The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-09

p,IAs q Houston.
m worth at Galveston.
md, at San Antonio.
n.u,on. Sherman at Austin.
Houson o, Dallas 4.
.,,na stand and the bleachers held
their breath In dire suspense
A. pl,etburu pitched the ball across the
plate;
to bit the fence
A. blackburn pitched the ball across the
plate
4. poc,.r, they were silent. not one
could give shout,
n Blackburn pitched the ball across the
plate;
MN lhsyre all In mourning. as Hous-
TOO was shut out
pssr,e Blackburn pitched the ball
across the plate.
vltA apologies to poets the above is
N, u an introduction to the game yes
viz. which resulted in n shut out for
! toue team. Why 1t was n shut out
I'll h sscribed to a number of things.
rM the home players can not be criti-
N o. account OF It, Dallas was lucky.
fAy lave q team OF sluggers. but they
nj slug Crowell to any great extent.
1, etched what is ordinarily winning
ana and did 60 following seven innings
xt The day previous That he was able
pitch at all is TO his credit, and whom
b re shows that he held them down
nyen hits he is to be complimented that
E,oeeded as he did.
Dalu was lucky. In the first inning
syts made safe hit TO vacant spot
|Srd short Blackburn came up next
" dropped two Dagger Just far enough
! 10 make the second base. which scored
Futn In the second Peoples made an
tn to sacrifice SO as to advance Null
w, who was holding down first base
81 t,te bit Crowell was after the ball
quick as possible. but he misjudged the
si,te and failed TO get 1t TO Meyer and
HRa reached his base safe. Hall made
hted bit and was thrown out at first.
arnrng Mullaney and Peoples. Cote
~ uoe Of the prettiesa plays of the game
ai !uncture. Hobright was at the
md Mullaney was playing Off third.
elk u shot Cote threw to Deveney,
y little third baseman was on the alert.
sa TIE ball and Mullaney was out. 1t
~ rresiy work. Hobright hit safe and
tSaa came In from second. two scores
ts usdit OF the visitors.
TIE aher runs were accidental, unless
hora run could be called h3eTional
kla,T had gone to first on n single, and |
y nyineed to second by bunt by Pee
va Hall made the only hit he had dur |
" W game. catching the ball on the nose |
Va tripping 1t over center field fence. |
th tiIs two more. The other men up |
S1s fxird
fakca had chance to win the game.
pN Ad decision by the umpire de-
.av@ The oportunlly. It. was in the
oIa lining. Turner was out. Becker
s.lI nrN on left field hit, Becker
nlN watehtul and was caught mapping
y aaehtu'n and touched out. With two
~ ~ @i Fender reached first safe on
-, . '9ort, and was advanced to third on
M'a ll' 10 left by Meyer Reed hit to
-. .aa reached first Just as the ball
uu!a by Mullaney, but the latter
~, 49, IL Fender had scored, but the
49, ua not count II Reed was out The
~; called him out, and the side was
H. Every one saw the ball dropped
" RESULT $3.50 'N' S"ne-'u' was
~ An instance whero the reversal
mi. s A should be made. 1t occurred
AZ, 'aen Proctor was umpiring that
On ~ a man out. but afterwards saw
da,,,s Va vasehlan dropped the ball and he
1, -. w aecision. Tho Incident yester-
IA -. a. critical point in the game.
ssa Iihg was excitement, and had
b NV. @ie. Houston might have piled
tl..,~ ". 'eams played good game. The
10 a. nee quick and effective, Hou,
ks vsrs ,ae superior work The Buff
na,H ~ hltie slow In places. but they
IA rass cover the field nicely. Pee !
u suel s, moe pick up at short and Hall
~ pret,. a.tl'e on one occasion, and {
ID .shtb s sSp, Cote held a pop foul
y p,o a.. 49,. which came down alongside
~ n,te and Turner and Reed
hs % ono good catch. Reed covered
s'asg unoI easion effectively. Meyer 7
.v,s'srsy made S throw .nrow Of a hard hit ball. i
@ta,oas sns h,seli useful on a number {
y,.tlch came IN h pecker was under every ]
eapI.sssca can be said bur ,ba MS, VIII, T.. /
WA sorI No. OF the two pitchers. BLACK
u. cu,ys was we'll done Hn ,bron s" I
ensi H.. swift ball. and Is e sHiuws
kaIa ia .o,p pitched three OF four e gar,os
~ sinpsrs DAYS. and yesterdays rams :
~ pqA a, ss lar as he was concern"d
sass,ton ioe game as he ever eJ playsa
E,.- .s-.oxlna is the scoro. !