The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-05-20
A GOOD GAME.

Tie Dallas nos Forfeit 10 Part worth
aud Afterwards an Exhibition Gaais
wss played whieh was Cioss and
Well Contested
Yesterday morning the Fort Wonh
club arrived In this city, 10 play The
match between tho two clubs, which
had been looked for with interest for
some time, AZ two o'clock They re-
paired to the lair grounds dressed IN
their new uniforms, which were very
Handsome white shirt aud pants, with
blue stripes and blue stockings, They
were all stout, able-Lodied looking
fellows, and made very creditable
appearance, When our reporter mr..
rived lac found that the Dallas nine
were not on hand, there being but
four Of the first nine present, aud
three Of the best players absent On
account OF this fact, Myers, who was
acting captain, concluded that II
would be foolish 10 attempt 10 play,
and with tho consent OF his nine, fors
feited the game TO Fort Worth, thus
giving them score OF nine to nothing,
AZ quite number q spectators had
assembled, both clubs agreed TO ploy
M exhibition game, and the Dallas
club selected several boys present to
III out the number, expecting that
they would be beaten about four TO
one, but preferrlng that, to letting the
spectators go away disappointed.
Flynn was not present because his
employer would not allow him to 90,
Frank Brown sent word that he was
sick in bed. Eugene Low was absent
In Memphis, and Healy sent word
that 1t was impossible for him to
attend; but they determined to do the
best they could, and Cooper, Carr,
Witwer and Mitchell, were selected to
fill up the nine. ~ erybody present
expected that they would get literally
chawed up, but they didn't, On the
contrary, the game was the best yet
played In this city, and demonstrated
tho fact that the regular Dallas nine
could have beaten the Fort Worth
club easily, had they all been present.
Game was called at 2:45, and Fort
Worth won the toss. Ia the first in-
nings Dallas made cipher and retired
quickly. Fort Worth went to the bat
and scored two. In the second inning
Witwer got in one for Dallas, and Fort
Worth one also. The third inning
Young made o three-base hit, and
made home run, and three Others
followed with tallies. While Fort
Worth only succeeded in scraping up
two. The five succeeding innings re,
suited In goose-eggs for Dallas, but the
Fort Worthers only got seven TALES,
and the game stood II to 5. AT the
ninth inning the Dallas boys rallied,
and made four, when the game closed
by Fort Worth getting one; thus win
ming the game by score Of 10 to 8. 1t
was well played, and the Dallas boys
did credit to themselves. They had
but four men of the nine, while Fort
Worth had their full strength, and a
very effective pitcher ami catcher
Carr, who played first base for Dallas,
put out two.thirds of the men, and
made nut single error in the game.
pitched well, and did good
work when throwing to bases. Young,
Oh the third base, played al, and
couldn't be beat. Myers was suffering
from boils, but still was effective. The
batting of our boys was weak, and
that they lost the game. Fields,
in the centre field, made some good fly
catches, but got put out on first, while
trying to steal base.
The visitors, outside of their pitcher,
did not play very hard game. Their
fielding was good in some instances,
while in Others they muffed elegantly,
After the game bets were offered freely
that the Dallas nine could beat Fort
Worth when together, and two men
offered to put up five hundred to three
on the result. There were no
takers. From what we saw, the Dallas
nine, when all together, can beat the
Panther boys easy, but they were
sensible in not attempting to play
them u match with scrub nine.
Good feeling existed all through, and
the visitors seemed pleased with their
trip. One thing we must commend
them upon, and that is their fine APP
pearance and gentlemanly demeanor.
The game was impartially umpired by |
Mr.. j. Hanlon of Weatherford.
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Regrets.
After the ball play yesterday, several
members of the two clubs, and gentle