Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-14

as they PLAYED the whole nine innings,
while but eight were PLAYED at Augusta.
The Browns u course plead the absence
ii their regular catcher. but this fact Is
NOT thought O. alter the comparative
merit. III the tw0 games III question. But
for an unfortunate mutt by Dpdd ID the
second iunin-. which cost two runs.
and Il passed zr0undeT By Westc9tt-
which cost another iii the nth. the home
team would have held the score Of the
visitors down In seven runs. which Is the
number th-y actually earned.
II was twice thought during the game
That the DlNIes would avert a goose egg
once in 1de second inning when shea
reached tlirl and Cash second. with 10
men aur- aud once iu The ninth inning
when Lamat-e- reached The bag with only
one man oar. B.Il ri these IN
stances were followed hy disap-
u1lu-meut and as already stated.
no member II Lle DlNle> succeeded
iu crossing the home plate The story ~
-le -aue. however i best told by a de-
TAIL ID IL innings since their arrival ID
the city tie E-eEuaus have won TIE good
wishes II all ty their courteous bearing.
and when Ihey appeared on the Held yes
rerdav afternoon The good impression
which their --utlemauly ways line phy-
! slque and handsome gray uniforms crea-
I'D. was told in hearty applause. The
player, q the TWO nlnes were distributed
a. follows.
Bfsaaaas- Muudiuzer. catcher: Landry.
pitcher. Lamueau, first base: Brennan.
second base. Farrell. third base; Irwin.
short stop: Butler. left field; LOrsch, right
field: W0uli=. centre held.
DErfes-~hea. catcher: smith. pitcher:
Lewis. lrsr base: NJ eStc1tt- second base:
Lam 5tte. third base; DOdd. left field:
Perry. ri zht field. Cam. centre field; Cash.
snort stop.
The Dixies won the toss and sent the
I Breunans u the bat at $50 O'Clock. with
W0ulfe al the plate. and Mr. James Mills,
{ II Griffin. in the UmpiTe's stand. After
little preliminary diminishing the bats
man popped a sky scraper 10 DOdd in the
FAR end VI left field. which was prettIly
taken On the run and brought down the
/ Grand stand Woulfe was followed
Z Is Farrell who struck hot
-r0under. which Cash picked
up at short and threw b first before
/ The striker could reach the base. Lam
beau followed Farrell, and making a SINH
lar hit Jared "a similar fate Cash thus
crediting himself with two successive
pretty PLAYS. which Won for him a warm
place in the estimation q the applaudIng
/ crowd. The Brennans. II viii thus be
seen. failed to make base on the start off.
Cam was the first OF the DiXies to the
bat and was retired on an easy grounder,
which pitcher Landry put 10 first.
Iam0t1a went out On fly To
third baseman Farrell. smith lodged the
sphere directly in front Of the home plate.
and reached first. shea was next at the
bat, but smith fell victim TO Mundlnger's
fine throw 10 second while he was attempt
ing TO steal the base.
The second inning opened with Brennan
al the bat. but he was quickly retired by
"a swift foul tip which Shea took on the
bat. Butler hit grounder which
WestcOIt failed to stop, and
reached the first base L0rsch followed
with a base-hit 10 right held. which car
ried him 10 first and Butler 10 second.
F.. Landry then went 70 the bat, and wide
pitch by Smith landed Butler on third
and L0rsch on second. Landry soon after
wards went out on fly To first. Mum
diuger followed al 1he bat and sent a long
/ high fiv 10 left field. which D0dd murfed,
thus letting Butler and I0rsch
reach home and Mundinger
! rrst. Irwin went 10 the bat but shea
ended the inning for the Brennans by
pretty throw % second. which cut Nun
| dinger OF as he was trying 70 steal the
base.
shea. Of the DiXies. was given first on
called balls and Cash went 10 the bat.
Shea reached second on a steal. while
Mundinger fumbled the ball. Cash
! reached first on not grounder. which
went through FarTeIl's widespread legs,
and WestcOtt was next at the bat. >nea
stole third by hard running, and
WestcOtt. after saving the air. was finally
/ retired Dy the umpire on q called third
strike. D0dd struck three times and
failed 10 hit the ball. and Mundinger.
although dropping it. picked II up in time
TO cut DOdd of at first. Farrell threw
Perry's grounder to first and thus put
out the third man for the Dlxies and left
shea on the third and Cash on the second.
When the visitors went TO the bat in
the third inning Irwin popped high 1ly TO
D0dd. which the latter juggled on
long run and finally held secure. Cash
made a rafting pickup Of Woulfe's bat
grounded and threw il TO first ahead Of
the runner. Farrell put up a dainty little
III for Lamotte. but the latter fell just as
the sphere began its descent. The willy
Cash was on hand, however. and again
distinguished himself by catching the ap-
parently lost iy.
OF the DiXies. Lewis went out on a fly
To WOulfe. Cam on slow grOunder
which Irwin put 20 hrst. and LamOtte on
a fiv 10 Farrell.
Lambeau opened the NTH inning with
a base hit over second 10 left field. Bren-
nan went TO the bat and sent a high fly to
centre. which Cam captured on a hand
stole down TO second. Butler fell a victim
10 a fly which fell into Pe<ry's hands. but
Lambeau stole third on il. LOrsch goose
egged his team by batting before Lam
beau could get in a grOunder which went
10 first bv way Of Smith. Smith opened
the ball for the Dixies by retiring on
grOunder. which Brennan put to first,
>hea's grOunder also fell into the
hands Of Brennan. who created amuse-
al
Of the batter, instead Of putting
the ball 10 Lambeau. Farrell cooked
Cash's goose by picking up his grOunder
and sending it down 10 first at lightning
speed.
Cash again made himself felt at the be-
ginning Of the fifth inning, By picking up
Lambeau's ringing grounder and heading
him of before he could reach his base.
Mundinger sent a gr0under which slipped
through Wesc0tt's hands and gave him his
base without earning il. Irwin went 10
the bat, and while he was at the plate
Mundingef reached third. A long
fly To left carried ths hatsman 10 second
and MundIngeT home. WOulte dropped a
fly in left field just behind short stop or
which he got his first. Farrell took up
the willow. and by adrOIt stealing. Irwin
and WOulfe managed TO reach third and
second respectively : long fly from Far
reIl into left field gave him his base. r.
win a run wnd carried WOulfe TO third,
A terrific second Dagger to an 0nguarded
mart Of centre by Lambeau, carried both
Woulfe and Farrell home. Brennan
went TO the bat. and before he
got ready 10 hit the ball Lambeau took to
his heels and stole from second TO third.
Brennan finally got the ball just where he
wanted il and taking a good swing landed
it in a part Of left field which Dodd could
not reach in time to prevent Lambeau
from getting home or the striker hrst.
Cash made an error on Buffers daisy cut
ter which sent Brennan home from third
and landed Butler on first. A grOunder
by Lorsch sent Butler to second and car
ried him to first. Landry went to the
bat. and Butler and LOrsch started to
third and second. respectively. Landry
made a desperate rap at the ball and sent
a grounder skimming toward first. Butler
flew home as soon as the ball left the bat
and in the twinkling which Lewis needed
to put out Landry. LOrsch dashed from
third and succeeded in reaching the home
plate before Lewis could hurt the ball
back 10 Shea. This disastrous inning for
the Dixies. in which their opponents
had increased their score from two
runs 10 ten. and batted smith for
six base hits. one Of which was
a two-bagger, was ended by grOunder
from Mundinger, which WestcOtt threw
to hrst.
The Dixies we're quickly disposed Of.
WestcOtt going out On fly to Farrell,