The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-07-14
Base Ball.

DuoO Dull
Base ball is now the f~avorite pastime
OF the big and little.
The base ball game at Corunna, July a,
Corunna VS.. Cass (O. resulted in a victory
for the former by a score of IS to z. Poor
Cass!
The latest phase of the ball question
the Burton Cheese Eaters are said to be
the coming champion amateur club of
Michigan" Go in boys.
The Red Soxs club of this city played
a game Of ball on Monday with the second
nine of Corunna, at that place, score 80 to
80, in favor of the Red Soxs.
The boys of the Corunna Base Ball
club are reported to be anxiously inquir-
ing The price that has to be paid for runs in
games with the Detroit League club.
Boys, it is skill, muscle and energy; of
these prerequisites you do not seem to
have an abundant supply.
How we apples do swiml $500 and
the gate money is, by the Umpire. stated
to be the price the Corunna club paid the
Crescents for the privilege of winning the
game. Well, we should not be rery proud
of a record made in that way if it was 16
to 8. Boys, in future when you buy a
game, make the Umpire agree not to tell.
Since playing here the Detroit League
club have played two games with am
ateur. clubs. The first at Corunna, score
80 to o.; the second at Grand Rapids, IA
to 0, both in favor of Detroit. 1t will be
remembered the game here was 10 to 4.
So it can be seen from the above
comparison that the Owosso club is one of
the finest, if not the finest amateur team
in Michigan, and are an exceptionally
strong club.
The game of ball Wednesday between
the Crescents, of Detroit, and the home
club was a splendid exhibition of ball
playing. The home club, although they
were defeated 8 to 4, demonstrated that
with practice together, they can play a
fine game. The latter half of the game
was as fine an exhibition of ball playing
as one could wish to see. The battery
need some practice together and when they
have had this it will be hard to beat. The
score is ~unavoidably crowded out.
A big display of bills announced to all
lovers of the National game that the
Detroit League club would play an exhi-
bition game with the Corunna Club on
Friday last. Accordingly about $50 peo-
pie assembled to see the sport (N. but they
were sadly disappointed in this expecta-
ton. The Corunna boys were rs infants
in the hands of the mighty Derby. Those
present report the game () as one of the
poorest exhibitions, on the part of the
Corunna Club, they have ever seen, it be-
ing all one-sided. The Corunna chaps
have said a good deal about the game
played here, but now have to take back
water.
We guess in future the Corunna folks
had better say just as little as possible
about the Owosso club. Thirty-two to 0
with the Detroit League club is not q rec
ord to boast of-and it might just as
easily have been 100 to 0, if the Detroit
club had desired to make such n record.
Well, what else could be expected of a
club who tried to make capital against
their neighbors by saying of their game
runs acre contracted torW Shame on
such balderdash, which, without wishing
to be cruel to infants, the Detroit boys
properly resented and we think the
Corunna boys will appreciate its force,
and profit from the lesson they were
taught.