San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-28
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phiS played the Birmingham team in
the latter city. Dad was hitting like
house afire. Jimmie Manning, who
was playing with Birmingham, jOk
ingly asked the umpire TO measure
Dads bat. He did not suspect any
thing at the time and when the UNI
pire took the measure of the bat,
Manning saw to his surprise that the
bat measured a half inch more than
the regulation size. The bat was rul-
ed out. but Dad had his eye with him
that year and his hitting did not de-
teriOrate in the least. Later he ad-
mitted that he had the bat especially
turned for him at Topeka. He had
four made that year, the wood being
blackberry. He gave one of the bats
to Fred Dunlap, one to Bobby Black
and one to Wally Andrews.
Strange TO say that while the other
three bats were the same size as Phe-
lan's there was never any objection
raised about them. and Dunlap. Black
and Andrews hit in the 300 class that
year in their respective leagues.
President Mckinley will be a regu-
lar attendant at the games at the ma
constructed for the president and his
friends and he has been presented
with an annual pass, specially design
ed for him.
Manager McCloskey. of Dallas. has
returned from Louisville. He reiter-
ateS that his team is strictly within
the 5000 limit. He also gives the Dial
lasites Il great jolly on having secured
Pitcher Gus weighing. the eX-National
Lacquer He saw Tub Welch in st.
Louis and says he weighs 30 pounds
and is as strong as an OK. He truth
fully says that Pitcher Harrison Pep
per is good man and leaves it to the
crankS to talk for George Blackburn,
who is reputed to be one of the best
pitchers in the league. He, bought
four dozen second growth ash bats in
Louisville and says the Dallas uni
forms will be cadet gray with blue
trimmings, which he has ordered. The
team will report April l. Speaking of
the other teams he says: THE Deni-
sOn-Sherman aggregation is going to
be a very strong one. l know nearly
every one of their men, and they are
terrOrs with the stick, smooth fielders
and will work well together. From
the announcement regarding the play
ers of the San Antonio team | would
Judge that this club will also
prove a hard opponent. The Paris
team will be just as good as these
two, if not stronger | know very
little about the makeup of the Other
teams. The arrangements are evil
IDENTIFY saving wood by the cord.
This is especially true of Manager
Ward. of Fort Worth. | know Mr..
Ward and I know the spirit of the
Fort Worth ball patrons and this leads
me to believe that the Panthers of
1897 will be just as savage as those of
1896"
Following is the makeup of the DIAL
las team: Tub Welch, catcher; Geo.
Blackburn, Gus weighing, Harrison
Peppers, pitchers; DOminick Mullan-
ey. first base: Lee Dawkins, second
base: Russell Hall, third base; Kid
Peoples. short stop; Mike HObright,
left field; Mike Lawrence, centre field;
McClOsky. right field.
Tony Garcia has received a letter
from Harry L. Smith, first baseman
of the San Antonio league team of '92,
asking for TOny's terms to play with
La Grange, Texas, this season. He
will very likely play there, as he play
ed with that team last season. Smith
writes that he has arranged to take
the La Grange team to Houston and
Galveston and wants to take his
team to San Antonio and Austin for
a series of games before the opening
of the season.
There will be very few bases stolen
while Matt Stanley is behind the bat
and with LOOie Knau at the bat and Il
man on second We'll get that run.
Anybody hitting to Weber with the
expectation of getting to first on an
error will be disappointed, and if there
is a runner on first and a bunt goes
to Clark there will be a double play.
Mike on first is going to lead the hit
tiers if he keeps up his present lick.
Anything that goes near Kohnle.
Keefe and Bailey will bescored an
out" and as for Gilpatrick, Harlow,
Hays or Herbert, they will be trou-
blesome to the sluggers that are going
against them.
Through the courtesy Of a rate
clerk of one of the local railroad offices
the Light is able to give the exact
mileage to be covered by the clubs of
the Texas association, according to
the schedule adopted at Fort Worth.
The schedule, it will be re-
membered, runs to August 22,which 81
over half of the season, considering
that the season closes about October
1. The mileage given the Light is
taken from the shortest routes, and is
as follows: Paris, 4,4S6 miles; San An
tonic OS-. napiCoD Snoyr,,on . O=o.