San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-04
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ninety-nine years old last Sunday"
came reply that shtu up the old gen
tleman like an umbrella. ''McCloskey
going to play right field for Dallas,
and he is the manager and captain"
well, he may be out there as any
where else, because the new rules
won't allow the captain to leave his
position to make a kick" "a good
idea they've handicapped the pitcher
and now they're after the kicker. A
kicker ought to keep one foot on the
ground just like the pitcher" Where
is Sport McAllister going this year?
asked Tom Jordan. ITO Cleveland"
was the answer II heard he broke
his arm last winter" remarked Tom.
What! Did railway train run over
him. put in John Payne mo, l
heard he broke it in an opera house."
replied Tom. well, if he did he fell
from che roof, for you can't break
Sports arm" said John.
LoOie Knau will be the Herman
Long Of the Texas league. Just
watch him.
Il favor baseball as an amusement
for the greatest pleasure-lOving people
in the world. 1t is necessary that
there should be popular amusements,
and in consequence it is wise that the
most generally patrOniZed of these
amusements should be innocent, since,
were the opposite the case, the OPP
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er or less degree would be too openly
set before the public. Baseball is a
clean sport. 1t is an innocent amuse-
ment. Never have l heard that the
games were being used as vehicles
for gambling. the most insidiOuS of
vices, and this one fact alone raises
it above the level of the average
sporting event. 1t is a healthy sport,
and since the people of the country
demand some sporting event for their
amusement, would single out this as
the one best to be patrOnized, and
heartily approve of it as a popular
pastime. "-Cardinal Gibbons.
Last year was Red Herbert's first
season as pitcher. Brophey took
him on the team as a utility man,
playing him in the Outfield. on first
base or behind the bat, as occasion re-
Quired. Red was ambitious and went
anywhere Brophcy told him, just to
get in the game. He always played
his position pretty well and the cranks
took a liking to him. In a game with
Galveston we had used up our pit
chers-Parvin and Nevin-and it was
Clark'S turn to pitch-George Clark,
who could pound piano, but couldn't
pitch marbles. The game had not ad-
vanced very far, when the Sand Crabs
got on to ClarkS "cOives." The root
GrS were irate and there was nothing
left for BrOphey to do but to call on
Herbert to pitch. Red went in with
a will and the Sand Crabs failed to
get around again that afternoon. San
Antonio won the game by Il score of
9 to ,, and Red Herbert was immedi-
ately signed rs 4 pitcher, while Clark
was released that night. Red cOntin-
uCd to prove puzzle and was cOnsid-
cred the BrOnchOs' winning pitcher
if not the best, the luckiest. as he won
most of the games. He showed great
the latter part of last
season. when Matt Stanley took
charge of him. and if he will take the
little catCher's advice this year, Stan
ley will make a star out of him as he
did with Gear and IsaacS. Frank
Herbert was born III Kalamazoo.
Mich, November 3. 1869 He played
with Kalamazoo in 1890; Fort Davis,
Tex. 81; FL PasO, 90 and '93; Albu-
qUcrQuc. n NJ, "a. having caught
Danny Friend. now with Chicago.
that year Last year he was with San
Antonio and after the close of the
season went to El PasO with Stanley,
BUlger and Lawrence TO play in a Sc
ripS of games between FL PasO and
for a purse of $3.50.
LoOie Knau is destined to hold his |
own with any shOrtstop in the league.
That lad is putting up a remarkable !
game. and he has no trouble at all in |
hitting nywhere-high or low. |
Knau'S home is in Cincinnati. O., |
where he was born August %, 1875. |
This is his first season as a profession
III.
In a letter to local roOter an Austin |
fan says: Il hand you herewith a
list of the players of the Austin team:
Pitchers, COllifiower,, Partridge,
and Shepherd, (ali nouns;
Sullivan; first base, Weikart;
second. Ellis; third, Messmer; short
stop, Spencer; left field. Pettijohn;
entire. Martin; right field and change
Badger. All have reported
md show up well, especially the
PettijOhn. He is only %
Years old and fields beautifully. The
beauty of the team is that it will come
within the salary limit. l will wager
hat we have the cheapest team in
he league. MeSsmer looks a little
ike Kleeman, but is a little heavier
md somewhat taller. He throws
and l think will be very
'ast in his position. We will very