The news., 1882-06-08
Burlington, May 80, 1872,
Base Ball.

At Burlington Oh Saturday, Burlington
VS.. Merits of Camden, This will prove
an interesting game
The Mount Holly base ball club went
to Medford on Saturday and played the
club at that place, winning the game by
a score of 20 to IS in favor of Mount
Holly. Umpire, G. s. Sims.
The Phoenix Base Ball Club of Trenton
visited Burlington on Saturday and had
contest with the Burlington nine. The
Burlingtons won after an exciting game
by score of 6 to l. Most of the runs of
the Burlingtons were made by passed
balls, Marion, the catcher of the Phoenix
nine being unable to catch Scudders
balls.
The Young Excelsior Club of Mount
Holly challenge any amateur club, whose
players are under the age of seventeen
years, to match games of base ball. Any
club wishing to accept this challenge may
address, G. s. Sims manager, Mount
Holly, N. J.
The BurlingtOn's Kick.
The Burlington base ball club came to
this city for a game with our local cham
ions yesterday, but the sight of Devlin
and Crowley upon the ball field so terri
fed them that they at once refused to
play. Devlin and Crowley are "listed"
| players, and the Burlingtons said that if
| they played against these men they would
be unable to arrange matches with any
League clubs. That sounded very well
until some one reminded the visitors that
one of their own nine had already played
| against our Objectionable nine and he
therefore is debarred too. Besides the
Burlingtons knew very well that Devlin
and Crawley belonged to the Trentons
and they reasoned rather poorly, if they
| thought that our club would drop any
| of its players for their benefit The con-
sequence of the Burlingtons' kick was
that no game took place and the visitors
obtained large share Of popular censure.
1t was only new trick out of the sup
piled stock which the Burlingtons always
have ready for occasions when defeat
seems staring them in the face Trenton
Emporium.
The above with its head is such gross
misststement of fact that it calls for a re-
ply. The Burlington club went to Tren-
ton with the understanding that Devlin
and Crawley were not to play, but no
sooner had the Trentons made their APP
pearance OH the field than the captain of
the Burlingtons recognized those two men.
He at once, and very properly, refused to
play with them as they are debarred from
playing for selling a game a few years
ago. The Trenton club were willing to
play without them, but Devlin swore il
che did not play that day he would never
play with them again" The Trentons
allowed themselves to be bulldozed by
him and hence no game. If the Tren-
tons want decent clubs to play with them
they should get rid Of these two men or
when other clubs will not play against
them they should blame themselves.
A finely contested game of base ball came
off on Tuesday in Burlington between
the club of that place and the Atlantic
City nine. The visiting clue we're the
worse set of "squeslers" that have visited
Burlington for long time, particularly
the left fielder, who proudly pronounced
himself as the assistant captain" and by
which title he was known ever after by
the crowd. The BurliDgtons outplayed
the visiting club at many points and if il
had not been for the errors of Hover al
second they would no doubt have won
Only six errors were made in the game
four being charged to the Burlingtons