Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
THE NATIONAL GAME.

100 much management by stockholders
g said to be killing the Cincinnati club.
II is thirteen years ago that the old Mn-
tual team, of New York, defeated the White
5tocxinrs at Chicago by 8 10 0, and orig
mated the slang 'Chicagoed"
THK salary list of the disbanded Merritt
cub, of Camden, N. J., was 81, 200 month.
Of this amount Einsile and Gardner drew
$50 month each; FennelIy, Swesny,
Hauseholder and Greenwood $12j month
each; Warner and Kimber 800, and Kennel
$50. When the club dlsbande5 last week,
the majority of these players demanded
from 500 to $z00 month for their SER
wees from the managers of the PhiladeI-
phla, Baltimore, Athletic and Brooklyn
clubs, who wanted pick of the teams, and
two Of them got their terms.
A GAME of baseball fearfulIy and wonder
fully played wac the special attraction at
Bay Ridge, near Baltimore, recently. The
NewIngton and Cur Boys clubs, both of the
Amateur league, of Baltimore, met in the
water OF Bay Ridge and engaged in game,
and after some of the most unnatural play
ing ever seen the Newington bore OF the
palm of victory. When the game was called.
N the beginning of the ninth inning, the
NeW1ngtcnS had two runs to their credit and
Cur Boys none. The two rurs scored by the
Newingtons were made on lost balls-fortu
nate accidents, for without them there would
have been no result at all. The game wes
called for a reason not often given-the sup
ply of balls became exhausted. Three were
lost-that is to say, went 10 the bottom. The
game began at 4 O'Clock and lasted until
y. The players were placed in a line paral
lei with the shore, but, even with this ar
rangement, there was a great variation IN
their apparent height. The first baseman
and right-felder stood knee-deep IN water,
the batter and battery were up to their waists
while only the head and shoulders could be
seen of the left-felder. The rope which
marks the bathing limit served as the fence
The bases were life -preservers anchored In
the water. The frantic and generally unsuc-
cessful efforts to reach first base in time made
The whole affair look very much like game
crIpples. In the sixth inning Horner struck
a fly to Tofling, the pitch for the Newing-
tons, who tUr1ed a somersauitin his anxiety
to take ii. Very few base hits were made.
The batter, if be sueceededin get ng in any
Fort of crack, would seldom knock the
ball further than few feet, when it would
disappear In the briny deep; then he would
paddle away for dear life for his base: if
possible, he would throw himself on the ball
IN front of him and take it along with him,
until the catcher, swimming up to him,
would upset his plans by grabbing his foot.
The ball would be let 90, and the fugitive
would make some further headway toward
his base, when the catcher would splutter
around, waiting for the ball to come to the
surface. He would then scramble for it,
and just as the man thought he had his base
he would fn1 the ball second ahead of him.
This scrambIing for the ball and awaiting
its coming to the surface proved The most
amusing and most exciting part Of the game.
there was always some doubt as to Just
where it would rise and how deep it had
gone. The ielders had the easiest time of
AL and for the most part anu ed themselves
swimming along the outskirts of the field
Is unconcsrnedly as if no game was going
Bn ne arer than OIiole park the positions
we're undoubted sjnecures. TIE second
basemau made himself useful by swimming
10 first-base, where, with the frst-baseman,
he succeeded in getting most of the hands
out One or two very good double plays
we're made. The loss of the third ball. Just
IS one band of the Our Boys was out in the
beginning of the ninth inning, brought the
raIne to a close, when the contestants
1rapged themselves to the shore, afser
swallowing enough salt water to preserve
hem for years.