San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-17
BECAUSE MIKE TURNED A TRICK
THAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY
But The Boys Worked And Are Today In
The 600 Agaiu-The Rooters' Action
Not Favorably Received.
BASEBALL BAROMETER.

Paris .......57 is SO 81
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
At San Antonio-San Antonio IA
Paris II.
At Austin-Austin II, Denison 5.
: At Houston-Houston 10, Dallas 5.
At Galveston-Galveston 6, For
. Worth 8.
Yesterdays victory of Mike O'Con
nor's noble herd of Bronchos over Ed
die Green's Partisan Midlanders o.
Texas was won under adverse condi,
tions. The home team was Kissed ant
the visitors were cheered.
The players We're at a loss to under.
stand what it all was about and did not
believe that they were in San Anto-
Mo. Finally a gentleman in the grand
stand was heard to remark that he had
paid forty cents to see a ball game.
We'll, what do you call this?" quer-
| led friend.
We'll, 1 don't call it ball playing,
when a man kicks the ball." replied
the forty-cent man.
Who kicked the ball?"
why, o'Connor"
ut brought in run, didn't it?"
Yes, but we are not entitled to it,
and the umpire should not have allow
ed it,
/ e,;1 49,
see it He was in the middle
of the diamond and had to watch the
men on bases as we'll as the ball."
''O'Connor should not have kicked
the ball then, if he saw the umpire
wasn't looking. It's dirty ball play
ing" ~
Nov, you are getting excited, my
friend. l suppose he should have
handed the ball to Danny Boland, beg
his pardon and go back to third base"
While Mike O'Connor's play was not
in accordance with the rules of the
game, another view can be taken of
the matter. On this particular play
there were runners on the bases. The
umpire was in the middle of the dia-
mond, fully seventy feet from the home
plate He had to watch the men on
bases and also the ball. O'Connor
saw his chance and he took it. 1t is
just like missing an opportunity of
cutting base, and this is fair as long
as the umpire fails to see it-with his
own eyes. This cannot be classed as
dirty ball playing. 1t is only little
| trickery, and there are tricks in all
| trades, and unless they are worked
successfully there is trouble for the
| trickster, and it sometimes happens
that way.
| The Bronchos put up a good game,
in the face of the encouragement
they received. Whenever Weber gave
a man base on balls or hit was made
off him or local player would make
an error after an earnest effort, the re-
ward was a chorus of Kisses from a
few men in the grand stand. Nice
| encouragement we are getting at
home,' Matt Stanley was heard to re-
mark from behind the bat, but he
played as hard as ever. Every time
Mike went to the bat he was Missed,
but he played his same old game, new
ertheless.
Even the Paris players did not ap-
prove of the manner in which the home
team was treated and their unanimous
verdict last night was that it was a
dirty shame"
Il don't blame Mike for making that
play" said Elmo Jacobs last night
II would have done the same thing;
lanybody else would. It's in the game
OF course, we kicked, for it was our
place to kick, but the umpire didn't
see it. Such plays come up often, and
if you are a close observer of the game
you have often seen it yourself. II
is baseball and 1t wins games, and we
are all out to win"
The game was signalized by hard
hitting on both sides. IN the field
the visitors played a loose game
There is no team work among the
men and everybody is his own captain
Up to the fifth inning they could dc
nothing with Weber, but in the fifth
and eighth they pounded him at will
On the bases Win Clark distinguished
himself by two clever steals, while ht
also put up star game at second.
While a number of kicks were regis
tered on Umpire Phelan from player.
on both sides, his decisions seemed t
be impartial and, given as he saw them
Matt Stanley was presented with al
artistically worked red silk cushion b,
Prof. Copeland in behalf of zone O
his many lady admirers" as he step
ped to the bat. The little catche
held his bat in one hand, raised hi
cap with the other, and thinking II wa
a new-fangled chest protector tolt
Grip" to blow the blooming thini
and see how n Looked