The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-05
POWELL IN NEW ORLEANS.
says the Texas League Was Afraid IN
Admit utm.

New pt1cltis, La, March 3--iAb-
| nor Powell Of the New Orleans base
hall team returned yesterday from Fort
Worth. whore he attended u meeting OF
/ the Texas leapsue. with a view of having
tho local team and the teams from Mobile
aud Shreveport Join the Western players.
There were two positions vacant in the
cight~cluh league. ana he made applen-
;ion for the two positions
Tho needing wIas held on Monday and
previous to that time II eeemci ,hpi both
New Orleans and one OF the other two
teams would be admitted 10 The Tongue.
but when the board w1e called TO order
nratic:t' changed decidedly. Tho boar,i de-
oidcd to make tho Texas league realty a
ToNns league, and admit no outside teams
There We're monhors present who wof.' M
favor of Shreveport and others who were
Ia favor of Mobile. while none Sccmcd in
favor of New Oric1ns. The outcome of
the discussion w1s, however. that shN-
ma, man and Pai,s w NN, c'imit,ed an nc
a strong league, with eight good clubs
There are In the League Dallas, Calves
ton, Houston, Austin. san Antonio. Fort
Worth Sherman nui Paris.
When The meeting had ended Captain
Powell @t once returned to the city.
The fight ugst'net New Orleans. he
thought, was made nimply because the
Hta had gotten abroad that New orleans
had considerable money behind the ionm
and the Texas players looked for II pow
crfuI nine. II was the desire 10 make "a
fun Texas league. however. which smut
out Mobile ami Shreveport
Tho officers OF the Southern league nro
still working TO form a combine with
some of the southeastern clubs mud r ia
possible that league will lie made after
al, There are now hui three clubs Of the
and birmingham. In a day or two dciin.te
ncws VIII be received from the clubs OF
Georgia and the Carolinls and then It
win be known II there Is Ia be a Sonth-
ern league and baseball this year or not
until this n,w' A. received, however
we local men can do nothing and II e
possible that even II there III leHguo or.
gauized, II VIII be extremely difncdlt TO
secure hgh-class players.
u ~ rather late IN the season now. and
while Captain Powers has been hgif.ing
with some OF the good met ia the profes,
aon, a. Dplttcrs Stand now. be could rot
sign any one. However, the Southeastern
f pow al, h ,n, amsd players and captn
gcther. even at iins late date. team
which can defclt the men signed. II tho
I,ayer Il z eer,ain'y , many n Of the cid
ard In somo ways the team VIII be
For q few days baseball
ana ana VIC lnaguo VIII ha only possibility.
sport VIII flourish again this year.
Captain Powell yesterday made UP his
team 10 play the Cincinnatis when they
held on the Sportsman's Park field. and
wIll be called at O'Clock In the after
noon.
GoDding. who caught for the locals last
year. will csttch N this game. and Mason.
VINO played hast year In the Eastern
league wall divide honors with Drink
water, of tho Montgomery nine. ns pitch-
ers.
cu.sach, ono of the coming local men,
viii be first bIse, Dick Phetan wa rAav
ON second. and Joe Dowic will ho sta
TONED at th.lTl. "Pilss' Piper. another
clover local man, Will be the shortstop