Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-08
'BASEnALL.

BAs8BALL.
A Twelve Inning Gane-lronsldes Dsss.tsd.
The closest and most exciting game of
the season was played by the Ironsides
yesterday with Sam Fields Reading nine,
in the presence of an audience of GOO per.
sons. Although it required twelve innings
to decide the game the score was kept low.
The home club had the game in their
hands q number OF times and should
have won it. The visi~iDg team had the
greater number Of errors by far, yet it
seemed that those Of the Ironsides were
made when good playing was mostly
needed. The Reading team, although it
contains several good men, is not as strong
as the IrOnsides, nor many clubs defeated
by the latter this season. The captain and
manager Of the nine in Sam Field, form.
erly member of the Active inter- state
club, and he plays behind the bat. Pyle,
who has been pitching for the Wilmington
Quicksteps, was discharged for drunken
ness On Wednesday. He went at once to
Reading and was secured by Field, making
his first appearance yesterday. His work
here did not show him to be .
great pitcher. The positions of the home
team were changed around again yester.
day, Sweitzer and Zscher appearing a. the
battery in the early part of the game with
Hofford at short and Sixsmith ON third.
The game was called at 3 o'clock by
Umpire Myers and Zscher lost the toss.
He was first to the bat and with Hofford
went out on strikes. while q short ball put
Sweitzer out at first. OF the visitors
Tomly went out at first, Lawrence made
big hit to left and stole to second on
Zecher's passed ball. Field bringing him
home on good batting. Holland went out
on fly to Kelly, and Oswald brought
Field home, Meenan going out by Hof-
ford's stop to first. In tho second King
reached first on tumble of his ball by
| short stop, but took too much ground and
went out. Tho first run of the game was
made by Schiller after fine hit of his
own, which was followed by another of
PETER, who went out trying to score on
Fosters hit. Kelly went out on strikes.
This inning added TIVE more runs to the
score of the visitors. Cramp made good
hit over the shOrtstop's head and took
second on passed balls, Pyle's, big hit
brought Cramp in and the pitcher scored
on Zecher's passed ball. Heckenrode and
Tomly went out on fly and foul to
Zecher, and Fields on strikes.
Al tNO UuAAu AuAluS OuO HOlAO tO0LA wOAO
retired without scoring. Holland, of the
to get his ball. Oswald followed with a
two base hit, which was we'll fielded, and
Holland was put out at third. Oswald
scored on Zecher's passed ball, and Cramp
went out on strikes, and MeenaD, after a
good hit, came in on that of Heckenrods,
together with overthrows, but tho latter
was put cut at home plate.
In the next inning King got his base on
balls, and after big hit by Schiller,
Kelly brought both in by tremendous
centre field ball. Sweitzer was retired on
strikes, Foster on a foul aud PETER at home
plate. The Reading men upon going to
the bat found Hofford and Sixsmith as the
battery. Lawrence and Fields won't out
on strikes and Holland on difficult fly to
Kelly.
The fifth inning added four runs to the
home teams score. Zecher went out on q
fly to Sd, and Hoford's short ball was
muffed by the same man. Sweitzer fol-
lowed with a two base hit, and he and
Hofford were brought in by King. The
second baseman failed to get Schiller's
ball in time, and made an overthrow to
first, allowing King to score, Schiller
| coming in on Fields passed ball. The
Reading team was again blanked.
PETER opened the sixth inning with q
two base hit, and Sixsmith brought him
in Oh another, Foster and Zechor going
out on fouls, and Hofford at first. Pyle
took his base on balls, and Tomly made a
good hit; the ball was picked up by Zecher
but thrown too hard to Foster, who
dropped it. After a big hit by Lawrence,
he and the others scored ON errors, the
next three being easily put out.
The seventh inning was a blank for
both. and feature of it was fine stop
by Foster, of Heckenrode's bat, making a
double play by throwing Meeuan out at
third.
In theeightb, the only run scored was
by Foster, of the IrOnsides. His ball
was fumbled at third, and he came
home on passed tails and bad throwing.
The score now stood 0to 9and it was
anybody's game. A good bit or an error
was almost sure TO win or loose the game.
Both nincs worked like beavers, and some
brilliant plays wero made, tho home club
excelling. But few men got further than
first base until the twelfth inning, when
the winning run was made. OF the home
team Zecher and Foster went out on
strikes and Pefler at first. Field took
his base on balls and Holland followed
with fly which was muffed by King, who
tielded it however, in time to put Field
out at second. Oswald followed with a
safe ball right between third base and left
field, which neither w.s able to get, and
Holland scored the run so long sought
for.
Tho coor, f.,1In,yc