San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02


ey always has a silk handkerchief for
! his acting speciality according to Mon
! ty. With the handkerchief he affects
to chase the beads of perspiration from
his dome. when Hughcy makes one
of those calcium light stops" said
| Monty. "he flashes the handkerchief
with the mitt that has the ring on it,
and the soubrettes say, what love-
| ly diamond Hughey wears. Hughey
has a shock of locks that takes a fall
out of the twinkle of the diamond.
When he quits playing ball he can get
job for his head as an arc light
Hughey has a habit of throwing his
hat on the ground during practice just
to show the ladies that the complexion
of his roof is on the level and that no
chemist ever dallied with 1t.
Of the four games Lanky Parvin
has pitched he won three of them and
tied the fourth with Houston on San
Jacinto day. The altitudinous boy is
winning friends and earning an envi-
able record for himself. He is an
amusing character at the bat and on
bases. His terrific swipes at the atmos-
phere and camel push around the ba-
SEES is we'll worth the sacrifice of a run.
His attempt to sacrifice in the eighth
inning with Murray on first was
a sIat splitter, but he came within
breath of fooling himself outdoing
the visiting Observation-Disclosures
News.
CIT for
gagements is Emmett Rogers, who is
now located at POttsville, Pa. Rogers
played with the San Antonio semi
professional team in '9S.
This will be Jack Glasscock's 2Sd
consecutive season as a professional
ball player.
President Mckinley displayed his in
terest in the national game today by
stopping the flow of office seekers into
his office at the White House while he
received the officers and players of the
Washington baseball club, accOmpan-
led by President Young, of the Nation
al league. The interview was arran-
ged through Secretary Porter by Sec
rotary Robb, of the local club. At u
o'clock Secretary Robb marshaled the
club at the White House. but it was
nearly l o'clock before the president
was able to receive them. AS the club
filed into the private office of the chief
they all lined up in a semi
circle and We're presented by Mr.. Por-
ter, secretary to the president. Pres
ident Young was presented first, then
Earl Wagner Manager, Gus Schmelz
and the remainder of the team. The
president had quite a little chat with
Manager Schmeiz when the latter re-
called the fact that in 1892, while gov
ernOr of Ohio, the president had thrown
the first ball into the diamond for the
Columbus club. of which he was the
manager, and that the club had won
the championship that season of the
Western league. The action of the
president at that time was taken as
good omen and Manager Schmelz inti-
mated that the same office, If perfor-
med by the president for the Wash
ingtOn club at the opening of the
championship race next Thursday,
might land the Senators winners in
1897. The president smiled and replied
that he remembered the incident very
we'll indeed and that if he saw his way
clear he would repeat the performance
at National park Thursday.-Wash-
ington Star.
Dan Brouthers says he will be in his
39th year and he doesn't care who
knows it. either.
Of last Vaar'G
Bronchos, is managing a ball team in
Marietta, O., and playing third base
The season opens May 10.
Errors are queer things. They are
classified differently, according to eV-
cry scorer. If there is batter who
is to be hOisted away up in the aver
ages there won't be an error when that
fellow comes to the bat, even If pop
up fly is muffed full in the tielders
hands. If a favorite fielder is to lead
the players in his position he VIII
have nothing but put outs and assists
and the other fellows will have base
hits on everything that gets away.
Then, again, the scorer may be sore on
the fielder. in which case ball that
nearly cuts his head off will go as an
error, or, yet another posslolllty, the
scorer may be one of those old fash
toned yahoos who think that touching
the ball. no matter how hot, constitu-
ties an error.-W. A. Phelon.
! Three full fledged medical doctors
! are members of National league teams
viz: DR.. Pond, of Baltimore; DR.. Par
ker, of Chicago and DIR. McJames, Of
Washington, all of whom are pitchers
and are drawing salaries this season.
1t was conceded from the start tina
the Bronchos pitchers, with the excep
ton of George fitzpatrick, were NOR
or less an experiment. Herbert ha
always been considered a lucky pit
| cher and while he won most OF tn
games last season his success was du
more to his support and persisten
good luck" than to his own efforts
This year Herbert will have an oppor
tunity to demonstrate his real merit
as a Ditcher Red" has made man!