The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-09
BORO BOYS .IN CYE.STyT,.


How they Were Beaten at the Bat Yet Dis
ttnEuislicd Themselves ut tho Supper.
McsS,'S. Eaters: As no notice has
as yet to my knowledge, appeared in
your valuable sheet Of tho "Boro
Boys" trip to Chester, I beg your i'm:
diligence Of Il small space III W]!i2h
may return thanks, if nothing more,
to our friends in Chester. Twelve Of
the "Boro Boys" left for Chester on
the one and half o'clock train on
Tuesday, August 31st inst, ten Of
whom went for the purpose of playing
the Chester Base Ball Club, the third
game Of IT,, scrios. The other two
went as supporters or "backcrs." BY
tho way, [ must not forget to state that
two of the HOro's taircst daughters
also accompanied us on this occasion,
whi iii added very materially 10 our
enjoyment, especially while on our
journey. Nothing Of interest Happen
cd on our way up, except that our
boys could not resist the temptation of
shouting "hurrah for Coroner Milling"
at every cross-road. We arrived in
Chester at abou! three p. m., Gnd were
met by The Chester club and escorted
to tho Merchants Hotel, where ample
preparations had been made for our
reception. Our boys then got them
selves in trim for The contest, and hay
ing completed all preparations arrived
on the grounds ten minutes before
four. The game began at four, and
went very smoothly lor Chester, bit
roughly for the Boro, until they reach
cd the fifth inning, being "whitc-wasil-
CD three times previous to that i'll
ming. AT the. commencement Of the
fifth inningyou could plainly sec their
"lri5lr' rise, and they did some very
lcrtdiablc playing, making seven runs
Oh this inning, the score standing at
this time Chester II and the .Boro 8.
This slight Increase from one to eight,
gave our boys no little encouragement. =.
AT this juncturc the game became very
interesting and all the spectators be-
came quite nervous. Numerous con-
lectures could be heard as TO who were
likely to be tho victors. On the ninth
or. last inning the ''Boro Boys" again
cNcrtcd themselves TO thcir utmost
and were amply rewarded by score
OF five. This wound up tho game, the
score standing eighteen to sixteen.
OF course tho Boro had sixteen, as she
is very generous and never cnyics her
ncighbors the lions share. After the
game the two clubs exchanged courte-
sizes by giving three cheers for one
another, the Umpire and tho ladies
who were out in full force. These
seemed from the display Of beautiful
bouquets, to have appreciated the
cheers and enjoyed the game. Your
humble servant was tho happy rccip-
lent Of three of the most lovely bon
qucts he has ever had the good fortune
to possess, to say nothing cf the smiles
and bouquets that wore bestowed upon
all Of tho players, by way of cncour-
aycmcnt and reward. For this l beg
leave to return my thanks and also
those Of all the "Boro Boys for tho
beautiful selection of pretty flowers
bestowed upon lis. The clubs now re-
tired to the hotel where thcy prepared
their toilet for tho magnificent supper
prepared forthcm by their friends, the
Chester boys. At halfpast soyen
o'clock the general roll was called and
none fomd ABSENT Upon the kind
invitation Of The c9Alnin Of tho Chester
baseball base club wStro&aircd to the din
ing hall lof the MIN Nuts Hotel. where
wo fouRda grsho shoWNy ofall irpagill-
able good, Ide has but Sakc the assor-
ton withoS Jury or contra.
dictiso1natf iiiso1n .t. pey Boro boys
were totH welding tho