The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-28
THE GALVESTON TEAM

Galveston News.
| The Galveston baseball management is pre-
| narlnr for the battles Of the approaching
| c.mnaign In Texas. Manager Dernody ~ kept
hnsv answering correspondence from an Inc
| niaycrs signed for this season ana from nun
drods of other players who would like 10 We
nineed on the list. Players are pinnlhui a,a
=, +, class of material that any league cou ,
| feel safe In giving tiiai. IL 10 Wv ' 49,
| 49, anv management to even intimate pre-
| diction of ''pennnnt winners, ana nhiius'a
| nermody is not wasting breath ~ plowlhs q
horn of This kind re ' seay p'o team and has
nv,,y reason TO believe and hope tnht Gai
| weston will loom up with s,rpnee' uinn s"""
any season In the history OF lsh s ,an6 ,,r,h.
| OF the old guard who played Us 'sahu 800 .ap1
,,st year tho management ana tue eritcal
| rams know their worth, canabilities anu thps
excellent records They are az youns mn ',n
ana az stendy and temperate habits anu AN
/ bitlous, Why should tney not grow 70 Bfane
and baseball perfection as they grow ~ ~. hfe
| galveston has reason 10 tstl llfouu ., . .
| raiiows who haze earned their regulations
| unnn Texas diamonds, and who are ahNlrnA
| to further players competency ana eup1pp-
| tiles. 4. oon-
aaant NJ having made very careful and wise
| selections They all come highly reeommehu
| ed and with credentials Of their hne work nhh
excellent records should tne S d prose .bauIa
| same AZ them fall below the record OF stand
md required there is other material from
| which nlayers can be picked on short notice,
| There viii be ample time for the bail tossers
| to develop their powers ana nispihy thsI
| value before the season opens, IL taxes bpt
| n short time under the discipline and tax OF
| the Galveston practice season 70 ae'erihihe
| uIayer's competency and capabilities.
! With the exception Of Becker. Mcdonald
| and Rneber the Galveston team h. composed
| of big, strapping fellows, much larger ana
F., heavier than any team since the famous CLUB
| Of 1880. Eliza.
! The Cincinnati Reds win sojourn IN south
iTexag for a time while the National lea
eters are linibering az, with practice with the
! TEXAS teaInH II has been agreed that Gal
yegton and Houston viii so against the en-
clnnatians on March ~ and 70 Mr.: Frank Y,
4 Bancroft business manager for the cincih,
pau Reds is experted iu Houston today ana
! the managers OF the Galveston aud Houston
| clubs Will confer with him regarding the ar
| raneemeuts for the exhibitions
| The Sand Grabs Will be ordered 70 report
about March II. This Will give them one
weeks practice before they cross bats with
| the big fellows from Cincinnati
.BIgv Tom Turner, who played FIRST base
| last year, viii again hold down that posi-
| lion and captain the team. He ID at pres
snt 10 Houston, having arrived there from
New Orleans q few days ago. His condition
| Is reported TO be as ''fne as Six lie weighs
| twenty-five pounds ess than ne din ~ tue
close Of last season
BIll Staples. who pitched for Dallas IN 1895.
win be given trial by Manager Dermody lie
IA the first OF the Galveston team TO report
and has already been out at the park getting
the Kinks out Of his pitching arm.
MccLOSKEY's PLAYERS.