San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-08
HOW 1T HAPPE
The Missionaries Lost to Galveston
By Stupid Base Running.

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By Stupid Base Running.
The Missionaries should have
won yesterdays game hands down,
and they would have had it not
been for some schoolboy work or
| the bases by Watkins and Abbott
in the second inning, and also poor
coaching by Sherry in the third in
ming.
The final score vas Galveston,
7; San Antonio, s..
The runs were made as follows:
San Antonio was first to bat. Van
Dresser took a base on balls. Lem
mon hit to pitcher and forced Van
out at second. Graney hit to short
and Lennon scored on the short
stops error. Galveston was shut
out.
In the second the MissionsrlGs
were due for another run and prob
ably two. Here's where Abbott
and Watkins spoiled q fine chance
for winning the game. Abbott was
first up and drove the ball to left
| for two bases. Watkins was next
| to bat. He hit to the pitcher, but
the latter did not throw to first, as
Abbott expected, and Abbott
started for third. He got caught
between the bases, and when he
had a chance to slide into third, he
| started back for second, and was
| touched out. While this was 60
ing on our golden.haired first base
man got funny and tried to steal
second. He vas thrown out in the
attempt. The side was retired by
Hughes striking out.
The Sand Grabs in their second
| time to bat took advantage of the
Missionaries wasted opportunity.
| Blackey reached first on Sherry's
tumble. He was brought home by
a drive by Watkins for a four-bag-
ger, and the score was 6 to l
against us.
The Missionaries tied the score
in the third, Van Dresser making
the run. He singled and was ad.
| vanced on hits by Lennon,
Graney and Cox. Here's where
Sherry's coaching spoiled a chance
for scoring. Instead OF holding
Grsney at third, when Cox drove
the pellet to center for one base, he
ran him in while the fielder was
throwing the ball to the plate.
Graney was caught about six feet
| from home, and the side went out.
Galveston scored two runs in the
fifth on Works single, Pages
| double, a stolen base, Lemmon's
error Of Badgers hit and Cox's err
ror of St. Claire's hit.
Van Dresser made his second
run for the Missionaries in the
seventh. He singled and was
brought in on singles by Graney
and Sherry. But in the visitors
seventh the Sand Crabs found Null
key for four singles, which Melted
them a run.
In the eighth Van Dresser and
Mulkey scored on a base on balls
and hits by Lennon and Graney,
| the score being 5 to 5. In
the visitors eighth defeat
dawned upon the Missionaries.
Watkins, Of Galveston, made his
| fourth hit out Of four times at bat.
He was forced at second by Deans
| hit to short. Bristow hit to left
and Dean scored IN errors by Van
Dresser and G~raneylof Work S hit to
short and on Badgers single to
center.
The Missionaries went out in
one, two, three order in the ninth
inning.
DIAMOND DOTS.
The Sand Crabs are the toughest
lot OF ball players that have been
here this season.
Farmer Work tried to run a bluff
on Umpire Bouche RS yesterday,
| but the latter showed the farmer
that no blutflng goes with him.
Because Galveston had a walk
| over with the old Missionaries is
no reason that the whole team can
run up to the umpire and question
his decisions, as though they in
tend to mob him. There's a big
bench on the grounds, and il Far
mer Work don't heed, some Of his
players will be sitting on it.
Twice yesterday San Antonio
had the corners occupied and none
out, but in both cases the rabbit
foot favored Galveston and the
Missionaries failed to score.
The following are the results OF
yesterdays Texas-Southern league
games: At Dsllas-Shreveport s.,
Dallas Z; at Austin-Austin 10,
Houston z; at Fort Worth-Fort
Worth Ii, Sherman g..