The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-08-25
westminsaer VS.. Excelsior.

n very interesting game of base ball was
played on the grounds of the Westminster
| Base Ball Association ON Wednesday after
noon between the First Nine of the Associa-
ton and the Excelsior club, of Baltimore.
| The First Nine was composed of Harding,
! pitch; Clabaugh, catch; Reese, 1st base; Nc
! Fadden, md base: Bankert, 3rd base: Miller,
short stop; with Gist, Await, and Cook, of
New Windsor, in the right, centre and left
| fields. The Excelsior had the pitch of Our
| Boys club and members from one or two other
! clubs. b. +. Grouse was the umpire, and
gave general satisfaction. A very large as
sembly was present, who remained to the
close, and very many ladies were among the
number The game began with the First
Nine at the bat. Miller took first base on
balls; McFadden followed with ball to short
stop, who failed to get it to the 2nd base in
time to put Miller ont. Harding and Reese
/ followed, Miller getting home through muff
of the catch. Gist Knocked n fly and was
caught out; Await struck out We failed to
note who was the third man out, but by good
batting and errors on the part Of the Excel
siors the First Nine scored four runs.
The EXcelsiors then went to the bat. The
first and second struck out; the third got two
bases on a wild throw by Bankert, and got
home on two passed balls, while the fourth
batter struck out.
In the second inning Miller got out at LIST
base; McFadden and Harding followed, and
scored by wild throwing of third baseman.
Reese struck out and Clabaugh knocked fly
and was caught out.
The first and second for the Excelsors got
out on LIST base; the third made first base and
the fourth struck out.
Third inning-Gist and Bankert out at first
base, and Await struck out.
For the EXcelsiors the first man struck out,
second was put out at 1st base, third got to
End base. and the fourth was put out at lst
base
Fourth inning-Cook and Miller scored;
McFadden out on LIST base; Reese on LIST base
and Harding on Bird.
The EXcelsiors, by good batting and wild
throwing Of the home club, scored three runs.
Fifth inning-Gist got out on 1st base, and
Bankert and Await on md.
inning, though three batters each knocked a
ball.
Sixth inning-Cook went out at 1st, and
Miller and McFadden on 2rd and 3rd.
First batter for EXcelsiors went out on
fly, the third on LIST base, and the fourth
struck out.
Seventh inning-Gist scored; Bankert was
left on Bird; Reese was put out on lst Cla-
baugh went out on a fly, and Cook put out
ut LIST.
The score then stood to ) in favor of the
First Nine
In the eighth inning the home club failed
to score, Miller going out on a fly, McFadden
striking out, and Harding being put out on
2nd base, whilst the EXcelsiors scored two
runs. The score then stood 8 to in favor Of
the First Nine, and interest was very great.
In the ninth inning the First Nine made three
runs, making the total II. The first batter
for the EXcclsiOrs got out on list base, and the
second on the 2nd base. Some good batting
was done. and by errors two runs were scored.
A fly to Miller, who took it in handsomely,
ended the inning and the game.
There were number of errors made by
each club, but for which the score would have
been greatly reduced. The visitors knocked
the longest balls, but all went to left field, the
centre field having but little to do, and the
right did not have ball knocked to him.
The home team knocked ground balls gener-
ally, and had the short stop of the EXcelsiors
been more efficient the game would have been
closer. The score by innings was as follows: