The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-08-30

| the celebrated Shreveport team and the
Nolans Of Donalasonville, played at Shreve-
| port on Friday of last week, resulted in
favor of the first named chubby the sub.
| joined score:
Shreveport. ">......s 9. % o. ! 2- !:
Umpire.C. B. Binnings.
Scorers-W. F. Gilmore and j. E. Blum.
On Saturday the Nolans met Shreveport
crack junior club, the @. KS, and took
them into camp by the following score:
3. ks.....:S 8 III IL
Umpire-Mr. Hogan of Corsicana.
Scorers. C. Elstner and J. E. Blum.
The Donaldsonville boys reached home
Monday morning, after an absence of eight
days, all in good health and highly pleased
with their trip. They were most Hospitality
treated, both at Plaquemine and Shreye-
port, and will long entertain pleasing rec
objections of the many courtesies extended
them by the ball tossers and other residents
of those places. The Nolans were quite
satisfied with their achievements on the
Iberville and Caddo diamonds, having won
two games and lost two, the latter to a club
claimed to be the strongest in the State and
having three professional players in its
nine. The Shreveport team had given the
celebrated Clarkes of New Orleans ter
rible drubbing and defeated several of the
strongest clubs in Texas, hence the NoIans
who are all local amateurs and several
of them mere youths-were well pleased to
be able to give their formidable antagonists
two close and well contested games, sue
eumbing by only three runs in the first and
four in the second. Richard Burke, Don
aldsonville's junior pitcher, scored graf
flying success on the trip, having pitched
during all the four games and made bet
ter record in each contest then any one of
his five opponents. He bids fair to be-
come one of the best players in Louisiana.
Had Messrs. Tearney, Wutke and Leroy of
the Nolans accompanied their club on its
excursion, we feel sure the first game with
the Shreveport team would have been won
by our boys, with fighting chance of cap
turing the second also, but the Nolans al
ways labor under the disadvantage of hav-
ing crippled nine when they go away from
home.
Sunday before last two picked mines
played scrub game on the Nolan grounds,
one taking the name of Democrat the other
CHIEF. The CHIEF-tains were victorious
by a small majority.
The Picards of Dutchtown and Berries of
Assumption played an exciting match here
last Sunday, in the presence of quite a
large audience, and the New River boys de-
feated the Assumptionites, as the following
figures will show:
Picards. .............0 8 8 5 8 0 0NN
Berries. O 1 8 0 / O-l5
Umpire-W. L. Tearney of Nolans.
The R. Supple club of Bayou Goula Wis
tied Ashland last Sunday and defeated
the 3. D. Percys by score of p to 8. Mr..
II. W. Carver was umpire and Messrs. ".
e. Carver and VIM. Brown acted as scorers.
The Henry WiIberts beat the BRUSHES at
Plaquemjne last Sunday, q to ID, and the
I. W. Nieols of Iberville downed the Dixies
Of Baton Rouge at st. Gabriel, - tot.
To-morcow the Mother Hubbards and
The Dudes play in fancy costumes at Plaque
MI e, ard the pieards and Fortiers at DON
slasenyiiie.
Capt. George Bourgeois of the Plaque
mine Viguets accompanied the Nolan ex-
,ursionists to Shreveport and played with |
hem in the o. Z. game, doing good ser
7ice at the bat.
1t is doubtful if the Fortier nine will be
.ble to 60 to the New River fair to meet the
Picards on the It'll Of September. The vi
,uets may come down from Plaqueuine to
,lay the Fortiers on that day. and if they
10 the game will undoubtedly draw a very
arge crowd. .-