The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-04-03
GOOD TEAM FOR SHREVEPORT
THIS YEAR.
FINE LOT OF PLAYERS
Everybody Should Boost.But "If You
Can Not Boost, Don't Knock" Pros
poets for Nineteen Ten Encouraging
Springti1ne Athletic Awakening.

/ SDTniSIllIlG tAlIlGIlC kAWdhS1l4llS'
Shreveport is going to have a good
team this year Dale Gear has collect
ed together fine lot of youngsters for
the 1910 season, and as the days go by
the Shreveport team commences to look
stronger. The exhibition games played
the last two weeks have shown that
Gear will have a strong lineup when the
Texas League season opens April IS.
Most all of last years players will be
| back again this year, and. there are also
a lot of new faces. Among last years
! favorites back with the team are Carlos
| Smith, Pete Gardner, Cowan, James,
George Smith, Ray and Tesreau. Among
| the new players are Lamar and Storkes,
Mills, Galloway, Henninger, Howell,
Ashton, Brady, Hubbard, Chastant, Gra-
ham, Murphy, Scott, Mason, Kirnban,
Wilson and Barrenkamp. Of course
some of these men will be released and
signed up by other teams where they
will no doubt make good. It will be a
week or more before the team is cut
down to the required number of players.
Gear has big job before him, as all
the men are good ones, and they are all
trying hard to stick. Last year Shreve-
port had a fine team and looked like a
real pennant contender until some of
the best players were sold. The pros
poets for the 1910 season look very
good, SO let every fan in the town help
] them along. They need encouragement.
More than one good team, and more
than one good player, has been hurt by
excessive slanlming.
But if everybody will turn booster,
and prod the team to win, we will finish
one, two, three.
Get megaphones, Shout for the play
| ers, let EN- know that there's no frost
! on your NIT, and rather than turn you
down they'll break every bore in their
! ball playing hides.
If you find you can not help,
Don't stand by and idly talk,
But bear in mind this motto:
.'If you can not boost. don't knock" !"
The spring activity in athletics is
upon the town with force. The ball sea-
son is being closely watched, there are
several amateur teams forming. Among
the teams already in the field and ready
to play are the Centenary College.
/ EIirsch & Leman, Postoffice and Excel
/ sior Laundry. The athletes who are to
perform on track and field are daily
training, the public school children are
enjoying the fullest part of their sea-
son-in short, its mighty poor man
who isn't doing something in the sport
ing lines these days.
Hans Wagner certainly has a great
record since he has been playing IN ma
jor league ball, which began in 1897.
The records show that in thirteen years
the Flying Dutchman" has taken part
in I743 games. He has scored 1868
runs and 568 bases. He has played an
average of I34 games each season.
"Honus" has never had a lasting slump
in his hitting in all the years of his ca
reer. There have been times each sea-
son when his batting eye was dimmed,
but it was only temporarily, and he al
ways came. back and hit the ball so much
i the harder after the slump was over.
i Hit batting ability is shown by the
fact that in thirteen years he has aver
aged virtually I8o bingles a season. His
best years were 1900 and 1908, in each
of which he made 2oI safeties. With
the exception of his first year in fast
company he has never made fever than
I7o hits year Wagner also has a
| good record on the bases. He has pur-
ioined an average Of "A bales every year.
in 1907 he stole OF bases.
I. The Sporting Editor of the Caucasian
invites amateur teams to send notices
of their games, when their teams or
ganize, or Of their general doings, No
tees should be write non one side Of
! the paper and addressed to the Sporting
Editor, Caucasian, box 567.
The Postofice team has organized for
the season, and would like to hear from
any team in the city, and also out OF
town teams. Address all challenges to
Manager, Postofice.