Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-18
THE DIXIES II THE LEAD.
THEY DEFEAT THE BROWNS on
4 SCORE OF 6 TO ..


The Home Nine Has a Chance to Smile
The Visitors DemorsIized and Sent to
the WaII-How the Game was Played
The Record OF the League-Another
Game To-Day.
About 500 people witnessed the Dixie
Brown game, and the sweeping defeat Of
the visitors at Base Ball Park yesterday
afternoon. The betting was even. Both
nfnes were In the field al 4 O'Clock, when
the umpire called tue players
out Of the diamond. and the toss
was made. The Dixies won and went
back 70 the field. Hull went TO the bat and
out on an easy hit TO Tanning. Heard
and Rice went out on p double play by
Wesfc0tt. Lewis and Fitzgerald. This
ended the Browns first inning. Lewis, Of
the DfXies. led of with an ont
FITZGERALD followed suit on ~
to left field, and Westcott
put out the side. Gamble came 10 tne
bat. and struck out. Byrnes made base
hit. and reached home on an error bY
shea. Hoops retired on fly TO Shea and
| KiIrOv retired the side on a fly 70 Lewis.
Merton. Of the DiXies, batted
weak ball. and was put out at
| first by Hull. Lamotte took his base
on called balls, but was caught on second
| bv Gamble. Tanning went out On a foul
| t. Byrnes and ended the inning. Jack
son went % the bat in the third inning
and was dropDed out at first by Lewis.
| Scales struck out. and Hull reached first
on an error by LamOtte. Heard made
/ base hit. but Rice ended their hopes with
/ a fly 10 Tanning.
flaming took the bat for the Dixies and
| reached first on error OF Rice, second on
| passed ball by ByTnes and came across the
/ plate. This was the Dlxies' nrst run.
Higgins was put out at hrst by hu III
/ MOnahan took first base on
/ dead bali. and Shea followed on called
| balls. Lewis made a base bit, but
Msnahan was caught at third by
Rice. Fitzgerald took first on called
/ balls. and Westc0tt struck cut the side.
l Gamble went 10 the bat in the fourth IN
/ ming. and was caught out at nrst by
I Lewis. Byrnes followed suit. Hoops
l made base hit. and reached second on a
| Dassed ball. Kilroy ended the inning
l by dropping out at nrst on
| plav OF flaming, assisted by Lewis. Nor
/ ton came 10 the front at the call OF the
| scorers. and made a fine base hit reach
/ ing second on a dropped ball by Gamble.
/ LamOtte succeeded in reaching hrst on
/ error Of Hull, but Gamble vas TOO much
\ for him at second. Tanning was caught
u
/ ON a base hit by Higgins.
/ Monahan retired the side by dropping out
| at first. This ended the fourth inning.
/ jackson led or in the fifth inning for the
/ Browns with a liner 10 HOggins. which
I was mufIed, and the runner made MS base,
\ reaching second on passed ball by fllz-
\ gerald, who went behind to bat IN the
| second inning, changing snea 70
/ right field. LamOtte went inside as
/ short stop from right field. Norton con-
l tinuing in the left field. 10 the third
I Iuniug Norton and LamOtte changed
I p0sftiOns. Scales was the next man AT
/ the bat. and threw up the sponge on
\ strikes. Hull followed suit and Heard
\ trumped the trick with fly TO Lewis.
/ Shea started out for the DlXies ana
1 reached first on called balls, stole 70 sec
| ond on PASSED ball BY Gamble, went to
third on wild throw by Jackson, and
reached home on error Of Hull. Lewis
went out on strikes. Fitzgerald reached
| first on error, stole to second, and got
/ third on passed BAH by Gamble, and
home on "A second passed bail.
| Westc0tt was put out at nrst Dy
/ Hull. assisted by Heard. Norton went
amt IN n f.uI fv TO Gamble. ByTnes
| finger was knocked ont Of place and ne
went 10 left field, Gamble went behind
| tho hat Jackson in the box and hilrOy TO
second. The game at the end Of the nth
inning was , TO l for Dixies. Rice batted
a dv to MOnahan, who mutfed
I it and the runner reached his base and got
to second on passed ball. Fitzgerald made
third on base hit by ByTnes, and crossed
the plate on error by Tanning. GamDle
was put out at first by Lewis, assisted by
I flaming. KilrOy went out on an assist by
Hoggius, who made a fine stop at third
/ with left hand, and threw runner out.
| Hoops reached first on error OF Lewis, but
/ was caught at second by Wescott.
| Lamotte took the bat for the DiXies and
reached first on error Of Jackson, stole to
second on a wild throw by Heard, and
third on n wild pitch by Jackson, cross
I inc the plate on passed ball by Gamble.
| Tanning struck out. Higgins went out
ON a dv 10 Scales and MOnahan was
/ thrown cut on first. kilrOy went out at
/ first i'm the seventh inning, followed by
/ jackson and Scales in one, two, three
order. Shea, Of the Dixies. went out on
| fv to Gamble. Lewis was caught az
/ third by Heard, Fitzgerald scored and
I Wescott was dropped out at first by Hull.
In the eighth inning. Heard retired on
a foul TO Fitzgerald. Rice went out on
| strikes. Gamble made a base hit and
| Bvrne retired on "A fly to HOggins. La
motto went out on a fly to Byrnes,
| Tanning followed with fly to
/ Scales, and HOggins put out the
side by a third fly to Hull.
/ The game at the end of the eighth inning
\ was g 10 ,, when the Browns went to the
\ bat for the last time. Hoops struck fly
10 WestcOtt Kilroy struck fly TO right
\ field. which was captured by Shea with
| one hand. Jackson put out the side and
/ ended the game by dropping out at first.
! Tlc score is as follows.