The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-21
TAuns TALK ON DALI.
Work IN to begin ON tho Grounds
Monday.


In conversation with Post reporter.
Sam 1aub had the followtng TO say re
gard.ng baseball the coming season:
81 returned from ST. LOUIS last Tuesday,
where l tried TO induce Chris Won der
Abe. owner of the ST. Louis club. TO bring
his team down here TO do their spring
training and play some exhibition games
with our team but d!d not sucoccd rs he
claimed that he lost $1,000 by sending his
team to Texas last spring. me, Manager
McCloskey OF the Dallas team In 81
/ .OuiE where he IVES trying to sign Tom
Morrison. who played wgh Louisville IN
1870 to play thrd base Tor has Dallas
team. hut whether he succeeded or not
can not stittt From ST. Louis Vent
10 Cincinnati and brought Charity Becker,
our last years fast left fielder. back win
me. charley seems TO be in good cohdi-
lion ana his playing thc coming season
VIII no doub, be far ahead of HIS exeei'
lent playing OF last season. While aaiking
to Mf. MCNlOskey In ST. LOUIS he tried 10
exchange Mlks iIohrght, Whom he has
sighed 10 play In the outii"-d for Dallas.
krew Bccker's ability, although hobnght
a. considered iirsl-clars mat.
Coming home from Cincinnati, ! Stop
ped over in Hot Springs, where the en-.
cago and Minneapolis clubs arc praciicms,
but could not induce them 10 como down,
az both Managers Arson and Wilm0t yaid
they had Their dates gong back north all
arranged and they could not cancel thefn.
'sOur team, with the addltion OF Gala
han IA now complete aud the people or
Houston interested IN basebah can rest as
sufed that a VIII he equal. u not supsrior.
to ihe great team that represented tho
Bayou City In the league last season. Al
tho players Will be hers BY Aprh l. and
the management VIII Try TO afratise f@n'
.iSn illt on gHn.es with surrounding teams,
such as Beaumont, 3ronhafn. eic., until
the one Ming of the season.
"Mhnager Reed and tcckcr have bocn
out to the park every day since Becker
arrival, and they wMl both be In first
class condston by the time tho other play
era arrive here. -
THE mana cement hopes that the ladies
Of the city VIII attend en- even larger mum
beers than last season, and VIII MAKE
every day except Sundays and hondHyh,
ladies day, FREQ 10 the grounds aud grand
stand for tho regular champonship games.
] e hoped INA, thsy WI apnrsy ,ttsna'm~
the games as there Is Doih-nK tist WI
make tho game more popu9ar tnah h"''hS
a rrent number Of LADIES present
"Work on the grounds WIN comments
next Monday and everything VIII be IN
flrst-class shape on dhe arrival OF the poys
April !. ,.,., ..
the prosr<cts for next season, and no
assures the public that he we'll do every
thing in h.s power TO have team ~
Houston tho coming season that WIZ IN
every way be IA credit 40 the community,
in playing as we'll as In behavior on the
field. &c.,
.sThe management desires 10 sell q lew
snore SEASON Tickets before ne openhw %
the senron, and requests all those mat
hove The welfare Of the game at heart GO
nj octire ono They are sold ~ " anu
adms the holders to twenty-one cham
pionshlp games" r.,s.
Jack Roach and his family left t,r.day
afternoon on the International ana GIeat
Northern fast mail for Peoria; III. wncrc
nptch.r and no doubt will p.tcf<iood ball
Tor psorh- lie has made good many
friends In this city and the management
would have retained him for the comins
flIne-fonored principles TO play N me
same town two seasons In successlon. ani !
+, vas thought hest by The. Inanagemeht
20 release him and not hold him Against
Will