San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-18

ter than any team that ever represent
ed the CAPITAL city. We will meet
YOU at Phillip or Zoo Park, and will
make an old time Custer raid
How about the opening of the base
ball season in San Antonio next Tues
day? It seems that no arrangements
have yet been made for this big event.
The grandstand ought to be decorated
if nothing more.
Because baseball is followed as pro-
fession by a great many Americans,
a Methodist parson of Cleveland, O.,
hurls abuse at the game from the pull
pit. He admits that baseball pos
sesses all the charms and the merits
of an innocent, healthy, interesting,
inVigOrating recreation" but charges
the professional ball player to be
worthless vagabond, the blood suck
er of society" That this parson $
temper got the best of him there is no
doubt. But this parsOn ought to re-
member that it takes all kinds of peo-
pie to make a world. We can't all
be ball players-neither can we all be
parsons. So crack your whip, broth
er; baseball has come to stay
The Houston Post last sunday print
ed an excellent cut of a group photo
of the Houston team. and the familiar
faces of Charley Becker, Sham Myers,
Claud Hardy, Billie Crowell and Sam
Taub, were at once recognized.
Soon after the Page Fence Giants,
thief amous colored team of Adrian,
Mich, was re-organized and placed on
the road" says a writer on the Colum
bus Dispatch, Il had the pleasure of
witnessing a game played with Find
lay. Pearl Crap and Harvey Pastori-
us, two of the greatest amateur kid
ders that ever lived were in the game.
The sport waged so ludicrOus, that
Harvey, who was in the box, walked
off the diamond. ball in hand, rolled
in the grass until his ides ached. The
grand stand was in an uprOar. Find
lay was two or three runs in the lead,
and the cOOns were wild. Still the
chocolate drops never gave up the ship
anu ny ii mastery spun l, NOll Jul III q
rOmp. Towards the close, some one
in the stand addressed the the catcher
in no uncertain tones as to his con-
tinual roasting of the home team. The
burly big black quietly turned around
and taking off his mask, said: 'Ah,
beg pahdon, sab, but ah CANT mem
bah of havin' met you befoah. Some
body might have in'dOoced me; eff they
did, nah mem'ry ethan fails me, sab,
ar else nah eyesight's pow'ful bald
And the laugh was on the home root
err"
First Baseman Pierce Chiles of the
Twin City Tigers, has trained in Kan
sas and reported to Manager Week
becker last Friday. giving him only
one day in which to get acquainted
with the members of his team.
President McKinley's private box at
the ball park at Washington D. c.,
has been completed and presents an
imposing appearance. 1t is located
about so feet to the left of the press
box, being over the left wing of the
grand stand, and is reached by a pri-
vate entrance. The interior of the
box will be tastefully decorated and
made as comfortable as the situation
and circumstances will permit. Man
ager Schmelz says that Mr.. Wagner
has been given to understand that
President Mckinley will be a frequent
spectator at the game.
There are Wards Wonders. Weik-
arts Wonders and Weeks Wonders.
Now which are the Wonders?
Sport McAllister and Pitcher Gear,
a pair of Texas League sraduates,got
the following boquet from Cleveland
paper recently: "McAlister is a Won
der. As a catcher he is destined TO
become - Of the greatest Person
ally - handsome. auiet young