The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-05

union, protest against statement iaau'
80 . recsnt article concerning me si'iini
e numbers IT Wild ducks on the lowel
ooast Of Texas for shipment and wanion
" By men claiming to DO sportsmen.
Mr.. Cobolini says that he IL not opposed
% laws for the protection Of fish. game
and oysters. but y opposed TO Class leEis-
laiion." and continues;
",rhe slaughter Of tame article ciaiins
that We ship from here 1000 ducks daily
With Al average OF 100 daily, for the sea
son Of Ave months, amounting 10 7ovU'
head. In October We did ship twenty
eight barrels, or sAy ZOO aead; November
being the best month, los barrels. or i2VS
head; the express company VIII verify my
statement. This Slaughter OF came ar
ticle would make people believe that peo-
nile here--spprtsmen and all-are ex-
ttrminarurs Last year shipments, total
from October, 1885. to March. 1897, from
all sources, sportsme1 and pot hunters
October So barrels; December. ll0; Fehru
AIRY 81: November lis; January
Il: March 3--totsl iis barrels, or 70, :
900 head. We also had quail, snipe ana
other game that at present we are pro-
hibitcd from shppins out of the county j,
HE goes further with his article ana
says that Point Isabel. Corpus Christi aud
Port Lavaca, perhaps. ship as many as
Rockport. OF course, perhaps; don Know
The duty of the state Us TO protect the
individual in the enjoymer. OF all the
gifts Of nature necessary for his SUPPORT
and comfort; we have here in this section
large land owners with much influence
in legislation and all their energies are
concentrated In building up belief that
a few dozen hunters, on the Texas coast,
win oxterminate the game " tho United
States The representatives. OF mo people
will secure proper legislation after mature
Investigations and I am almost sure WAL
make a law that the little babe born In
The humble home of hunter shall rave
~ much right to hunt as the child born
In a palace. l love statistics without per-
hans. and whenever more bills are pre-
scented will be there with more Statistics
and less perhaps
Mr.. Cobolini takc3 exception to tho ar
ticlo Ia question, though he nor his COM
pany we're named in it. even by inference,
beyond the fact that the shipments from
Rockport were made "by two companies"
He has given dgures Of % COO ducks as
one seasons shipment by his company. II
the other did az we'll the figures of The
Post correspondent--i5,o0 O-are not lar
wrong Incidentally he also says be ship
ped last season quail and snipe. which he
IL prohibited from doing this year II the
shipments of those birds approached any.
thing like the figures on ducks It would
seem that the game laws now in effect
were not passed soon enough.
BY the way. what has become of the Har-
rs County Gene Protective association
II could find good work to DO and plenty
of II IL the little game remaining in this
county is to be preserved.
REPRESENTATIVE TEAM.
Picked from the players In the IIouson-
Galveston game.
Left End--Ralston Right End--O'Brien.
Left Tackle-Adrian, Right Tackle Proctor
Left Guard--Boisseau Right Guard Ellison
Left Half---Scott. Right HalfAbrahms
Center-Duerer Quarter-Reiiel
Full Back--Druesedow
II Is unfortunate that the game between
tho teams OF Houston and Galveston played
ON ground so uusuited 10 football that the
spectators hid no opportunity whatever to
Judge Of the relative strengths of the con-
testing elevens and It is quite sure the play
ers themselves were not much wiser at the
end OF the second half
The only place to play a football game Is
on a field. marked every five yards with
white lines and with protection Of some
kind TO prevent any one but the players and
officials from getting on the field. and un-
less THE is done a game can never be sat-
isfactory to either the spectators or the
players. ana as was the case THANKSGIVING
Day this rushing upon the field OF The
crowd results generally In some show Of
rowdylsm that is to be regretted afterward.
The Galveston team was thought to b
quite weak or soft previous to their trip 10
Houston. but that they were In no wise
"easy" was evident from the start of play
One thing they excelled In was the snappy
way In which the team lined up for i
scrimmage.
The play Of neither team Was brilliant
and there was hardly any out running don,
at all until Abrams made his appearance,
and showed how 1t should be done. Ha,
the play used BY Galveston akske beginning
OF the first half 10 make the touchdown
been legitimate Il would be clnssed as
very fine piece Vt work, ku as II was al
on side play pure and simple it does no
come under that heading
1t Is to be hoped that when the two team
meet again they will refrain from sluggins
which Is anything but football In these days
and which was the cause OF two player
being put out OF the game In the second hal
u ID only fair 10 say that had the umpir
given different decision In the play mad
al the very start by Galveston the Hous,o
team would have made u much more bril-
liant record that day, 70 a looker-on 1t wa
evident that they had, In measure. gou
70 pieces after the second kick Oft an
they did not regain any thing like their for
mer aggressiyeness until Abrabms substl
tuted Barry at half back
In considering the players as individual
one must take into consideration the train
Ing received by Galveston under Scotr mn
rather crippled condition OF the Housto
team for some time after their game vii
Austin. which barred them IRON practic
for awhile,
The forwards when lined up TOR MIA
faced each other In this manner:
Ralston- -Waties
Adrian. Reifel--Proctor
Heines--Glass. Sam.
Steire--D uerer
Ellison Boisseau.
Mnverick--p Dickson.
O'Brlen-Staber.
RAistcn, through his football educat,o,
received at the university. proved hlmse
not only clever end. but also sooj :,