San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-26
ToDAY's GAMES.
Austin at San Antonio.
Houston at Galveston.
Waco at Fort Worth.
Paris at Dallas.

La Looie Knau's drive to centre field
for two bases in the ninth inning pre-
vented the San Antonio and Austin
forces from working overtime at San
Pedro park yesterday afternoon. 1t
was a tie, 2-2 Both sides were hitting
and the work of the fielders was OF the
hest There were hard chances and
there were easy ones, and the hardest
were the easiest. Nothing got away
from the fielders, and what appeared
to be clean hits resulted in put-outs,
assists and doubles. Both teams play
ed the same system-sacrifcing in
stead of hit-and-run game. And IL
was the correct thing to do, for sim
gle run meant a victory,
The winning run was scored on
simple little error in the following
manner: In the ninth, with Knau on
second, O'Connor hit down towards
the third base line, and Colliflower
fielded the ball Instead of throwing
out O'Connor he tried TO catch Knau,
and failing in this he threw wild to
Weikart, Knau going to third, and
while the first baseman was looking
for the ball Knau scored.
Just such punky hits as O'Connor's
however are of the dangerous kind,
and often games are won and lost on
them. While Collifower could have
retired O'Connor with ease had he
thrown to weikart when he first got
the ball, he wanted to get Knau, but
Looie hSd his cue and kept out of
harms way. His fond hope blasted,
Collifower threw wild to -Weikart, as
any other player may have done, and
Knau not only scored on the error, but
O'Connor reached first on 1t. The play
could not be scored as a bstiehit.
But 1t was C pretty game, and lot
of COMMISSIONERS would have been more
congenial than the grandstandites.
Yes, there were a few in the stands,
but not enough to mob the umpire.
Maybe the rest were out to Riverside
park to see the Bel-the Governors
Guards take first money. Beg pardon,
but really meant the Memphian Nee
lys. @
Well. come, come, you rooters, crowd
the gates and pack the park, get in
the game before it gets too dark
There're only few more games you'll
see, and none of us know how long
twill be till more baseball well see.
There may not be a Texas league next
year, at any rate that's what the root
ers fear, for the crowds at the games
will not cen pay for free beer.
One by one, old familiar faces are re-
turning to the good old Lone Star
state. Charley-horse Douglass Is back
in harness again and guarding the first
pillow on the diamond for Jack Nc
Closkey's Brown Defenders of Dallas.
Ted Sullivan, ex-cousin of John L., is
in the Trinity river regions, wearing
a baseball uniform on the coaching
line and shouting sixty six, the
deuce" and so forth; Pierce Chiles is
back with the Converts of Waco, and
last, but not leastwise, Win Clark will
soon be a Broncho again.
Hot! Yes, hotternell. The players
had to stand in the basepaths to keep
from melting in their clothes. Your
Uncle Mike had hard tussle with Old
Sol and the latter nearly had the best
OF him.
Willie Kohnle had to quit, but he
hurt his leg and Red Herbert relieved
him.
Sunday ball in Waco and fifteen
hundred people to see II! Now, we
know Waco is all right.