The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1875-09-02
Base Ball.

| n. j. 1t was a great day for base balilsts
| in Stroudsburg and at two o'clock crowd
of some four or five hundred persons, in
Guiding many ladies were assembled on the
Fair Grounds to witness the play. The
Randolphs have high reputation and claim
to be the best club in New Jersey. They
have played thirteen games this season and
lost but two, one of them by the famous
Trenton club Our boys had mt an idea of
beating them, but desired to compare them
selves with such nine to see about what
they could do with a first class team. Game
was called with the Randolphs to field.
Marsh struck out quickly before the swift
and peculiar pitching of Mahaney, Walton
had two strikes called and was then caught
off his guard and a third and out were his
fate, Mcintyre hit to Schenck and was out
at first Lockman and Cain got their bases,
the latter on badly judged ball by Schoch,
Wadsworth blocked a fair foul and got first,
Wadsworth was caught between bases and
run out by Huston, Schenck and West
striking out, Lockman and Cain having
scored. One inning score 2 to q for
Randolph.
Holmes led off for Caldenos with base
hit to right and took first, got second on
passed ball, Hayes out at first from Chandler,
Schoch and Huston got base hits, Logan
out on foul fly to Chandler, Zeigler hit to
Wadsworth and out at first, Holmes and
Schoch having scored runs. Mahaney
hit to Walton and out at first, Smith got a
base hit, stole second, Chandler hit fair
foul which Mcintyre got to Holmes at
third in time to capture Smith, Munson
out at first Walton to Hayes-no runs,
two innings-score to 2. Marsh and
Walton got their bases for the Caldcnos
opening of third, Mcintyre out on foul fly
to Chandler, Holmes got first and round
to third on wild pitch, attempting to run
in on the same was caught at home plate
by Mahaney, Hayes struck out, Walton
and Marsh having scored. Lockman gotta
two base hit, Cain hit to Mcintyre and out
at first, Wadsworth and Schenck got bases,
the latter on a heavy two baser to left
centre, West out from Walton to Hayes,
Mahaney on fly to Walton, Schenck left at
third two runs, three innings score to 4.
Schoch opened fourth inning by going
out on fly to Lockman, Huston got first, Lo-
gan hit to left and was caught by Cain and
by fine throw of latter to first Huston
was caught by Lockman, fine double play
Smith got first, Chandler hit to left and
Smith was caught at second on Zeigler's
throw in, Munson hit towards third, McIn-
tyre sent ball to Holmes to catch Chandler
too late, but Munson Immediately caught
in trying to get second, Lockman previously
out on fy to Walton, no runs-four innings
score to 4.
Logan opened the ball for Caldenos by
going out on foul fly to Smith, Zeigler out
on foul bound to Chandler, Marsh out at
first from Mahancy, no runs. Lockman
opened with two-baser Cain out on foul
fly to Logan, Wadsworth hit to Holmes
who made low swift throw to first, fol-
lowed it up on the next hit by another and
then ensued a series of most wretched plays
and throws INDUCED in by nearly all of the
nine it seemed impossible to make decent
play, Huston, Hayes, Walton, Mcintyre
and Holmes each making most disastrous
attempts in throwing; finally when Mahaney
had been caught at the home plate from
Schoch to Logan and Chandler was out on
fly to Huston they had scored thirteen
runs-fve innings, score II to 4.
Walton opened sixth inning with a base
hit, Mcintyre followed with a good one,
: Walton caught at third, Chandler to Smith,
Holmes caught by Wadsworth, Hayes got
a base hit, Schoch got good one for two
bases, Huston out ON fly to Wadsworth,
one run. Munson and Lockman caught by
Schoch, Cain out on foul bound to Logan,
no runs, six innings-scorc II to ).
Logan hit to Smith-out at first, Zeigler
out at first, Marsh base hit, Walton out
at first from Wadsworth-no runs. Wads-
= worth and Schenck base hits, West out at
: first from Walton, Mahaney base hit,
Smith caught by Hayes, Chandler out at
3 first, Holmes to Hayes, two runs, seven
innings-score 10 to 5.
Mcintyre got first, Holmes out at first
from Schenck, Hayes and Schoch, base hits,
Huston out on fly to Smith, Logan on foul
fly to Chandler, three runs. Munson out
on fly to Walton, Lockman got first but out at
second on Gains hit to Holmes Wadsworth
a base hit Schenck and West bases, when