San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07

! Rock Island team of the Western as
sociatiOn. In '95 he played will
Sherman and Dallas and last veal
with DenisOn and San Antonio. O'Con
nor has played every position in the
ball field. and is today as good as ev,
er.
BaseballdOm has had some very odd
names among her pitchers and their
fateS varied. She has had her KrOck
cracked. Inks spilled, Knell tOlled,
Viau dimmed. Hart broken, King de-
throned. Lynch thrOttled, Pears bit,
king stoned. Nichols cOppered, Had
dock tioundered and Daub smeared.
A quiet and unaSSuming player is
George Kecfe who will be found in
right field for San Antonio this sea-
son. Keefe claims Washington, d.
c.. as his home and first saw the light
of day there ON January II, 1861. He
began his professional baseball career
in 1856, when he pitched for the
champion Agricultural team of the
! Department league of Washington.
{ He soon was signed by Mike Seaman
of the Washington team and played
| with that team in 81, IS and 80. In
1890 he played with the Buffalo On.
IY.J Brotherhood team. In 1881 he did
| not play ball and the following year
found him in st. Paul, MINI. In SO
| he played with the GaleSburg, Ull.)
| team. which went to Ell pasO, Tex,
| that season on Il tour of the west.
| He Joined FL PasO and pitched for that
team when it played the San Antonio
semi-prOfesSOnal team of '93. In 81
| he played with SemiprOfeSsiOnal teams
of Illinois and 30 with Shreveport.
| That season he pitched for Ted Sulli-
van in the SaW-Otf series with Fort
! Worth He was with Sullivan'S New
| Haven team last SeaSOn,and later with
| Fort Worth. finishing with San AntO-
MO. Probably the most notable event
of kecfe'S career was in 80 when he
was Il member of the Washington
| team. He was then in his prime. Al
though the Senators were in their old
familiar place, which was in the rear
Of the procession, it sometimes hap
figure So it was in this case. New
York and Boston were nip-and-tuck
for the pennant. In Il game withNew
York. George Keefe pitched for the
Senators with the famous Tim Keefe
as his opponent. The score was tied
in the ninth inning-4-4, and in the
tenth. after two men were out, two
men on bases and two strikes called.
Danny Richardson drove the ball over
the left field fence and won the day.
One of the best of the many good
stories told about the late Silver
Flint'S unShapely hands was coined
by Charley Seymour, the high muck
a-muck of ChicagO'S famous White
chapel club. When, some years ago,
the Chicago club called on Cleveland
in Washington, each member of course
shook hands with the president, When
the presidents hands was released by
"Old Silver" the president was seen
to quickly thrust it into the pocket of
his coat Then he felt in his pocket
a bit, took his hand out and looked at
it with some surprise, remarking:
"Oh, beg pardon; | thought you had
given me a handful of walnuts,'
One of the most difficult positions
on the ball field is third base. No
where ON the diamond do the balls
come so fast and thick-direct from
the bat-as at that corner. The re-
Qurements for a third baSeman are
good arm and quick eye. A player
also has not much time to stop and
think at his bag, for ball hit to that
part of the diamond must be immedi-
ately ticlded and thrown to the prop
er place before it is too late, and the
ball must always be thrown accurate
ly at that Mike O'COnnOr has just
that kind of a player in Winfield
Clark. He played here the latter part
of last season, and although handi-
capped by a broken finger he showed
up well. Clark was born in Circle
vile, o.. April /, 1875, and is there
| fore - years of age. He played with
amateur teams around his native town
and also at Cincinnati. His first pro-
fessiOnal engagement was with Staun-
ton, Va, of the Virginia State league,
in 1894, On that team were such
players as TRULY, McCreery, Millarkey
and others who are about to enter tn
big league. He played with Newport
News the latter part of that season.
In 80 he played with Shenandoah and
POttsville of the Pennsylvania State
league, and he played with Denison
last season. In a game against the
BrOnchOs at Riverside parry Clark
broke the index finger of his left hand
by trying to stop liner from Croft
tvs bat. The finger was broken in
two places and interfered with Clark's
! work all of last season.
| There are two factories in Philadpl-
pha that use up in season 100
horse hides a week each to cover base
balls. There are alum tanned. One
|