The daily gazette., 1875-07-22
'IRST EDITION
gaI and Bat.

.,,,,stvE VICTORY FOR THE oUIchTsEP--
NV NV yANouIsH THE READING CHAM
Ihsa h.,a 1G TO - spLENDrp BATTING
|ioSS i,SS-nRrAr ExcITEM ENT-2500 rEo-
'fr W WITNESS THE GAME.
bout $500 people, yesterday aftern DON,
,UJaS & into the Schuetzen Park to wit.
|" 4I aha second match game of base ball
y oon onn the famous Reading Actives and
"psn .potens M Of this city. Such o crowd
= onrobably never before seen Mt the
and persons were present who
~ =, nreviously took sufficient interest
Eer 7 psorset ,o yoe to ace q match played. Mer.
nts M manufacturers and business men
brIra with the throng, and all felt an
fonsc interest in the fortunes of the
an'c c,uh Every one felt hopeful, but
nu The the tall, athletic and well built
rahora m m of the Reading club took their
iEons in the field, tho impression
rIy I,y gainod ground that it was almost
asso;hle s for tine Quicksteps to gain q
io,y wv over such powerful opponents.
TIE GAME.
az commenced promptly at two
cck with the Quicksteps at the bat,
IN Ilineh opened with a fine hit over.
left field fence, which gave him his
d Fisher reached first and sent
bch home, on a ball to short-stop
ri was badly helded. Hindle went
on fly to Ressler, but Lafferty hit
for his first, sending Flsher to sec-
Stidham missed strikes, and Fisher
forced out at third. Geary made
hit to left field, reaching second and
hing Laferty home and Stidham to
Id. Kelley came to the bat and made
! foul tips, one Of which severely hurt
Of Smiths (the Active catcher) I'm
This necessitatea change, and
fth took right field, Ressler second,
James went behind the bat. Kel-
Is hit, coupled with an overthrow.
b Stidham and Geary home, while
bins hit to left, which Dillon muffed,
q Kelly home. Stock hit well to right
and sent Splain to third, when the
er went in on passed ball, and stock
ehed third. Clinch missed three
kes, reached first on an overthrow,
Stock went home. Fisher hit well to
tre field, but Hindle again sent a fly
light field, and the side retired with
en runs, amid wild applause.
or the Actives, Stott struck out and
bdman retired on light hit, but
bes reached second on ball which
Ehch failed to stop, and came in on a
&sed ball by Hindle. Lovett went out
STRIKES. One run.
IN the second inning, for the Quick
bps. Stidham and Geary went out on
h, but l.alferty hit well for his first,
Pie second, and came in on Kelly's two
ke hit to left. Splain went out ON
Fixes.
|The Actives came to the bat and
Pre- retired in one, two, three order,
d were treated the same way in the
|iId, fourth and fifth innings. The
hicksteps were neatly whitcwashed
Ie third inning, but in the fourth in
|ng, bya succession of hard hits,
|ded by three fielding errors on the
art OF their opponents, they ran up
Ne more runs. In the fifth they got
three runs, two of them being caus.
by anoverthrow by Davis to James.
, the sixth and seventh innings they
|ere whitewashed.
|ln the sixth inning Goodman, of
h Actives, made a run on a ball
RIch Fisher failed to field promptly,
which he overthrow to first.
b the seventh inning, the Quick
l' got into streak of bad fielding,
pen the Actives were not slow to
&e advantage of. Muffs and wild
q cWs were freely indulged in, con-
nently the the Actives made five
when only one was earned. In
inning llindle was severely hurt
Z lAe ball, but pluckily continued TO
Z lle end of the seventh inning,
u' lonr o'clock, the Actives had
game called, as they desired to
III The 4.35train for Reading. They
rather sick at their defeat, but ac-
%ledged themselves fairly beaten
'elow is the full score