The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-08-16

tho excellent management of tn,
arrangements, all Of which was du(
to Mr. Marshall, who had the contro
of the stand Immediately under hi.
charge"
BASE BALL AT WHIrE OAK.-Or
Tuesday, the Sth inst, mattel
game of Base Ball was played be.
tween tho first mines of tho White
Oak Club. and tho Namcless Club
of Winnsboro. Quite number oil
persons, including many, ladies left
town carly in the morning, in car.
riagcs, buggies and wagons, and
reached White Oak before nine
o'clock. This was the hour fixed
, for the game, but ut that time the
White Oaks had not all assembled.
and it was few minutes after ten
o'clock when the players took the
field. The White Onks won the
choice and sent the Namelcss to the
! bat. The ground was b.j' no means
good one, and both parties felt it's
disadvantages before the game WAS
through. The diamond bounded
by the right lines between the bases
had been very well cleared. but
beyond this WAS II broad field of
high weeds and grass, which caused
more than one bad play on both
sides. In rear of the pitcher was
an inclined plane, on which II passed
ball fairly revellcd in rolling for
many yards. The uniform of the
! White Oaks consists of white
shirt handsomely trimmed in blue,
and blue pants, the letters wv. O."
/ embroidered on the front Of the
shirt, and "B j. c. on the collar.
! Their belts arc Of rcd webbing, and
their caps Of white and blue. The
! Namolcss wore their uniform of
white with dark brown trimmings,
white cap, brown webbing belt
the letter IN" i'll Il shield upon the
shirt. In physical appearance, the
/ White Oaks arc rather taller and
stouter than tho Namclcss, while
the latter arc mostly spare-built and
hthc. The game opened with
Elliott. Mt the bat, who soon went
out, followed quickly by Crawford d,
who sent Il fly to r. Patrick, which
the latter promptly caught. Huey
took the bat and made three bases
on short groundcr, when Gooding
went out on second, and the Namc-
less scorcd-nonc. The White
Oaks took the bat in the best of
spirits, and S. Gibson made first
base. Rutland went next to the
bat, but a fly caught by Kctchin
prevented his further efforts.
Next came II. Patrick, who malo
second Oh three strikes, the bal.
passing far over Hucy's head. r..
Patrick next made first on q fair
fielder, and was followed by JOS.
Caldwell, who made Il home run on
three strikes on passed ball.
Things went on in about the same
way, until the third man was out,
and the White Oaks scored five
runs. The second inning was no
more favorable to the Namcless,
their opponents putting three men
out before II single run had been
made. Things looked decidedly
,mpromising for the Winnsboro
Boys, and some there were on the
ground who "backcd their judg-
ment' that tho White Oaks would
win. But the town boys were
neither dismaycd nor discouraged,
and the White Oaks had hard
time at the bat when they closed the
second inning. Irwin went out on
three strikes, S. Gibson on foul, and
Rutland made first Oh three strikes
II. Patrick made first base,
but r.. Patrick sent n foul
to Hucy, which made the
score Of the White Oaks-nonc.
From this time the Namclcss cons
stantly gained ground, and ut the
close of tho fourth inning the score
stood four runs for them to eight
for their opponents. Now besa1
the really finc playing Of the Name
less. Elliott threw balls that had
scarcely, left his hand when they
were taken in by Hucy The base
men were kccnly on the alert, and
the 1icldcrs had become quite &C
customcd to the grassy ground.
Those who had played badly in the
outset fully redeemed themselves by