San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-26
THEY GIVE THE HOUsToNs A TOUCH
OF THE REAL THING.
Claude Hardy Was Their Size For Twenty
Hits And They Piled Up Seventeen
Runs, Eight Being Earned.
HOW THEY STAND.


San Antonio. .444
Austin ...............l 9 .444
Paris ........:..... 9 2 .222
At Houston-San Antonio II, Hous-
ton 3.
At Galveston-Galveston II, Austin
At Fort Worth-Fort Worth 4, 'Dal-
las 2, (ten innings).
At Paris-Denison-Sh 3, Paris
s.
Mike O'Connor showed the people of
Houston yesterday that he can beat
their baseball team, umpire, or any
old thing they might trot out. The
Houstonians went on the field with
two San Antonio scalps dangling from
their belt and looked upon Claude Har-
dy to help them get another. But
Claude was powerless. He was there
with his curves and his old familiar
smile, but his curves would not de-
ceive and his smile soon faded away
he bIOlCDOS hllC" NllSlL " anu
each member of this noble herd per-
formed his duty in the most approx
ing manner. But Claude Hardy had
to suffer. For twenty clean drives did
the Bronchos' trusty bats collide with
Hardy's curves. Nor were these all
singles-one was a double and another
a triple. Besides these, a few went
through the Houston infiebd that net
ted them five errors. Just think of it!
Eight runs earned. Oh, what a bat
ting feast, and not a San AntOnian
there to witness it. But Mike was so
happy that he did the Pasmala on the
coacher's lines. Our work was not
confined to the bat, but in the field the
boys put up a brilliant game, which is
nothing unusual now for the Bronchos.
Billy Kohnle made a couple of catches
that Houstonians refer to as marvel
GUS" Nothing marvellous for the
Bronchos. That's their natural game
Great Broncho herd that Mikes got.
George Gilpatrick who was on the
slab, was wild, and this is something
unusual He gave eight men bases on
balls and hit two batters. But that's
the only way the BuffaIoes could reach
first, and with but six nits, their chan
ces for scoring were very slim. They
got around three times during the af-
ternOOn, while the Bronchos crossed
the plate enough to beat them five
times.
Eddie Green is running Sunday ex-
cursions over the Texas Midland to
Paris from Neighboring towns for the
ball games, which are proving success
full.
Yesterdays Fort Worth Dallas game
was the first ten-inning contest of the
Texas association.
The schedule for April, &C. q, % is as
follows: San Antonio at Galveston,
Austin at Houston. Denison-S Sherman
at Fort Worth, Dallas al Paris.
The BrOnChos open at home with
Houston next Thursday for three
games, followed by Galveston, Deni-
son-Sherman. Paris, Dallas and Fort
Worth for three games each in the or
der named
Mike O'Connor has notified Umpire
Jack that he would protest Saturdays
game.
1t is rather discouraging to the
home team to hear critical remarks in
the nature of quiet roasts" that come
from the grand stand seats just behind
the players bench.-Houston Post.
That applies to San Antonio as well.
Umpire Proctor, who played with
the old Sunsets of San Antonio in "a,
presided over the HoustOn-San Antonio
game yesterday, AL. Jack coming to
San Antonio to consult President
Heuermann.
The Houston Post yesterday printed
a good likeness of Ed. c. Clark, one
of the first-class umpIres of the Texas
League"
Saturdays game at Houston was
called in the seventh inning on account
| of darkness with the score Z to 3 for
the Buffaloes. San Antonio was at
| the bat and the bases were full. Imag-
inc O'Connor's rage when Umpire Jack
called the game, besides Mike had been
fined and ordered to the bench. Up
to the seventh inning the score was ,
to 3, with the Buffaloes at the bat, and
the bases full, Tom Turner lifted the
ball over right field fence for 4 home
| run
Owing to wet grounds. the game be-
tween the Daily Light Cadets and the
Duerler Gum Drops has been postponed
till next Sunday morning, when it will
be played at San Pedro park.