The daily gazette., 1883-09-13
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
AFFAIRS OF NOTE IN AND
ABOUT THE CITY.
AN EXCITING CHASE AMI ARREST.
The Quichsteps' Bad Luck in Richmond
Scores of Yesterdays Games--General
Notes.

The game in Richmond was again post
poned yesterday on account of the rain.
The club is having very bad luck on the
trip and 1t will be severe financial loss. 1t
is said that the Richmond club gave a bene-
fit to the Quickstep In the Opera House last
evening. Snyder was to give an exhibition
OF cluD swinging, and the rest of the per-
formers were to be of home talent. All
other games, except the one at Boston, were
of yesterday on account of the rain.
Those played were mostly good games
with small scores. The game in Boston puts
it on top, as does the game In Columbus
place the Athletic In the same position in
the American Association more securely.
The scores are as follows:
At Columbus:
Athletic. ...... / o o 2 0 2-7
Columbus ..... o 0 o. 8
Earned runs, Athletic, s; Columbus, 8; two
base hit, Dundon; three-base hits, Blakiston,
Knight, Richmond; home run, Stovey; lett on
bases, Athletic. 8; Columbus, 8; struck out, by
Jones, 7;by DundOn, 8; FIRST base on balls; by
wild pitch, bundon, /; time of game, hours;
umpire, Walsh.
At Louisville:
"Mets" ........... 2 % l 0 0 0 Z 3
Pitchers, Heeker and Keefe; hits, "Mets" 8;
Eclipse 8; errors, "Mets" 2, Eclipse l; left on
bases, NETS s, Eclipse 8; time Of game, one
hour and 40 minutes umpire, Daniels.
At Boston:
GSiSSSC. SSisSS; ;::::.::: ..::.:: 81 81
Errors, Boston, 2; Chicago, 8; base hits,
Boston IL; Chicago, s; earned runs, Boston, Z;
Chicago, 2; two-base hits, Hornung, 2; Wise.
Radford, Hackett, Sutton, Gore, Flint; three
base hits, Morrill,, Dalrymple; home run, Bur
dock, Hackett: first base on errors, Boston, l;
struck out Boston, l; Chicago, /; passed balls,
Flint, /; wild pitches, Goldsmith, /; time one
hour and 80 minutes; umpire, Bradley.
At St. Louis:
s. s. Louis Louis ......... ] Q ] G-s
Base hits, st. Louis, 9; Baltimore s; errors,
St. Louis, 8; Baltimore, 4.
At acknowledgement, 81; Allegheny,
At Altoona-Altoona, s; Youngstown,
Youngstown, Ohio, z.
NOTES.
Dorr is still pitching with the Harrisburg
He is doing excellent batting.
Smith has been released from the Harris
burg club. He formerly played first.
The latest about Mr.. Charles G. Waitt II
that he is to play left field for the Metro
politans.
One of the Anthracite players has mar
rIed in Pottsville, it is said, as the result Of
the summer campaign.
The Active players were hauled over tht
Goals to-day for having too great an interest
in Reading breweries.
Poor Foxl failure again. The Brooklyn
made IL hits and earned five out OF ten rum
off him on Tuesday afternoon.
Knowles has signed with the Allegheny
club for next year. He gets $50 moth thil
winter and $500 month next season.
Reading will have a club run by stock
company next year.-Pottsville Chronicle
Better not, Wilmington has big dose o.
that.
The Harrisburg club returned from the
Reading grounds on Tuesday, singing
"We've downed the brewers nine once
more"
The Qulckstep will return home tonight
A large crowd should greet the "boys" to
morrow, as they have had hard luck and
finances are very low. People should &c
out and give them a warm reception.
Deleg ates from New York, Philadelphia
Baltimore, Pittsburg, Chicago, Hartford
and other points were in secret session in
Plttsburg yesterday for the purpose OF form
ing new base ball association to be knowr
as the "American League Association