The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-06-20
Base Bali.

Nearly all the citizens Of the town o.
Abbcville assembled at the park on Flo
raj Hill last Friday afternoon to witness
the match game between the Elbcrton No
Name Nine and the Abbcville Rcsolutes.
The No Name Nine consisted OF
CAPTAIN T.. A.. JONES, second base.
$. S. BREWER, first base.
o. r. CLARK, third base.
Il. II. JONES, pitch.
J. l.. BURCH, catch.
j. l.. HARPRR, short stop.
S. p. NATION, left field.
w. w. ADAMS. center field.
!. C. VANDUYER, right field.
Supernumeraries, j. II. Stephens and
=. II. Shannon.
The Abbeville Resolutes consisted Of
CAPTAIN S. &. CASoN, second base.
EUGENE DUPRE, catch.
WILLIAM PARKER, first base.
JULIUS DUPRE, short stop.
WADE CoTHRAN, third base.
ROBERT JONES, left field.
EUGENE WILSON, center field.
JAMES CHALMERS, right field.
$. Z. GRAYD0N, pitch.
L. w. Perrin, Esq, acted as UNI
pire in Il manner entirely satisfactory to
all-no exceptions being taken to any Of
his rulings.
Messrs. II. P. Quarles and j. r.. Ste
phens, Scorers.
The No Name club having choice of
position took the field and the Resolutcs
went to the bat. At four o'clock the
game was commenced, and played with
spirit until its close at about six o'clock.
AS evidence of the interest manifested
in the game we will state that. very near
Jy all the ladies and children remained as
lockers on to the close of the game, al
though rain was falling during the last
hour.
The game was closely contested up to
the fifth inning, when the score stood . to
in favor of the No Names, and the by
ISLANDERS were ready to concede the game
to the Georgians. About this time rain
began to fall, and the ground already wet,
was exceedingly slippery, whom it reIuir-
ed as much skill for the players to keep
their feet as to play the game. And often
the members of either club assamcd a
horizontal position, TO the merriment OF
the lockers on. In the sixth inning and
during the rain Abbcville made eight
rounds and when the %'ieorgians went to
Rbat they were white washed. This SEEM
ed to have q dispiriting effect upon the
No Names from which they never recov-
cred, but continued to fall behind until
tained that Abbevillc had scored y
1utlo IN W 49, AheN
only IL runs.
The followingis the score:
! 2 3 t 5 6 7 8 9
No Names, 0 6 0 l 3 0 4 0 81,
ltcsolutes, . 3 l l 0 8 4 -
When the result was announced, thu
Rcsolutes were cheered by the spectators
after which the Resolutes called for thre'
cheers for the No Names, and the call wa
responded to, with a hearty good will
- xIa ,,rln. nf 1InnrS
With a fair afternoon our boys woul'
have found their skill tested to its utmost
as the first part of the game showed tina
they had encountered "foemen worthy O
their steel" We do not mean to detrac
from the others when we say that Mr.. L
A. Jones, of the No Names, especially eN
cited the admiration of the spectators b.
his splendid fielding. This entire Gu
however are splendid tielders, but tn
Resolutes got the advantage OF them u
the bat, from the fact that their pitche
gave slow balls, which enabled the Reso
-1utes to knock the ball to such a distanc
that they were enabled 10 make run
sometimes covering two or three bases a
time. The pitcher of the Resolutes o,
the other hand gave swift balls and tn
batters on the opposite side found it lin
possible to send the ball to so great a dis
.ance. In this lay the success of the Res
olutes over the No Names.
The No Names are an excellent cOmpa
ny of fine looking young gentlemen, an
they were handsomely entertained b.
our people. At night the Sociable Gu
met at Mr.. Smiths, where they were in
troduced to our best young ladies, whe
tho No Names contributed much to tn
enjoyment of the evening. Abbcvill
remembers the No Names with muc
pleasure and trusts that she may agai
have the opportunity of entertaining he
Georgia cousins. Gentlemen, com
again.