San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-28
5 In THE WORLD
5 OF BASEBALL.

With the approach of gentle spring
the baseball situation assumes tangl-
BILE shape, and each succeeding week
better enables us to know where we
are at. Although it was announced
last Sunday that the park question
had been definitely settled, the Light
also stated that day that the report
was a little premature. So it was,
and not until last Thursday was
it decided where the park would be.
A contract to that effect was signed
by the local association on that day.
Ii will be San Pedro park and the
improvements will be exactly rs out
lined in last Sundays Light. The
contract has been let and work is now
under way.
A meeting will be- held at Fort
Worth Monday or Tues
day, for the purpose of adopting
schedule. President Heuermann at
this writing had not yet decided on the
date of the meeting, but it will not be
later than Wednesday. Director
Hines, of the local association will
likely represent San Antonio at this
meeting. Besides the report of the
schedule committee, there will be 9th
er important business to come up.
Chief of this will be the question of
enlarging the circuit to eight clubs.
As has been known, DenisOn and
Sherman are anxious to come in with
Il combination club and Paris was al
so an applicant for membership. The
city with the Frenchy name, however,
was given the icy stare. \ vote was
taken, which resulted as follows
Ayes. Galveston, Fort Worth, and
Austin; nays, Dallas, Houston and
San Antonio. This being a tie, Pres
ident Heuermann cast the deciding
vote, which was may" The reason
for refusing the admission of Paris
was that the town is too small to give
the proper support to visiting teams,
and would be burden on the aSSOcia
ton. At the Fort Worth meeting
the Denison-Sherman application will
be considered. 1t is said that Waco
and Temple are DESTROYS of entering
a team between themselves. If SO,they
stand good chance of getting in. The
only fear is that Waco is too religious
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it has been intimated that the Sunday
games could be played at Temple.
Waco is as good ball town as Aus
tin, if not better, and would come in
nicely to break the long jump between
Austin and Dallas. Then Temple is
right on the line, and these two towns
would make a very compact circuit.
While this question is under consider
alton McCloskey, of Dallas, is work
ing to have New Orleans admitted.
Abner Powell, of New Orleans. was in
Dallas last Thursday in consultation
with McCloskey for that purpose. He
will be at the Fort Worth meeting,
when his case will be considered. If
New Orleans is admitted it is likely
that Mobile will come in. But it is
hardly probable that either city will
be admitted unless better railroad
rates are secured. The jump between
the Texas cities and New Orleans and
Mobile is too great to do any good
to any of the cities concerned and IN
less better arrangements can
be made with the railroad companies
New ORLEANS and Mobile will not be
in IL.
Ii was given out some time ago that
the uniforms of the San Antonio team
would be brown with maroon trim
mings. The combination is not meet
ing with favor, as brown is consid-
cred too dark to hold its color in the
hot summer sun. As a serviceable
and neat uniform nothing can take the
place of gray. 1t always looks neat
and clean on the field. Gray pants
and shirts, with solid gray caps and
belts and black stockings and the full
name San Antonio" in black across
the shirt front, will make prtty uni
form.
The management of the local club
has decided to call in all the fifty
cent advance tickets which have been
issued. These tickets do not entitle
the holder admission to the grandstand
and it has therefore been decided to
issue coupon tickets, which will adj
NIT to the grounds and to the grand.
stand without extra charge. Mr.. Geo.
G. EichliZ, whose Office is in rooms
rs and IL in the Kampmann building
will give coupon ticket for every
tifty-cent ticket that is presented. As
the old tickets will not admit the hold
er to the grandstand. they will be rc-