San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-12-26

most pitchers of the day, who viii be
here with the Cincinnati Reds next
March, will put in time at st. Louis,
for San Antonio. Before leaving Gin
cinnati a few days ago for his home
in st. Louis, where he spent Christ
mas, he said: Il am about fifteen or
twenty pounds heavier now than was
during the season but don't expect
any trouble working that off. Just
as soon as get back home / will begin
playing handball until the team leaves
for San Antonio. | will not go to Hot
Springs this season, as / expected to.
San Antonio is the best place on earth
to train. In regard to the proposed
changing of the pitching distance to
fifty-seven feet Brett said: Il am in
favor of leaving the pitcher just where
he is today, sixty feet from home plate.
| would rather pitch sixty than fifty
seven feet. If they contemplate any
change at all hope they will go back
to the old distance, which would just
move me five feet nearer the batter
That would suit me, but three feet l
don't think would be worth the while,
although it would help many pitchers
more than it would me-
The Reds are aware of the fact that
San Antonio has no grass or sodded
over the matter. That's good news
for the cranks do not want to disap-
point the Reds in any manner. John
McPhee, the Reds famous second base
man, in discussing this matter the
other day, said: II don't believe that
that would cut much figure. Say that
we played down there for three or
four weeks on skin diamond and then
came back here and played until the
opening of the season on our own
grounds. Why, then if the skin dia-
mond should have affected our method
of getting at grounder it would not
take long to wear it off. To me 1t
makes little difference whether the
diamond is skinned or not at San An
tonic.
President Louis NJ. Welton, of the
San Antonio club, writes Manager Ew
ing in this strain: II congratulate you
upon your good judgment. Venturing
the prophecy that you will return here
every March, | take pleasure in extend
ing to you the use of our park for the
work. Cincinnati Post.
Happy Jack Huston, who will mar
age the Savannah team Of the new
Southern league, is determined to get
a winner, and judging from the crop of
talent he is gathering it is a safe pre-
diction that Savannah will be right in
the squeeze for the pennant. Jack
played in the Texas league last season
and is making good use of his expert
ence. The Savannah team will be
composed almost exclusively of men
who have played in the Lone Star
league. According to Savannah
correspondent, he has secured Red"
Herbert, the ex-Broncho, as one of the
pitchers; George StultZ, who pitched
for Houston; Dad, Nolan, who with
Danny Boland composed a battery for
last years Partisan Midlanders; jim
mic Sullivan, the Austin catcher,
very good man, but not in the class
with Matt Stanley; Fred Brott, who
played with Galveston in '96;.W. s. Al
exander, of Denison; kid Spenser,
the Austin shortstop; Joe Dowie, Deni-
sons thirdbaseman; Johnnie Bammert,
shortstop for Fort Worth, who will
play second base for Savannah, and ex-
Senator Frank Il. Weikart ON first.
This is claimed to be the makeup of
next years Savannah team. While
n much stronger team could be selected
from last seasons Texas league, this
team will give good account of itself
in '9S
George Reed will handle the Houston
team and that means that the Bayou
City fans will have good ball in '9S.
He has already signed Bill Kemmer.
The Houston management pledges It
self to stick to the limit. The park
will be thoroughly renovated and the
stands put in first class shape. Turn
stiles such as are used in the big league
will be put in, and everything possible
viii be done to make both the team
and the park the best in the sopth.
George b. Dermody, the hustling
spirit of the Galveston Sand Crabs and
one of the mainstays of the Texas
league, replies to some unpleasant re-
marks made by Pitcher George Stultz
about the Texas league in the follow
ing manner: Galveston has always
paid her players up in full and will con-
tinue to do so, while the present man.
agement is in charge. Last season by
reason of Houston disbanding, we
We're unable to play the last seven
games of the season, but we paid our
players up to the last day the schedule
called for and gave them the time to
do as they pleased with. Two of them
that know of, were on the payroll of
another club for the same time we had
paid them for. OF last seasons team
we will retain Pitcher Chas. Mcdonald
First Baseman Tom Turner, Second
Baseman Beecher, and Outfielder Beck
er. Nance we sold TO Louisville. 'Ea-
BILE Eye Roach to Kansas City, and