Daily Republican., 1883-06-23
the ACTIVES LAID OUT.
The QuIcksteps Recover from
Their Recent Defeats and Para.
lyze the Aciives.

The Quickstet visited Reading yes
terday, met their Old rivals, the Actives,
and succeeded in defeating them as bad
as they were beaten by the Harrisburg
the day before. Pyle and Cusick were
the battery for the home team, and,
Notwithstanding the many brags made
by the Actives that they could bat Pyle
out of the holes, they only succeeded IN
making five runs.
Why the Quickstep defeats theActive
at every game and then allows much
weaker clubs to get away with them, is
one of those things fellow can't find
out. The score yesterday was as fol-
lows;
Active 1880 1000 i 8
Ouickstep 20OO7 4 0 8 x.-l6
This afternoon the Quickstep will
play the Ross at Chester, where a close
contest is expected. On Wednesday
next he Merritt and Quicks ep will
play in this city.
In the game at Harrisburg on Thurs
day Dorr was knocked out in the sixth
inning and Albert pi ched. Base hits,
II to9; errors to l3. Mckee's UNI
pirinq was bad for both sides
Hen" Meyers, short stopand mana
ger Of the Harrisburg, wants the ProVi-
dence club to drop out and let his team
take their place.
Berkleback, who was released by the
Merritt several days ago, has signed
with the Burlington.
The Anthracite lost $50 by Wednes-
days game.
Waitt believes that the Quckstep
will be con top at the end of the sea-
son. :"
Ina paragraph headed Manager
Watt on His Ear the Reading Her
aid of Yesterday says
"The Qnickstep Of Wilmington ar
rived here last night from Harri isburg,
where they were roasted to the tune
OF II to l. The State Capital nine bat
ted DORIS pitching freely in some OF
he innings, bat the twenty errors OF
the Quickstep helped along the run-get.
ting materially. Dor, the Quickster
pitcher, was taken n in the sixth in
ming, and was relieved by Albert, who
was hit hard in tie eighth inning
Manager Watt, in Conversation with a
representative of TIL Herald at the
Keystone house last night, said he was
so thoroughly disguised with the UNI
piring of Mckee at Harrisburg that ht
was compelled to leave the ground. he
said further that befosg he would again
submit TO such a bare-faced steal he
would Withdraw from the Interstate
Association. Man after man was
thrown out at second base by Cnsick,
the Quickstep catcher, but umpire
Mckee would not declare the runners
out Manager Watt said that Dorr
was obliged to split the home plate in
delivering the ball, while Schappert
was permitted to pitch the ball over the
corners of the plate.
stage of the play, which lost the game
with the Anthracite on Wednesday.
Neagle, the released pitcher of the
Philadelphia League clvb, and Oldtield
who caught for the Onr Boys last sea.
son, are now playing with the Baltimore
club
The Lone Star base bail club ha'
organized with the following players
j ohm Maxwell, c. Henry Laperre, p.
George Sweeney, S. $, Samuel Keenan,
1b. James Midcaff, 2 b. William
Stewart, b.. Joseph Shew, !. f. ; Thorn
rs Sweeney, c. f.; William Murphy, r
f. They are ready to receive challenge
from any club whose members ar
under fourteen years Of age. Addres
Henry Laperre, No. 2l, Riddles Banks
The Maytlower, Jr., base ball clu'
has been organized, and is nov
ready to receive challenges from An.
club whose members are under III year
of age. All challenges should be al
dressed to w. Murray 1876 Walnu
street.
| GAMES ELSEWHERE:
At New York--Jasper, 4; Staten Is
land, ).
At Brooklyn-Eoss club, of Chester
Pa, 0; Brooklyn, !.
| At Boston Boston, 10 New York, q
At Observation-Disclosures, ,
Providence, Is,
At Buffalo Chicago, 2; Buffalo, o.
| At Cleveland-Detroit,S s Cleveland,
i At Columbus-Columbus, 10; ALI
gheny, 8.
At Observation-Disclosures, 3: Me
ritt. -.
At Philalelphia-Western Unio
t0 Real Eata1