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Terrible Slaughter - June 27, 1906

Sand Crabs Administer The Worst Defeat to Senators
They Have Suffered This Season.

Suter Was Hit Hard

Eight Hits and One Costly Error Let In Seven Runs --
It Was Demoralizing and Team Staggered Under Terrible Effect.

Galveston, 7; Austin, 1.
Austin, third place in the South Texas league.
Nine games played at home; Austin won three.
Team on road for twelve games.

The importance of the pitcher was never more forcibly realized than in yesterday's game with Galveston. By Suter going to pieces in the first three innings of the game Galveston made eight hits which, aided by two errors, let in for the Sand Crabs seven runs. This sudden slaughtering of the Senators had a demoralizing effect from which they were unable to rid themselves and the game ended with the score as it stood in the third, except that the Senators made the only run of the game for them in the fourth.

It was hard luck on Suter and he seemed to be doing his best, which was not much, and the Sand Crabs simply batted him to the four winds. Everybody hit. In the very first inning Suter allowed two hits and then hit a batter, which scored two runs. Suter allowed one hit in the second and then the terrible third came. The Sand Crabs strengthened with time and as fast as one man came to bat Suter was pounded unmercifully. Every man on the team batted in that inning and five hits were made, one a two-bagger, and two errors and a sacrifice, which did the work and when the smoke had cleared away it was only to see a big white "5" chalked up on the blackboard for the Sand Crabs. The swatting was terrible. Suter seemed to grow weaker under the bombardment and gave down. Suter went off the field in disgust at the end of the third and McGill had to bat for him. It was hard luck for Suter after pitching such a magnificent game against Houston a few days ago. The fans remember the fine games and wonder at Suter's luck yesterday. It was his first off day and the fans only hope it will be the last.

McGill going into the box turned the tide somewhat and after that the hard hitting Sand Crabs got only four hits in the remaining six innings and not a run was made. McGill did some really very fine pitching. He had fine control and fine head work, and taking the game when the opponents were batting for all they were worth and pulling out without a run being marked up against him was something for the big pitcher to be proud of. McGill really did some good playing.Everybody had been hitting and it was hard to break the ice, but McGill broke it good and hard, and the credit is due him that not a single run was made after he went in the box.

The Senators went in the game with a slight change in the lineup. Jeffries was brought in from the right field and put on first and Captain Gill took the place in the outfield. Captain Gill proved a very good outfielder and filled a weak place. Jeffries is a fine first baseman.

Galveston won the game pure and simple and did it by hard hitting. The wonder is that more errors were not made by the Senators when such hitting was done. The team played very well considering the hits. The deluge came and the players staggered under the weight of it. That they held together as well as they did is creditable. It was a case of hard hitting and dandy playing on the part of Galveston and weak pitching on the part of Austin. Galveston never played a better or a faster game both on the offensive and the defensive, and Austin played one of its weakest. An uninformed spectator would never have dreamed that it was the same team lined up against Galveston that put the "skidoo" to Houston a few days ago. In fact it was not the same team by any means.

The first two runs were made in the first inning after two men were out. Longley did it by getting a hard two-bagger. Suter then hit Schatzke and Parrott followed with another two-bagger, which scored the two runs. Two successive two-baggers did the work.

In the third inning Galveston got in its hard hitting work and scored the fatal five runs. The first man at bat, Disch, got a hit and was advanced to third on an attempted sacrifice by Longley, when Bradley errored by throwing wild over first and Longley went to second and Disch to third. This rattled the Senators. Schatzke drove the ball for a hit and both Longley and Disch scored. Parrott's sacrifice when no one was out put Schatzke on second. Preston made a beautiful hit which brought home Schatzke. Cavanaugh got his base on an error of Short, who fumbled the ball, and Preston went to third. Wittenberg got his second hit of the game and Preston came home for the fourth run of the inning. Cavanaugh was caught out at third and Moore then drove a terrible two-bagger which scored Wittenberg for the fifth run of that inning. Moore stole third and Smith flew out to left field and the side was out after five runs had been scored, five hits made and two costly errors done. It was a terrible slaughter and the Senators could not recover from the demoralizing effects of it.

Only ten men faced the Galveston pitcher in the first three innings and not a hit was made. In the fourth Austin scored one run. One man was out when Gardner walked and when Gill went out at first Gardner made second. Bradley's timely hit scored Gardner for the only run of the game for the Senators. Cermak walked and Jeffries drove a hit which sent Bradley to third and three men on bases, but two men were out. Gordon came to bat and there were cries for a home run. Austin's chances never looked brighter, but Gordon drove a long fly to Disch and it was caught out and the three men were left on bases. After this inning Austin went out one, two, three in almost every inning and at no time did they even threaten a turn. The Sand Crabs bunched two hits, one of which as a a two-bagger in the fifth inning, but two men were out and the hits amounted to nothing. On a hit and two errors in the seventh a score was almost made, but was held out when the Senators tightened up.

Following is the Score:

Galveston	AB	R	H	PO	A	E
Smith, ss	5	0	0	2	3	0
Disch, lf	5	1	2	3	0	0
Longley, rf	4	2	1	0	0	0
Schatzke, 1b	3	2	1	14	0	0
Parrott, 2b	4	0	1	1	2	0
Preston, cf	5	1	2	2	0	0
Cavanaugh, 3b	3	0	0	0	3	0
Wittenberg,p	4	1	3	0	4	0
Moore, c	4	0	2	5	0	0
TOTAL	37	7	12	27	12	0

Austin	AB	R	H	PO	A	E
Short, ss	4	0	0	0	3	3
Hutchcroft, cf	3	0	0	2	0	0
Gardner, 2b	3	1	0	2	3	0
Gill, rf	4	0	0	1	0	0
Bradley, 3b	4	0	1	2	1	1
Cermak, lf	2	0	1	1	0	0
Jeffries, 1b	4	0	1	13	1	0
Gordon, c	3	0	0	6	3	0
Suter, p	0	0	0	0	0	0
McGill, p	2	0	0	0	4	0
TOTAL	29	1	3	27	15	4

Runs & Hits --

Galveston --

Runs.....................205 000 000 -- 7
Hits.......................215 021 100 -- 12

Austin --

Runs.....................000 100 000 -- 1
Hits......................000 200 001 -- 3

Summary --

Innings Pitched -- by Suter, 3; by McGill, 6; by Wittenberg, 9
Runs Made -- off Suter, 7; off Wittenberg, 1
Hits Apportioned -- off Suter, 8; off McGill, 4; off Wittenberg, 3
Two Base Hits -- Disch, Longley, Parrott, Wittenberg, Moore
Stolen Bases -- Moore, Cermak
Sacrifice Hits -- Longley, Parrott, Cavanaugh
Struck Out -- by Suter, 1; by McGill, 4; Wittenberg, 5
Base on Balls -- by McGill, 1; by Wittenberg, 3
Batters Hit -- by Suter, 1; by Wittenberg, 1
First Base on Erros -- Galveston, 3
Left on Bases -- Austion, 6; Galveston, 7
Double Plays -- Smith to Schatzke
Passed Balls -- by Moore, 1
Time of Game -- One hour and thirty-five minutes
Umpire -- Richardson

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