Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-06-30
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Descryvsson Of the Handsome Grounds Fitted
for Playing st Penryn Park.

nescrlrefon Of the Handsome Grounds Fitted
for Playing st Penryn Park.
The leaders In the League race were yester-
dsy defeated by the tail.enders. The wash
iugtons have played the big men very fine
games
Lew Simmons, poor old wrecks, lost again
in Pittsburg yesterday and their percentage
is now below 500, as they have lost 25 games
and won but "a Yesterday they only had
FIVE hits of Handiboe.
The Chicago had but four hits OIL Ferguson,
Of Philadelphia, yesterday.
The Philadelphias made all their runs in
the fourth inning in Chicago yesterday:
Mulvey and Ferguson made singles ana
Irwin got his base on balls. Three men We're
on bases when Farrar went TO the bat ana
sent a ball over left field fence Tor a home
run.
Hecker has q sore arm and Ramsey has
been doing great deal of work for LOUIS
WILLIE Yesterday Recciusand Ely were put in
aud the Brooklyn boys hit them hard.
The Washington club has good lot OF
batters.
Tue Philadelphia Herald of last evening
prints a very good picture of Daniel NJ
Casey, the best pitcher OF the Philadelphia
club Casey halls from Bngampton, \. v,
and il a brother OF Dennis Casey, the big
centre fieluer of Newark. Dan is not yet 2l
years of age. He is we'll known in this city,
as he pitched for Wilmington against the
Ironsides several times when the teams were
from Wilmington to Indianapolis, ana thence
to Detroit, where the Philadelphia people cap
tured him.
The scores in the League yesterday were as
follows At Chicago Philadelphia I, Chicago
q at Detroit Washington 6, Detroit (;
at St Louis Boston IL, st Louis ,; at Kan
sas City New York 3, Kansas City >.
The American Association played the fol-
lowing games At Pittshurg: Pitts
burg !, Athletics z; at Cincinnati Gin
R4ltimnrp |
Louis 5 ; Nets at Louisville: Brooklyn
IL, Louisville 5.
Yesterday Scranton defeated Altoona by
Q to 2, and Lswistown went under at vii.
Transport by 5 to ..
The Penryn BAH Grounds.
Yesterday the new base ball grounds al
penryn park were finished. They are along
the line of the railroad, within a couple
hundred yards of the station. They are sit
uated in beautiful sod field and there are
few grounds To excel them anywhere. The
diamond has been laid out III the regulation
size. Wide paths have been cut out from
the home plate, around the bases and &c
the pitchers box. These paths are filled
with the red sand stone earth, which will
pack very hard. The holes and gulleys in
the out field have been filled with clay. The
sod has been removed around the home plate
and the spot filled with earth. A large anC
| very strong looking back stop has beer
erected and painted "A brilliant red. The HON,
| plateis pretty marble slab, and regular base.
are used, fastened to the ground with ring
and pins. Substantial players beS-'hes ar,
| at both sides OF the home plate!- The bal
grounds are just on the edge of the lsrg,
| woods and the outtield is surrounded by
| trees so that spectators can view the game
| while sitting in the shade without fear o
| being lnterfered with by the ball The tirs
| game was played on the grounds yesterday
| by two mines from Columbia, who attended
| the Methodist picnic, and it required ten
| innings to decide it. The MpnusrchOr Fat
and Lean mines will arrange to play a game
| on the day of the soCiety's picnic. \ mum
| ber of clubs, including that of Mannheim
| have been complaining that they did no
| receive fair treatment abroad. This grounC
| would be splendid place to play games, a,
| it Is easy TO reach from Columbia, Mannheim
| Lebanon or Lancaster, and there are u,
| charges tor its use. Players might have lou
| of fun by arranging their games on days tina
| big picnics are to be held. A fine tennis
court has also just been completed on tn,
| grounds.