Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-25
Base Ball.
THE POINTERS LEAD OFF WITH \
BRILLIANT VICTORY OVER THE
DARLINGTON CLUB.


ocRAT furnishes the following report
of the game Of base ball played at
Darlington on Friday Of last week
About two hundred people wit
messed the game of ball between
the Mineral Point and Darlington
boys at the latter place on Friday
last. Both clubs reached the
grounds at 3;l5 p. m,, and after the
preliminaries of the game were
settled, the Captains tossed" for
the choice, which resulted in favor
of the Mineral Point nine, and sent
the Darlington's to bat, at 3;50p. m.
AT the end of the first innings the
Darlington boys took the field with
out a run to back them. The Min
eral Point nine went to the bat with
a determination to scare The Dar-
lington boys, and well did they
play their part, for at the end OF
the first innings the score showed
6 to 0 in favor of the Pointers.
This did not appear to scare the
Darlington club, for when they
came to the end of the second in
nings they had only one run on the
score sheet, and Law made this run
by three base hit over left fielder's
head, and scored by pass bali on
catcher. The Pointers then went
to the bat and scored two more
runs. The score now stood 8 to
on even innings. The game went
on very smoothly until the middle
of the 4th innings, when the UNI
pire declared man out on first
base, the Darlington boys called foi
q new umpire, and after some delay
a new one was installed. At Tho
end of the 4th innings for the Oar
lington club, the score stood 10 to
in favor Of the Pointers, who went
to bat and added one more run tc
their score. Just here there was
considerable excitement caused by
q foul ball striking an old gentle.
man who was intently watching
the game, in the region of the stom,
ach. AT the end of the 9th in
nings for the Darlington club tho
score sheet showed 10 to 4 in favor
of the Pointers with an innings te
bat, but this availed them nothing
and was the first white-wash the
Pointers had received in return foI
the three they had given their op.
ponents, the Darlington boys went
to bat and added one more run tc
their score, and in return gave the
Pointers another white-wash, and
with seven innings on both sides
the score sheet showed 19 to 5 in
favor of the Pointers. The Oar
lington club again went to bat and
scored two runs. When the Min.
eral Point club went to bat on the
eighth innings they were deter
mined not to be served as they had
been in the preceding innings SC
]. Osborne settled their expectations
by scoring after two men were out
The Darlington boys went in on
their last innings but Darcy, the
pitcher, gave them some Of his up
and out balls, and it is supposed
they thought they were up and out
balls when not man reached first
base. The Pointers went in ON
their last innings with the determi.
nation to make up for the two white.
washes which they had received
and the result was that at the end
Of the 9th innings they had added
II earned runs to their score, and
the game closed with a score Of 81
to Z in favor Of the Pointers. The
following is the score:
MINERAL POINT. DARLINGTON.
o. X. o. X
Brown ......1 O'Brien, ,.4 /
Sims, ....3 Cory. .......4
Darcy, .......0 Driver, ....3 D
4 II.