The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-09-22

/ Bentleys OF DonatdsOnVllie OIL the Nolan
grounds, last Sunday. The Bentleys were
aaain victorious, the score being as fol
/ lows:
Young Tigers. D j / / / d 5-i6
UmpireJas. Fl. Profit. Scorer. Z. Blum.
The Ell. MeCalls and G. Geigers played on
the Mccall field, in Smoke Bend, Sunday
afternoon, and the former we're victorious
by a score OF 90 to 10.
The Nolans made their expected trip to
| Plaquemine on Sunday, intending to play
| the Viguets of that town in the rev South
End Base Ball Park which has been estab-
! lished by Messrs. J. l.. Barker and p vi
guet, enterprising Plaquom7ne business
men, During the first half of the second
inning heavy rain came on and broke up
| the game. the score standing at that time
to 8 in favor Of the Nolans. A large crowd
of spectators had assembled, aud had the
weather been good the audience would prob
! ably have numbered at least 700 persons.
! The ladies turned out in force, manfesting
lively interest i'll the exciting sport. The
Nolans were received with the cordial hos
pitality characteristic of the Viguefs, and
enjoyed their visit greatly, in spite of the
ducking they sustained at the hands of Old
Probabilities and the breaking up Of the
ball game by the drenching rain. All but
one of the Nolan players returned home on
the steamer st. John, leaving Plaquenine
about 4:3O P. NJ, and arriving here at 2 a. II.
| Preparations had been made for a dance in
the park after the game Of ball, but the rain
prevented the carrying out of the pro-
gram1ne. However, as the moisture was
sadly needed, d drouth having prevailed
there for several weeks, there was little dis
appointment exhibited.
The VigUets will play the Nichols club in
the Piaquenine park tomorrow afternoon,
and on the following Sunday, the Stars Of
New Orleans will cross bats with the Vi
guets at the same place.
The Tom Brennans of New Orleans, the
best club il the South, will put in an APP
pearance at Donaltlsonyille tomorrow to
play the Nolans and as the game has been
well advertised during The past few days,
good weather is all that will be necessary to
insure q large crowd of spectators. We
hope the Donaldsonvilie boys will hold the
champions down to small figures. IF they
do this they will Justify the expectations of
their most sanguine friends. A victory for
the home club is Of course, not to be looked
for, but bout with such powerful antago-
nists can not fail to prove beneficial to the
Nolans. The Brennan team will arrive by
the 1885 train tomorrow morning and re-
turn By the 4:25 train Monday morning.
They will be entertained during their stay
here by Mr.. J. j. Lafargue of the Lee Hotel,
the liberal manager of the Nolan club. |
The game will be called at $3.50 P. NJ. Spec
tators may witness the match from the
shady seats recently erected Oh tie Nolan
square by paying % cents each. Seats for
ladies and their escorts will be reserved. and |
we hope to see a large number of the fair
seq ii attendance. Mayor Maurin will de- |
tail several policemen to assist in preserv- |
ing order and keeping the field clear, and |
occupants OF the seats may be assured they |
will have all unobstructed view of an ia
teresting and well conducted game
Arrangements have about been completed |
for the visit Of the Nolana to Shreveport, |
the only preliminary yet unsettled being
the rate at which the railroad authorities
viii furnish transportation to the party. If |
tickets for the round trip are placed at |
about SO each, it is probable the Nolan
team will be accompanied by several friends
and non-l,laying members Of the club The
for three games, and this amount would
just about cover the cost Of the trip for
eleven players if the railroad fare is placed
at the figure we suggest. Special hotel
promised the visitors. The Nolans expect
to leave here next Saturday, tho 10Th inst
and play in Shreveport on Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday, Sept. 80, Oct. and 2 They
would have liked to stop off at Alexandria
and play the Rapides nine third game, but
that club has gone into liquidation and base
ball is numbered among The lost arts in
Alexandria.
The Bostons have s good lead for the
League championship and the prize is al
most sure to go to that club. Providence
and Chicago are nip-and-tuc,, for second
place
The Athletics are still! 10 the fore i'll lie
American Association contest, and The rela
tive position Of the contending clubs
has no. materially changed in the past
week.
The Cistr!<es defeated the Lees al New
Orleans last Sunday, 6 to g. The Stars and
Clarkes will play tomorrow. There are six
games yet to be played to complete the
series.
Al aggregation nine organized by Gore
If the Cillcagos will spend the winter in
New Orleans, playing on Sundays and
Wednesdays from October 20 to the first OF
January. Their first games will be with
he ST. Louis club. after which they will ;
p'ay the Eclipse Of Louisville and the Gin :
'lnnatls. The picked team will comprise
Of Providence, Whitney of Bos- )
on, pitchers: Flint of Chicago and Buck
living Of New York, catchers; Gore, Kelly,
Burns, Williamson and Dalrymple Of Chi
ago, and . Big Brouthers, the champion
buffalo batter. This will probably be the {
trongest combination Of ball players ever
'rganized.
In order to meet the accusation that he I
oes not possess the confidence Of the Cath
Tic clergy, Rev. I. X. Ceuppens, the ban