Daily Republican., 1883-05-23
WILMINGTON VS.. READING.
THIRD CHAnPlONHHIP GAME
BETWEEN THE QUICK.
STEP AND ACTIVE.

Quickstep and Active club of Reading
met yesterday at the Quickstep Park
There were about four hundred person,
present, among the number being Hon
t. f. Bayard, who WAS an interestet
spectator.
Those present were amply rewarde.
by seeing good game. At first it look
ell as though the home team would moi
play ball, but after the first two IN.
nings they settled down to work and
played a brilliant game. They not onl y
lelded well, but in the Seventh in.
ming they done some heavy smuggling
the consequence OF which was five runs
UP to the Sixth inning the visitors led
in runs by three to two. In the sixth
Smiley led off with base hit to left
field, and succeeded in stealing around
to third. Bresnaham, the next batter,
made a sacrifice hit to third, and the
ball being thrown 10 first Smiley came
home amid great applause, thus tying
the score. Parker Then stepped up t.
the home plate and drove the leather tu
centre field, making his second. Sny
der then followed with u two-bagger to
left field, upon which Parker scored
amid wild enthusiasm. The visitors
were only permitted 70 make one more
run during the game.
When the seventh inning opened, the
score stood TO 3 in favor Of the home
team. Cunlitfe, the first batter, " ~ given
his base on balls Py le followed with "A
hit to second and by an error made his
base Albtr's then inaje a drive t.
right field, upon which Cunlitfe and
Pyle scored Smiley went out at first
by a hit 10 third .resnaham followed
with beauty to eft field, making his
second Parker followed with hit to
right field, upon which Albrrts scored ;
Snyder fOuled out but Cuslck sent "a
daisy to left field, upon which Bresna-
ham and Parker scored ; Barber retired
the side by IL hit to second. Result five
runs. In the eighth inning three runs
were scored by ,he home nine.
In this inning Smiley sent the ball
over the right field fence, and Bresna-
ham made IA beautiful three base hit to
centre field. Taking il; all in all the
game was an excellent one, and it pro-
we'd TO the audience that the GU icksteps
can play ball, and if they continue
they will come in either first or second
in the championship. The score fol-
ows
2 U 0 0 . : j O-l2
Active 2 o | 0 0 . 0 o. 4
Runs earned-Quckstep, i Active,
Total base hit,~-tluickstep, II
Active, TO- Two-base hits-Smley,
LaLdis, Lynch. Three base hits-Brcs-
iaham, Barber. Home runs, o. Double
'lays-Quickster, =; Active, 0. Left
III hases-Quickstep, A. Active, 3.
Passed balIs-Quich-iep, 4 Active, ).
Wild pitches Quirkstep, 0 Active, /.
;rrucA out--Qnickstp, 3 Active, l.
'aoe on balls Quickstep, . Active, o.
Total called balls of Pyle, 45; Landis,
3. r'tll strikes off, ~ =, 2S; Ianais,
il. Umpire-NcGurk Time of game,
hour 45 minutes.
To day the Quickstep will meet the
Allegheny ,luggers, and a good game
nay I've looked for.
The first game the (luic kstep played
he Active the latter made, on Pylc's
IA base hits with a total of Is;
he second game they on. y scored 9 hits
With total Of II, and yesterday the
ecord was reduced to $ hits with total
# 10. Pyle seems To do his heaviest
work whenever he meets the Active,
With whom he played last year.
The game for to morrow is of, as the |
will 90 to Brooklyn, and
LAY an exhibition game with the
'rooklyn club. On Friday they will
Jay in Trenton.
Games played elsewhere
Al st. Louis
t. Louis 90 3 0 / %
'ulumhus . o 0 . . 0 0 0-3
At Chicago
hiragO o2 0 0 | q 0 Ga
'oston 0 90 0 0 0-3
At New York
Metropolitan q 90 IS
baltimore 900 0 0 0 0 0 90
The Acme, Jr base ball club OF New.
ort has organized with the following
layers. G. Webb, c.; G. Nuber, p.; j.
cooper, 5. g.; W. K.o-er, LIST base; Il
'ryan, 2nd base c. Ailyard, 3rd base;
: Hayes, l. f.; A. Peters, c. f.; G. Bri-
II, r. f. Ok IIlenges will be received
rom all clubs whose players are under
1 years ofage. Address all challenges
, the Captain, g. Nuber, Newport,
delaware.