San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-14

Unless some levelheaded senator
goes off half cooked there will I've
some royal fun in the Texas LegiSla-
ture tomorrow. That Sunday base
ball bill is going to be taken up in
the Senate the first thing Monday
morning. Any man who has any re
spect for the rights and liberties OF
his fellow being, and is in a position
to protect them, will have golden
opportunity to show it tomorrow. In
the event that the Sunday baseball
bill is Knocked out there is n POSSIBLE
ity of urging the passage of a bill pro-
viding for the taxation of profession
al baseball games. Before proceeding
any further it might be well to call
attention to the fact that the Texas
Baseball association has been organ
lied for the purpose of furnishing an
innocent outdoor sport for all native
born Texans and their friends. The
association has not been organized for
any money-making, gambling or other
evil purpose. The promoters of base
ball, which has been Americas recOg-
nized national game for the past quar-
ter of a century, are men who are
above suspicion of dealing in anything
that would corrupt the moral princi-
pies of any American citizen. In Tex
as the game is in the hands of gentle
men who follow other means for Il
livelihood than baseball and are only
connected with it for the love Of the
game, so that in the hot summer
months, when business is dull. they
can go to the baseball park. enjoy an
exciting contest between two profess
sional teams, forget their daily cares
and go to their homes happy, and con
tented, especially if the home team
wins. By all means, let us have base
ball. If the Sunday bill is passed the
game will be killed and if a baseball
bill is passed that will settle the game.
Let us kill the bill.
Honest Injun, but don't you think
that San Antoine is going to be Il warm
member of the Texas Baseball aSSO-
citation this season? Everywhere
nothing but good words are heard of
the team that Manager O'COnnor has
signed for the Alamo City. Every
body seems to be glad that San Anto-
MO is going to have a good team, for
they know that the people of this city
always appreciate n good thing and
that winning ball team is about due
here. All the cities of the league re-
aliZe that San Antonio is going TO be
an important factor in this seasons
campaign and they are exercising
more than ordinary judgment in ST.
lecting their players in order to make
a respectable showing with O'COnnOrS
aggregation. No inference is drawn
that we are going to run away
with everything in the league. but we
will be found unOstentatiOusly hold
ing our own at any stage of the game.
Barring sickness or accidents, we
ought TO be in the prOverbial push
from the drop of the flag. Just look
at this and can you wonder? King
pin Don Carlos Weber on the keystone
bag with Little Matt Stanley at the
other end, steadying down Red Her
bert in the middle of the square. Clark
and O'Connor will do business at the
old stand, and woe to him who will
try to fatten his batting average by
dislocating our attenuated Win, for
that is Clark. And O'ConnOr, he Of
just-as-yOung-aS -he-used-tO-be fame,
whose lamps never flicker, will not be
caught mapping on the right corner.
A figure that is new and known by
few, but what's in q name, shOrtstOp-
is his place, and he will make q race
with the next one in the game. ..
there's more, but nuff sed. and TO TO-
sumo. George Keefe is the boy who
win cause some joy to the boys in the
stand. He can field bit and the ball
hecan hit that will drive a pitcher to
the promised land. But there 1r" 9th,
ers. George will not be lonely. for
there's Billy Kohnle. whom we all
know well. And Bailey must not bC
overlooked. We've got him booked
and between Kohnle and Kccf" he'll
20. He will chase to and fro and
make a show % som" 90 chose who
think he's slow. We are richer two
more pitchers. of which later mention
will be made. They are Carl anC
Hayes and are no jays and will lay
some battcrs in the shade.
From Sherman comes the information
that a strong effort is being made tC
get up a combination club in Sherman
and Denison to join the Texas assO
citation. On this subject an AuStir
enthusiast writes to Il San Antonio
friend as follows: THE idea has
struck me that this may be done. anC
get Waco and Temple TO do likewise