El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-04
Galveston Makes Wonderful Fight
For Pennant: Many Ex-Big Leaguers
In Texas Ranks:rTexas League Dope
By Horace III. shelton.

The most interesting feature of the
Texas league pennant race at present
is the wonderful fight that Galveston,
the Junk novrns'', is making for the
little piece of bunting The team has
been a surprise from the first and has
showed a high class of playing from
the day the bunch started in the great
SWeepStake race.
Frank Donnelly, the ex-big league
player still retains enough Of his old
time vigOr to put method into his
players and they are fighting hard all
the time for the top place He has
demonstrate ted to the satisfaction of
other managers in the league and the
baseball public in general that he has
gathered one of the strongest organi-
cations on the circuit.
Donnelly came 10 Texas from Peo-
ria, where his team led the second di-
vision in the Three-Eye league last
year. 1t is said that was the~first time
in years Donelly has been connected
with a Second division team, and al
most from the jump he has been able
II keep Galveston in the first division
So good have the Sand Crabs proved
that while its personnel has remain
ed unchanged, every other team in the
great shape to get new meterial to
keep them in the fighting. Dallas and
Houston have especially been put to
hard lines. Galveston has succeeded
for a time in roofing Houston out of
first place and is keeping ahead of
Dallas for first place. These teams
will have to keep on hustling II they
have a chance for the rag.
x-0r1l
be between the three teams mentioned
San Antonio is having a hard time
keeping in the first division and 1t
is due more to the weakness of the
teams below than the strength of the
BrOnchOs that is keeping the team
there It " Ould be no surprise to see
Shreveport push both San Antonio and
Fort Worth below i. and then get
in first division. With a little more
steadiness the Pirates would be
pennant contender and certain for
place in the first division It is even
money now that San Antonio, Fort
Worth. Oklahoma City and Waco
will be the second division teams at
the end of the season. If Waco is to
break out of the cellar that team will
have to take a brace.
The ex-big leaguers are popular with
the IeXaS teams, ana many WHO nave
starred there are now content to ca
wort around on the Texas diamonds.
This is one of the factors that is max
ing this league really fast one
Every team has a number of the men
in the fold with the exception of Waco,
and several are trying to land with
that team.
Fort Worth has five ex-big leaguers.
San Antonio. Oklahoma City and
Shreveport three each and Dallas and
Houston two each.
Fort WORTH, which heads the list,
has Morris. baltimore, Moore, Riggs
and Mckay. Gus Weyhing of Calves
ton. just released. George Leidy Of San
Antonio. Gus Dundon Of Shreveport,
MalOney of Dallas and Frank Donnelly
of Galveston were playing en- the big
circuits when some of the present
players were in knee pants.
Weyhing, who is now locking for
job. with any old team pitched With
Louisville, Philadelphia and Boston for
over . years and was in the National
league when that team consisted of