Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-30

Anyone entering the ball park yes
terday afternoon In about the middle
OF tho game would have believed the
Texas-southern ball-tossers were Civ
ing an exhibition OF town ball of the
vintage OF 1sl7.
1t was simply awful. First the Pan
theirs. confident in their ability to
pound the wadding out OF the visitors,
jumped onto them and in the first two
innings III onto the ball so hard that
the fielders were jumping sideways.
and on the run until their tongues were
hanging out.
Then there came luli OF one inning
on the part OF the Panthers. They did
nothing.
But the other fellows did. with two
out, an error started the trouble, and
before the Painters could retire the
third man there We're blurred visions
OF gray and maroon flashing from
base to base that 1t was almost i'm
possible to count them, and when the
final put-out came the scorer gave his
tired arm n rest and then figured up
ten runs and seven hits, to say moth
Ing of two bases on balls, wild pitch,
one man hit by pitched ball and
three ragged errors.
one lady spectator was so provoked
that she said: "Well. 1 can or
ganlze two female ball teams that
will play in boomers and put up a
better game than that" and those that
heard her believed she could. too, with
out much trouble.
This wasn't the end, however. The
Panthers soon pluclted up confidence,
spit on their numerous hands. took
reefs in their nine pairs of knlcker-
bockers and aoon were wading in
Southpaw Brupers gore up to their
nine respective necks.
when MIR. Bruner put deceptive
ball over the plate his flelders were
seized with symptoms OF falling sick
neis and fell all over themselves in
their Wild anxiety to clinCh the ball.
II It was q fly bali they made blood
raw muffs; II II was n ground ball they
gave artistic exhibitions OF that start
ling drama, "How to Boot En-" When
they threw the ball they tried TO tear
gaping rents in the azure sky. And
they were not the only ones, either.
Perhaps the Painters dld not do n
little town ball playing them
selves 4 glance at the last column
OF the tabulntcd score Will tell that
lllt 'lllg AAlANAfAANf NthF NAA'hh N'iN
Painters played a shade or two better
and were lucky in punching their hits.
When the twcnty-seventh man Of
the visitors was put out the score fig
ured up. Fort Worth, "a; sherman, 20.
The high sky and strong wind was
responsible for Iaany errors, especially
on fly balls.
Mace was unwcll and It WAS n severe
task for him to pitch the game out,
but he did 1t pluckily. He was not re-
sponsible for the ten runs piled up in
the third inning.
Elsey Sherbocker and McAllister led
In the stick commandments for the
Panthers. Jack Mackey, who was
bacl, In line, hit well and made several
good catches, doing eNcellcntly alto
| gether after his long idleness.
An old friend, Mike OConnor was
| with the visitors. and he had warm
| handshaltes from many former NC
| quaintances, His heavy batting show
ed that he stlll retained his good
| eye" Mike Is good field captain. and
| when his team IL strengthened ~ in
| several spots he will have them pl. yiug
| at rapid gait.
Oswold, Drlscoll and Catcher Eoug-
las made n good showing.
Mr.. Bailey's commercially fair and
! just decisions stood out in conspicuous
| relief TO the rest OF the work.
! The score'