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|How Will Bronchos Look in 1910? Pretty Good, Says Cap Leidyi
TWENTY-SIX BRONES
UNDER CONTRACT NOW
Foreman Leidy Says He Could Start Spring
Training Tomorrow—Mostly Youngsters,
but Every One Highly Recommended.
While San Antonio baseball fans are
s not worrying enough about the 1910
Bronchos to get in any stew, they are
fast approaching that stage when they
threaten *o become peevish if not told
smithing. The reason they are not
worrying is because they are confident
that tlio foreman will be there with
sleigh bells on when the big noise
starts. He always is. No matter what
difficulties confront Manager George
O. Leidy (Cap) he always manages to
-surmount them some way and put the
metropolis up in the running all the
way. So there is no need to worry’.
duet in order to avoid any fretting,
however, Cap last night slipped out a
partial line on his hopefuls for the
coming campaign—and it looks as
sweet as - a prune pie to a farmer boy
who has chopped cotton half a day.
Cap has sum been busy this fall, and
as a result he could tap the gong to
morrow and a small army of ambitious
youngsters would respond to the call
and report for practice.
• • •
The Brones, as all good fans should
know, were plumb shot to pieces last
fall. There wasn’t enough of them
left to answer roll call and the club
was shy just about ten men of having
a quorum. The big leagues grabbed
off several, and others who were play
ing under agreements were called back
to their original owners and disposed
of variously and sundrously.
When Cap got ready to frame up
his 1910 Bronchos he couldn’t find a
nucleus (whatever that is) with a pair
of bookmaker’s field glasses. He saw
long before the season ended that there
wasn’t a-goin ’ to be any nucleus, so
he got out and started his"hustling long
before the final man was put out in
1 the 1909 siege.
Of course, the season is just a trifle
young yet to make any predictions as
to whether the team resultant from
Cap’s hustling will get the money or
not, but this much can be counted on:
Twenty-six lusty’ louts have affixed
cramped and uncramped signatures to
pink papers. And twenty-six is some
signatures.
It’s a toss-up where to start in tell
ing about a ball club. You’ll hear this
fellow say the pitcher is the most im
portant guy in the bull ring; that un
will sav the catcher is the squeeze: the
kid on the backlots wants to grow up
to be a shortstop, while the ladles, bless
’jem, think the first sacker is the loud
est because he puts out the most men.
And so on for every position—each hns
Its advocates.
/ Tn keeping score, however, the play
/era are numbered. The system in vogue
/ hero starts with the pitchers as being
' “No. I,’’ so as to avoid conflict, the
dope on the new men will take them up
according to their number in the score
book.
• • •
When Crool Fate plucked from the
corral those staunch and true and
mighty yeomen, Ables, Mitchell and
"Winchell, he tore a hole in the Brones
that a fellow could drive a wagon
through. “We'll never get over it,”
howled the fans. Well, let's see:
Cap has piled up a little squad of
some even dozen recruits from which
to build his heaving staff. Think ye
he should con some four or five good
men from rmong the dozen! Tf he
doesn’t he’ll have more hard luck than
one Miekev Finn, who—but that s an
other store.
Here’s just a partial list: Folbre,
Colgrove, Chavolier. Feeney, Daley, Gil
bert. Vogel. Billiard. Of course, yon
all know Folbre and Colgrove. Pat
writes that he is taking good care of
himself and that he is coming here next
yea.’ to give us the best he has. If he
isn’t fit for the heave job, he may’ get
a shot at the outfield. Colgrove looks
forward to the best season he has ever
had.
Most of the others are youngsters
who have been recommended by good
old timers. Feeney is a "St, Louis boy.
He, played last season for a time with
the Louisvfllo city league. The Courici
Journal of that city says of him: “He
has a fine assortment of curves, speed
to burn and marvelous control. Sev
eral teams wore after him and San An
tonio was Incky to cop.” Daley hails
from Birmingham, where he made a
great record in the city league and was
recommended by several members of
tlfe Southern league club of that city.
Gilbert and Vogel will graduate out
of the New Orleans city league. They
were xe. ommended by Jake Atz of the
White Sox and Cap looked them over,
much' to his delight. Gilbert, is a south
paw. The foreman says they look like
a box of Texas strawberries in Janu
■rv. , ,
Ua'ry Billiard is more or leas of a
vet. He broke out of the South Atlan
tic league into the Southern ii. 190+
and was bought by the New York
TVmericans. He wasn’t quite good
enough and was sent back to the South
Atlantic, where last year he pitched 13
and won JO games. H<* w:is personally
recommended by George Stallings.
SUNDAY,
Chevalier worked a few innings in a
game a month ago and showed class.
Cap isn’t ready’ to give out the oth
ers, but says he’ll have a big squad of
pitchers to choose from.
* • •
Four catchers are under contract, and
there promises to be a merry war for
the saekstopping job. There is no need
to comment on Alexander, Behan and
Adams. The new man is George Yau'z,
another Louisville boy. Th® Courier-
Journal also has words of praise for
this youngster: “George Yantz, the
crack catcher of the Portland team,
will also be with San Antonio. He
has no fear of not making good, being
u youngster of whom everybody is as
sured of a great future. Ho is a tire
less worker, a fine thrower and a good
hitter. ”
The backstop department is all to
the fudge.
• • •
The infield? Well, the infield isn't
quite fixed yet—that is, it isn't fixed
quite enough to give out in full. How
ever, Cap is simply waiting to see
whether a certain club will ask waivers
on a couple of hot boys who will con
vert the infield into a brick wall if he
succeeds in copping them.
The first question will be about first
base. Bastian wasn't to the mustard
during the latter part of the season,
and the chances are he will be among
the missing. Leidy, however, is par
ticularly complacent in regard to the
initial station. He has succeeded in
tying to the sack a man whom some ten
or fifteen other fellows were after. He
is Harry Payne of California. The
only reason the Brones lassoed him
was because of his friendship for Mc-
Murray, who induced him to come hero.
Mac always has had a sentimental feel
ing for San Antonio, and ho swung
Payne here against the appeals of sev
eral others.
Kipp will he baek, as will Walsh, to
try for the second station. The other
candidate will be Elgin Pope, of Wil
sonville, Ala., who will make his initial
professional bow this year. Cap knew
him while coaching a prep school team
at Marion, and oven then at 15 ho
looked good. He has made the team
two years in. a row at the University
of Alabama, and has turned down sev
eral offers in order to break out under
Cap. He is very fast, and is a left
hand hitter, although a right-hand
thrower.
Shortstop will be plugged by one of
the expected waiver men. For third
base the Brones will also have to get
a new man. “Dutch” Firestine will
be among the missing. It seems he was
the personal property of President Al
len. who has sold him to some Central
league club. One of the candidates for
this position will be a youngster named
Slavin, who hails from Phillipsburg, N.
J. Cap paid railroad fare and took a
200-milc trip to see him work, and said
“By gosh, it was wuth it. too.” He
is some cut-up, according to reports.
• • •
For the outfield two of the positions
will be plugged by the foreman and
George Stinson. Any words of praise
for either would be entirely superfluous
as both are the last words in fly-cateh
ing and hard hitting. There will be at
least four men trying for the other job.
Ho the outer garden looks good.
Therefore, brother, cease the fret
ting, because the Brones’ll be there
stronger ’n horseradish.
TEXAS SCHOOLS TRY
CAMP’S NEW RULES
Expert Asks Football Teams to
Report Results to National
Rules Committee.
Special Dispatch.
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 8. —Letters
have been received by colleges here and
in other Texas cities from Walter Camp
of Yale, suggesting a numlier of now
football rules and plays for next year,
and requesting that they be practiced
now.
Ac cordingly squads expect to line up
and test the new rules, which are orig
inated for the purpose of eliminating
mass plays and encouraging long runs,
thn« minimizing danger. Various Tex
as teams will report the result to the
national rules committee, which meets
in Now York the latter part of Janu-
As soou as it became known that
“Uncle Joe" Cannon had bought the
Danville Three I league club, the team
was dnbbed the “Cannonballs.’’
Jimmy Sheckard says that, so far as
he knows, he will play with the Chi
cago Cubs again the coming season.
Bill Duggleby, the old Phillies' pitch
er. will join the Oakland. Calif-, team.
o£ which Harry Wolverton is manager.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT ANDGAZETTE
TRAINING IS REAL TEST OF FIGHTERS’ NERVE
By Tip Wright.
Any mon who can train can tight. It
isn’t the fighting that makes the men
who know hesitate, but the fearsome
preparation.
And because Jim Jeffries has proved
his willingness and ability to train, I
am convinced he will be “there" when
he meets Jack Johnson.
Only si game num can train, while
many a man who lacked this quality
Las made a name in the ring. Strange,
isn’t it?
especially does this apply to a
num like Jeffries, who retired to a life
of luxurious ease for six years, during
which time his vital organs became ac
customed to the new condition and he
took on flesh and grew soft.
To Jeffries, training meant weeks of
agony. But when he heard the call the
big fellow had the heart and the game-
UAI DREAM
IS NOW A FACT
Money in Hand From Eight,
and Southern Union Ready
to Issue Charter.
The dreams of the promotors of the
10.-al branch of the A. A. A. U. is no
longer pipes, but arc real facts. Secre
tary Dugosh of the local commission,
has received application blanks from
Dr. Beneto of the southern branch of
the A. A. A. IT., of which body the
local organization will become mem
bers.
Chairman Phil. McLaughlin and Sec
retary Dugosh were busy all week, get
ting anuual dues from the various in
stitutions that signified their willing
ness to join. Those responding arc’
Marshal Training school. West Texas
Military school, San Antonio academy.
S. A. High school. Peacock Military
college. Garden academy, St. Louis col
lege.
, The Y. M. C. A. being members of
the L. W. A. are already affiliated with
the A. A. A. U. while the Turner gym
nasium class will take out a member
ship charter with the X. A. A. U. which
will also entitle them to recognition.
This makes ten institutions in the local
branch.
As son as the dues are sent to Now
Orleans which will be cither today or
Monday, the directors of the southern
assosiation will meet and issue a char
ter to the San Antonio branch, besides
appointing the following commission
ers: Phil McLaughlin, chairman: W.
T. Marshal) A. F. Dugosh, secrctnrv
treasurer.
It is the'intention of the local branch
i to ns* the southern association to ap-
I point five instead of three commission
’ ers which will be done by Mr. Dugosh,
’ on the recommendation of Mr. Laugh
| lin. iu Eis letter to Now Orleans.
Already dl ten institutions are get-
I ting "busy with their track material nt
I their d'sposal in pntkug them through
‘various stunts of training for the big
I track meet to be held on February 22.
A meeting will be culled to make final
■ arrangements for the track meet as
, soon as a replv is received from New
Orleans, issuing the local branch a char
ter.
I The schools have all agreed to post
. oonc their baseball schedules until af
| ter the field day of February 22, «o
■ that all can give their undivided at
tention to the training of the various
| athletes that will compete.
। Pitcher George McQuillan was the
; first Phiilie player to tender a signed
। contract to President. Fogel.
( Manager Dan Shay is trying hard
: to obtain training grounds at Douglas.
| Arizona, for hi s Kansas City Blues.
ness t<> put comfort behind and buckle
into training in earnest.
Only men who have trained <;,n be
gin to appreciate what it meant to give
up stimulants, rich food, late hours,
idleness and boon companions for plain
food, early hours and hard work.
Stomach, lungs and muscles com
plained. Oh. how they erred out when
the strain was felt! Bore and stiff in
the morning, with only a repetition of
the work iu which to find relief. And
this for days and days, until, the fat
disappearing, stomach responding to
rational treatment, lungs having re
turned to their normal condition, and
other organs correspondingly healthy,
life again became worth living.
But the interim! Only a game man
can struggin through it.
When Jeffries began training he
weighed 270. Today he weighs 230,
FACTORS AND FIGURES
FOR PIN KNOCKERS
Standings, Averages, Sched
• ules and Other interesting
Data for the Bowlers.
TEN PIN TOURNAMENT.
Standing.
Ply’d. Won. Lost. P.O.
Roach ‘ 70 52 18 .7+2
jHeiek 75 53 22 .700
i Ziegler 75 52 23 .693
Hill 53 36 19 .65+
[ Shroeder 65 +2 23 .6+6
I Wagner 70 45 25 .612
iKohc 65 40 25 .615
MnyCcbl 70 +1 29 .585
IFmcrron 70 41 29 .585
Sessions 80 46 3+ .571
(Leland 65 34 31 .->23
Barnes 70 30 +o ,!2-
i Forner ”6 20 41 .41+
Fowler 25 50 .333
Lamm <’-5 20 45 .307
Btizick 55 11 44 .200
Shepherd 60 10 50 .166
Frehauf 60 4 56 .060
The mix-up between the leaders was
■quite general last night on Emerson's
j alleys. Roach jumped into firn place,
'with Hcicek « close second. Mil! went
up hum sixth place into fourth.
Tin* tamos were remarkable for the
I
number of 200 s on - made?
Hill took lour fiem Emerson and
three from Lelnnd. "eMions three out
of five from Fowler, and Roach five
[straight from Emerson. Hill captured
! the plum for rolling righ game, with
227.
To Roach belong the honors of
bowling best avcr.it’ with an average
lO6 in his contest. lie bowled three
scores of 201. 2OI‘ and -1”.
, The scores:
First Series —
Hill 170 lie 227 I*2 175-9+J
Emerson ....159 I-!' I s T'2 I<< •
Second Series —
Hill Ill) 152 157 168 IG+—7B3
Leland 20'1 I s ' l 129 163 1 + I—Bl3
Third Scries— . _ „„„
Session* ....151 15? 1 ■
Fowler 135 159 12 ’ I ’6 “4
Fourth Serie* —
Reach 169 216 20l 18* 263—9,,
Emerson ....135 168 1.2 12" !•>■ <+9
TEN PIN TOURNAMENT.
Averagef-
Pld. l’iii< 've. H. S.
Roach 70 12-20 1>.9 238
Hill 55 9H2 1.1.6 -2<
Ziegler 75 1271 > ’W.> 210
1
Wagner 70 1" .. 165.3 2..1
Shroeder 65 '' ' Um.
Kohr 65 1 i. -l-
Hcieek 75 12312 104.1 -10
Emerson 70 11176 l >9-6 ~09
and every oue of the mi-'ing 40 pounds
is accounted for in abstemious living
and laborious work. Rope shipping,
bag punching, dumb bell*, road work,
wrestling, al] played a part.
And that is but preliminary. Jef
fries hasn’t commenced real training,
nor will ho for some time. But if pre
liminary. the training has been neces
sary. for it has prepared Jeff’s body
for the strenuous work nhead—work
h® could not do hail he not spent
months getting ready.
Maybe you think it easy to forego
the good things of life—to cut out
every indulgence rind eat only what a
hard-hearted trainer permits—to go to
bed and get. up at command and do a
stipulated amount of hard work every
12 hours.
Step into a room by yourself and try
those exercises you did when a young-
■ Leland 65 10287 158.3 200
Mayfield 70 11040 157.7 209
Barnes 70 10258 116.5 199
i Fowler 75 IUB2O 14L2 204
i Forner 75 10724 1 12.9 196
Lamm 65 8938 137.5 221
Buzick 55 7 U 3 132.9 19+
Shepherd 60 7583 126.3 200
I Frehauf .' 60 703+ 117.2 J 56
Schedule for This Week.
Monday—Forner vs. Wigner.
Tuesday — Emersoh vs. Ziegler;
■ Schroeder vs. Kohr.
Wednesday—Mayfield vs. Leland;
; Bouderanx vs. Lamm.
Thursday—Hoicck vs. Roach; Buzick
. vs. Barnes
Friday—Shopherd vs. Frehauf.
TURNER BOWLING LEAGUE.
The Schedule for the Week.
Monday, January 10—Gutzeit vs.
Ellsworth.
Tuesday. January 11—Dunla m vs.
■ Oppenheimer.
Wednesday. January 12—lloefgen vs.
. Wageafchr.
Thursday. January 13—Koch vs.
I Welker.
Finlay. Januiry 1+ —Schmitt vs. Wa
jters.
I The past week on the Turner alloys
(hns been rather an eradicate one in the
, wa v of bowling, only three out of the
; five games scheduled having been
। bowled. The reason is due to the mix
up in the dates for the week. But Oils
: week and the following week's sche I
; ule* nrc all O. K. No changes occur
' red in the standing of any of the teams
( all lidding their relative positions of a
week ago. ,
TEAM PIN AVERAGE
OF ST. JOSEPH LEAGUE.
Games. Pins. Ave.
!l. Tanillion 20 5643 282
’ J. Neugebauer 18 +940 27+
J. W. Wvrzbach 20 5451 273
J. J, Kraus 20 5365 268
L Neugebauer 18 4733 26.1
Win. V. Dielmnun ....16 4091 236
Postponed games will be played as
follows:
Tuesday. January 11 —Win. V. Die!
maun vs. J ie Neugebauer.
Wednesilnv. January 12—L. Neuge
bauer vs. .1. W. Wurzbach for eham
pionship.
Thursdav. Januarv 13—Win. 5. Diei
nmnn vs. L. Neugebauer.
Splash Record of Second Series.
Twelve splashes —I. TarriUion.
Ten—Ed Jaeekle.
Eight—P. L.uig*dorf. L. Smiltcnfuss.
Seven —L. Neugebauer. O. C. Gcrtes.
Six—T. Neugebauer. C. B. Christian.
Jr.. L .Miller. 11. Juenger. Ernst Muel
ler. F. Graschel.
Five —11. Sehwegmann, Jr. t J. Wurz- |
-ter. Touch your toes with your fin
ger* without bending your knees. Or
go out and jog a mile. See how quick
ly your lungs will fill and your heart
pumps. Then you’ll know.
Training requires genuine gnniencss.
Many a fighter has been forced to
work by his trainer. Men resort to
every excuse tn avoid, training tasks.
1t isn’t that they don’t want to be In
shape, but they hat® to train. Some
would richer take a thrashing than go
through th® agony imposed by training.
It's because I know Jeffries hns
trained faithfully, and is today in fair
shape, that I am, confident he will rc
; turn to the ring July 4 iu his old form.
I base my conclusion upon the well es
tablished fnet already referred to, that
if a man caji train he can fight, and in
I Jeff’s case I might add. if he can train
I he can “conic back.”
HIGH SCHOOL 22;
ST. MARY’S 15
Y. M. C. A, Second Team De
feats Turner Reserves in
Close Game 22 to 17.
High school and Bt. Mary’s college
basketball teams played one of the
fastest and cleanest games played this
season, yesterday afternoon at St.
Mary 's college.
High school was the victors by a
score of 22 to 15.
Tin* first half ended 11 to 9 iu fa
vor of High school. The features of
I he game was tho passing of Ed Dreiss
bind, in fact, the all around playing of
with teams in team work.
1 The stars wore Rankin and Boe for
the High school, while Murphy and
I Monger took care of the honors for St.
( Mary’s college.
। The lineup:
| High Schoo). S. M. C.
Right Forward.
• Elmendorf Dolan
Left Forward.
, Rankin SchueltZb-Kneedland
Center.
Dreiss Murphy
Left Guard.
i Ellsworth Monger
Right Guard.
Bee Donahue
Referee—Brother Donahue.
Umpire—G. Kocttler.
! I>acn. Jt:o.J. Kraus.
Four —A. L. Krati*. J. F. Ripps. L.
II TarriUion, Theo. Maggott, Geo.
; Mueller.
Three —N. A. Meyer. B. S-hwcgmnnii.
Sr.. Chas. Landauer. Geo. Theis, 11.
' Su-dteiifu**, Jo-3 Gro*s, F. Theis, Jr..
1 Ben Nitseh.
Two—A. L. Bass, 11. M. Jaeekle. L.
R. Moyer. Win. V. Dielmauu, H. Theis.
!’ riser!.dl. G. Steuben. Joe Sievers,
< iia* Schneider.
One—J. Juenger, Sr.. A. G. Wiotzel.
<’. W. Mever, Alb. Schneider. A. Gross,
F. Tlu i*. Hr.. Fr. Lange. H. S[«ilten
siein. I*. Sievers. R. Kempf, J. Balmos.
11. Jueekki,.P. Hoefgen.
‘•.isfii k ’doduall.l halcsiOolewakaN
Galley Twc—Bowling j
The alley records <>f the St, Josepa
Bowling league an* as follows:
High Game —3+3 pins, by J. J. (
Kraus and J. Neugebauer. Jr.
High lulling—B6, by J. J. Kraus.
Ixiw Game —156. by W. V. Dielmaun. |
Lor. Inning—B. by W. V. Dielmaun.
The games of the week will be the 1
one scheduled Wednesday night be >
ween L. Neugebauer vs. J. W. Wurz- I
bach, for the championship of the i
league. Neugebauer having won first
place in the first scries and Wurzbucu ,
.the same honors iu the second series, f
JANUARY 9. 1910.
JEFF WILL MIKL
OVER $50,000
ON IHE STAGE
Salary Averages Over $5OOO a
Week on Vaudeville Tour
About to Close,
LAST WEEK WAS CLEAN-UP
It Matters Little Whether He
Wins Scrap or Not, He Has
Copped a Fortune,
United Press.
I Chicago, Hl.. Jan. B.—When Jas. J.
I Jeffries ends his present tour of the
| country, the amount of money he will
|be enriched, according to conservative
। estimates, is $5+,000. Tonight H. H.
Frazee, manager of tho tour, said ho
I had just sent Jeffries a cheek for
$6lOO for his share of the receipts for
the week just ended. He was able to
estimate the fighter’s shave on tele
graphic communicatiou of the receipts
for the day.
Since the tour began the average
share Jeffries received said Frazee, has
[ been more than $5OOO weekly. Besides
this, Jeffries is getting big royalties
। from moving picture shows of his past
: tights. Whether he gets the big or the
I little end of the purse in his fight with
Johnson, he will add another fortune to
, his previous gains.
ST. LOUIS TO PLAY
HARU BALL H SPRING
Manager O'Connor Says the
Browns Will Be Put Over
Jumps From Getaway.
United Press.
St. Louis. Mo., Jan. 8. —Texas is to
sec some real laaseball during the
spring training season, according to
Manager O’Connor, of the St. Louis
Jlrow, The+inn to put figi'tiugMnri;
'in the men is right on the jump. Jack
figures, and he is out after games.
According to the plans he has ottt
’ lined he will be after games from th*
i time the team lands in the south. He
; wants to play ail the big league elubs
j in that section and all the other teams.
, One of the best series that he expects
Ito get will be with the Giants. Man
ager McGraw has already negotiated
tor games and they will bo among rhe
firs; arranged for.
It will lx’ real l>all. too, according to
Manager O'Connor. Tim Browns will
be nnt through the paces and they will
| play inside ball from the jump and thev
I wiR play during the training season
I just a* hard as thev will bo expected
I to play during the league season.
LAST HARBOR FOR
OUTLAWS SLIPPiNG
Gariy Herrmann to Talk Over
Matter With Chicago In
dependent Teams.
Cincinnati, O._ <Jan. 8. —Chairman
“Garry” Herrmann, of the National
commission, will leave for Chicago to
morrow to meet representatives of the
various semi-professional teams of that
[ city, with a view of determining what
i action is to be taken with regard to
' contract jumpers.
j “These independent Chicago teams
I are now the only playing baseball or
i ganizations where disgruntled players
'can find said Herrmann to
-1 night, adding that negotiations were
। now to be carried on which wouM make
“outlawry" among players impos-
■ sible.
The new National agreement con
tracts calling for twelve months' con
trol over players will be ready for dis
tribution !>y the committee within a
few days. Filey prohibit players play
ing baseball, football, basketball or «r
other sport during their off season
without :be consent of the ehtb holding
title to the player involved.
CAPT. HART WILL BE
BACK IN GAME NEXT YEAR
Princeton. X. J., Jar *. — Di'onssion
as to whether Captahi-elec l Hart of the
Princeton football teair would hold
down the job >n the gri-liron next year
whs set nt rest tonight In a signed
stateiaeut from Hart that he was phv*
ically in as good condition a< be It:’
been at any time during the last four
years and tha. h® would undoubtedly
iilny throuul-. the next so: «on as Prince
ton ’s captain.
Hart denies that he is opposed to ho.
appointment of Head Coach Rot*er. de
clining be ha 1 supported Roper “'nee •
the eoach was first suggested for *ho
Tigers.
■
Mathewjon of ’he Giants and Chas**
of the Highlander* #re IxMh playirtg
on th< same indoor baseball team In
New York.
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