The daily gazette., 1875-08-25
FIRST EDITION
oyF MORE FOR RE4DTNG.
49,. ru,rd Active -0uicIss,ep Game.

n1sa AGAIN VICTORIOUS, Ia to g.
TwrIyE RUNS MADE IN ONE INNING,
Atone o'clock yesterday afternoon,
snecial train took about 300 interes-
.oI y WiImingtonians to Philadelphia,
..bcre ob the third game between tho
Dnnodinr nnoii Actives and the Wilmington
nvictstcpg was played. A like num-
w. If nc.sons left Reading on spe-
vi train and these with number
" etA' nersong from Philadelphia who
=; U;t1essed the game made eu audience
of about 1850 persons at the ball
Nearly all day the rain fell, and the
.rorrds were utterly unfit for ball
ioy;ng but the cxcursionists could
p"t he disappointed and the game
*oSrmeuced az $40 O'Clock. Stidham
n an the toss aud the Actives went to
khe bat
n blanks for both clubs, the fielding
bcjDg close and sharp, Notwithstanding
tIe slippery condition of the ball and
the ground. In the fourth the Quick
stcns. by hard batting got in four runs
8ETwo more in the sixth and seventh
Ennings, gave them total of six runs,
4 nd rs the Actives got in but two runs
Ecn the sixth inning. Quickstep stock
K EtTent up, and the Wilmingtonians ex-
Eultirgly congratulated each other on
&fbe victory which the home club had
/in its very grasp.
4 Then came the disastrous eighth in.
&n,nr The rain fell harder than be-
Store when the Actives commenced to
Nat "a il the clements were determin-
Ia ia favor Reading. The ball was
horn and soaked with water which
Erendered it 30 heavy that Laffprty
&could not pitch with his usual effec-
#tivoness Ofcourse the batters hit 1t
souorely, and though few long or
hard hits were made ball after ball
+ {wos sent just outside the bases,
+ hnd run after run was scored. 1he
Duicksteps hccame partially demoral-
zed at this streak of bad luck, and
'felled miserably. Kelley dropped
two flies, Talcy had two dropped fouls
4and two passes, Geary sent in two runs
BY an overthrow to third, and othors
made errors of greater or less impor-
tance. At last the three men were
+ put ont, and the result showed that
reading was credited with 12 runs.
10 more runs were made on either
side and the game closed ID to 6 In
favor Of Reading
Innings ? 8 4 Sc SO
ANye 0 D % o O12 Old
QMckstep. 0 0 4 oil 0 o. 6
". Murnan, of the Philadelphia club
umpired the game.
The excursion train lett Philadel.
phia at 3 30 O'Clock and arrived in
Wilmington about 10. 1t was met at
the depot by alarge crowd of theQuick-
steps symplthizing friends, and though
the lamentations were loud, no insults
ar t.1lts were thrown at the players.
Tie eXcurslonists were at once be-
ssiged for information, and the large
crowd slowly moved up town, Gag.
erly discussing the great event.
The reasons assigned for the defeat
ale numer0us but it Is unnecessary
to cnumeratc them. Tue real truth of
tho matter is that the Actives won by
a brilliant streak of luck, and all the
professional playing in the world
could not have kept from them their
victory, So the only thing for our
IdlIappolntcd players TO do is To wait
patiently for the next game.
Tomorrow the Quicksteps go to
Camden for the purpose OF playing
&the Cregar club. Next Saturday they
Splay the Trenton club 10 Whining
4ton.
Tic absurd charges that the Quick.
&steps 'sold out the game. yesterday,
zare utterly groundless. Luck was
Hagalnst the boys and they couldn't
&help it. However they are ready and
Rnxlous for another series of games
WIN The Actiyes, and are confident OF