Of the phenoms eI-
nlOdc I met KiernOn Yesterday. He
hasn't anything yet but is correspond
ing with a couple Of managers. He
told me he met Pat Dwyer about two
weeks ago and that Patsy was look
ing bad. Butch Kramer wants to go
out again. l think he will do better
this time If he gets job. Pietz, one
OF Cincinnati's catchers, met Weber
at Hot Springs and said he told him
the Southern league went up the spout
Well, guessed as much three
weeks ago, and Of course l am out of
a job, but guess will catch on some
where"