Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-04
FINE BALL PLAYING.
The 4&athers Win Their Second Game
from tEe Sand Grabs Yesterday.
Dallas Beats Houston Again. and Austin Gets
Away with WacO-ReceptfoR 70 Sui
llYan at Louisville. -


at the Spring Palace park yesterday.
Three tSf1sfosis. pretty close playing,
and the audiehae,:was kept pretty well
worked up during the whole of the nine
innings.
France pitched really wonderful
game. Ten men sawed the wind IA their
| awful endeavors to make their bats con-
neot Mt the proper angle with his cum
| ming curves, ana only one man through
out the whole game was given his base on
balls. Five hits were made off him, two
! of them being the yellowest sort of
scratches, and though three hits were
made in succession i'm Ihe seventh
inning, at no time were a mn and hit
made in the same inning. AgaiH. in, one
on t5Ypginstauces two men were on bases
with nobody out, and the game had a
squally appearance for the Painters.
But the crest left-hnnder got down to
his knitting andz.either put them over so
they could not be l1itf br else coaxed the
batteTs to raise litjle flies that were
easily disposed of by the fefdEt8.
Huston, the crack twirler from the
Southern league, was in the box for4the
Sandcrabs ~ h, Yas hit for two singles
in the first, 'faGss9sdouDle and triple in
the second and ~aHdalhle in the fourth
Two Painters were gfveniBases.on balls
The excitement began in tfi@S frst in
nins. After McVev had flied f6nit to
O RourKe ,-CTogan hit a grOunder d68 n.
to the SANG MAUI He collared it III great
shape, but threE l8ide, and Crogan made
first. Hill s sacriffee2gdFe him second
end he scored on FogagfE = safe one.
ETa1-1 7, h 80, ! 4.
went to second. Motz hit pob-Hp,
which Kane cared for, and the side was
out. Fpr the visitors Huston hit a.
grounder& short, which McVey failed
to handle, giving the batter a life. He
mediately stoAe5,second. Hill nipped
Sg ROurke's foul fly; %egt4ailed to handle
easy grounder ,aHG two men
were on<the.bags. Huston tookF3a lead
and France THreN to Welsh to catch him.
The ball went #+de, and Huston came
home. PrOesser triedfo get in also, but
was caught at the plateE. 7aShen Wentz
drove a grOunder at Motz andHthe side
was out. -
In tAe-second Pike got four balls and
his first, steiss second, and went to third
on Smell s sadrfhfe the batter going out
at first. France h4t2a. grounder down
to O2R0urke, who fdhitAed it long
enOughFSrsi'i ike to score and thea batter
to get to fist fIasRce tried to steal sec
ond but was touched Out by Wentz on an
assist by Tuohey. ',sMoVey lifted the
sphere INTO right centeP fol; two bases,
and scored when CTogan drove tia little
furtheP.i4 the same direction for three.
Hill retired the side with a fly to Proes-
ser. For Galveston Q 'Neill and Behne
struck out and King was thrown out at
first Fort EVaftf1a, O.. %
ton, l. -
In the seventh Galveston would. have
scored nicely but for bad base running.
O'Neill openedEEYjth safe one. Then
Behne followed 'hTttlly:a drive to right.
O'Neil made second all. tight and made
a lunge for third. She'll co4}ared the ball
and made a good throw to Hal who
touched 0 NELL out when he overran the
base. Tits possible Hill had him as he
went in but went over so far
that he coHfds not get back and
the ball was IS put on him
again. Then King '5hit. safe and
sBehne took second. But France got his
work in on Kane and Tuobey, both of
whom struck out. -,
The Galyestons made their second run
in the eighth. Huston hit q sharp
grOunder which MaEey failed to handle.
anu went 10 SGCOIIu on u lCOuTke S SdCIl-
fee. Then Proesser hit a daisy clipper
that got~by Welsh and Huston scored.
Proesser startedEin to steal second q; hut
Pike had an eye oI1shim, and he.s6eSnd
Paddy waiting for HIM. with the t&HA
VENT ended the inning with foul to I
Pike. e. -
Both sides went out in order IN the
ninth. =.
Several brilliant plays were made dur
ing the game. Among thefRwas double
play by Behne, who caught az8y, from
FOgarty's bat in the fifth and Caught
Crogan Off first by a sharp throw
Another was a catoTpBy Welsh of a sharp
line fly from Huston's bat in the third.
But nothing touched in the way of bril-
liant play the battery work of France and
Pike
The game to-day will end the Calves
toniseries and the Crabs Will be seen no
more here this season. Behne and Kane |
will be in the points for the visitors, and |
Mallory and Pike for the home team.
Following is the Official score: