Texas–Southern League

In 1895, the league began with eight teams: the Austin Senators, Dallas Steers, Fort Worth Panthers, Galveston Sand Crabs, Houston Magnolias, San Antonio Missionaries, Sherman Orphans, and Shreveport Grays.

[1]: 171  The league played a three-part split season, with Fort Worth, Houston, and Galveston each winning segments.

[1]: 171  Fort Worth dropped out of the playoffs, leaving Houston to defeat Galveston for the championship, five games to two.

[1]: 173  During July, the Sherman-Denison team moved to Waco, while Austin, San Antonio, and Houston dropped out of the league in August.

[1]: 178 In 1899, the final season of the league, four teams competed, all of which returned from the prior year: Austin, Galveston, Houston, and San Antonio.

The league's inaugural schedule, as published in The Galveston Daily News on April 8, 1895