San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-06
TODAY'S GAMES.
Dallas at San Antonio.
Waco at Galveston.
Paris at Houston.

A special meeting of the Texas AS
ISOLATION of Baseball clubs was held
this morning in the st. James hotel.
The meeting was called to order by
President Heuermann at IL O'Clock and
continued in session until 2 O'Clock
this afternoon. The question at issue
was ito arrange the circuit so as to
enable the league to finish the season
which ends August go.
In view of the fact that Austin has
disbandeds thereby rupturing the cir
cult from San Antonio standpoint,
the league, after three hours of dis
cussion decided, to drop San Antonio
from the circuit.
Mr.. George Hines represented the
San Antonio franchise owners of the
local association and made a stubborn
fight to retain San Antonio in the
league. He showed that the local as
ISOLATION was responsible for the club
and that San Antonio has met her OBJ
legations toward the Texas association
and on that ground made strenuous
objection to be ousted from the league.
Mr.. Hines pointed out that the league
has no cause to drop San Antonio and
President Heuermann stated that his
only recourse was to refer the matter
to the National Board of Arbitration.
which Mr.. Hines will do.
Messrs. O'Connor and Weber lesses
of the franchise, stated that the team
G oh po
see how San Antonio could finish the
season without Austin in the circuit,
and stand the responsibility for guar
antees and salaries.
I The dropping of San Antonio be-
comes effective after the close of the
present series with the Dallas club to-
| morrow afternoon.
This releases the Broncnos and
| Houston finishing second in the first
series, will play the SAVIOR series for
| the cup with Galveston, the prospect
i've winners of the second series.
There We're thirty ball players, a
couple of reporters and scorers, the
park policeman, the mascot, two old
beer kegs, filled with water, about thir-
/
runs and twenty basehits at San Pedro
park yesterday afternoon. All of this,
including victory for the Bronchos
off George Blackburn, the ex-Hanlon-
lite, for one admission.
The Bronchos commenced on Black
burn as if they would drive him out of
the league, but he soon steadied down
and disposed Of the Bronchos the last
five innings with but one hit. Forum
ately the Bronchos got good lead the
first four innings, or Dallas would have
won out. While McCloskey's men hit
Red Herbert quite freely, the visitors
got most of their runs on errors.
The members of the Fort Worth
team and Manager John L. Ward oc-
cupied seats in the grand stand, and
in order to swell the gate receipts a
little everyone bought a ticket. They
enjoyed themselves at the expense Of
Blackburn and McCloskey and rooted
for San Antonio.
In the fifth inning, Herbert threw to
Ed Steinhoff on second to catch Mike
Lawrence, who was trying to steal,
and the ball caught Steinhoff on the
index finger of the right hand, break
mig It. at the first joint "Steiny had
to quit playing and O'Connor went to
second while Gilpatrick guarded the
initial bag. "GiP' made a sensational
play in the eighth inning by stopping a
sharp hit of Peppers and making a
desperate slide to the bag, beating the
runner by a length. When the dust
cleared away the audience" applaud
ed vociferously.
Gus weighing, who today can pitch
with the best that ever came down the
pike, was on the bench, and his witty
remarks kept the players in a contin-
ual laughter. While the visitors were
practicing McCloskey told weighing to
''hit some out" Instead, weighing
told Mike O'Connor to hit. Il told you
to hit" shouted Mac from right field.
''Oh. amt got time" replied Wey-
hing, I'm counting my money" Then
sizing up the grandstand, the ex-Na-
tional Lacquer remarked, 81 don't see
how you can get all these people
through the gates; it's wonder some
body is not squeezed to death. oh,
well. reckon they all come in one by
one in a bunch" weighing pitches to-
day against George Keefe, his old Ma
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