San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-17

Yesterdays RESULTS.
At San AntoHio-San Antonio s, Fort
Worth ?.
At Austin-Austin IL; Dallas IL, 90
innings).
At Houston-No game, rain.
At Galveston-First kane: Calves
ton 6, Denison- Sherman 1. Second game
.'Denison- Sherman 4, Galveston l..
There were double plays at San Pc
dro park yesterday afternoon to set
DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde to thinking.
, They happened when least expected
and were 'electrifying. But such I'M
forseen events are nothing unusual in
baseball, and the lovers of Americas
fascinating game must therefore be
prepared to see errors of the rankest
kind and brilliant plays intermingled
on the ball field. Not like
the game of life, there are many chan
ces in baseball, and the team that gets
the golden opportunity, knocks the
banana off the buPch.
Such bubbling mirth and revelry as
prevailed at the alleged San Pedro
baseball park among the 5000 specta-
tors yesterday is only a realistic por-
trayal of Americas glory at Americas
game.
But this is no time for romance.
It's Bronchorian baseball we are af-
ter-the kind that wins pennants and
silver cups or saucers, or any old thing.
Thirteen straights-that's all. Well,
there weren't any more, or we would
have got them too. No, that gang cat
have got them too. No, that gang
can't play ball at all. Why, when
Charley Bailey happened to drop ball
in practice after a hard run, a crank
was heard to remark that Bailey must
have been drunk last night. Just mar
vel at that bold accusation, will you,
and you will not wonder that baseball
rooters are rank cutters. But that's
their privilege, and after they are sat-
isfied they come back smiling. Very
few ball cranks, are to be satisfied
they always want more, and when
they've got it they still cry for more.
Eddie Ashenbeck dropped an easy one
from Gilpatrick's bat in the fourth in
ming yesterday and there was a howl
to insinuate that he was overripe, al
though the German count is one of the
q3e eQl VI 'enSesI 9Ql VI IspIsV lselsBJ
Bailey went out on a third attempt to
sacrifice to advance Clark and Knau
on the bases. A rooter queried as to
the sense of that motive and Justify
yelled, "Oh, hit the BALI" O'Connor
said sacrifice" When Bailey went
out on a third foul bunt the rooter
joyfully exclaimed, Il told you sol"
Then Matt Stanley tried to hit it out.
That's the way to hit at the ball!'
cried the rooter. Matt met the next
one and drove it down to short, result
ing in a double play and retiring the
side. 1t was a timely illustration Of
the advantage of a sacrifice" with
men on the bases.
One of the features of the day was
the good pitching of Doc. GOodell
and George fitzpatrick. Both had good
speed and curves, and while the Bron-
chos found GOodell with striking reg
ularity he held them down to ten hits
These were enough, however, to win
the game and that's all we want Gil
patrick performed in his old dashing
cross fire style and puzzled the Pam
theirs. The feature of the hitting
was Gettman's work, getting three Of
their seven hits, including a double,
and Pequinney, who out Of four
times up got a hit and three times
base on balls" For the Bronchos
George Keefe led with a homer a dou-
BILE and a single.
The game was one to be enjoyed by
| everybody. Both teams put up a fast
game in the field. OF course, there
were errors, but that's part of the
game, but at the bat is where Mike
| O'Connor's hired men worked.
There is a great deal of talk about
those advance tickets. At one time 1t
was barely 500. but in the past week
the number has amazingly increased
to 900.
| Now, let's be good, lay your little
hammers aside, you knockers, and help
4 the good thing along. Let's get down
to a little team work, for that's the on
| ly way to win.
Over 500 people were turned away
because they could not get seats in
the grand stand. Spectators had to
crowd in on the field to see the game
The club lost money by the inability
to accommodate the spectators
The Bronchos got away on the St
Louis Limited last night through the
enterprise Of George Lupton, of the
Arkansas Pass, and Business Manager
Charles P. Weber, of the Bronchos
They arrived at Sherman at IL O'CLOCK
this morning and are now preparinf
for their first battle in North Texas.
The schedule for May II. Is, 10 is a.
follows: San Antonio at Sherman
Austin at Paris, Galveston at Dallas
Houston at Fort Worth.