The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-22
Time of game-2.00.
umpire-C.ark.
Game called on account of darkness.

Notes of the Gnmc.
| Game begins today at 4:3o
| Hardy will be in the box today.
Ladies day and all of them arr invited
| Umpire Cark's work was very sn,Is.
factory to players and spectators.
| Devcney's cafch of Hess foul fv. tho
| finst putout. was as pretty catch as
| could be thought Of
| klopfs hand, split in Tuesdays game
| the game for several days.
McGann started his hitting early In ia.
| game by placing a hi in right field. and
| 1t was good for three bases.
..Cote's backing up Of first base when
McGallh threw wild IN the seventh showed
| the kind of player the "old man. is.
Becker's back-handed catch of Pary,n.s
| fly in the NTH was one of the prettiest
ever made on the Houston diamond.
Rothermel made q fine running catch
of Reeds pop fly to short right. Ii looked
safe and 1t was good work to pull 1t
down.
Knox wus sick and unable to play YES
teNiay. ks exertions on Tuesday were
100 much for him in his weakened con
diion.
space out between left and center. but he
was fortunate enough to find II.
kimerer's cross iire pitching attracted
.
now. and this season should bring him
to the front. That's the way it looks
now.
In the seventh Deveney went entirely
should never have tried for Beechers in
fold fly. as kimerer was standing right
under Il.
Parvn always gets applause in Hous-
ton whenever he comes to the hat The
bleachers seem to take kindly to him in
the way of saying things at HIM N Il
jocular mood.
Parvin hits at any old thing that comes
across the plate. and hits hard, one
hard as he intends. that ball VIII drou
in Fort Bend county.
Knox Is really in bad state of health
and may not play again before the club
he VIII go in, for 1t is harder work Tor
him to stay still than 10 play ball.
Becker was applauded roundly on his
firSt appearance this season. and TO show
he deserved II. he HIT little one and
got down TO first as soon as the ball did.
then made a magnificent slide in stealing
second.
kothermel was near crazy in the eighth,
into deep center, he was allowed by his
coacher to get off tiurd base. and De
voney touched HIM out having had the
ball under his arm all the time.
In the fourth Murray hit Il hot ground
knee, Gripping him. and bounced a least
thirty feet to McGann, who made a bound
ing throw. hut got it to first IN time to
catch Murray. /, was q remarkable play
and its ike IS seldom seen.
Reeds knee was somewhat swollen last
RIGHT. but he thinks 1t will not prove very
serious The same knee-the right-was
hurt IN 1895, and for two months he was
on the bench from the injury, 1t would
seem that Iioustons bad luck ought 10
change soon, and maybe this is at the
turn.
In the seventh inning the one bad feat
ure of the game occurred. Beecher. 1t
looked TO a good many, attempted 10
spike McGnnn and the latter tired. in
turn. to injure the Galveston ahortston.
Other means might have been found. and
certainly retaliation in kind should nor
have been INDUCED. It's not ball playing
and that is what the people want TO see.
While the provocation was extreme. let
the Houston boys stick 10 far bail Play
ing.
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