The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-14
ABOUT THE TEXAS LEAGUE,
4 reu More Weeks ed the Root
ere Will Be Happy.
jim NOLAN S AVERAGES CRITICISED
P1axsrs n the TaAlena C1ub Placed
u the TOP ~ Datsers sna Field
ers-season Tfckets Ready.


Present Indications point TO very success
fui season. not only IN Texas, but all ovei
the country. New leagues have been OF
gantfcd In many States. and all the leagues
are In good condition ex,ept the old South.
ern league. whose prospects at present foi
being In the ring again next season ioeA
rather gloomy.
President Heuer-nann Of the Texas
league paid us visit during the pssi HeeA
and be talks very eaeouraginsly ABOUT The
league. Having visited ali the cities COM
posing the league. be says that the outiooN
WAS never brighter than row. Mr. henaf-
mann 10 q prominent lawyer IN The Alamo
City, and he has the general welfare 81
the league at heart. being one OF TIE Mos'
enthusiastic roo;ers IN the state he Las
the umpire stAif completed. and IN JAcA
Brennan. Ed CLARK and Gus Land he has
selected three capable men Mso understand
their business, and who know how 70 ais
cipline player when be deserves IL
THE mos, important happening In the
baseball world, as far as Texas IS eol-
cerned, was the publication during the past
week Of the unofficial averages OF The play
ers during last season by James Nolan, The
baseball scritbler Of tie san Antonio b1-
press. Now Mr.. Nolan might know all
hu, he certainly fixed these lssi ones a
.lt;Ie bit too raw. He has got the laaky HI
herman known as Mike 0Connor, VINO.
towards the end Of last season, carried the
banner OF TAG1AleYiile TO victory some
tiines leading the league on tatuag. S0w.
dont believe anybody ever Accused 1873
Mike o. having Won any leather m@!als Tor
his grcst hating capacity, except maybe
In the ewes o. the renowned Noisn. ! dou
pa fer
place O'Connor CT top. except that b. wants
10 hoosf the came Up a btt!e bit IA san An
tonic; ard. hy The way. as Pc IS conStfrei
an expert by all National league clubs, lu
discovering young blood he f4ight possibly
endeavor 10 blossom young Mike out as a
tuil fledgtd y32rgsinT again lie has sot
SiAgie who vas considered b. all .4l--
n.isde1 players and patrons Of tHe game
throughout iAe league ia fourth position
IN h.tArE To rlmusrc Mine 0'Conuor TO
siasle. as far "a hitlnE IS concerned, would
he Ike comparing a dr4y horse 20 A thor
opghbrcd Il; Is rather remarkable 20 note
hos A man can come tram the AiArttc
league. WHORE he played Ia twenty
games. According 70 The cfncial averages
@, The Atlantic leagCo. ald hat 10. ana
come right down 20 Texas and bal. Win
Mr. NolAn's Assistance. 1913. being second
batter a. me Texas le4sgc. Such ls the
rase ~ George Beefe. % course. u IN NOT
necessary 20 mention thar Mr ketfr also
cas- hls fortune Nith the Bru1 hos To-
Wards the latter part % the s.a4ou. Ar
Nolan - hen reqlrslinE thc cG secretary ~
the league. Nj Barhisch. 10 furnish the
puhNr 'te aserAges So order ~ enable those
players Who have played good ball to sleu
with clubs ia stronger leagues frr m0re
moaey sri generally better themselves. e1-
PLANE. that II there Was one thiug that
Win advance players IN their profession is
the publication Of thor work
y fhinG Thar Nj nolan would have hem
e,itei the COOL players I'm the league much
mo-" ty 90, Publishing iho averages at all.
u BE- could not 60 +; fairly. as whore the
injustice 10 soud players is done ly boost
inr players up Whn CAM from other
leagues f-on which they had beer released
on atrouu. % no, being abio 90 hcep warm
So rleyirr art where they have batting
syrragts between 100 and lp1. now. when
the ElEfer7 ard Northern MANAGERS rfJi
the averages ari 49, that PLAYERS that were
released from their leagues como rirht
down here ana lea1 an ui HE rood players.
their estimate Of tho playing qualities ~
the men IN this league can't amount 10
very much
One " the most noticeable facts about
tie averages WAS the leaving out entirsly
OF the respective positions she different
teams occupied at the close OF tho season
According to Mr. nolan san Antonio IS
frat IN batting aud second ia fielding. while
Houston is second In batting ana fiuh 10
fielding Another remarkable occurrence
that Mr. Nolan forgot TO mention was the
fact that San Antonio Of course. won the
reunant-~that IS the same kind OF II Que
that Louisville generally wins.
"one Of tho most benevolent traits OF
Mr. Nolan tx that ho neyc; forgets Ia put
In a good word Tor players who PLAYED IN
this lcaguc and have had tho good fortune
to enter the National league During tho
past season there wasn't paper IN the
State that had more complimentary notices
about player than the san Antonio Ex-
press had about Iimmie Slagle Mr. Nolan
boosted him up to the skies. although no
needed no boosting. az his playing during
The past summer spoke for Itself ana her
aided bright future FOR him In any com
pany. But MS soon IA Slaglc signed with
Boston Mr.. Nolan began his work OF usip
his little hummer. stating that he was I'm
position to know that slasle would not last
with Boston. and that he would drift back
70 minor league company Mr. Nolan also
had notice In the Express few weeks
ago wherein he stated that Slasle was re-
leased by 4ostou, which is not 80. as Slagle
In still reserved by the Boston club
Manager Reed has about completed hf.
work until the season opens-that AZ "a
TAR as signing players is concerned. The
team Is one that has no particular star on
II, but all of them are good, earnest players
and the good pall playing that was seem on
the Houston grounds last season can he
expected to be repeated again during the
coming season.
1t is to be regretted that thcr. are IN
many patrons OF the game who think thn,
tho management has not exerted Itself In
order to get slagle again for tho couirg
season. Everything will be done in orie,
TO try to induce tho Boston club IN lo,n
him TO Houston. II his release can no,
otherwise be procured. as the management,
considers him the best man ,aking h,r,
all around an a fielder. batter and hase
thinner, that was In the league last season
I'VE have decided TO Issue n few sc,sn,,
tickets at 81 apiece emitting tho hoIder
thereon to twenty-onc championship games
Anybody desiring to obtain a ticket can re,
one by addressing me- The manage,ren,
has also decided 10 rent the score carl a,a
cushion privileges together. also ,be
heshment privileges. Those desiring n
rent the above named privileges can SOMA
their bids In 10 me. No intoxicating liounrs
viii be sold on the grounds, as a vas
prcvon last summer that il rays 10 keen /,
out OF the park.
Il have been corresponding with Manager
Bancroft OF the Cincinnati Reds in orda,
to get them here for few games. and ,hs