The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-08-29


The Westminster Base Ball Club was de-
feated in Richmond, Va, by the VirginIas, Of
1 that city, for the second time, on Friday oil
| last week, by score of s to 0. Two runs
we're lost by the Westminsters by reason Of
! Driscoll being called out on two strikes when
| two men were on bases. Driscoll first knock
| ed foul ball. The umpire called ''strike,
/ then changed the decision to 'sfoul. Drs-
coll then twice struck at balls and missed.
| The last ball passed the catcher. When the
catcher got it the umpire called three strikes,
and Driscoll, of course, was ont. Had he
known the umpire intended to call three
strikes, he could have made two bases, and
two men could easily have gotten in. The
umpire gave the visitors good game the
second day, though this error kept the West
minister's from making two or more runs, and
caused them to be shut out. There were four
errors on each side, those by the Westmin-
minister's being made by Zecker, Schweitzer,
CIabaugh and Bankert. The Virginias made
ten hits, though several of them could have
been prevented had the Westminsters played
their usual fielding game The latter club
got but three hits-two by Miller and one by
Nicholas-and seven struck out. Driscoll
retired three on strikes, and Cantz was cred
tied with one passed ball and Nicholas with
three. Four wild pitches were marked
against Driscoll The Virginias scored one
run in the first inning, one in the third, one
in the sixth, two in the seventh, two in the
eighth and one in the ninth.
To show the uncertainty of base ball, the
Virginias went to Washington on Saturday
and were shut out by the Nationals, who
were defeated on the Monday previous by
the Westminsters.
There was a game on the Association
grounds here last Saturday between the Our
Boys club, of this city, and club from
Mechanicsville, in Woolery' district. twas
a great game, and enjoyed by all who wit
messed it. Never, perhaps, on the Assocla-
ton grounds, was there ever so much base
ball for so little money. 1t is rare that lovers
of the game see more than ten or fifteen runs,
four or five errors and fifteen or twenty base
hits made, and the regular price to see game
is twenty-five cents. On Saturday, however,
upwards of fifty runs were made, and nearly
as many base hits and errors, and all this was
given for ten cents. The game abounded in
beautiful .muffs of fly balls, artistic fumbles,
wild pitches, graceful reaches for grounders
that passed heedlessly on, and throws that
came within ten or fifteen feet of the direction
intended. The contest was marked by a
dozen or more good plays, which were the
errors, and showed that there is good material
in the clubs, but that it has not been fully de-
veloped. The game afforded more enjoyment
than any contest on the grounds this year.
The Mechanicsvilles are all left handed bat
tiers except one, and he bats either way, con-
sequently Grouse couldn't get his curves in
on them very well. The pitcher on the other
nine throws a curved ball also, but could not
do so on Saturday because the catchers could
not catch them. Zeeker, of the Westminster
club, did the umpiring very satisfactorily for
both mines, not protest being entered
against his decisions, and the game resulted
in favor of the Our Boys by p to 26.
DEFEATED BY THE NATIONALS.
Especial Dispatch to the Democratic Advocated
WAsHINGToN, D. c., August 27-The West
minister club came here to-day to play two
games with the Nationals. In the first, this
afternoon, the Westminsters got shut out by
a score of IA to O. The visitors only got five
hits, one each by Miller, Schweitzer, Cantz,
Erek and Bankard, yet they hit O'Day quite
hard at times, the balls generally falling in
the hands of fielders. In the field the West
minister's made bad errors, all in the infeld-
Miller, at I'd base, 2; Bankert, at Sd, 2; and
Zecker, at short, l. The Nationals made but
one error. Schweitzer and Cantz formed the
battery for the visitors, and O'Day and Cook
for the home club. The Nationals made
fourteen safe hits and earned ten of their
fourteen runs. Following is the score by in
nings:
Westminster o 0 0 0 o 0 0 o. 0
Nationals. 2 0 2 0 l l x-14
The Nationals play the Orioles tomorrow
friday, and the Westminsters stay over and
play the Nationals again on Saturday, when
Driscoll will be in the box. Erek is playing
LIST base in the place Of Clabaugh.
Westminsters play the Frederick Unions
at Frederick on Monday next.
The Patapscos defeated the Our Boys here
on Thursday in a seven-inning game by a
score of IL to 8. Each club had borrowed
pitchers, and it was a pitcher game through
out Very few balls went out of the diamond,
and had the pitchers been well supported the
score would have been low. About twelve
struck out on each side.