Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-12
THE FIRST GAME.
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baseball Notes.
The Wilmington nine played their first
game of the season with the lronsides, of
this oity, yesterday. There were ut least
900 persons present. The grounds were
in ,xccllent condition, being as dry AS in
summer. The home team put on tho fol.
lowing niue Dan Casey, pitcher Cusiok,
catcher /, Suydcr, ID Blstian, % Say,
30 Burns, ss Lynch, If Dennis Casey,
9 {, aud tho "only" Nolan, IF. The Iron.
sides play oJ the nine in the same positions
rs has been noted before with Pyle and Old.
Held as tho battery. The latter worked very
well together aud showed that they ouly
need practice. The whole nine did we'll
considering the fact that they had never
been on u ball told together before. The
WIlmingtons had base hits aud Irousides
Oldiold, McTamauy, Donald, Higgins
aud Hamilton led at the bat Higgins at
second and John Green at left played very
we'll, but all acquitted themselves credit
| ably.
| La ths ifth iuuiny Ell. Gteou was DO.
| tween 2l aud 81 when Say got the ball,
which was passed from one to another for
some time Although six men had Green
| between bases he suoo 1sstully oluded all
| aud made his third, where he was left.
! Carey. the pitcher of tho Wilmiugtons, is
left handed aud speedy, but tho Lancaster
boys were getting on him at the later
part OF the game.
Say played miserable game a. third for
the Wilmiugtous. On the whole the
lronsides management are highly pleased
with tho men for the showing they made
against the club which expects to win
the pennaut Of the Eastern league.
Following is the score of the game by
innings.
wnm,ns,on..!6 g,
wmio Ega, Sa5Hea-wHiImngtoa Base hiI.-
mington ,; lronsides T.
Games elsewhere
Philadelphia Philadelphia 9, Bay City
| /; Athletic ), Amherst 1 Keystone -
Woodland 2 {; Hartville IL, Bridesburg 10
Harrisburg Regulars 8. Reserves 2 (; Bal
timore Providence 5, Baltimore Q Tren
ton Cleveland Is, Trenton 4 Richmond
Virg inias IL, Philadelphia Reds 9 New
York Yales 0, New York 10; Allentown
AlIeutown IL, Lafayette 3 Washington
Washington o, Dstroits 0.
Notes OF the DispoNd
The salary list of tho 100 players nov
under contract for the coming season
amounts to nearly 81, ,0O0, 900.
Big Jake Goodman made Que OF tn
three base hits of Knight in the Philadc
phia Bay City game yesterday.
The game between the Cleveland an
Allentown on Thursday at Allentown re
suited Cleveland, 10; Allentown, D.
The Dauntless, OF Mount Joy, ar
agitating the subject Of q county associa
ton they will play the Christiaua club a
an early date.
President Elliot, Of Harvard college, O
base ball : Il call it one of the wors
games, although know it is called tn
American national game"
The contemplated game between th
p Philadelphia Reds" and tho Lancaste
club at McGraun's park did not take plac
this afternoon, owing to the bad conditio
. of the ground at the latter place.
Trains will leave on Monday and Tue:
day on the Pennsylvania railroad, @
which days the Ironsides play the Aller
towns, for the Irousides grounds at 2:G
p. m. (the regular train), 2:45. 800 an
3:lj. The fair for the round trip will b
10 cents.