The daily gazette., 1883-07-13
BEATEN THREE TO TWO.
EVEN READING DEFEATS THE
QulCkSTEPS.
A GREAT GAME IN P0TTsVILI E.
The ADthracIIes Beaten by the Merritts
to 8 in Fourteen Innings-Other Games
and Notes.

The Quicksteps played in Reading, yester-
kay, with Fox, their new pitcher, In the
holes, and though they did some good play
ing were defeated by score of TO 2. A
defeat like this occasionally would not dis
gust the friends of the club, but when de.
teats come SO thick and fast, and are pro-
duced by sheer carelessness and
bad playing they become disheartening ard
disgusting to admirers of the game. Yes
terday's score by innings was as follows:
Active. ........... 0 x
CLEVELAND, July IA poor fielding
game was played here to day, but the bat
ting OF both sides was terrific. The Cleve-
land having Is hits with total of 20 bases,
the Philadelphia 13 with total of Is bases.
The excellent batting in the seventh inning
and wild throw of Gross won the game for
the home team. The score follows
Cleveland :...... o 2 x-10
Philadelphia $50. 0 2 0 %
Earne1 runs, Cleveland. 8: Philadelphia, 2.
Two-base hits Phillips, Mudoon 2, Manning
Gross, Farrar Three-base hits, Glasscock
Coleman. First base on errors, Cleveland, s.;
Philadelphia, On called balls, Philadelphia
Philadelphia I. StIuck out, Cleveland, /; Phila-
dephia, g. Passed balls, Briody, /; Gross, 2
Errors, Philadelphia 10; Cleveland, IL.
PITTsBURG, July 12.-The Alleghenys by
terrific batting and an excellent fielding
Sdul6 buCCb6ueu III udNluR an easy V1cJOFY
over the Athletics at this city to-day. The
Philadelphia boys were unable to bat Taylor
but for four, with total of six bases, while
the Alleghenys slugged Bradley for 20. with
total of "a bases The Athletics had four
errors and tue home club one. Score:
Allegheny. ! 1-9
Athletic ....-..... 0 0 o.
Earned runs, Allegheny, 4. Two base hits
Batttn, 8, Taylor, Hayes, 8, Creamer. Three
base hits, Battin, o Brien, Home run, Hayes
Len, Left on bases, SI Alleghenys 8; Athletics, a.
| O'Brien: Wild pitch, Bradley: Time of game i
| hour and 30 minutes; umpire, Kelly.
PoTTsvILLE, July 12.-Merrtt defeated
the ABthracites to day in one of the longest
played games of the year and then only by
costly errors of the home team. The game
was interesting and exciting throughout
and was witnessed by 5000 persons. The
| following was the score by innings
| Merritt. o 3 0 2 0 o OF JOLT
Anthracite. 0 . 0 8 l 0 0 0-e
Earned runs. Anthracite, 8; Merritt, 3; base
hits, Anthracite, u; Merritt, Iii two-base hits,
Millig 2, Holland, Miller, Warner 2, Kienzel,
Corcoran, Emslie; three-hase hits Grady,
Miller; home runs, Fennelly, Emslie; struck
out, Knowles, Miller 3, Kienzel, Gardner 2;
| on called balls, Merritt, 4; lett on bases, An
thracite, II; Merritt, IL; passed balls, Grady 2;
Corcoran, i; wild pitch. Miller, |; fair tles
caught, Merritt, 5; Anthracite, 8. fair flies
| muffed, Anthracite !: Merritt 2. foul flies
mufied, Anthracite, 2; Merritt, 3; total errors
| Anthracite, IL; Merritt 8. Time, two hours
and 40 inutes. Umpire Holland.
BUFFALO, July 12.-The Buffalo succeeded
/ in winning the game to-day from the New
York after playing miserable fielding game
| in the first four innings. The score follows
Re9 ss,.nl9 York -. 9 o. "a dd-ss
Earned runs, Buffalo, 8; two-base hits, Buff
falo, s. New York, !; three-base hits, Buffalo, 2;
New New York !; I; hrst base on errors, Buffalo, 9;
York, I; left on bases, Buffalo, 10; New York
10; struck out Buffalo, 3; passed balls, Buffalo,
l; New York, /.
TRENTON, July 12.-Tht Brooklyn sue
ceeded in winning the game from the home
team to-day in the seventh inning by the aid
of mutted fly and passed ball. Both
| clubs played an excellent fielding g9me and
the pitchers did effective work.
Trenton ........... 0 0 o.
Brooklyn -. %. o O.
| Brooklyn 4; Total hits Trenton 1; Brooklyn 4;
Firstbase on errors, Trenton g. Brooklyn .; Left
on bases, Trentons, brooklyn I; Errors, Tren-
| ton 4, Brooklyn 4; Pitchers, Harkins Eagan;
| Struck out Trenton 4, Brooklyn .; Umpire, Mr..
Gritfiths.
BALTIMORE, July 12.-The 1000 persons
who assembled at 0riole Park tod ~ saw
the home team defeated in prettily played
game by the following score:
| f3hiIlHnOfes..s..... L " u U u U o o.
Metropolitans -, l 0 l l 0 O x-4
Earned runs Metropolitan, !; two-base hit,
Nelson; three base hits, o'Rourke and O'Brien;
| passed balls, he ly, 2; wild PITCH Henderson;
| first base on errors, Metropolitan, 5 Balti ore.
| l; umpire, Mike Walsh.
LOUISVILLE, July l2.-Last years champ
ions had an easy victory over the Eclipse to-
day, both out batting and out-fielding them
by the following score 3:
Eclipse .......... 0 . 0 0 o o o.
1 n ~
Runs earned . each. Base hits Cincinnati
10; Eclipse, 3. Pitchers, Weaver White Struck
out Eclipse, =; Cincinnati, }, FIRST base ON
| called balls, Eclipse, l: Cincinnati . ON errors
| Eclpse,l ; Cincinnati, I. Passed balls, L lipse
| l.; Cincinnati, .. Time of game one hour and
thirty five minutes. Umpire, Pratt
CHICAGO, july 12.-rhe champions won
again today by their splendid ha't ling, but
| played II very popr fielding ann. The Provi-
dente were utterly unable - hit Corcoran.
Providence ....... o u . ) u / -
| Chicago t..z........ u U o 0 g. q
Richmond on 10. kjcking the ball: Earned
runs, Chicago .; F%o -ia.ss his, Ghieaa" :;
CHIC ~ l. rraNilenee /; Lett on bases. Chicago
! !, Providence 6: Struck OUT, Chicago /, Prov-
tlenee Z; PaSse bail. Providence |.
or. LoUIs,1uly l9-l he Columbus to lay
wfft, defeated i'll i well p ,t,ei and good
batting zane ly thu following score:
st, Louis......., = q u 3 q o
Columbus ,....... o 0 . o 0 | 4
Fwo-base hits. Smith, Gleason Mullane
Nicoll and Mann; three base hit, Lewis; passed
balls, kemmer. =; time of game, one hour AID
40 minutes. Umpire Daniels
NOTES.
In the game this afternoon between the
Quickstep and Trenton the home team will
be as follows: Fox, pitcher; Smiley, third
base; Benners, right field; Waitt, left field:
Snyder, first bias Driscoll, second base;
Murray, centre field; Pyle, short-stop;
Cusiek, catcher.
Tn hits yesterday were Quckstep, 8,
Active 4 errors, Active 3, Quiekstep T.
Fox denies that he said he would shut the
Trenton's cut If he was properly supported.
Parker was released this morning and
Dorr will be sent home on a short vacation.
These are the only changes made.
The shamrock club, one of the strongest
amateur mines of this city. will play the
Morrison club at Quickstep Park tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock, when an interesting
game is expected
Taylor who pitched during the Quickstep-
Allegheny game in this city, several weeks
ago, pitched in the Allegheny Athletic game
yesterday. The Qucksteps made five hits
with total of six off him, and the Athletics
four, with total of six
I In conversation with players and others
g who saw the game yesterday between the
! Quickstep and Active, they attribute the de-
a1s B,tf a,