San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-21
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MISREPRESENTATION

But a few more weeks, and the sky
will be punctured with basehits. The
umpire will have his troubles and the
rooters will be in their glory-when
the home team wins. But when we
we don't win-well then We'll get real
mad and swear we will never come
out again. But we will all be there
the next day, just to see if the other
fellow is there. And he is there, the
same old way as ever We win.
well, they can play ball if they want
to-" We don't win. THE old stiffs;
they never could play ball; they ought
to be out working on the sewers"
That's where you are out of the coach
ers' box. Nothing the matter with
the team; it's the umpire. Now why
couldn't we think of that before?
'Strike oner' Why the zap stands
there like dummy and let's such nice
ones pass right under his nose. Bang!
Nobody there. Another and another,
and the bases are full. Everybody
off for home. We win. And the next
day we are all there again. Nothing
startling about that. But we are all
going to Austin on the 18th, and we
are coming back, too.
Work on the ball park was suspend
ed the past week on account of the
rain. Work will be resumed Monday.
1t is hoped that it will be pushed to
completion without delay, as all the
boys are here now and ready for prac-
tice.
Every available corner lot has been
transformed into a miniature baseball
park and the proverbial small boy is
happy. Not so the past week, how
ever, for the precipitation of moisture
from the Ieaden skies rendered the
soil unfit for any purposes for the de-
velopment of future champions of the
diamond. This state of affairs will
not last long and he will be out bigger
than ever this week learning a few
tricks of the game. A portion of San
Antonio's population, which comes I'M
der the distinguished title of baseball
rooters, has graduated from the corner
lots. where the first knowledge of the
many fine points of the great game
was inherited. If not on the lots, they
were on the streets, breaking city or
dinances and window panes, with foul
balls, but they enjoyed it none the
less
President Heuermann has not yet
selected the fourth umpire. He has
stack of applications to choose from.
1t may be likely that a request will
be made from the San Antonio end for
change in the schedule. The local
people don't like the idea of San An
tonic going to Galveston and Houston
and then coming back. 1T will just
mean that much unnecessary railroad
fare" said a local director. why
not. after opening the season at Aus
tin. and then coming here with Aus
tin, and then going to Galveston and
Houston. complete the circuit before
returning home? Instead of San An
tonic and Austin returning home from
Galveston and Houston, these four
teams can go to North Texas and
finish the circuit. By this arrange
ment l believe we could get better
rates from the railroad companies.
The parties would consist of about
Orty-eight-nearly tifty-peOple-
which. l believe, would be something
for the railroads to go for. According
to the schedule we open at Austin,
then come here, then go to Houston
and Galveston, then come back and
play eighteen straight games at home.
| can't see the sense of that extra trip
from Galveston back home"
Red Herbert's facial resemblance to
Fitzsimmons has no influence on him
for the Australian. Red is staunch
COrbett man and still believes the Cal
ifornian is the best man in the world.
He is not alone in this belief.
Tom Phelan, of this city, has a
number of sporting papers of twenty
years ago in his possession, which he
treasures very highly. One copy is
dated September 4, 1875, and contains
number of baseball scores. These
are gotten up on the order of those of
the present day, the tabulated scores
containing columns for times at bat,
runs, hits. putouts, assists and errors.
Double figures in the error column
are nothing unusual. In game be-
tween Philadelphia and Burlington
\. j.. on August %, 1875, Philadelphia
won by a score of to O. Burlington
had sixteen errors, of which William
son at short had six. A game between
the Athletics and ChicagOs, of August
% was won by the former by to 1.
The Athletics had two errors and the
Chicagos five. The batteries were
Devlin and Hastings for Chicago and
Mcbride and Clapp for the Athletics.
Pop Arson played right field for the
Athletics and had one error. Davy
Force was the Athletics shortstop
that season. On the front page of
this paper is cut of the players of
the Brooklyn EXcelsiers of 1853. They
are attired in long pants and resemble
IN old-fashioned fire company more
than n baseball team. This team was