Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-07-30
ALMOST PAST REDEMPTION.
The Quicksteps Play q Misersbl 9
Game with ne Actives.

On Saturday afteraoo;f fthe Quicksteps
played the Reading Actives on the lat
ter's ground and met with singing de-
feat which puts them farther behind in
the Interstate race and almost beyond
redemption for creditable place. The
main cause for the crushing defeat vas
the heavy slugging of the Actives and
the poor fielding of the Wilmington
t6hm. Fox, who has been classed as i.
model third baseman since his advent
into the Quickstep nine, distinguished
himself on Saturday by making no less
than six errors.
Pyle and Geary were the battery,
and the Actives batted him more freely
than ever before. In the seventh in
ming alone they made ten hits off him.
Morris and Carroll, the Active's bat
terry, did some fine playing. Morris is
u left hand pitcher and his balls were
difficult to hit and nine men were struck
ont. When the Quickstep did hit,
they hit hard. Albert, Kennel and
Higgins each made two base hits.
From the way the Qu'cksteps have
been playing it seems as though every
player has his day off and sometimes
The best players are at fault. For in.
stance, Fox, who has heretofore played
a good game, played miserably on Sat-
urday and thus il goes. How this
difficulty can be renedied is a poser,
and we give it up. The score fol-
lows
Quirkstep, 03 800 1000 . 7
Active, 23 OO22 s XII
Errors, Quickstep ~; Active 3; Total
base hits, Quickstep, IL; Active "a.
Earned runs, Quickstep 4 Active s.
Umpire, j. NJ. Griillths of Pottsville.
Time of game, two hours and ten
minutes.
The Quickstep will play in Pottsville
this afternoon, with Fox and CuSick as
the battery.
Smiley's finger is getting along nice
y and he thinks he will be able To play
during the present week.
1t is said that manager Mutrie of the
MetropOlitans wants Benners for next
season.
An interesting game will be played
this afternoon at Quickstep park be-
tween the merchants on the North and
South sides Of Front street, East of
Market.
Fisler, late manager of the Merritts,
has not ye; connected himself with any
club.
Gardiner, Sweeney, and Emslie have
proved valuable additions to the Balti-
more team.
AT Huntsboro, Ala, on Wednesday
last, a novel game of base ball was
played, in which nine young ladies
defeated male nine by score Of 20 to
II.
The Anthracites nave a MascOtte in
"Chic!" a little lad who carries bats,
runs errands, and makes himself gener-
ally useful. He is bright boy and
the players pin their faith to his luck
bringing qualities. He wears full
uniform and has lots of "gab.'
The Brooklyn Club has, so far, not
been benefited to theextent it hoped by
the accession of the Merritt players.
They lost two games during last week.
TheSp )rting Life says: The Quick
step is now very strong in the field.
With such batteries as Pyle and Geary,
Dorr and Cusick, and man to support
Fox properly, thu Quickstep need fear
no Inter State club in the field. Fox
has lately been covering third base in
| fine style.
Doc" Landis, one of the pitchers OF
the Active Club, accompanied by Miss
Anna Weidner, of Reading, left that
city at noon last Saturday week, for
Philadelphia, where they were married
in the afternoon. They spent the Sab
bath at Atlantic City.
Games elsewhere Saturday:
At Observation-Disclosures, .;
Athletics, II.
| At Detroit-Detroit New York, ..
At Cleveland-Provid,nce, 9: Cleve-
land, ,.
At Chicago-Chicaga 2; Philahel-
phia, 6.
At Bufalo-Buf'alo, Z; Boston, :.
| At Columbus-Cicinnati, 8; Colum-
bus, 3.
At New York-Metropolitan, Z; Bal
timore, 0. Game called at the end Of
the fourth inning on account of rain.
At Brooklyn-Brookl!n, ); Anthra-
cite 0. Six innings.
At Loulsville-St. Louis, S;Eclipse,4.
Below will be found the Interstate
record up to, and including Fridays
games: