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10 BASEBALL Brones Open Series With Fort Worth; Score Shutout Errors by Fillman and Morris Give San Antonio Only Tallies of Fast Con test-Billiard in Form. To Messrs. Morris and Fillman the| fans of San Antonio respectfully ten der their thanks for their eflforts on' behalf of the local team in the open- ; ing contest of the series with Fort I Worth yesterday afternoon. At critical' stages of the game these two gentle-j men opportunely made bungles of hits ] and as a result both of the Bronchos | runs crossed the plate. The score was i 2 to 0 and thus did the local’s register another victory on the right aide of the! (ledger. The above mentioned errors were the' only ones made by the visitors, but: like food to a starving man. they came , at. the right time. Manager Leidy’s I boys had but two chances to score and I they took every advantage of and" the Fort Worth aggregation, al- j though out-hitting the locals, were] forced to bow to defeat. To Mr. Billiard, also may the fans feel indebted, for the little spit-ball : artist was in great form and after the third inning had the opposing bats men guessing at all stages, with the ex ception of the eighth inning, when they bunched two singles and a base on balls, but Fillman, who led off with a hit. was caught between third and second bases and was an easy out on a telay throw from Schau to Firestine to Harrison, the latter making a fine play I on the throw. While Billiard had the visitors guess ; ing, Weatherford was master of the ■ situation and allowed but four hits. Oue of these resulted in a run, while the other was due to a base on balls, a sacrifice and Fillman’s error on an easy grounder .on which the base run ner scored from second base. This was the only pass that he handed out and t his lapse on his part had a disastrous effect on the result of the contest. While three errors are charged against the Brones,' two of these were made of foul balls, and the other on a fumble by Harrison, who to maintain, his record, broke into the misplay I column, but it did not figure. At other times, or when there were । men on the base paths, San Antonio played like topnotchers. Firestine and Harrison pulling off a number of rat tling stops. Fpr six innings Ilie teams'went along on even terms and with both twirlers in fine form it. looked as though there] would be extra innings, but in the seventh. Stinson, the first hitter, was 1 passed to first and moved to second i when Frantz sacrificed. Firestine fol : lowed with a bounder over the pitch er’s head and when Fillman fumbled 1 the ball, Stinson, by great sprinting,' crossed the plate with a tally. The 1 next two hitters were easy outs. The other score came in the follow ing session. Kipp drove a screamer j l along the third base line, after Billiard 1 THE REASON I * FRIDAY, FT. WORTH LOSES TO BRONCHOS I had breezed. Leidy raised a high one to center field after Kipp had pilfered I second. Hero Manager Morris broke , into the game, or rather broke up the • game for he made a short heave to | first base on Mclver’s grounder, and । while the first sacker, was trying to ; tag the runner and argue with the urn i pire over the decision, Kipp skipped I across the plate with the final run of : the contest. It was announced yester day afternoon • before the contest by President Morris Block of the local club that Hohnhorst, the first, baseman se cured from the Atlanta team of the Southern *league. would report here on Saturday morning and would play first base in the afternoon game. Hohnhorst is a left-hander, both at the bat and in the field, a fast fielder and a good sticker. Last year he was a member of the Augusta team of the South Atlan tic league and had a batting average for the season of .282. These figures placed him iu the first dozen stickers and should he be able to maintain a like clip in this league he should be a valuable acquisition to the San Antonio team. The score of yesterday’s game fol lows: San Antonio— AB. B. H. O. A. E. Kipp, 2b ...4 1 1 3 4 0 , Leidy, cf 4 0 0 1 0.0 1 Mclver, rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 I Stinson, If 3 1 1 1 0 0 Frantz, lb 2 0 1 11 1 1 Firestine, 3b 3 0 1 0 5 0 Schan, c 3 0 0 9 3 1 Harrison, ss 3 0 It 2 3 1 Billiard, p 3 0 0 0 1 0 I Totals ...30 2 427 17 3 Fort Worth— * A8.8.H.0.A. E. Fillman, 2b 3 0 1-3 2 1 Jolly. If 2 0 0 3 0 0 ' Kanzler, lb 3 0 0 6 0 0 • Biggs, cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 Coyle, rf 3 0 1 0 0 0, Morris, ss ... 4 0 1 I*3 1 - Salazer, 3b 3 0 o'l 1 0 ] Powell, c 4 0 1 8 0 01 । Weatherford, p .... 31 0 1 0 3 0] ’ McKay 1 0 0 0 0 0. Totals 1...30 0624 9 21 ‘Batted for Salazer in ninth inning. By Innings. i San Antonio ..r 000 000 11*— 2| Fort Worth 000 000 000— 0 Summary. Stolen bases. Fillman. 2, Kanzler.; Kipp; two base hits, Powell; sacrifice hits, Frantz; struck out, by Billiard, 8; by Weatherford. 0; bases on balls, off Billiard, 4; off Weatherford, 1; hit by pitched ball. Jollv; left on bases, San ' Antonio, 5; Fort "Worth. 8; passed ball. Schan: double plays, Schan to Kipp: time of game, 1:36; umpire. Jefferies. This insistent principle of giving its patrons the widest pos sible range of selection has un doubtedly had much to do with The Washers’ success; other features which have brought both prestige and pros perity are extraordi nary value-giving and the firm and ir revocable resolution to sell none but clothes of quality; you will find here some very exception ally fine suits for men and youths at 22.50 PUGILISM Ml BUNCHES HUS m in VICTORY ] Miller, for Locals, Allows but । Three Hits and Scores Shut- L out Victory, 2 to 0. ' Special Dispatch. Waco, Tex., April 29.—8 y allowing but three hits, Pitcher Miller, of Waco, scored a victory over Oklahoma City here yesterday afternoon, the score be ing 2to 0. Miller, in addition to twirl ing tine ball, received errorless support and Manager Andrews’ team never had a chance to tally. Bandy allowed but six hits, but these were made in the pinches and the nec essary runs were sent across the plate. Score— R. H. E. Waco .. 100 000 01’—2 6 0 Oklahoma City... 000 000 000 —0 3 4 Batteries: Miller and White; Bandy and Armstrong. • SHREVEPORT DROPS ONE TO HOUSTON Special Dispatch. Houston, Tex., April 29. —In the first j game <oi the- series between Houston and Shreveport, the former won yester- j day by the score of 5 to 3. Malloy had the visitors guessing until the eighth i inning, when they bunched hits and ] sent two tallies across the plate. Hous- ] ton by that •time had a safe lead. Score— K. H. E. I Houston 200 011 01’—5 10 5 Shreveport 000 000 021 —3 8 3 ] Malloy and Wickenhof , fer; Barenkamp and Hinniger. GALVESTON'LANDS AN EASY VICTORY Special Dispatch. Galveston, Tex., April 29.—Effective - twirling by Hinriekson resulted in a ' shut-out victory for the locals in the first contest of the series with Dallas. I the score being 4'to 0. In the opening • inning the visitors had the bases full, but fast fielding prevented them from I scoring. Score — R. H. E.,l i Galveston 200 000 02 s —4 7 2 1 Dallas 000 000 000—0 3 1 Batteries: Hinriekson and Stringer; i Hirsch aud Onslow. ELKS TEAM TRIMS FROST BANK, 7 TO 5 lu :hh opening contest for both teams the Elks walloped Frost Bank yester day afternoon on the post diamond by the score of 7to 5. The playing of both teams was high class at ail times and a number of fine plays were pulled oft' by the members of both teams. In the batting end of the game Herpel was the star, four safe wallops being] credited to him. Owing to darkness ; the gamawas called at the end of the seventh inning. Score — . R. H. E. Elks 200 202 J — 7 12 1 Frost Bank 003 000 2— 5 9 3 Batteries: Brown and Vodrie; Hol brook and Keller. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Indianapolis: Columbus, 0; In dianapolis, 2. At Louisville: Toledo. 3; Louis- ] ville, 5. At Kan-as City: St. Paul, 5; Kan- j sas City, 4. At Milwaukeq: Milwaukee, 6; Min- I : ■ I BREEZY GOSSIP FOR THE BASEBALL FAN j Manager Leidy again changed his batting order, Kipp being sent up first. Schan a,med at one of Weatherford’s shoots in the second that struck him in the side. He could not fathom the' curve. Harrison was slow covering second i when Fillimau stole, and could not out ' the ball on the runner. Gallager was an easy victim of Bil-j liard's curves in his first two trips to I the plate. The fans were delighted when it ws« announced that First Baseman Hohn horst, purchased from the Atlanta team of the Southern league, would re port here on Saturday morning and • would be in 'be game in the afternoon. ' Schan threw out men in the first and - second innings with such ease that the] Fort Worth base runners did not take । any liberties on the base paths. When Jolly stuck his hat in front of ] Schan iu the fifth, he balked the latter; and Fillman seeuned an easy steal o f second. Frantz, made a muff of a high foul in - the sixth and gave Riggs a life. The latter, however, breezed. An the game progressed Billiard seemed to grow stronger, while bis con trol improved. Firestine made a snap throw nu i Coyle's bounder in the eighth’and re । tired the runner at first. There were two on bases at the time. ■ —z . Kipp never stopped running on Me- I Iver’s tap to shortstop and when Mor- I ris threw wild, Kipp\scornd. bAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE MANY WAGERS ON BIG FIGHT Edited By FRANCIS C. RICHTER. Jr. James J. Jeffries as he looks today. This is the latest picture taken of the great pugilist aud shows him exercising on the ball field at his training camp “WAITING THEM OUT’ MAY SEND THIS PITCHER BACK TO “BUSH” LEAGUES “Make him pitch to you,’’ were the orders the Tiger Batters carried to the plate in last Saturday’s game with the Naps. “Make this Mitchell pitch to you.” They waited them out. Bush and Delehanty were called out en strikes as a result. The plan was successful. At the end of the second inning, Willie Mitchell, last year with the San Antonio club in the Texas league, a southpaw, and considered to be a big league certainty, was sent to the clubhouse. The Tigers had made three hits, a single, double and triple and a pair of runs. Mitchell got nervous because they were waiting. And wheu a pitcher is nervous it is not the hardest thing iu tl.e world to hit him. Mitchell may get another trial and he may not. If he does not, they will say of him that he was “waited out of the big league.” CORPUS CHRISTI IS SHUTOUT BY LAREOO I Special Dispatch. Corpus Christi, Tex.. April 29. —By hitting with men on the bases, Laredo yesterday afternoon defeated Corpus Christi by the score of 2 to 0 and con tinued at. the top of the pennant race, although sharing this position with ; Bay City. Fallanca, on the slab for the * winners, received great support aud thia was a great factor in the visitors’ I victory. Score — R. H. E. Laredo 000 000 Oil— 2 3 1 I Corpus Christi ..000 000 000 - u I 2 Batteries: Fallanca and L. Juarez; Mathewson and Sisson. BAY CITY LOSES BY POOR PLAYING Special Dispatch. Bay City, Tex., April 29.—P00r field ing by tlieir opponents and hard hit ting proved a winning combination for ' Brownsville here yesterday afternoon ] and the visitors landed the contest by , the score of 9 to 5. Dailey, at third base for Bay City, had five errors, ami ' every one of these figured in the run ; scoring. Score- R- H. E. Brow nsville I. . 013 120 020— 9 12 5 Bay City 100 000 022— 5 6 8 Batteries: Waterman and Holman; Wehrman, Blakney and Sweet. BEEVILLE LOSES THIRD TO VICTORIA TEAM i Beeville, Tex.. April 29.—The locals i dropped their third contest of the scries ' with Victoria here yesterday afternoon, ■ the score being 4to 3. Score — R. H. E. Victoria 001 102 (1(10— 4 5 2 Beeville* 000 002 001— 3 9 3 I Butteries: S. Peebles nnd Gerhardt; Colgrove and Adams. LOCAL SCHOOLBOYS QUALIFY IN MEET JEFF AS A BALL PLAYER ATHLETICS 'iu the Santa Cruz mountains of .Cali fornia. It shows him much harder and lighter than be was a few months ago, but experts point out that he still has |some “paunch.” STANDING OF CLUBS. TEXAS LEAGUE. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C. Houston 13 9 4 .692 Galveston *.13 8 5 .615 SAN ANTONIO... 13 7 6 .538 Dallas 13 7 6 .538 Waco 13 7 6 .538 Oklahoma City ...13 5 8 .385 Shreveport 13 5 8 .385 Fort Worth .13 4 9 .308 SOUTHWEST TEXAS LEAGUE. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C. Bay City ........ 8 6 2 ■ 750 Laredo ~..8 6 2 .750 Brownsville 8 4 4 .500 Victoria 8 4 4 .500 Corpus Christi ... 8 2 6 .250 Beeville 8 2 6 .250 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C Detroit 10 7 3 .700 New York 8 5 3- .625 Philadelphia .... 9 5 4 .556 Cloveland 10 5 5 .500 Boston -..1l 5 6 .455 St, Louis 7 3 . 4 .429 Washington ....12 5 7 .41, Chicago ~ 7 2 5 .286 NATIONAL LEAGUE. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C. Pittsburg 8 6 2 .750 Chicago' 8 6 2 .750 New York 11 8 3 .727 Philadelphia . ...10 « 3 . <OO Cincinnati ...... 8 3 5 .375 Boston ..10 3 , .300 Brooklyn 11 * .272 St. Louis 10 2 8 .20(1 SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Plyd. Won. Lost. P. C New Orleans ..'..16 11 5 .688 Memphis 10 6 4 .600 (Chattanooga . ...11 6 •' .54-‘ Montgomery . ...12 6 n .500 Birmingham . ...12 6 6 .500 Atlanta 11 •' •' .4*»5 Mobile 1« 6 10 .375 .Nashville 12 4 8 .383 LAREDO SCORES SHUTOUT Many Big Wagers Made on Jeff-Johnson Bout San Francisco Sporting Men Sending Money to New York to Back Jeff in Coming Battle. New Yolk, April 29.—That there are now large sums of money in this city to wager on James J. Jeffries, in his tight with Jack Johnson on Indepen dence day, at odds of 2 to I—if it should become necessary to give such odds in order to place the money—that many thousands more will be seut along from the Pacific coast for the same purpose, and that Jeffries will have no trouble in getting into prime condition for the big contest, is the in formation imparted by Jack Coop per, an old friend of the former cham pion, and a man prominently connected with the boxing game. The first big wager that has been made in New York as to the length of the contest was placed last week. A prominent sporting man placed $5OOO against $7OOO put up by a broker, that the fight would not go more than ten rounds. Neither party to this bet en tered into any details as to who would be the winner. The wager was solely on the length of the fight. There were a number of smaller bets, ranging from $5OOO down to $2OOO, reported, most of them at odds of 10 to 8 or 10 to 7 on Jeffries to win. “I know right now that Gleason. Rickard. Coffroth, and a whole lot of other men ‘in the know’ have sent and are sending all kinds of coin to New York to bet on Jeffries at any odds at all up to 2 to 1. And I’ll tell you this much more: Jeffries is sending some east himself for the same purpose. JOCKEY TOM BURNS RETIRES FROM TURF America's Once Premier Rider Announces Retirement From Saddle to Become Trainer, New York. April 29. —Tommy Burns, i the premier jockey of America in 1898- ; 99, has abandoned the saddle to be ' eome a trainer. Burns announced his his retirement yesterday in a voice that tidied to be cheerful. . “It’s hard times when a few pounds of faWplaces one in the ‘also ran’ class’ he said, ‘but such is the fate that has overtaken me. I’m no longer able to accept mounts because my weight has jumped too high to suit the economical ideas regarding weight entertained by owners and trainers. Henee, I’m among the discards.” Burns will not retire from the turf, however, for he will get a stable of horses together and turn trainer. With his great knowledge of hAses and the methods of the well kuowrtmandlers of horses in both this country and in Eng land. Burns should make a great success in his venture. englisfTsports WILL SEE THE BIG FIGHT London, April 29. —Arrangements are being made with the initiative of Lord Lonsdale for a party of English sports men to go to America to see the Jeff ries-Johnson fight. The idea is to get together a sufficient number of men of means and position interested in the prize ring to make it worth while to charter a special steamer to New York, and osgage a special train for the run across the continent, to arrive at the [journey’s end on the very day of the ' fight, and feturn eastward the follow ing day. Reach's Complete Lines Nic Tengg Mail Orders Given 220 W. Commerce St. Prompt Attention. San Antonio, Texas APRIL 29, 191 u BASEBALL , And what the ‘big fellow’ is senjiing I is no trifle, either.” ; If there is a lot of money tp bet on ! Jeffries at 2 to 1, there’ll be no such odds given in England, according to a 1 ’prominent Englishman, who receutlv I came over here. Even money will be j about the best Jeffries’ backers will ■ give on the other side. Johnson is very much fancied ' throughout Europe, this traveler said, I because, for oue thing, his reputation is I bigger there than it is in this country; ! also, there is not the prejudice against ] the negro abroad that there is here. In Cooper’s opinion, the “big fel : low” showed succinctly when he was ' in New 'York last November that he j could easily regain his old form; that , absence from the ripg for four years had not impaired his faculties to any serious extent; that his eye for dis -1 tance and speed was almost as good as ever, and that he was terribly in earn lest-about giving the negro the wors’ beating that Jeffries has ever meted ; out to an opponent. “Jeff came into my gymnasium,” I said Cooper, “while he was here last. 1 November and put on the gloves sev eral times. Corbett was then in light training here—as he usually is the whole year around —and the two old opponents frequently did a few stunts in private. Jeff was anxious, of course, to know just what he had in him, and so was Corbett. Well, the ‘big fellow' soon showed us.” H OBJECTS 10 HEW FOOIBJEE RULES Changes Will Knock Out Red and Blue Pet Plays, Says Coach Williams Philadelphia, Pa., April 29.—The new rules, governing football are giving plenty of trouble to the coaches and players in the spring piactices. The Yale men are finding it difficult to adapt themselves to the regulations which prevent the diving tackles anil the use of the arms in interference. At the University of Pennsylvania the coaches declare that the new rules aro particularly difficult for a team which has been using the Bed aud Blue style of play- Dr. Car] Williams of Pennsylvania's representative football rules committee talked to the squad at a recent foot ball smoker. In speaking of the chang es in the rules he said that Pennsylva nia’s defensive football would be en tirely upset, and that its style of at tack would be weakened by the new regulations. One of the favorite forma Hons of the Red and Blue attack was to pull the guards back, and the rule which requires the man running with the ball to hit the line unaided is a se vere blow to the old style. Dr. Wil liams also said that Walter Camp’s suggestion which prevents the ends from playing outside the opposing play er on the defense will change the type of players. According to Dr. Williams, the end will no longer be the chief factor in breaking up a play, but the burden of the work will fall on the guards, who will be obliged to run out on the end of the line to stop runs. In that case the guards will have to be fast tack lers an dthe tackles and the ends will have to be heavier men. Rga£K Fielders’ Gloves and X First Basemen’s Mitts \ used by such diamond stars as Wagner, Cobb, Lajoie, Colline, Crawford, Magee, B Dam, Chance. Tenney, Branefield and B numerous others. 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