The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-20
SPENCER ON THE BENCH.
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Savaanah's Claim d HIN Is the
Cause OF 1t.
HODGE PITCHED Al GREAT GAME.
Won II Easily Even Win p,u
support from the Crippled Ten,
I'chind Him.
~, ~, 49,, q. They Play Today.
E E Worth at Houston.
Dallas at Austin.
Gan antonio at Galyestuo.
Hon.ton s. rort WORM =.

h"uston 8. Fort worth =
Mislortnes never come sinely The
,'i got another hard hit yesterday.
resident Ward received from Nick y Dung
a letter in which he was told to not,fv
spencer to quit playing ball in Texas as
tne ciaim made by Savannah for him
WOULD De sustained unless Spencer pro-
uuces satisfactory evidence of Savannah
naVing violated the contract. This LOT
was dated April 10. On the same date MIR
Bailey forwarded to President Young thu
documentary evidence against the sayan-
nan club, which Mr.. Young requested.
'uusing from the tenor of letter from
ioung to Spencer this will be sufficient to
nave the case reopened and Spencer given
10 houston. While it Is true that Snencer
did sign with Savannah, none of the nrom-
ises made him We're carried out, and he
very naturally concluded that Huston did
not want him, and signed with Houston.
Where he was assured of fair treatment
But that makes no difference lust now. he
is on the bench.
BY taking him out of the game Mr..
Young has very materially crippled the
home team. Reed has neuralgia, and any
one acquainted with that most miserable
OF diseases knows how be can not. even
with the greatest desire In the world play
pail. keefe has a twisted ankle and can
hardly, in Justice to himself or his team
play for at least the rest of this week. Now
with Spencer out of the game the locals
are truly In hard lines. Just how long
Mr.. Young proposes TO keep Spencer on
the bench he did not intimate but It is
hoped he will turn him loose soon, one
way or the other.
But with all that Hodge won his game
handily. The Panthers couldn't do a thing
with hinl-seven hits in nine innings. three |
of which were very scratchy With per
feet support behind him-such as Fort |
Worth accorded lsaacs-it would very like |
ly have been shutcut He is a great
pitcher. has most excellent control. and |
uses his head as we'll as his arms. He
won his game all right. even though very |
costly errors came near robbing him of thu |
credit
The home team did better than on Tues
day. 1t is true they did not have as many
fielding chances. but they put more life
into the game. There We're some very cost
ly errors In the in and outfield which
came near losing the game. but as the
men We're all mixed up, this may be over
the game wasn't lost. Isascs Is
a better pitcher than the young man who
in Mondays game. but batting
streak was on the Buffaloes and. even
with perfect support behind him, 1saacs'
life was made miserable by the clean hits
made off his delivery.
Houston didn't win out in any one In
1ing-just kept UP the fireworks and good
work on the base lines and scoring right
llong The third melted five runs on three
singles, two doubles, n couple of gifts from
saacs and passed ball. four of the runs
'eing scored after two men were out. The
fifth yielded couple more on a two-bag- |
ger by Badger, base on balls to Kemmer
md single by Mckenzie. The seventh
aw one mere run; Mckenzie got a life on
our bad ones, stole second, and scored on
;elby's hit.
In the fourth 1t looked like the visitors
we're really going to do something to make
Iouston feel bad Morgans error, a
cratched hit and McKenzie's error filled
he bases little one BY Isaacs forced
fcDivitt at the plate; hit by Pequinney
oored two men, and then Hill retired Nc
,enzie, and the agony was over--only two !
uns.
In the eighth the proposition looked very
ubious for Houston. Reynolds was given 4
irst but was forced out at second by |
ATTAIN who went to second on wlld I
itch, to third on McDivtts out-two bat
cry errors. Selby dropped G'ade's fly to
isht on which Latham scored (. Chamber s
lin threw Ritchie's ground about ten Feet ]
yer Kemmer's head and Glade went TO s
,ird and Richie to second; then selby
,uffed Isaacs' fly and Glade and Ritchle
,ored while Isaacs went 10 third, nonody
, right throwing the ball In to stop him
Sticks'' scored on Pequinney's single
,ur runs and only one hit. This gave FORT !
yorth total OF seven runs, but that was
u they ever got.
selby has been sick for three days past,
nd really should never have gone into the
anne. but the crippled condition of the t
ann rendered IT necessary. This being
ken into consideration, nothing can be
lid OF his errors. as 1t would be hardiy p
ir to him At the bat he did well. scor,
g two men on double In the third ana |,
ne on a single in the seventh. o
Hodge deserves and Is accorded all praise
= the magnificent work he did on the o
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