The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 32, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 16, 1905 Page: 17 of 48
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HOUSTON 'DAILY TORT:' FUN DAY MOHNINa AVUlL 10. roi'
THE SAME SCORE
j ' ' ' - ' - .
. Wu Bide la Saturday's Game at
dmiM ba aa fiercely fought a Hi pra-
rr.uiig enj.untirs bvtwfn Iheer athllea.
1 k -is can ba purrhaaed for tbe game
lnltitlng the graaletand and boa. at
til airol and It woui.l be wllfta
get them thera and avoid the erueh at
tba . . '
Udlw will ba charted tar at bath tha
gala and granditand Tba winrilnt will
atari at 4 o'cln'k. Clark will pitch for
lUuetoa and bridge for Daliaa.
EASY WINNERS
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n..'i tf tie tWcri Lt i
f I Tlie i Evo lu tiori ; of Oasic
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;'r "''la Hut fFri4ajr.r
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tHE SAME CLUBS HADE IT
Pitcher Nelson Wat Struck by ft
Hot Liner and la Out of the . ;
i Game' for a Time.
Pitcher Clareaee Kelso atao) tht m-
tlr buech of Ullu sluggers m ttr
d yesterday would have prob-
ably Mat than) to tb aunt bo with a
atrlag s mm- bona collar credited to
these Honk Tex is slugger but Mr
-Mfertsaw-oeesoeet- tbe rifllt wart
reach lb alnth round. . .t. .
'. Kelson ka4 twirled a ruslees matlaee
MtU lb last chapter whan Andrew
drove sxajrehmf Itaar thu Wsch hint
oa th leg near tba knee cap and bud
hint a at Bob Ednvondeoa ctM ! frow
.caster Odd a4 attar making a rttlenl
examination tha paiycrs decid.d that his
leg had been brokea. Edtnondsoa picks
Nelson wp In hla srms aa II ka waa a
baby and carried hlia to tha players'
brook. Vr. HlUei than examined Neleoa '
leg ard stated that whila tba Mm waa
ot broken. Kelson waa painfully Injnrod
and would not ba kble to play Cor a week
erteo days.. Bat for this unfortunate
accident tt la probable that the Daliaa
peopie would hava baan given a coat of
kaleomlne. Tha arora waa I to t
Tba Daliaa swot artists cauMa't tench
tha larboard alanta of iba Houston slab-
men. They snnexed i but three flabby
tingles during tha drat sight period and
lhse cavne with gape between them. H
sent una of tha Ulcere to tn bench by
tba fanmlll roula aud didn't Iseue a paae.
To five tha entire credit to Sri ton
would ba doing tha other.mienhere of the
team an Injuatlca. Whlli ba balla war
cauatit whloh boa Id not ba ajnfht by
rwo ball playara. at tba aama lira Hotw-
.jasw toa'a atttlr group of ' anlata playad In
jst'hamplitnjilp form hit well ran baaaa
. In tha moat approved atyta and dlapUyad
an amoont of (Invar whlrhjwaa a (rad
tcVm to tba ki.rd work Wada klaora haa
tarn aultltig In oa hla taaiy. ( t v
' Thera waa aerar aa ktla annaant Erary
naa worked1 Ilka k Trojaa and gara taw
Hcuatoa twlrlor gllitanlng kupport. ' t
; Tba afurvcta took U aorta of chaiteaa
'and noTar.'ahlrkcd for a annaant Kargar
Nfhion and' Most maoa mlacaaa. but
Koora i'toaa drar ttargrr'a nonnat -wab
Ah only una that flKurodV la . tha run-
' ' Vm 'viowry. aa naual did aoma faat
work on tha haaa llnra and rixld4 hla
TKiiUIOn without a flaw. Troradals tm-
lld noma amooth work at aacond and
h" flouted tha leather good and plenty.
Portar'a work on the alab for Dalhta
'waa M-arllng to tha Marvakv with tba
'
W 7 tWOHDJON
amai'V. 719 THE
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. ajiftepUon of tha fourth and fifth rounda
t nd In theae two rounfll tha Houston
bunch iVnerted him for alx Mnglea nnd
' there hllrhod on to two paaaad grounilera
. by Maloney and aoma pretty team work
!j . with tha bludgeon guv tha liarrela all
- of their nine.
'i. - Honatan aent a Marvel around the loop
In Hi" tourih round. xgan'a drtro
hounded over Andrewa' ahouldar. Ed
i : wondaon Mngled to eontar and Malonuy
' let tha ball get away from him Logan
? v ycing to third corner. Markley hit to
Mayera and Bob waa forced at aacond.
'.' but Logan counted on tha play i'ha
V Marvela looped tha loop threa tlmea ht
X tba fifth round of tha aet-to. Trueadala
hipped the globe to center for a aack.
)' Nrleon bunted and waa aafe on Jutal'a
i' ' craay chunk. Mowry liuntad again and
beat tha toaa to flrat. Logan bunlad tha
X third atrtke and waa ahoocd to tho bench.
? ' Edmondaon larruped tha plgakln to cen-
V ter and Maloney let It go through hla
f legt and three Marreta raced over tha
Plata. '
'A : - Daliaa bopped two runa In the last chap-
ter. Maloney blngled to left and then
Andrewa drove a liner at Nelaon that
nearly took hla 1rg otf Edmondaon want
t on the ahtb after Nel )irhid been carried
I from the field of battle. I'ry fanned and
fhn Moore hurleil tha hall over Karaar'a
lid and Maloney sprinted over the pan.
Doyle waa paaaed and Bero allied to
Mowry and. Andrewa tabbed on tlw re-
Hrn of the ball. Meyora ended the bat
tle with a boost to Trueaaale.
Houston
ABRBHPO AB
if Mowry. If'"'.
. .. Logan rf . .
; Edmondaon
! Markley. b
Moore o ...
Karger. lb .
Crawford aa
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ef-o
y 'i rueedale
w Nelson D
-. Clark. cf
lb
Total
f ' Daliaa.
Ifelouey ci .
Andrewa Jb"..
...II 4 T 17 i
ABRBHPOA
.4 1 1 I
1
0
Wet If ....
Bero. Sb
Meyera. aa ..
Rags dale rf
Jutil; a .'.wv
lortar P
0
1
hiatal ...!1 I a.n 4
Logan bunted third atrlke.
' By Inning a R-
houaton. ".000l00 1
..-Daliaa ..000 00 MS-3
. ..j.. fiummaryv ..-..o .
Sacrifice hits Mowry Nehron.
it Stolen baae Moore. . -;
Baeea on balla Otf Edmondson 1; off
rortar I. 1 ...
. Hit by pltcher-TTry. ' ' ' -Struck
out By Nelson Tl by Edmondaon
1; bv Porter i v --
' Paaaed beU-Jtital. . T
V. . Wld pitch Porter. ' ' '
" ' ; ' Teft on baeea-Houaton I; Daliaa t.
Jii "'Time of game One bone and thh"ty-fle
.r;;.;inlnutoa.
Umplr14r. Hayea. x: ' '
. ' i The Game Today
' Houston and Daliaa will claah again
'thl afternoon- and the aetna ' will ao
THE PARK NAMED
By the Committee Appoinud for
. '. J' That Purpoee. -'
Tba neanmlttee appolated by Ktally and
Mlobaal la raoalve auggeattooa for an ap-
preprtate aama lor tba new baa ball park
and It) award g aaaaorn tiekat ta tba par.
aa who flrat migrated tba nam a
leeted.- mat lut night and after const.
ring all af the anggaattona gaddol that
tba asset approatlata UUa auggaatad waa
"West Cad rark".nd that Mr. Jean T.
c bulla waa tba paraoa aatltled ta tba
aaaoa ticket. .
itera were kwra than IM Wttera ra.
aelved by tba aoatnuttra and tha Uak
of arlacting an. apprupruta title for tna
ark M as tba ausMpaaa aaggeaUona
waa xlrenwly dlfllcvlt and after Ilia
ansa bad been dratded aa It waa faunl
tnai W. acnuite waa tba paraoa ta firm
auggaal tba nama.
'I he. folUiwing la Hr.'fchulta'a letter
taking the suggeatloai . - . .'i h.
aporting Editor cur. 1 L. -1 . '. '
Houston March . ' lM.-DeW fir:
ainca auggeatlng nana for ball park la
Jirevlooa letter uava thought of another
hat 1 think w better. Hop either will
ba accept rd and I . will at Um aeasoa
tiekat. Keapectfutly. - - .
i John T. bchulte. Mil La Branch.
After snaking th award tba commit-
tee draw up aad ettned the fo.uj
document with aa much formality and
ceremony aa If they ware algalng a Stat
tser air. tchuiM wul raoaiva sv pasta-
board fffmorrow: . . .'
After having carefully eoneldared th
name auggeeted sa euch great auaibera
la tha conipetltlna for tha chrtetenlng of
the aew beaalmfl berk .the comoiilta
ms determlaod tha winner. The aeteoa
ticket affered aa a prtae gnaaf o atr. Jonn
T. aVhulte lU La Branch at reel Houa-
toa. Teaaa. '
It Waa the anantmsua verdict 'of tha
eatamltte that tha new park ahaald ba
named from Ita location In tha city "Wee
End Jark." Tha title waa deieniueed be-
fore the aamea of thoae whb bad orfered
tha augggatlog were under considera-
tion. Tha decision ' relative "to the winner
waa reached by a method of talrneaa
and without controversy. ' -
While -the srseet number at Vsttara ra
eaivaa aaa ine iniuuta fu
GEORGE C.' PAGE .
FIELD CAPTAUT FOE THE OALVM-
. TON CLUB.
offered tabulated and registered wlthla
a short time made tha work of selection
difficult the membara of the committee
are convinced that the prlte rightfully
belonge to Mr. John T. Bchulte.
Bv agreement tha season ticket of fered
as a pi lie will be mailed On Monday by
President Bliss P. oornam."
misa v. uornam
Chss. H. Abbott .
I John Trentom
t.j-rl ' . uamma
DID IT AGAIN.
Beaumont Scored Heavily in the
- Game with Shreveport.
(Houston Poet Special.)
Beaumont. Texaa. April U.-Beavrooal
defeated the Sheyeport team of tha
Southern league thla afternoon In a fast
gam by a score of t to I The gam
waa one of tha beat that haa bean played
here ao far thla aeaaon and the work
of every man on th local team waa good.
The feature of-tha game waa tba werk
f young Bmittt la ngnt tor ueaumont.
'he vouna man had aeven hard chanoe
and he accented all of them aecurlng
alao two hits out of three tlmea at .tna
bat. Tevle pitched for tieaumoni ana
six hits some of tbinl of a scratch r
nature waa 4 he beat tha visitors could
do.' Swann opened on the firing line for
tha visitors and later gave away .to
Breitanaietn. . nwann waa toucnea up ior
five aoed clean hlta. one of them a double
by Longleyr Bc'h teams play again to-
morrow afternoon and tho funs are bat-
ting their money on. the home team.
S I I
THE TYLER CLUB
Has Been Strengthened and Has
. a New Park.
(Hauaton Poat Special.)
Tyler Texaa Aprtl It. -The Cotton Belt
Baseball club of thla city for nine year
prominent In Texaa amateur baae ball will
bnve what Is heralded aa the etrongeet
llrie-iip ever repreaentlng thla city thla
year A new park la being built at th
old ahop grounds and It la the Intention
of tha local management to play every-
thing In eight thla year barring not oven
the leaguera. Th team l backed by
the entire business and railroad elemanta
of tha city and will noon ba ready for
eame. The line-up will be aa follow! to
egln the aeaaon: . .
Smith oatcher; Johneon and Burch.
pitchers; Morris flrat base; Lowery aeo-
ond bnae; Oaf field third baae; Bonner
eihort atop; McDougal Burke Swltier and
Bishop outfielders. . -
; 'VARSITY WON SECOND.
Touched Up A. and M. Pitcher
V 7 1 in Lively ; Fashion. '
. ' r" (Honaton Poat Special.)
College .Btatl0B. . Texaa' 'April- -tA
atrong gal of cold wind blek - alnglea
Into three-baggora benumbed th finger
of the fielders and Maolved'th gam Into
a alugaing match that baa perhaps never
Peen eejuaJed ' here. Varsity's pitcher
Graham. Outplayed Crooks pitcher for
th Agricultural and -Mechanical team.
Varsity hit th ball oftener and harder
and th scare ended 'It to. 1 In favor of
tha visitor. Norwood of Navaaota um-
jnred th game. ' ; f ' . - . .
Tha two team meet again fn Anatla
later la th season. Th vlaitora salt for
bom on th midnight train... .
- A oomptimenutry uanoe waa gtvea them
by the corps-of cadet. . . .- . .
1 s - i J " i 1 .
Brown vBroa. Have Game. "
The Brown' Broa.'. baaeball bunch ewtU
eroa bate with Bob Lang's .First warder
thia - (Sunday) morning at the Orota
grounds in th Flrat ward. A firat-claaa
gam kr proulaed. " .' v; -..
Evolution of Baseball . '
From . a leagus to teafuea .
reaching from ocean to cores. .
From a local pastime to a Na-
J. tlonal apart. . v :
. From aa .attendance of hundreds
to an attandaaea of million. ' :
From ne Inveatmcnt at all t aa J
J mvealmeot of mllllona of dollar. ' a
n From M pay roll to a pay roll of
S . at leaat CM.M -
aaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaiaaa
' ' 0 BT JOHrl B. FOSTER. '
v Sixty Tear ago thera waa a babatl
club m New Tork called th Knicker
bocker which attracted tha eurlou to
Ha earn that were played near whar
th many . towered edifice of Madbna
Sguare gurdeil now a tan da. On aunny
afternoons thoae who war bad f ath-
tetlc would walk or rid to what la now
ana of the busiest section of .the great
metropolla to witnaaa their favorite play
an exert themaelvea to via. -
-Baaeball bad been played befor IM;
that U. baaeball of a faahloo but th
Knickerbocker took It up a a club dl-
vtralon on an American basis and war
perhaps tbe flrat regularly organised club
la tha hlatory of tbe game. Their mem-
bership wa large and frequently aide
would be choaen by certain leader and
th member of the club would compete
eattlnst each other for victory.
Tha aew apart found euch favor with
tba public aa various cltliena wlinesael
tha o-called "New Tork" game of .tha
Knickerbockers that other were Induced
to take It up and from thla start on th
famoue field In the center of Fattier
Knickerbocker' great city baseball got
tha Impetus which ha made It th moot
popular pastime In' the United State.
In MM there la evidence that a aerie of
games was played on the Elyaian fields.
In Hoboken. between four club which
reareaented various aectlona of New Tqrk
city. Thla aeries waa the crude Idea of
the league organisation which now pre-
domlnatea baaeball everywhere through-
out the country.-
Just Over the River.
The Elyalnn field were Just across th
fvr from th nwtropoll. While theyM
were not quite auch a paradise aa their
nama might Imply there are many ew-
tpnelaatlo baaeball devoteea of the pres-
ent time who refer happily whenever the
opportunity offers to tba fact that th
game In Ita earliest days had auch an
appropriately named ground on which
conteata took place. ' '
It muat be borne In I mind that th
baseball of the period of . the Hoboken
conleat waa not wholly like that of the
present era but from It modern baseball
has been evolved. The basic principle
however of the gams waa identical then
with what It Is at the present time.
Baaeball of IMC la merely baseball that
has outgrown thb swaddling clothe of
the Infant which waa born more thau
fifty years ago.
A little sermon about baseball mar not
come amiss - to explain - Us wonderful
growth as a pastime. It I primarily an
athletic exercise of the most beneficial
character free alike to rich and poor
combining In every vital principle a
wholesome amusement so exactly suited
to. the predominant trait of the Ameri-
can people that It haa become the Na-
tional game without auy extraordinary
effort to encourage it.
Year by year absolutely on its own
nitrite it has grown more and more In
importance among the summer eports. it
la the one gam itf which the town bully
can not predominate unless he haa the
skill and the one game which level ail
rank socially tor the son of tha poor
man la more welcome than the son of th
rich man if he can play better.
Set Back by the Civil War.
With the beginning of the dytt war th
sport received a temporary setback. After
tha soldiers had enlisted and bad gone
to th various camps scattered through-
out th country. In their moments of
Idleness they picked Bp baseball and they
were encouraged In this by the off tear.
Many a- stirring regimental gam took
place and frequently every man who
could get off duty. In camp would b
found in attendance at aoma motch be-
tween crack regimental bine. After th
war had finished the Western soldiers as
they scattered to their homes tookvbaaw
ball with them. While there previously
had been Interest In the game In tha
neat and it had beea played to some
extent It la universally oo needed that the
boy In blue more than any other medi-
um helped make It popular In 'every
Stat beyond tha. Allegheny mountains. -:
Th professional baaeball era) dates
from 1868. Tha flrat professional associa-
tion was organised In U71 and was con
poeed of eluba In tba cities of Boston
New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Troy
Chicago Cleveland Bockford lit and
'j 'THB NATION HL CAMS
. . "' ..'- f i-i " . ' '
Fort Wayne tad Thla association bad a
somewhat checkered axlateaoe being
hampered constantly by the' failure of
aoma of Ita members to complete the
ploying aeaaon. aud In 1171 evils ao In J
numerable cropped Into tha life of th
Organisation contract breaking being one
of them that It waa decided to form aa
entirely new aeaorlatloa to ooaduct lb
affairs of -the National gam. '
This association waa called th rfa-
'tlonal League of Profaaalonal Baaeball
ciuna. ana from in oate or na omn oe-
glnw the permanent solidity of profea.
airiiai GNuseoan. lis wnoie pesniar upoa
taa gam in general naa Been tor tn ui
moat goud of all participants ta tha apart
whether profeeetonale or amateurs.
Th leavgu Me which originated hi
ttlt ka a abort time proved lla atlvaa-
taaea aa thoroue-hlv that It ta not aur-
prlslng to find smaller organisations
copying ita - general plea or operatins.
lbbr was It very astonishing that th Na-
Ulonal leAgue In time ehould find Itself
confronted bv oonoeitlnn uwlua to th In.
rreoa of populatloa and the demand of
other title than thoee In th National
leagus for baaeball that was wp to tha
National leagu ataadard or. approxi-
mately Bear It. - '
. Eventually ther earn Into exlatenoe a
very powerful league known aa tha Amer
lean laeoclatlon and It baaed part of It
claim for public patronage upon a re-
duced gats admtaalon. The owners of th
National league clubs bad maintained
thai It waa Impoaalbl to fumieh first
elaaa baaeball at an admission foe of lee
than W tenia. The heavy expense to
ahlck club were aubjected both for
travel and aalarle to players and the
fact that not all the oitlea In their cir-
cuit were of aufflcisnt population to war-
rant largo orosda especially when the
chili was losing were offered a argu-
ments far th higher gate fee.
Th Amrlc.i associating made Ita
war cry. " eenta to aee our game. Aa
an organisation It managed to rwvln
lulaat until 111. when It pulled awn
flora th National agreeimnt and paved
the way for Ita downfall but It la only
fair to the National Irsgne to .say th.il
the American association althouarh it
kipl together a circuit waa at Ita wits
ends awverul tlmea to do so owing t the
fart that club backers wearylug of Ihi Ir
knees would continually pull out.
Ther lvr cltlea In the American as-
sociation which cntiM make both ends
meet and acquire eoroe profit at the as-
cent rate but there wore plenty which
found It impossible to do ao ana as fast
aa one dropped out the promotara of the
association were kept busy to find an-
other to take Ita place
SujarJca in the American association
on an average were less than they were
tn th National league.
The neat most Important rival which
the National leaxiio was compelled to
face was th Union association. Its
backers after one year which almoat
ruined them financially we- glad
enough to alve up tho fight Then came
the brotherhood league In 1M0 an or-
ganisation In which tho players were to
be co-operative beneficiaries. It too
Just a season to provo the fallacy of that
plan.
. Tha American aasoclntlon want to
Rlece In and the National league
ad everything Ita own way as th m)or
kagu of the country until lWt when
open war waa declared by the American
league an organisation springing from
tha Western league and after two year
of bitter lighting peace terms were
agreed upon and the National league rec-
ogntssd the Amertcsn as a major organ-
isation. Beth today .tro In existence and
bath are aa reasonably prosperous as can
be expected In a profeetlonal sport which
requires success of Individual teams to
Insure large financial returns.
With thla brief review of the founda-
tion of organised baseball attention Is
directed to th wond.-rful growth of the
"league hie" throughout the United
Stat. From Maine to California there
la a perfect network of baseball organ-
Isatlona all patterned after the original
model laid down by the builders of the
National league In 187ti. .
For example there r Stat league
I r AN INTELLW
An Incident that occurred between John M. Word and Mike Muhoney
who was umplrin- a New York game well Illustrate tbe point that um-
pires must take tha Intent of rule and section writes Father Chadwlck.
Ther were less' than two men out and men oa bases. The batter Interfered
with the catcher's attempt to throw one of th runners out. Mahoney prompt
ly decided tbe batter out for Interference aud. sent the runners back; by
dolnar. he sent Ward Into ths air a mile or two In oroteht.
! ' "You can't send ths runner back." shouted Ward
a "I bav already done tliat" quoth the mild-mannered Mlks.
"I helped make that rule th penalty I all right upou the batsman but
2 tha runners are entitled to the has they run. I mad th rule that way"
(touted Ward. -'-'.'
"Tou made a d d bad Job" Mlk returned.
"You are wrong and rn get you tired" yelled ward.
"It I gm not sustained Hi this ruling I will resign" spoke Mtcluul J. Ma-
hopey. .
. . Ward cult tha gams or protested I am not sure which but afterward
acknowledged the force of the argument upon the following Illustration
J presented him by Mahouey who said:
"Sunnoss thera waa en man out tn
J ' scor tied and man on third baae; two strike and ae balla recorded against J
tho batter. Suppose th batter turn and throw his .arms around the catcher S
S hugging both him and tha ball so that h was enable to extricate himself 2
until the man Scored from third. Would I b doing my duty as an urapirs s
to allow that run to count by declaring th batter out for lntsrfarenoer' J
In a Oeraooal Interview WltU Nick Young who long befor that hadaauetalned s
Manor be saJd-:'i .' '. - -.? .-. y. :;;
"I-am agreeably surprised that I
tnUlligeot to Inurprat rule aad fore
S oonvJctloaa.'. And that' was good enough for Mlkt . -. ; . S
r ROM ITS INFANCY.
1 '
Innumerable. They COW poo th smaller
of the real profeaatoaal organtaatlona
? There Is a prceperous Connectleat Stat
eagua a New York Stat leagu which
haa weathered saany aiorma; a Mlchlgna
league two Texas leagues a California
league and ao on.
A New England league repreeaoits th
Puritan States snd la a Breda higher
than the Stale leagues In th mar terri-
tory. In tbe Weat there ta taw Indiana
Illinois . and Iowa league atberwlas
known ths "Three I s." an of th
brat managed -and moat prosperous of
th smaller leagues throughout th land.
f ' In the South.' ''; V
There Is a Southern leagu.' a Cotton
I lata league aad a North Carolina
laague. WhlU) wit all of th Club ta
tbea organisation makd vrtneslp bv
comes for thalij barker thaw lu ao eon-
aervatlraly banded "that "wltU few exoep-
tioas they stake both sods (Mot. f k
' A Mlassurl Valley league la another r-
gaalsatloa . whlcb grad sates' good bull
Uaysrs. Thr la a Northern league la
far off Dakota aad it tsaans oross ths
border aad play wMk a abw lit Winnipeg.
Tn Duo leegue of - Soiitb' Dakota and
Iowa has been am to carry oa a fairly
satisfactory existence. ' ' r
The- Pennsylvania Stat league at th
very tbraehold of major league baaeball
arouses' sufficient enthusiasm to crowd ita
grbunda 0 soma days with thoueanda of
spectators. "
Ther Is a Central league with head-
quarters at Fort Wayne Ind. and a Ken-
tucky Illlnol and Tennessee league
whose Officer are located la tba '"Egypt''
of Illinois.
Ths ' Psciflc Northwest leagu plays
gumas In far off Oregon and Waahlngton
and prospers. Its delegates ooms to New
York annually to meet thoae of ths otbsr
minor leagues to legislate for ths good of
the little fellows In baseball.
Not oely Is Texss possessed of Its Htsts
league of which mention haa been made
but In Southern Texas so great Is th
liuseball enthusiasm that they operate
still another leagu and ar successful
with It.
Ths highest grad of th minor laague
Is almoat equal to that of tha major
league. Ths Bastsra league which com-
prises some of the most densely populated
cities In the Esst and which haa placed
teams itr both Toronto snd Montreal
whero the American National game haa
demonstrated that tt can more than hold
Its own with cricket pars high saUrles
carries large teams aaa owus valuable
plants.
The Greatest Batter.
An Interesting comparison Is that of
batting. Lajole la universally oo needed
to ba th tr batter of tha present
period. Taken all In all Anaon was un-
Questionably th best batter year after
year of th aeaaona In which he waa one
of th moat active players on the dia-
mond. Ha would fit in as wsll how as
Lajole . snd Lajolo would have been in
Anaon had he lived in the latter' tlmeT
Frankly th answer aeema to ba that
either man would have been a baaeball
star no n atter when he lived. Both are
of the type of free hitters. Neither was
su artificial batter. Auaon possessed of
a true eye would make the pitcher place
the ball where it could be batted and
often would reach ut and hit safely
when least expected to do ho. and Lajsls
la exactly that type of batter.
Never but once In his life did Anaon
havg.a batting averse in a season les
than MO per cent. Year after year since
lJOt has been a professional he has
been placing two average tn his credit.
A. great batter in tha National leagu
' I
-
th last half of the alnth Innlnc. lh
hav a mea upon my guff mf fluently a
of character enough to nfore hi J
at the present time Is Wagner th Pitta-
burg eh'irtatup. ' Were hi temperament
anor phlegmatic h would be eves mors
a star. Occasionally ha Is Induced to
swing at a wild delivery and pitchers
do their utmost t Indue him to do so
knowing that It la almoat suicidal to their
Interests to put the ball enuarely over
the plate as he has a habit of making
thrae-beggera and home runa .
' It la unquestionably true that ths style
f batting haa changed great I r within ths
past ten years. lThe Introduction of 1he
bunt hit haa modified largely the old
theory of smashing bard at the ball and
trying to drive It to ths farthest corner
of the field a practice universally la
vogue In th old day.
Change m Fielding. . .
' Thera has bean a alight odlncaUa rs
Aeldlng ovr tba -past. Th common uae
t tba.. glov .haa .had much ta d with
that-. Th Balder f old dnya wer wot
allowed to us glove ; Jadeed ther. was
g time when ft waa ocealdered . rather
wotaanlah to play with staves The field-
ing Is sharper new than' It was fifteen
. year age because man a hit to knocked
down by a gloved band that would have
been lost by bars hand aad pel' there
wers players af other gwserailons Pfeffer
of Chicago eapeoially wno were fully as
effective with no glove a most of th
prrsent geeeralioa with their band sever-
f h modern gams of baaeball call for
more team work than that of the past.
There la little of the bit or antes about
the attempt te win. Each manager has a
concerted plan by which to defeat hi
adversary. If he finite a weak point la
the drfeua of hi opponent ke aaaall It
snd saaalla It repeatedly. If ha la anxious
to make a run ke does aot permit It to be
an Individual effort but calls every re-'
source of hi team Into um to aooompllati
It.
Base running has Increased to soma ex-
tent aad Is uot up now to tha star.iard
which It will be are yr hence. Th
New York National league team la 1IOI
wen the championship as much by Ita
good baae running aa by ether method
which were employed by the pluyrra. sto-
Oraw th manager of the team does not
want a player unless he la faal on his feet
nd a thinker.
THE STATE SHOOT
Will Draw a Big Crowd of Oun-
. neri to Waco. ' '
' SHoustos Post Special.)
Waco. Texas April U.-Turner Hubby
the wsll known Texas (hooter haa re-
turned hem from New OH tie wher
he participated In the great ahoot fives
In that olty. Ha ssys that many of ths
crack shots who wers 'lit New Orlssns
will be in Waco at the State ahoot. . Ho
euya also thut he Is expecting a large at-
tendance from other States. ' ' '
In spesklng of the outlook for ths State
shoot Mr. Hubby said: "I am axpeotlng
the largeet gathering of shooters that haa
aver been held in ths State. I have beeu
ever the Territory and hav personal
acquaintance with the leading shooters
of tha South and they are coming her
In great number and ar expecting a
great event In thla city."
Manager Will Holt aald that ha wa
working overtime In answering corre-
spondence snd arranging details. "We
will hav everything ready by Monday
and are xpeotlng a great crowd. The
ground will be In good shape the traps
will all bejn place and every detail will
be looked after very crfully.
"We ar already receiving ammunition
and expect to be receiving the flrenrma
that will be used by the shooters In a
short time. We hope thst ths shoot will
he the most largely attended and the
moat Intertwtlng that baa ever been held
In the South."
As has been announced the shoot be-
gins next Monday and will continue three
days. There are more premiums and
medals offered then have been offered
for any previous event of the kind snd
th contests ar going to be very atrong.
CORSICANA WON.
Mclver Got a Triple with the
Bases Full:
(Houston Post Special.)
Galveston. Texas. April ll.-lnauad of
being ay mark th Oilers turned tiger
thla afternoon and beat the Band Crab
In bandy fashion. Tea was too much
tor the Johnsonltes but had the misfor-
tune In the eighth Inning to break hla
thumb In stopping a liner from Cermak's
bat. -Burns was hit hard In ths second
Inning. Mclver getting a triple -to left
with th ban full. The Band Crabs
lacked animation and aggrassivtneas.
Score . R H
go re leans ) ftV i t 4
alveaton 100 0M001-S 4
Borne and Westlabe His and Gordon;
Teas Huddleiton and Waters.
COLORED BALL TEAMS.
Dillard's Colts and Prairie View
Will Clash at West End.
The Pralri View . baseball team the
best colored college player (a the State
will ploy a aerlea of three games at
League park with1 Houston' favorite
team Dillard's Celts commencing Mon-
day April U.- The game wlU be called
at tt a. m. All visitor are guaranteed
games that will be full of naa and
ginger from start to finish. - . - .
THE FLAYING WAS SNAf ? Y
Brooklyn Team Tried but Could
' ; Do Nothing with the pbU .
delphla Bunch.!
" 1 ' ; ' ' ' r ' '(.'.; J
i ii t . i '
i ail a w-a e m
New Teeb
..V.... I I a kvs
)hllad.lMa
rtttalturg
i - if . i .
Clscliinall .
X I ' 1
' if ! !
ei. iuia
Boston ..
tlVa
Brooklyn i ' I
(Aasnalated ! Hrf I
sVooktya April U -Titer were several
niepp nisys n eetr Pies but Hsnloa'
Score- ft H 1
FhilacMphbt ...... ....... IX - It 4
enwura i...wmh r I
i wusatesby aad Dooia: Joses I trie tlet;
(Associated Free FUpm-O
Clselnasa April IL-Ewlss had Iltta-
targ completely (t hi mercy today. Not
one of the retched third base. Attend-
ance sw.
Score- ' ' ' H I
ClacinaatI Mu... W 1 7 Jl I
Plltahuns 0liuO- 4
Kwing aad Fblllps. C
Case. PLUippt aad
seiia.
' - - (Aaaocia ted Frees Report.)
New Tork April II The visitor war
thut out whll the local men tallied flf
tees runs.
Score ..... Tt H E
Boston ...:..: - i i
New York J3-i0a--u M 1
Harlry and Keedham; Wills. Matthew-
oa. aud Bowarmsn. ...
' ' (Associated Press Report.)
St. 'larute April U.-SI. Lout deetated
CMrawo today.
gcore- . : " 1 It H
Si. Iuis wi l on 1
Chlciig. tt0Ht)lPO-l I I
. tgan snd Warner; Welter aad O Nell
American League.
Flayed. Woe Lost. 0.
New Tork
-
0
I'hlladll
i'levelend
St. Louie
ue
biw
t hlcaso
iwirott i ft'
eton ...a..l..M s i i I ....
Washington ..
I
. (Associated Press Report !
Philadelphia April U.-Willt tba acor
tied two men out and the baaee filled
m th nlath Lav Crass singled snd
th locals again dereated ttuetuu.
eVore - H
h w
j
Rt. Mensem-
X.hllnAlhta. (.11 SO -.
......i.itl fiih-M ..a h mUl .na TViran
Cos k ley.' ViadUell and Powers aud1
Benrleth. -" f .
' ' ' ' (Associated 1'ress Report.)
' neveland. April .-The potpond In
augural of th American leagu season la
t'l-veland took place luduy.
- Soere- - ' R H
Clevelasd l I
Iletrolt ...(. . .ud iu io a
Moor and Bemls; Mulles and eVood.
i '' (Associated Press Report ) '
Chicago April la. -Chicago held St.
Louie until the ninth when they rallied
nd tied th score. ' In the slsventh on
Tannehlll a single iMmohus soads h
winning run for Chloago. i .
Chicago .iN.'i......'wWlfl--f I
St. lSuIb '........i..oui)eui-.i i i
. Owen sad fulllvan; Ulada and Sugden.
'' (Assc-iiatsd Press Report) r
Waahlngton April. ti-Th fam wag
called n aecoust of dartnaasv ' :
Hughes and-Klttiwdgsi .Orth Powell
nd Kllnw . . ... .'
The College Games. .
.t l I. . (Associated Press Report.)
West Petal. N. Y.. ADrtl -l(arvard
-linrTsni
today .
All
-II 4
flereatea tna west roiut learn tuus
Score 1 ' " . . " I
v.7... pnini f ono 9CA-.
Harv-rrl SUB 01 WW IS
Cfcstle 6obrn snd Stephenson v; L .
" .. (Associated Press Report.)'
New Have Conn. AprltU.ff als and
Columbia played hitretlng gam this
fternoon. J
mvioA-t i i
Yaie. imonm- 4 1
Tyler aiM Franbarhi Jacksoa and Chap-
lin j. .!!' : '
1 1 (AasaetaWd Press Report.) '
Proviawn R.. I;. April .-Mor tha
1M0 ' apscutor. Haw Flneton' 'dret
Brown. Both pltober did One work. By-
ram or tna visitors s trues eui . iwsrvs-
Browns. ; - . ' r i ;
Score . ' R
R.H.B
I I 1
III
Princeton . Wl 405 H-
n. aiisouiono
Byrsm ana uoneyi. tin sna re rue.
SPRINOTRAININO.'.
.9
Ball Players Dread the Prelimi-
nary Workout. v
These unfamiliar with ths kuiaf work-
ings of baseball regard 'th spring train-
ing trip of th major leagu ctubs to th
South in th Hght ot oollily sxcurslona.
The ball players know better.
Is true they are brought South un
ererlitl train and quartered ar the. host
hotels while bar but that la aot 'ill.
In return for these favors they sr ex-
pected to get out and work hard to get
In shape for th opening of th aeaaon
and I he work la not by any means play
slitter. Salary too. doe not begin and
this l the most unkind cut of all.
Prtbsbly the hardest work a ball ptay-
sr U called upon to do during th season
to thut which he does tn ths spring with-
out th plaudit of th fans to urge .him
on. It la then' that th work Is not
only Irksome but even painful '
' Th first day the players feel good snd
tt is hard to- bean them- from going toe
fast. In another day or so however th
effrcta of th first workout hegm to bo
felt In son musoles-and stiffened limbs
and then the men realise that It la uot
all play la order to get rid of th sore-
ness they have to keep on working even
when thyat so tlrej that sleep la hn-
poMilble This is the time th players
dread and tha practice for a week or
ten days falls behind that of ths open-
ing dsy unless the weather la hot In tha
latter case th player eom around more
.Atbet ther I a period of. half a
doser. day la which the work la any-
thing but pleasure. The older players on
a team feel th pring work more than
the youngsters snd us s nil th diffi-
culty Increases every season a ball play
ar hi in tha gam. .'
It la thla which make tbe veterans
dread the training period and some of
them hav withdrawn from the game
rot her then stand th preliminary work.
This waa tha reaaon that Jack CConnor
quit the game aa well aa "Chief" Ztm-
mer and why "Duke" Farrell desires t
eult Boston. In all of these cases th
players could hav held positions which
would hav paid them wU but preferred
to pea them up.
.m :'r'T.: .-'.'-v
--. An Anuteur;GaWw.f!W":
Ths Fourth Ward'' Rtar won n In-
teresting gam of bell yesterday anr.
noon-from th Athletlca-cor i to i.
Batteries I'm- Stan. E. C. . Pendarvls-
and F. Malotti fus Athleilee. Hals and
Oroce.' ' "" - - s
Tur.;;v:i::i Tr.n r::.
Leads In the !:...' i
Merlina Lta ' Ir '
Eraetton l.'ext i i I.
eeretary ameatua of the I - -tf
Bowtisg bwarti K.a e rn
awing Mterxetisg bowi:-.g
the contest for ths ii - . 1
rolled last Sunday st Broun r. r
learn No. I led th. ( r . . .
pine alnetrM m. inn i ....
t.am. Tl table alio s-
of mles and cx-h i-i
Meruoa 1-4 the tediv.wl t. .
W plus Smealoa carm- i .
plea end (.'aruthera was ti.u l
ethers atmng nut.
The next table gives the bi
sversse mlwa per t i
pumuer e eor tia. i .. ....
lee.te with the suull-.l Sun r r'
with Meneatoa eecund auU
third. -
la tbe tntertumveretn le t .
kea baaad Men aa end n I
buah with an iv.rvi .lev
traaus. The following srs ll.
HARRIS COLNTT LEAOt i:
Team work (flrat roll):
ToUl
TumvereiB 1st half.. K'"i ' ! '
Masiioiis. 1st half... .. a
Brunner Id half i
Ilouetos 1st baif.. i .
Brunwr first half tt ;
Csrisrube 1st half... bj . .
Totala
t Frames. 1 Total pna. t. A
4
r' same i sv trames.
I.
Kferllim
r mpii t i.i
nni a.
y lil er
M
M
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tat
ii
oa
r. C.
1 a
1 . i
1 a
m. J.
M
(..
W
bl
hi
f
h)
to
bl
M
nn
"4rd
. J.
J-I.e- W. ..
Huila ......
t-- n F.
1 I.-- k. O. W.
(mi.'I.I.V
I'lrlsa..ild ..
1 I a P
lnHy
1- liSWk C
Wemllrtnd
Ouv. II.
l-.nk K
Lanlelstn
6
la
hi
u
Kl
. an
m
to
hi
to
to
as
1 Average
I Misses.
f
game. . t. Cock plus.
Mtrllna
Srnenton
.
r4
S J
4 I
tit
it
t
I"
i j
it i
T
T -
ft
I
i
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1
II 14
II 1-4
II t l
' 11 M
II 44
M
lt n
u it
. It M
UM
; u M
t'sn.tliere
tnaiair .
N-uoiiinn
Knrts ....
riuy C .
Jivls m
Piiacne. It
In.iu 37
riamliles M
lM lilsUC M
Smith. J. to
Neulhard a...-. ...... at
Hiiberta J
Milner .
liners a.. ....... ....... 44
Mickey .......
rir.n r ....
Fke li p. ..
J. k.ck 0. W
Vloeck. W. .
to
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n
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llrtaaclMld .
Floerk. U.. ..
Guy H
Mulvey ...
Oouleby
W enellnd
s
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n
Dan'elaen
tNTERTVRfiVKRKIN LEAOUK.
Total Avar-
e.
4s 1
It
44 n
' 44 .41
' 44 m
4174
43 w
43
41 HT
- 41 At
40
w
4 54
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17. TH
47
. n
HO
14
U.i
U 10
' ivj
' M !t
' n.w
Km
Leopold
Merlina;...
I'aache
B meat in
Knodel
. ...
Neulhard
Ko lie
Kurts ;.
Benalgar
voist
Sreen
anithera .
Albrecht ...
Hamblen ..
Kallmann '
Sohwelkart
sitmnn .....
.Meyer
Schruedi-r
Welas. B .
Lewis .......
Danlelaen .
hslhl a . L...
. U4 .
1411 .
R47 i
sM .
4 '-'
14X1
. l.J ;
MM '
Btubenrauoh ........ n
Welas A. J 4M
Strong . . 4K
Jerslx 4)
Thomas ad
.A S'Vt W "
Th following Is th standing of th
Rmnnae club at the end of tn flrat week
In ha Klsbury cuff button eontt:
"" Fnime. Pin. P. C.
Dvli ..! . .
Mli'Xey iw a-l ai.ie
F. Lenk 1 wi u.m
Oootahy J. lie I4 tl-i
stnwster i ""
C. W Flucck 1W w.
F. Black W a' M.a
RoberU 10 44 M.4
M. Mllnar m WI-.
C. Stech W Uil . B.S)
Next bowling Tuesday night at !:. V
A;FIGHT ARRANGED.
John L. Sullivan Will Meet
. - . Charley Mitchell.
(Associated Press Report
Tacoma .Wash.. April JJ.Th spart-
lnJ editor of a Tacoma newspaper has.
It I ssid succeeded In matching John
L. Sullivan former champion pugilist of
th world and Charley Mitchell! the
champion puglllat of England for a twenty-round
bout Mamula of Queenahury
rulea battle to occur seme time In May
When Mitchell wsa salted If he would
meet Sullivan the Briton replied; "Aek
John. I will be ready to meet him at
any time and anywhere." Sullivan's re-
ply was characteristic: "Will fight
Mitchell ten. fifteen or twenty roumls
for a reasonable purse. - Answer If ba
accept." The battle will probably oc-
cur at Tacoma wber boxing I permit-
ted . . ..
' i.. ft. . . " s ! .i . f-.j5'i rS v
Masurys and Aronsteins.' '
4 Masurya -and Aronsteins will cross
bats this. evening st 1:30 oa the Orota
grounds la the Firs) ward. Manurra:
MoOowsn catcher; Letson pitcher:
Blelaht. first base; Shepperd second
basef Shelton. third basej Craighton.
shortstop; Sewer left field; Cecil cantor
field; Tobln. right field. Aronsteins: tv.
Hicks catcher; Rlielnhardt. pitchers H.
Ashorfelder first basal Bnlley. second
baset Schroder third base; Waoey short-
stop; Alexander left field: Huckmsn cen-
ter field; Veil left field. Sunday the
t3d. Masurys play st Humble. All toe
Msaury team Is ssked to show up this
morning at I o'clock out by th MaUonal
oil mills to practice
T
Ibfarch Culmorfir BIcycJa S!;r3 f"
Roller kte eenta tl 3S a -A '
pair. -Call and see th-m.
Bicycle sold n uy tr
Frame pins.
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