The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-06-23
TROY AND AUGUSTA.
The Troians and the Fountain CITY
Boys Meet OH the DiaIeOnd--.An N
Interesting Account of the Friend.
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Troy still holds her reputation among the
! leading base ball towns in the South, us VIII
| he seen by the following account or TWO en-,
ccllent games played here on last Friday anu
saturday, between one Of the best amateur
clubs Of Augusta and the Troy base ball ciun
! The following are the names and POSITIONS
held by the men in each club:
| AbercrOmDie, short stop; lhtcS, sec,
onu base Necl, first base: Kennedy, catGn
Hardness, pitch Sheppard, third base; D;,-
Wis, left field; Chiles, right field; Smart CELL
ter field
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, short srop; j. Senn'
scconu base; y. Sem. first base; Barrett,
catch; Wiscmun, pitch; KaIbtlcish, thira
base; Hopkins. left field; Baker, right hcld;
our boys were we'll aware that In order to
secure victory over the Fountain CliE ciuo c
they would have TO play their best Inc IIs'
game was called by Umpire LaSter, OF Angus
! tn on Friday afternoon at four o'clock, the
| home team going to the bat. Tile Irolahs
soon proved 10 he equal to any prolessio!itl
sluggcrS, making Il score Of nine runs IN tnc
| first inning. Augusta could not find Hark,
! throw by one of the home team. Inc Dcsi
| playing was done BY clubs in the lth, 5til ana
9th innings, when each team was treated 10 II
dish of goose eggs. Hardness and Kennedy
! the battery for Troy, played Il great game nn-
! til Eennpdys broken finger was badly hurt
again, which forced forced Hardness To orul ,
iI:lry pitching after the sixth inning, ana
which allowed Augusta to run their score up
to thirteen runs. WlSCman and Barrett, tnc
battery for Augusta, are excellent Dnll play
prS and did some good work. Had inc Ioilo
team not pounded Wiscman so III the flrSt IN.
ming II would have bceu Il closely contested
game. Hardness struck oui twenty anu
WiSeman thirteen men. y singular feature
In this game was that no halter received
his base on called balls. Hardness hit Two
threc-baggcrs and two two-baggerS bringing
in three men with one hit and placing hve
runs to his credit during the game smart
hit for one three Dagger ana one two,ni'gseiT.
nnH, WiSnnIpn Ahprrr0ml1lG
hit twO-haggcr. The wonderful left lIand
cntch by Neel on first base elected long
rounds of applause from the spectators. Car,
pcntcr, Augustas short stop, is Il one-armed
man and one of the strongest men on their
team. The following is the score by innings !:
Augusta M ...............l i 0 0 s 3 4-l3
The second game was called by Mr.. Bonner
of Due West acting as umpire on SATURDAY
morning ut s o'clock, Augusta going to the
der, not being able TO "take in Hardness
down curve Troy met with nearly the same
fate in the first inning. only one base Int
being made or Wiseman, n4b se ehe rha runner xicI
tory in the second game was not SO easily
won by Troy. They didn't seem TO "catch
on" to Wideman'S curves, making the Spect;t-
tors feel like offering "a dollar tor hit. AD'
ercrolnbie, Barrett and smart hit for tWo-bag-
ger each during tho game. SmartS ncldin%
was superb, taking in three difficult flies IN
center field. AuguStas first baseman did
some beautiful playing. Both umpirc'S gaze
universal SatISlaclio Ion. The following Is the
score of the second game by innings:
Augusta ..........0 2 . O J. Q
Troy. l . 4 4 . 0 &-16
The visitors were entertained by the citl-
zens of Trey who hope they enjoyed their Wis
it and will play our team soon again. IL II Is
any consolation to them | vii! state that :!
gentleman from Charleston who witnessed
both games said there is little doubt but tnitt
the Troy club could defeat the EtiwanS OF his
city, which Is considered the crack amateur
club Of the State. Our club Is trying To com
pielc arrangements to attend the grand basc
ball tournament at Laurcns Oh July IN.
j. NJ V.