From the Houston Post, April 7, 1927

Buffaloes Debut Major League Baseball in Houston

Houston celebrated the arrival of Major League Baseball on Wednesday afternoon by hosting their fellow Texans in the Buffaloes' home opener.

Mayor Holcombe was escorted onto the field by the Central High School marching band, where he gave a brief speech that was punctuated by train whistles from over the center-field wall.  Mayor Holcombe praised the builders of the beautiful new Buff Stadium for having the ballpark complete and ready for use a full year ahead of the original schedule.

In a gracious gesture, former Major League Commissioner Judge Landis - who stepped down after the Supreme Court ruled that the league must be restructured - praised the new stadium at the corner of Calhoun and St. Bernard* as "the finest new stadium in the country."**

Unfortunately, the Buffaloes were unable to send the sell-out crowd home with a win.  The Rangers' Pete Scott hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Houston was unable to recover from that deficit, losing to their Texas rivals by a score of 6-4.

However, neither the loss nor the gray skies could stamp out the joy of seeing Major League Baseball in our great city.


4/6/1927, Tex27-Hou27, Buff Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1927 Rangers           3  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  0     6  7  0     4  2
1927 Buffaloes         1  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  1     4 10  3    10  1
 
Rangers              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Buffaloes            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Haney             3b  4  0  0  0  .000    Wilson            cf  4  2  3  0  .368
 O'Rourke         3b  0  0  0  0  .167    Mokan             lf  4  1  1  0  .333
Manush            lf  4  2  1  1  .222    Burrus            1b  4  1  1  0  .400
Harris            1b  4  1  2  0  .313    Koenig            ss  4  0  1  2  .412
Collins           2b  3  1  1  0  .250    Heilmann          rf  3  0  1  1  .357
 Bishop           2b  0  0  0  0  .500     Cantwell         p   0  0  0  0  .000
Scott             cf  3  1  2  5  .500     Lutzke           ph  1  0  0  0  .167
Hartnett          c   4  0  0  0  .188    Moore             c   2  0  0  0  .000
Carey             rf  4  0  0  0  .235     Snyder           ph  1  0  1  0 1.000
English           ss  4  0  0  0  .250    Bell              3b  4  0  0  0  .333
Underhill         p   2  1  1  0  .500    Partridge         2b  2  0  1  0  .357
 Falk             p   0  0  0  0  .000     Bressler         ph  1  0  0  0  .333
 Carlyle          ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Stewart          2b  0  0  0  0  .000
 Zachary          p   0  0  0  0 1.000    Ehmke             p   3  0  0  0  .000
 Rommel           p   1  0  0  0  .000     Tyson            rf  1  0  1  0 1.000
                     34  6  7  6                               34  4 10  3
 
Rangers                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Underhill                        4.2  6  3  3  5  2  92  46  5.79
Falk             W 1-0           1.1  1  0  0  1  0  20  12  1.93
Zachary          H 1             1.2  2  0  0  0  1  23  16  0.00
Rommel           S 2             1.1  1  1  1  0  1  18  10 10.80
                                 9.0 10  4  4  6  4 153  84
 
Buffaloes                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Ehmke            L 0-1           7.0  5  6  3  1  0 103  67  3.86
Cantwell                         2.0  2  0  0  0  0  30  22  0.00
                                 9.0  7  6  3  1  0 133  89
 
Tex: Carlyle batted for Falk in the 7th
     Bishop inserted at 2b in the 8th
     O'Rourke inserted at 3b in the 9th
Hou: Tyson inserted at rf in the 8th
     Snyder batted for Moore in the 8th
     Bressler batted for Partridge in the 8th
     Stewart inserted at 2b in the 9th
     Snyder moved to c in the 9th
     Lutzke batted for Cantwell in the 9th
 
E-Mokan, Bell, Ehmke. 2B-Underhill(1). 3B-Collins(1), Burrus(1). HR-Scott(1).
RBI-Manush(1), Scott 5(5), Koenig 2(3), Heilmann(3). K-Wilson, Bell, Ehmke,
Bressler. BB-Collins, Wilson, Mokan, Burrus, Heilmann, Moore, Partridge.
SH-Haney. SF-Scott, Koenig. WP-Rommel.
GWRBI: Scott
Temperature: 89, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 5 MPH,
Rain Delays: 66 minutes.

* For those inclined to look for this location on a map, you won't find it.  That part of Calhoun is now IH 45, and St. Bernard has been renamed as Cullen Boulevard.  The stadium site is now a (closed) furniture store.  The railroad tracks are still there.

** Landis did attend the opening of Buff Stadium in 1928, and reportedly praised it.