Evening journal., 1888-08-08

Who is this new battery for the Glover
Cluba
The Wilmingsons will play the Ameri-
Gus next Saturday.
Manager Doherty of the Americus has
great confidence in bis team.
Neister is doing good work for his club.
he now has strained wrist.
Tuesday evening ia the regular meeting
night OF the Wilmington club.
The Americus will play the Chester team
TO morrow afternoon at the Union Street
Park.
The arrangements are being made for a
game with the Houstous by the Whining
ton team, to be played shortly.
Hinkle, the Wilmington catcher, has
been laid off with sore leg caused by slid
ing to third base in last Saturdays game.
The Wilmington will play the Solar Tips
OF Philadelphia in this city next week.
Neister says he believes be can shut them
out.
The manager OF the Americus and the
sporting editor OF an afternoon contempt.
rary are said to be fond Of carriage riding
In Smyrna.
President Kelley last evening said re-
garding the speech be had in preparation,
that il the other managers would be as
energetic In bouncing the kids aud attend
ing to other important matters, as he did
there would be nothing TO complain Of.
The Highland. Jr. Club has organized
with the following players: F. Taylor, G:
j. Roach, p; F. Neylan, s; F. Mcdonnell.
b; L. Moore, 2 b; j. Mahoney, 8 b; ].
Grant, I; n Stannard, I; g. Dickerson,
r (. Would like to hear from other clubs
with players under l3 years OF age.
The West Eud nine Of this city will
play the Young Republican team of Havre
de Grace. this afternoon at Union Street
Park. Both teams are colored, and great
game is expected. Other sports will be
given, and in the evening there win be a
grand ball at 9th and Walnut streets.
In the scorers stand last Wednesday,
Sc afford man-"Say what nine does Fer
guson belong to?"
Qaickstep player-"To the Americus. "
Americus man-''No he don t eithern
Quickstsp-"T is the team he belongs
to-" And silence fell over the scene.
Moore's Senate Base Ball Club has organ
lied with the following players: II. Jen
ming, c D. Gillespie, p; 7. Lyons, 8; H.
Comfy. b: n. Emmons, 2 b; J. 5heeting.
b; T. Dorsey, Z; F. Taylor, c (; Fl. Field.
rf. The club wants to receive challenges
from other clubs whose members are under
16 years of age Address d. Gillespie, Tay-
lor and Church Sts.
The Delaware State Amateur League
held an adjourned meeting last evening at
End and Tatnall streets The three clubs
were represented and President r. e Kel-
ley presided. The secretary was instructed
to correspond with the Dover and Camden
Clubs regarding their admission to the
league. The session was orderly and the
business dispatched in the shortest manner.
The meeting was adjourned to meet at the
call Of the president when the two down
state clubs are heard from.
The man who wrote the Seaford 'kickn
is wanted in this city. When be says: 1.-THE
umpires decisions were rank from the START
be makes a startling assertion. If such a
statement was true the EVENING JOURNAL
report would have spoken OF It, The ssser-
tion was not true as reference to the score
book will show. Martin. the first man at
the bat, struck out and was thrown out at
flrst Haddock made base hit and was
thrown out at second by short who flelded
a ball hit by Davis Davis reached first
on the sacrifice hit aud was left on second.
Brown was thrown out by short to first
This was the frst inning. Does the Seaford
Review mean to say that Martin did not
strike out, or that Haddock and Brown
were put out by the umpire and not by the
players9 In the second or in any other in.
ming in the game, when did Ferguson favor
the Quicksteps or decide unfairly against
the Seafords7