Daily Republican., 1884-04-12
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n An audience ofabout 900 persons q.
sembled st the Wilmington base bsl
grounds yesterday afternoon TO witnea
: tho opening game Of the season betwee
! the Ironsides Of Lancaster, Pa, and th
Wilmington club. The day was yer,
, unpleasant on account of the high wind
and the audience, % we'll ~ the play
ers were soon benumbsd with the cold
but q the game advanced the excite
. mont kept their blood In circulation ant
but little attention WAS paid to tn
weather.
The visitors won the toss and sent th,
Wilmington club t. the bat. Burn,
Was the frst to grasp the ash, and madt
. short hit 70 Pyle. who retired him a
first |; Lynch followed with boundel
between second and first, which wat
nicely flelded by Higgins, and the run
ner retired Dennis Casey followed
with q daisy cutter TO right field, made
first, stole second and was left st third
BY short hit Of Nolan, who WAS retired
at first.
For the visitors McTammany led Of
by striking out Bradley fouled out and
Oldfeld sent . liner TO Snyder, who
grasped 1t with ease and retired the
side.
In the second inning both teams were
1 In fvnn n
the third Daniel Casey made first on
error Of catcher, got second by wild
throw of catcher and scored on heavy
hit Of Burns; tile latter made second
and took third d on hit of Lynch, who
gained his base by an error of first,
stole second but was caught between
the bases while attempting to run on a
hit of Dennis Casey, while Burns scor-
ed. Casey also scored through errors,
while Bastian and Snyder retired the
side, leaving Nolan and Say on bases.
In the fourth inning Cusick scored an
other run by being given his base on
balls aided by . safe hit by Burns. In
the sixth inning Bastian and Daniel
Casey scored through an error and aided
by safe hits by Burns, Cusick and Dan.
lei Casey.
In the seventh inning, Lynch went out
on fly Dennis Casey made two-bag-
ger, Nolan and Say each singles, but
the two former were caught between the
bases, In their endeavors TO score. The
next two innings were finished In short
order without possible chance for .
run.
The visitors did not score until the
fifth inning, when Hamilton hit to Sec
ond and was retired at first Donald
made daisy hit to centre, stole second
gained third and scored on hot liner
by 4. Green, to Say, at third, who let it
pass and Green went to his base. He
stole second, when Higgins hit to first
and was retired. Green, supposing
that three were out, left his base and
WAS fully halt way between the two
bags when he was warned that only
two men were ont.
He was then surrounded by the field.
ers, but made desperate effort to out
wit them, and after repeated dodglng
succeeded in outwitting them and gain
ed his base amid loud cheers from the
audience. This act was one of the most
clever feats ever seen ON the Whining
ton base ball grounds, and he at once
established himself az the favorite of
the day. After this feat the audience
were In hopes that he would score, bnt
he was left there by q short hit of j..
Green. .,.s.,-,..,.s, 4.
In the ninth inning FMcTammany
scored sLo:her run through au error Of
Say and q safe hit of Oldfield, Pyle,
Bradley and Hamilton retiring the side.
But one more hit was made during the
rest of the game and the contest was
soon closed.
Pyle and Oldfield comprised the bat
terry for the visitors, while, Cusick and
Daniel Casey did the work for the
home team. Higgins, formerly of this
city, guarded second base In fine style
and played good game all through.
j. Green. ut left field, also played .
fine game and proved himself valu-
able member Of the club. Both batteries
worked we'll and did good work. For
the home team Snyder and Bastian won
loud applause for their brilliant plays
at first and second. Asa whole the game
was an excellent one and the audience
was we'll pleased. The score by in
nings follows:
Wilmington--0 0 3 1 o 2 0 0 O-6
Ironsides-. OOOO1 l OOO-2
Base hits-Wilmington, IL; Iron.
sides, 4. Errors-W ilmington 3; Iron
sides, 6; two base hits, Denni is Casey.
Struck out-Wilmington, Snyder,
Cusick, DAME! Casey Ironsides, Nc
Tammany 90, Bradley, Donald, E..
Green (2), j. Green. Flys caught
Wilmington, 6; Ironsides, 4. Passed
balls-Oldfiold, /. Base on balls
Pyle, l. Left on Observation-Disclosures,
8; Ironsides, s. Time of game, ono
hour and thirty-five minutes. Umpire,
w. Byrne, Of Baltimore.
NOTES.
The Wilmington and Ironsides will
play again this afternoon, game called
at 8. 30 O'Clock. Miller and Cusick will
be the battery for the home team and
Williams and Derby for the visitors.
Games played elsewhere
At Boston-Boston, IA ; Boston Re-
rerve, 8.
At Philadelphia-Bay City, / 4; Phil.
adelphia, 2; Amherst College, 4; Ath-
letic, 8.
At New York-Yale, 0; New York,
10.
At Trenton-Cleveland 10 Trenton,
4.
At Baltimore-P Providence, 8; Balti-
more, 2.
Fox, of the Allegheny, is to get an ,
additional $500 If he does not drink |
during the coming season.
The salary list Of the 1000 players now |
under contract for the coming season
amounts to nearly $1,000, 900.
The Philadelphia "Reds" will not play
at Lancaster today, since the grounds
in that city are covered with snow to
the depth of three or four inches.
The players of the Louisville club
are heavy weights, notably the follow
ing Wolf, 1s0 pounds Whiting, 1883
Sullivan, 2O8 pounds An.
drews, 200 pounds Browning, 1856
pounds; Hecker, 100 pounds; and
Latham, 240 pounds.
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