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April 27, '09
Baseball Legacy...
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Austin Senators
Houston At Last Victor - June 24, 1906
Senators Allowed Harlow's Hands To Make Three Runs
On Errors
Which Won Last Game of the Series.
Fatal Triple Play
Austin Came Near Scoring in the Eighth and Again in
Ninth,
But Each Time Run Was Cut Off by a Scratch.
Houston Won.
Houston, 3; Austin, 0.
Hits; Houston, 7; Austin, 7.
By taking advantage of the bad throw from catcher to pitcheer in the first inning, when a man was on third and a man on first, Houston scored the first run of the game against Austion at the park yesterday afternoon. This happened in the first inning and gave the Senators an uphill pull, from the effects of which they could not recover. Here the score stood until the eighth, when Houston added two more runs, again on errors. Thus all three of Houston's runs were inexcusable and the game if played without errors would have been a nothing to nothing game at the end of the ninth inning.
Houston thus won the third of the third series, making four out of the entire nine games played, leaving the Senators still in the lead by one game. Austin will meet the Hands again at Houston on the next trip and if they win one game they will be playing even in the long run.
The Senators played a great game. Houston played much better than any game of the three. It would have been something not far from marvelous if the Senators had won three straights from such a fine team. As it was Austin got the best two out of three. The game, while it did nt abound in spectacular plays and breath taking stunts, was sufficiently well played to interest any fan. An unusually large crowd was out to see the game and it kept in an uproar all the time.
Austin really should have had the game. The Senators in many respects played a better game. As luck would have it, Austin lost out on taking desperate chances and on at least two occasions when two seconds' time would have scored each time. Houston, on the other hand, was aided by a few costly errors and had their rabbit's foot with them again. It shows what an error will count in a close game with a team like Houston. On two occasions Austin had the runner called out at the home plate on a stretch for a run. Each time the runs were missed by a fraction of a second's time. McGill pitched for Austin and stayed in the game from start to finish. He had a little the best of Nelson, for Houston, and made a better showing on the score. McGill, so far as he was concerned, won his game.
In the very first inning Houston scored. Mowry, as usual, got a hit and was forced to second on Clayton walking. Newman sacrificed and the men were advanced. Edmondson struck the ball to Bradley, who cut Mowry off at the home plate, which was a close play. Briskey got his base on balls. Briskey was on first and Clayton at third when Gordon threw a little wild to McGill and Clayton came home for the first run of the game.
Austin in the first three innings sent only nine men to the bat and they went out one, two, three in each inning. Clayton at third base was doing the work for Houston. In the fourth both got a hit and the side went out. The ice was hard to break. The fifth passed in pretty much the same way. The fielders were doing fine work and almost every man who came to bat went out. The sixth inning fared no better for either team. The game as going at a terrific rate. Even the lucky seventh failed to net either a run or a threatened run. If the batter struck the ball it went direct to the fielders and the man was always out.
The eighth was fatal for Austin. Nelson, the first man up for Houston, reached first on an error of Short. Mowry followed and placed the ball in McGill's territory, but it was hard for the pitcher to field and Mowry reached first safely and Nelson, in the meantime, had gone to third. Clayton went out at first and Newman landed a good hit over Gill at first base and Nelson came home. Edmondson reached first on error of Gill and Mowry came home. Briskey faned and Crawford went out to Gardner and the side was out after the two runs had been made.
This gave the Senators an uphill pull of three runs to overcome in two innings. It was almost a impossibility, but the Senators came as near as anything in the world of doing it. A triple play saved Austin the trouble of making at least one if not more than that number of runs in the very last inning.
The Senators bunched three hits in the eighth inning and almost made one of the runs necessary to tie the score. Cermak struck out and Jeffries drove a good hit. Gordon followed and fouled out and McGill made a good hit, putting two men on bases with two men out. Short made the third hit to left field and Jeffries reached third. He checked himself at third and the left fielder threw home to Harlow. Harlow muffed the ball and Jeffries then tried to come home, but Harlow recovered the ball and delivered it to Crawford in time to cut the run by Jeffries out. It was a pretty close play.
The ninth was spectacular. Only three men faced Nelson. Hutchcroft got a hit and Gardner got his base on balls. Then Gill came to bat. Nobody out with man on first and second. It was a fine chance to score. Right here Houston got in its work. Gill drove a hot one to Crawford who put Gardner out at second and Truesdale threw Gill out at first. Hutchcroft was speeding around the diamond and attempted to come home. Newman delivered the ball to Harlow and Hutchcroft was called out and the game was over.
Following is the score:
Mowry, lf Clayton, 3b Newman, 1b Edmondson, cf Briskey, rf Crawford, ss Truesdale, 2b Harlow, c Nelson, p
Short, ss 4 0 1 3 0 1 Hutchcroft, lf 3 0 1 10 1 0 Gardner, 2b 3 0 1 3 3 0 Gill, 1b 4 0 0 9 0 1 Bradley, 3b 3 0 0 2 2 0 Cermak, lf 3 0 1 3 0 0 Jeffries, rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 Gordon, c 3 0 1 7 2 1 McGill, p 3 0 1 0 5 0 29 0 7 27 12 3
Runs & Hits --
Houston --
Runs..................100 000 020 --- 3
Hits....................101 110 020 --- 7
Austin --
Runs...................000 000 000 --- 0
Hits ...................000 111 031 --- 7
Summary ---
Innings Pitched -- by Nelson, 9; McGill, 9
Runs Made -- off McGill, 3; off Nelson, 0
Hits Apportioned -- off McGill,7; off Nelson, 7
Stolen Bases -- Truesdale, Gardner
Sacrifice Hits -- Newman
Struck Out -- by McGill, 6; by Nelson, 5
First Base on Balls -- off McGill, 2; off Nelson, 2
First Base on Errors -- Houston, 2;
Left on Bases -- Houston, 6; Austin, 4
Triple Plays -- Crawford to Truesdale to Newman to Harlow
Time of Game -- One hour and five minutes.
Umpire -- Mr. Richardson
Shortstops --
That triple play was the only one made on the local field this year. Iit was pretty quick work and gave Austin a shut out.
The Senators are satisfied. Two out of three is not bad.
Richardson umpired a good game yesterday. It is rumored that he will be the regular umpire from now on. He is a good official.
Gardner again got in his work with the stick yesterday. He invariably gets a hit.
Royer did not play yesterday. he may tried out this afternoon.
The hits were evenly distributed. Mowry for Houston made three of the seven. He made two on the pr____ing day and one on the first, making six hits for him in three games, or an average of two each day.
A good crowd saw the game.
Crawford covered more ground than any man on the Houston team. He is a former Austin boy.
Galveston plays at the Driving park this afternoon, tomorrow and Tuesday. This will be the last series at home this time. The Senators leave Wednesday for twelve games away from home.
McGill did very steady work. He would have worked out of the hole if the team had stood by him.
Nelson is the best pitcher that Houston possesses. He hails from Corpus Christi.
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