Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-21
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This is.she score Camden Made or
Dover Yesterday.

Dover Yesterday.
BY Letter TO EVENING JOURNAL
WYOMING, Del, July 21.--Ths game of
base ball between the Dover and Camden
clubs, which was played at Camden yester-
day afternoon, was the event In this sec.
tion. It was pretty hard work, appar-
entity, to get these two clubs together, and
nearly every body in this section had been
as interested as though il we're personal
matter. The rivalry between Dover and
Camden In everything that per
tains to sports has been rife
sver since the towns were founded
Way back when our grand fathers wore
knee breeches they used to get up shedding
contests that we're marvels in their way
Then their sons made the STYLE and speed
OF their turnouts 60 Camden Camp the
point which they strove to outvie each
other and 10 or - years ago the feature
that is agitating them now--base hall--was
their hobby.
1t may be said truthfully that nothing
agitates Dover and Camden and the whole
OF Kent county so much as base ball
Dover turned out in orce yesterday. Mil
ford. Frederick, Kenton and even Smyrns
had their representatives on the
ground. Young and old. male and female,
they wers there. At $50 the game was
called. Then it was that lovers OF fair
play even in this section began to get
uneasy. 1t was known that Camden bad a
good club, that 1t had a victorious march
through the county, and that Milford and
Smyrna had been vanquishsd BY them, and
10 was felt that Dover with Its untried and
inexperienced players must OF necessity
fall victim. But the unsasinsss was
caused by the fact that Camden did not
present lite usual nine. In addition to the
battery Smith and Rigby. who we're OF
course expected to be pressnt, there were
three entirely strange faces Flannsr. on
third base, was present from the Solar Tip
Club of Philadelphia. and Conroy, short
stop, and Kelly, second base, were from the
Amber Club of the same city. All are
crack players with records. The Dover
men kicked little. They had a battery,
Sproyell pitcher and MCGEE catcher, from
she Solar Tips, but the rest OF their nine
we're ell Dover boys TO the manor born,
who had never faced curved balls, and
they felt that Camden had not treated
them properly. But there were 600 or 700
persons present who had come to see q
game OF bali and their manager, ]. ID.
Deane, decided that the game shswld 20 on.
In spite OF The make up or padded zine,
mp to the seventh inning Dover had the
lead by a score OF 2 to /. Bat sm that In
ming an error by W. Horsey opened achance
for Camden, which they tosk advantage
Of, and four runs were piled up.
The score at the close was 5 90
in favor OF Camden. or course
Camden played we'll They always do, bus
Dover played well also vita the exception
OF that one inning. Their aslding through-
out excelled that Of the hema team, aud
che playing Of Levy at third base. Foaker
at short, Mcknatt at first base, L. Horsey
sc second and W., II. Horssy and Collins in
the field has never been excsllsd on this
ground. Frank Moore Of Wyoming
umpired the game in a satisfactory manner.
Both batteries worked well. Camden's bait
terry had the advantage OF having green
man to handle, but sprey II and MCGEE, 4
Dover, deserve credit for holoi < the experts
opposed 20 them down as they did.
The score by innings was;
Camden Sa w ...o o-s
A return game is OF course looked for
but Dover, 50 the directors say, win not
play return game with Camden until
they act squarely. furnishing heme team
20 meet home team