Daily Republican., 1884-05-05
Leads the Race.


the Wilmington team, which puts the N.,uy
club foremost In the Eastern League cOK'o,'
The visitors showed up to better advankn
and played q closer game than those of q
two previous days. For the home team
Burns and Lynch were put in as the battery
and did well up to the hfth inning when the
| visitors caught on" to Burns delivery and
batted him for eight runs, which gave them
the lead, and the audience began to think
that the homo team would be laid out. In
the sixth inning, however, Dan Casey was
called In from left field and pitched the re-
ma,nder of the game with only one hit being
made of him, while the home team, by heavy
hitting, piled up eight more runs. Bastian
played a magnificent game at second he hav-
ing twelve chances in the held and accepted
them all. while he made four hits. Say.
Casey, Lynch and Burns also did som
heavy batting and won merited applause.
Burns made home run by knocking the ball
over the fence. For the visitors Denham ut
| right field and Hatfield ut second did some
nne fielding. The Wilmington club made
10 hits with a total of 27 bases, and errors,
| while their opponents are credited with 10
hits with total of 10 bases and errors. The
score by innings was:
Mdn',%s6{n, w5I%!nstGn ] " asS : Ss o-ls
Earned runs Wilmington, 81 Monumen-
tai, 4. Double plays Cusick, Bastian, Sny-
Lynch Dennis Casey and Nolan. Three
base hits-Lynch, Bastian, Say. LufDerry,
Muncc and RittenhOuse. Home r,in--Burns.
Left on Wilmington {; MOnumentals
struck out-Casey 3, KittenhOuse 8; base
On balls-WilmingtOn, 81 Monumental, /.
Time of game-2 hours and 10 minutes. I'm
pre- Win. Hoover
GAMES ELSEWHERE.
At Harrisburg Virginia, ~ Harrisbur x
At Trenton -TrentOn,T; Actives, s.
At Baitim0re-lialtim8re,l IL; Metropolitan,
Il.
At tPIttsburg-Alleghe 8: Athletic, 8.
At Cincinnati--Cincinnati, ;Columbus,o.
Al WashingtOn-Wa Washington. 4: Brook
lyh, D. Baltimore Unions, b; Nationals, IL.
At tLOuisvilIe-Louisville, b Tt led0,4
At Observation-Disclosures lphia,8; Chicago,
At Altoona-St. Louis. "a; Altoona, 8.
AT Boston-Boston u, u; Keystone, II /;
Boston, IL CleteIand, 2.
At Observation-Disclosures, 3 Buffalo, o.
At New YOrk-New YORK, II Detroit, 8.
NoTRs oFTHE GAME.
The FrolIc club defeated the Lighttoot on
Saturday by score Of % to 20.
The Golden Stars were defeated by pick
ed nine by a acore OF 8 too.
The schedule of the Wilmington for this
week is as follows
On Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with
Virginia Of Richmond; on Thursday with the
Baltimore( American AssociatiOn) team ;
Friday and Saturday with the Harrisburgs,
and with the same stub on Monday, the l2lh
inst.
In the championship opening, rastan
made the f1rtt home run, McClOskey the
| first ba,s hit and Tennis Casey the first muff
OF fly ball. McCloskey was also the
A nl.,.. t.,,,t .iW,n. n Ia
Rittenhouae Of the Monmentals WAS lned
s5 by Umpire Hoover for questioning his de
cisions In Fridays game.
The excellent playing Of the Wilmington
club, particularly their heavy smuggling, Will
no doubt cause the Reading people to feel
| kind Of sick, even before they cross bats with
| the former team.
The Newark Ledger says: The VIII
mington club had picnic with the Monu'
| mental Of Baltimore on the grounds OF the
former ON Thursday. Toward the last of the
game Nolan pitched dew-drops,' so that
the visitors could knock fly balls to the field
ers TOR practice.
The Trenton Times says:
| Tho outlook now-sublect to amendment
is that the pennant will 20 either to Tron-
ton or Wilmington. The latter is especially
strong In batters
The Reading Times has the following to
say Of the opening game with the Monumen-
] Jals III tnls Clly VII
scored In every inning but one, and got tired
going around the bases. Simmons nine evil
IDENTIFY has a very fat thing OF II on Dr. Mas
samOre's team.
| In tho three games with the Monumentals,
Wilmington scored 81 base hits for a total OF
50 bases, made 81 runs and errors. In the
three games there was but ono wild pitch
and one passed ball. For the Mouumentals ls
there Ia IS base hits for Il total of rs bags, Is
runs and IS errors, 10 wild pitches aad IL
passed balls.