The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-30
BASE BALL BOYS.
DALLAS AND SHREVEPORT TRY.
me Pelicans Nearly Floored-Splendid
innings of the Home Team-One to
One, to be Played or Here
after - Good PLAYING,


grounds, and up to date honors are easy.
each having won a creditable victor,
over the other. If there ever was a cluL
IN the history of the National sport tina,
iltefally mad the "socks knocked oiip' of
IL, ana was completely overwhelmed
with defeat, it was the home team on,
Monday. The boys had lust re.
turned from Corsicanna, flushed
WIN glorious victory n,
Ihat place ON Sunday by the pretty
score OF Ga, but still they faced tho
chaiii PioiS Oh Louisiana with fear and
tILoltlpillls' lhcre was as opponents ia
the Shreveport ranks those two famous
catcnerS ana general players of last
years Dallas Browns, champions of
Texas, Ed. J. Mutually and John Ma.
louShney, and so those equally fam
Gus tWlrlerS, Terrar0aa, Of New Orleans
ana llu4ul2SWurth. Tho balance of the
| feiicall team was composed offirst-clas,
nVaIl-plue material, and produced feel
| ing OF uneasiness among tine local
tosscfs, who were still in a short-handpd
ana crippled condition. Crawford
mad surprised them i'm leny-
ing their ranks, weakening them il,
the pitchers position. Carter, thel
catcher had badly crippled finger and
as consequence, the battery was, o.
/ necessity, made up of those two game
/ p9hy-blues, Walter Mansfield and San
! Momand. The game opened beautifully
and continued so to the close of tli'
| illth inning, the score then standinn
w. But in the sixth, seventh and ninth
the Shreveports grted up their loins,
so to speak, and "lit Ontoh MansfieId'S
delivery in great shape, hitting like
| giants and knocking out fifteen addi
tlonal runs, closing the game with the
| decidedly one-sided score of 49,. The
following is the summary by innings:
pa ahiialns3' db23I 5S7SS
| Shreveport ...O O . / y ~
Yesterdays game was gone into with
more heart and confidence bv the home
team. They had "felt" of The Sbreye-
port sluggers and after recovering from
the shock concluded that they were moi
As hard as had been imagined, and thai
there was fighting chance to win n hall
OIL them' Wllsey went in to MITCH for
the home team, in order to give littlr
| Mansfield q rest from his recent hard
work, but in the two first innings Tho
! Shreveports topped him for seven runs
and he retired to guard third base while
Mansfield came into tho box fol
the thlrd inning with the score standing
to against Dallas. How iudiciouS The
| change proved can he understood when
II Is stated that in the seventh following
| INNING III winch he occupied the points.
9nlN three runs were scored off him.
! 1ollingswOrth pitched for Shreycport
very effectively up to the seventh i'm.
nlng, when Dallas came down on him
with the same force that Mansfield had
to experience in the sixth inning of Tho
game OF the day previous, and in the
eighth inning Terrugona took hold of
INC sphere with the score
standing: Dallas, II; Shreve.
port. :. The change was mad,
too late, however and mt the end of Inc
game the score stood, Dallas, 81: Shreyc.
port, 10. Both mines had their battinu
clothes on, and hit the ball hard. max,
ing several very long drives. At time,
the iclding was excellent, some hpnuti
tul HES being captured on the run and
some splendid throw-outs ut second an,
home plate being recorded. The follow
} ing Is the summary by innings:
Dallas ........,. 1 u d ID "a Al 1
shreveport ....... / ; al
The attendance for the two games ma.
d not been what the merits of either th,
b home team or their guests would Justify
The gate receipts have not been suih
cient 90 cover the heavy expenses i'm
cured and more liberal patronage o
the game 10y the citizens of Dallas is de
served by the clubs. Al efforts ar,
beng put forth to build base ball up on
Us merits, and this can only be accom-
plished by encouraging tie PLAYERS in
the substantial feature of good sal,
OF tickets at the gate. q
all the clubs that have evei
visited Dallas there Is non,
that has the partial sympathy and goot
VIII OF our people, particularly with In,
base ball fraternity, to such pro
I nounccd degree rs the ShroVepOrtS
THOR visit last year was the most pleas
, ant episode of the seasons play, Tn,
club is made up of the best element %
: ShreYepOrt'S citizens, and il is "A credi
to that city. The third aud final gam,
3 OF the series is to be played on to-lnor
= row, CThltrsday) to which date IL has beer
postponed so rs not % conflict with tn
ked Mems celebration. The Gentle
mems Driving Park Association will
also give It's race meeting with specially
attractive features, and the entire after
: noon will be Il gala day, devoted To rae
{ ing and ball playing. aud the attendance
: ought TO crowd the capacity of the gran,
stand and the grounds. Tho entire pro
, ceeds are To be given to the two bal
clubs as u mark of appreciation. Con
sldering the doubly attractive event. TIN
, admission price for the occasion will h,
, fifty cents, and all who attend will ge
81 the. full worth of their money. Turn on
, and give our home team an,
their visiting friends mcritc,
benefit An effort will IN
made by u committee to induce stores
1 banks, offices, etc., to close mp ut $3.50 \
, M. that all may have an opportunity /,
attend, and the HERALD trusts il ma,
, prove success.