The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-19
Houston s. GALVESTON 4.


Galveston, Texas April iA-The Hous-
ton Bunaloes won from the Galveston
Sand Grabs today by good hard ball play
ing. Roach did great pitching and every
man on the team aid the best ball play
Ing OF which he was capable and the
whole team went in TO win the trst game
and they did it,
In the second, Badger few out to Reed (;
Douglas three consecutive times hit svery-
thing but the tall. Hoover pounded out
a ~ to left field which was out OF Beck
cr's reach, but tor which he made good
run Watkins hit little pop up to hor-
man. who gathered II IN. Hoover was
lcft on second base.
Jacobs got his base on bnlls and imine-
dintely went to third on Wild pitch Of
Barns. The outlook for the Bunaiocs
scoring locked bright indeed but Becker
hit to the pitcher and was thrown out Mt
frst Hoffman nit to third atd Swearen-
ger made "a good throw 20 kenmer. Nc
Goweu h!t ny to Watkins and Jacobs
was left on third
Burns hli lily back OF first base, which
Shaffer pulled in, making a great catch
and putting out The aisI man ia the third
inning SWearinRer Knocked It roller 10
Jacobs and was thrown OF nj iii'st
Wee thcrk.r struck out.
Roach started tho fireworks of for the
visitors by hitting groundcr past sec
old 5iarle hit 10 SNearius"n who made
good stop. but on account " "A bad
we're recorded shamer put It
good one between first AMI second
H.lna'lF' lE i.3'on n'i3 WI no, in1
~, 80 IN. stort gne-i knosi,s.i
out fast grouuder TO Hoover and Was
thrown ont az nrst Shlner scoring Cote
49, -, ,a5,3 ..,t 49, I'm. ,,n, i'r,rir.
I5e,,oadv mad ~ yrry INK aorision nnd
declared him ont jacobs famed. Three
Kemmer hit to Jacohs, who made good
stop anl ,hrow. Bal. Knocked a safe
one towards second. badger hit out Il ny
TO M-Cowau. Sandy could not get TO IT,
m hv p. good throw hv MIN to shaffrr
nf4 =, him, IA, S0i. Beli v,as caught out
~ home Balgor went TO tnird, but
lluirlss failed 10 connect with tn. bail
in ne given number OF times and he got
In further
ROCKER hit a safe one a few eet from
the plnte the pitcher vent after Vt md
,hrotv VIVA 10 'nrst and tn little out
fielder went to Second H7nman made an
.xrriien saeriAcc. alVaneiug Beck to
third NcGowAn sent n. safe one towards
fr~t ON which lie -ker scored Roach gave
tho pitcher a. nos oue Wno threw 20 Sec
ond TO FIRST. thua making double play.
iipoYer began u" fan for the locals by
making n louE saf" nR between second
nud th.rd, but hy quick deciding work was
held 81 FIRST NatNgs sent a ny out to-
ward ecter, MO mad" hard hn' un-
sucr.ss fui rhuso for rs. influencing Hoover
81 base Hnrrls fon out 10 ShaiIer who
nndo aue eaton Watkins stole second.
sNeaiinern got hls hase on balls Wcrk-
becker e.ut one out near SANDY MCGOWAN.
who Ilr1esit up und tnrcw yyild Watkins
md Hoover scored kenmer knocked
one Ia Roach and II Went oyer ms head.
Hoffman tried TO rot 20 H. but noul not
Belt hit coward second and Wcrkherter
scored BADGER nir 10 Reed who handled
Tho toll neely aud throw /, TO socoud
uuttinv Oul He'll double uiny would
have been mniie but for the in'orfcrenee Of
l}rr accidentally or otherwise Badger
attempted to steal and WAS put ont at
second
Single hit mn a foul nv which Badger
snfoly landed in hla INIT shaffer sent 4
rroundrr TO Weckbeckor. who threw him
out at FIRST Cote struck ont
Douglas struck ont when he went M In
tho sixth Hoover nit ono ont TO SlaEl.
which he couldu't yet to In time Wat
kins MT TO Hoffman. but tho bail went
through his legs Huris sent IA long n5
ont TO Sluele which he caught colt
tried 10 catch Watkins off OF first bus,
md threw wild advancing him nnf
Hoover swcnrlngon FAM ed, ieayinl