Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-28
DIXIES AGAIN VICTORS.
THE GOPHERs DEFEATED BY A
BIG MAJORITY.

Heavy Batting and Fine Fielding Puts
the Home Nine in the Lead-A Tell
ing Score Of Is to 2-The Game with
the Oglethorpes To-day. i
The second game between the Dixies
and GOphers Yesterday resulted in
sweeping defeat Of the Pensacolaites BY
score OF 19 to 2. The victory was won by
fine fielding and heavy batting. Wells,
of the Gophers, did some fine work behind
the bat, but the nine was tired and sulky,
and their playing showed up badly.
The Dixies winning the toss sent the
Gophers to the bat, Bauers striking out.
Spotswood followed with another out and
Wells sent the side to the field on the third
out.
The home nine went in with the deter
minatiOn to have no fOoling. but TO dOupt the
visitors the best they could. Lewis made
a fine base hit and reached second on
wild throw. FITZGERALD made a good hit,
getting to second. where he was put out.
Lewis reached home and scored the first
run. Norton retired the side on a fly to
W. O'ConnOr. The GOphers took up the
bat with Guinot out at first. j. OCOn-
nor made a base hit. Whitehead went
out at first, and O'COnnOr made second on
his strike. W. O'COnnOT struck the side
out The Dixies doomed up again
with ROssiter making base hit, getting
from second to third and home on error of
| Wells. MOnahan struck out. Hill made
| a base hit and got TO second. Seaman fol
| lowed all o. X. with Shea next. Hill
| reached third, and came flying across the
| plate, scoring the second run Lewis
| made another base hit and reached home
after Shea. Fitzgerald followed close on
/ behind. Norton made his first base as Hog
/ gins shut the. side out.
THE VISITORS TWO RUNS.
The Gophers went in with Moreland
| hitting a Dagger. Johnson made first on
an error of Higgins. MOreland followed
up the base line to third as Johnson made
second on passed balls, sliding across the
| plate with MOreland on an error of
| Higgins amid the cheers of the crowd.
| SpotswOOd dropped out on foul tip.
| Wells made a good hit, reached first, and
made second on blocked ball. j. O'Con-
nor went out on fly to Rossiter, sending
| the side out.
The Dixies went in with Rossiter, who
dropped out at first. Monahan made
| first on error of SpOtswOOd, and
! reached second on passed ball.
| Hill struck out and Seaman followed
with an out at first, retiring the side.
| The GOphers waltZed in for the fourth in
| ming, with Whitehead striking out. W.
l
MOreland followed with a base lick as
O'COnnOr made second, and got out at
third. johnson dropped out at first
as Shea came in, making his base on error
Of J. O'COnnor, getting to second and third
by the finest base running of the season,
and home on a wild throw. Lewis made
first on called balls and reached third and
home. Fitzgerald and Norton went out
at first as Higgins made base hit and
trOtted down to second. Rossiter struck
out, putting the side in the field.
THE "YAHoo" WALKS IN.
The next inning was blank for the Go
hers. the DiXies running two men across
| the plate. The GOpheTs went in for the
sixth inning with O'COnnor dropping a fly
! to Hoggins who made fine catch. White
head went out on first. In this inning
the 'sYahOO" of the OglethOrpes took w.
O'COnnOr's place, the latter retiring on
account of sickness. Benet, who rejOices
i'm this title, sent the side out on fly to
Monahan. Fitzgerald and Norton struck
out in succession, and HOggins made first
on error of GuinOt. ROssiter went out on
a foul tip. MOreland struck out, followed
10y Johnson, Bauers. and Monahan, who
retired in the same way. Hill dropped
out on a foul tip, and Seaman made first
on errors of SpotswoOd, and stole to sec
oud. Shea laid off at first. The GOphers
welded the bat in the eighth inning rather
badly. They were greatly demOralized.
Spotswood struck out. Wells and Gui-
| not went out on first.
/ THE LAST INNING.
The Dixies came in with Lewis making
a fine base hit, reaching second on wild
pitch. Fitzgerald made first on error of
the "Yahoo," Lewis coming home as
| Fitzgerald reached third. Merton made
first and second. Fitzgerald coming in,
closely followed by Norton. Hoggins
| struck out, ROssiter made base hit and
| crept along to third. The rest of the in
ming was a succession of outs.
The Gophers went in for the last time
with j. O'Connor the first at the bat and
on out on a fly to ROssiter, whose hands
are like bag. Whitehead went out at
first. the "YahOo" ending the game by
striking out. The DlXies waived the last
inning.