West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-09-04

The most exciting game of base
ball ever witnessed in this section OF
the State was played mere on Satur.
day, Aug. 29.h, between the Dcltas
of this place and the Homecoming
Club of Md Although the contest
resulted in favor OF the Md. club 10y
the score Of to still the reputa-
tion of the Deltas is by no means
lowered, but on the contrary, is rails
ed to that standard which makes
them undoubtedly the best club in
the state. This is no idle assertion
hut one which was practically dem
onstrated by the members of that
club on Saturday The Deltas were
defeated but can we really call it a
defeat? Letus notice for a moment
the standing of the Homecoming club.
During the season of 'S4, Cumber.
land, Frostburg, Piedmont and all
other places within a radius of fifty
miles ofLonaconing could not raise a
club which could play them any 9th
er than a one.sided game They were
the champions and if they lave been
deprived of this title during the pres
ent season il is because they have
| preferred To have n team composed
of Homecoming boys other than ones
such as Cumberland and Frostburg,
composed of hired players. Take
from Cumberland and Frostburg the
players now receiving a salary and
and replace them by players of the
manor horn and'what will he the
! rcsu,t2 In less than one month the
/ Homecoming club viii again show
That superiority which it 80 cradita-
bly, maintained during The past sea
son. Now If Cumberland could not
organize nine or home players to
hold the Homecoming club under
the score Of %. what must be thought
of the club OF Rowlesburg which
hcIj them down to 3 runs =?
These are facts and when taken into
Consideration viii make the contest
Of Saturday rather a victory than a
defeat for the Dcltas.
The people Of Rowlesburg and the
Deltas themselves had every reason
to believe that the game would be
one-silcd since the same club dc.
| featcd the Deltas at Mt. Lake Park
in '84 by the score Of q to 6. In
this game cur Toys played under
many disadvantages and for this rea
son I'll who witnessed the contest
were anxious TO see the Deltas play
Chem ON good grounds where they
could show up in their true colors.
The game 81 NJ Lake was 50 very
one sided shat it made the Deltas
enter into The contest Of Saturday
with unsettled nerves and caused
them to be defeated.
The Deltas won the toss and took
the bats and were retired without a
run. When the Homecoming boys
came i'm ror their ualf Of the first in
ming the first man struck out but
secured his first base on a wild throw
| by the Dclta's catcher. lie subse-
quently scored on a very bad play
made by tho catcher Of the Deltas.
A ground ball was battcd to the
pitcher who Immediately threw the
ball 20 the catcher in order to shut
out the man running from third base
TO home, but the catcher thinking
that the man on third was forced
home touched the home plate and
threw the ball TO first base thus al
lowing the runner on third to score
/ This was the only run made by the
| visitors in this inning. In the sec.
ond inning The Deltas scored one
run ON good batting. The visitors
then came 90 the bat and won the
! game making four unoaned runs
ON very bad plays made by the Del.
tas. I'm this inning 70 seemed im.
possible for our boys 90 get the ball
TO the right place in the right time.
! The game mt this point looked very
unfavorable for the Daltas. The
boys saw that something had IN be-
done and settled down to- work
From the second 10 Che ninth inning
not one Of the visitors crossed Che
home plate. The Deltas TN the mean.
| time scored three OF their four runs.
The Homecoming Club has Che req.