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

team, coming direct from the Anti
podeS. The team is said to be COM
posed entirely of Australian talent
and promises to make it interesting
for any taem they may meet. They are
now in San Francisco and are on their
way east. Manager O'Connor has re-
ceived a letter from the Australian
manager, asking for dates in this city.
They are not coming through here I'M
til next May, when they want two
games 1t is hardly likely that they
will be Accommodated, for, as it is well
known, San Antonio will be too busy
about that time winning games for
the Texas championship, to entertain
far-off Australia. 1t is to be regretted
that arrangements cannot be made
to have the Australian team play
here before the Texas season opens.
1t would give us an idea Of the pro-
gress the game has made in Australia
since it was introduced there by Al
Spauldings globe trotters, ten years
ago.
The clerks of the big dry goods es-
Establishments will organize mercan-
title league this year. A sched
ule will be arranged and gamse
will be played on Sundays. The
The league is to consist of four clubs
I-Wolfsons. Wolff & Marx, Joske
Bros. and the City Drummers.
Charley Zimmer the well-known
catcher of the Clevelands, got into
the game through an accident. He
is a carpenter by trade and used to
play with emi-professional teams
around Akron, o. The first league
team he ever played with was the
Ironton, of the Ohio State league,
when Ed. Clark, now an umpire on
President Heuermann's staff was
pitching for that team. This is how
Clark relates it.
"A broken finger gave Chief Zim-
mer his first chance to show his abil-
tiles as a catcher. 1t was in IrOntOn
in "a. I was pitching for tina team
in the Ohio State league and my
catcher was Ben Quincy, who holds
political position in Detroit now. Ben
was a good man. but one day l broke
one of his fingers and he had to retire
from the game. Zimmer's home was
in Ironton, and he used to come and
catch me when we were getting in
shape. After Quincy quit the game
| had thinner to finish the game and
from that day he was my REGULAR
Catcher" thinner continued to play
professional ball and later his work
attracted the attention of the man.
ayers of the National league
teams He signed with Cleve-
land and has played with that team
ever since He is now reputed as
being one of the greatest backstops
in the country.
The following letter was received
by the Light last week with request
to print same in the baseball depart
mCnt:
Il wish to suggest through your pa
per that the local baseball roOters
ought to get together and organize
RooterS' club such as other cities
have. 1t would greatly benefit the
game in this city and also encourage
the public in general. Say, for in
stance, each member pay 80 cents ad-
mission fee and 10 cents every month.
Most any rooter could afford that.
Buy badge for 50 cents and a button
for the 1Oc and the monthly 10 cents
would be for other expenses. Say, for
instance a player makes good play,
let the rOoters at their meeting make
him a littel present to be paid from
the 10 cents dues This would en-
courage the players to take more
risks and try to do better work all
| OF hn Of hn month
make the player that has the best
batting average a little present. Such
things encourage players, and the
rOOterS themselves will be glad to be-
long to a ROoterS' club. l have talked
it over with several rOOters and they
all seem to be willing to join, but the
only way to organize is to have the
newspapers help us, and we can have
the biggest membership Of any club
in Texas. This is not done for any
body to make any money out Of. 1t
is intended simply to help the game
along in this city. Respectfully,
"a ROOTER."
Umpire Gus Land thinks Corbett has
a yellow streak in his makeup. Says
| he: "Corbett may be a good parlor
| fighter, but take him in the Kitchen
and he is not in it. He is good
fighter before looking glass"
In reply to letter from the Light,
Billy Kohnle, our left fielder, modestly
writes as follows from Cincinnati, o.,
under date of March 18th, regarding
his carer on the diamond:
Il shall be twenty-five years Of age
this coming September. My height is
| five feet, nine inches, and weight at
present 1853 pounds. My baseball
| career has been quite brief and devoid
of anything sensational. l began to
| play ball on the bottoms in this city
| (the place in which l was born and
raised, in 1889 and played profession
ally the following year with Lansing,
| Mich, in the Michigan State league.
I was only II years old at that time