The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-05
Hodge 10 Go in Against the Rrcu-
chOs-lt VIII lie Ladies'
Day Again.
Houston s. Austin ..
san Antonio :. Galveston 8.
They Play Today.
san Antonio NJ Houston.
Austin at Galveston.


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yesterday; Morgan was hit harder than
the Buffaioes hit OConnor; there was some
| DUMB playing because OF lack Of coachiug
and we got the worst of it from Clark that
tells the tale. We hit enough and neldtd
well enough to have won the game from
the nine men in the Austin uniform; but
everything combined. especially dumb
plays, was too great odds.
However, the team got down TO sacri-
flcins yesterday. and Page ia good OH the
coaching lines. SO there Is hope OF win
nins right along now.
Houston started run getting in the first:
Griffin walked to irst, went 10 second ON
keefe's sacrifice and scored on Speneer's
single to right. A hit and run.
The third yielded three more on a hit.
a sacrifice, base on balls and an error.
Page got a gift, went TO second ON KEN
mer's sacrifice and scored on Naldois bad
throw 10 first, Spencer getting first on the
error ana stealing second; Bowman lined 1t
out deep in center for three hases Spencer
scoring Latimer tossed i bali to U'Con-
| nor. who let 1t go by him and Bow man
went home.
Spencer started the nth with a long
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knau muned Reeds pop fly and gave him
| a life; Bowman tried to sacrifice but Bailey
iumbled aud the bases We're fun: OConnor
gave Mckenzie base on balls. forcing
Spencer in and leaving the bases full;
bowman got caught playing too far oil
second. which proper coaching would have
saved. Morgan struck out aud Mckenzie
tried TO steal second but got caught
Griffin hit to right for first in the sixth;
keefe sacrificed and he scored on KIM
mers single, Page twho got a giftJ going
TO second, Spencer's single sent PAGE nome
but kenmer got caught at tho plate and
| Spencer was forced out at second on Reeds
nttle one to Knau.
The score was tied In the ninth; Bow
man hit to left, went to second on a Wild
! pitch, to third on McKenzie's single and
| home on Morgans out at first
Mckenzie got caught PLAYING too tar off
second after he had once fairly scored as
told below.
Austins flrst score was in the third:
Maloney sent clean one to center, dupli
Gated moment later by kohnle then
Weber drove II way down in center and
reached third. both men scoring; Wild
| pitch lei Weber in. The next three men
We're easily killed
| The fourth started auspiciously for the
visitors; Valdois hi the first ball pitched
| over right field fence for a walk around
|
| third and another second.
| In the NTH tho score was again tied nv
| longley who hit a clean one to center.
| went to third on a bad throw by Spencer
and scored on long fly out.
| The sixth yielded them two runs though
1t should not have done so; two men were
out when Kohnle sent the ball into deep
lett ior two bases Morgan presented Wcbe.
with first and then advanced both men on
wild pitch; Longley hit o high nv TO
short center and Griffin and Mckenzie
started after It; not a word was heard TO
tell either man 10 take il and they ran
into each other, the ball went to the
ground and two runs was the result.
great three Dagger by Weber and n
single by Longley gave another run in the
eighth.
Austin came to the bat in the ninth with
the score a tie aud tho fireworks began;
Bailey hit little one over short; Knau
sent him TO second with a single and Lat
Inner batted him home
Clark was away off in the ninth; Griffin
grounded hot one two feet inside the first
base, but the ball struck something and
rolled outside the foul line after Il had
passed the base by ten feet: Mckenzie had
scored in the meantime, though Mr.. UNI
pre- had called 1t "A foul. II was as fair a
hit as was made during The game and un-
der what rule il could be called foul is
not known.
ihen In The seventh he called grounder
by Griffin also--a foul and then changed
his decision and called him out.
Clark has been favori,e here heretofore.
but yellow ls not color that's appreciated
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