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BASE BALL TOURNAMENT.
Troy Carries Off the Honors OF the
Occasion and Proposes to Keep
Them.


TROY, S. c., July 49, 1856.
The Troy base ball club left home on Mon
day, July 5th, TO take part in the grand base
ball tournament at Iaurcns, where the cham, m
plonship of the Piedmont section was to be
| played for by five OF the strongest teams III
Upper Carolina, viz: Laurens; Antioch, Troy,
Union and GreenviIle. Our club represented
! in Iaurcns, was as follows:
6. Z. Bradley, Manager, Jul. NJ. Nisanska,
Scorer, and the players were:
Kennedy b.
WiSeman, c.
Hardness, p.
Nccl, b.
Abercrombie, SIS.
Fuss, 2 b.
Smart, If
Chlcs, r.
| McDavid, c. r.
| The first game on the programme was
hard fought one between Troy and Union on
Tuesday morning, July 9th. The splendid
work OF the battery of the Troy club won, the
following Is the score by innings:
TrHS TaiSn n.::: ":: 9 ! SS-s Ss
The Troians next tackled the team from An.
tioch on Wednesday morning. The,game was
delayed on account OF the Antlocn oro pitcner oa,
PEELED To play in the warmeSt part OF the day.
Neel and Hardness were the battery for Troy
while Langford and johnson looked to that
interest for Antioch. Our boys. seemed TO
have had an easy job on hand. though the
Antioch team did some fine fielding. The
score by innings Is; -
Antioch tIpi ,c;ii'... ......:.. ! / Q ii Q %
Up to this time Troy had won each game
she played, while Laurcns had done the same
thing, having defeated Greenville and Union.
AS Troy and Iaurens tied, the championship
now vested between these two clubs. The
most exciting game was now at hand. Ken
nedy and Smart, two of Troy's best players
were in bed with fever, which placed the Tro-
jams in bad situation, as they had no substi-
tutes with them. 1t was thought at one time
that there would be no game, but the Troy
club finally consented to borrow two men IN
place OF those on the sick list; Through the
courtesy of the captains of the Union and
Greenville mines one man was loaned tne
Troy team from each club. The Laurens club
had been holding their , best pitcner, ~, IN dI re-
mond without two of their best players. The
grand Stand was filled with the beauty and
chivalry Of Laurens and adjoining towns, ev'
cry one eager to see the game begin. Prompt
ly ut 5 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The
game was called by umpire ]. T.. johnson, Of
Laurens with Troy at the bat, who soon took
the field with goose egg to her credlt; Lau.
however, the Trojuns chalked up four runs to
their credit, while the Laurens boys were
still sorely puzzled over Hardness down.and-
out curves. The work OF the, Troy battery
was never better and can only be excellcd by
q real good, professional team. In the fifth
inning Troy had another picnic In the way OF
scoring four more runs, while Lamrens sue.
cecded in making her first score; The entire
game was well played on both sides The fol-
lowing is the score BY innings:
Troy T9,cS: s:.' Q Q 4 9 &c 9 "a
The following Is an extract from all account
of the tournament contained in the Laureas-
uiU eHerdkd:
"Thursday evening, Laurens and Troy
played for the Piedmont championship. 1t
was q stubborn game, and each club did al
most professional playing: and while 1t Is
generally the custom for the defeated Club
to put up excuses, we believe our club
honestly acknowledges that they were iairiy
and honestly beaten. SO our Troy friends
are entitled to wear the belt, and until some
Club can muster as strong, ST not stronger
battery than Troy, she will con ttnue to wear
It,"
Too much cannot be said in praise Of the
courtesy and generous hospitality Of the Lau
rensvillc Base BALL Association and the citl-
zens of Laurcns. Our boys were elegantly
entertained, and will always remember this
trip rs one OF the most enjoyable they have
ever taken. Iaurens may we'll be proud OF
the grand success of this, her first base ball
tournament. V.