Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-15
THEY TOOK THE FIRST.
Niekerson Takes the First Game Of the Series
Fine Plays Abound-Errors Were There Too

The first game of the present series be-
tween Nickerson and the home club was
played at the ball park yesterday
afternoon. The crowd was probably
the smallest of the season and this fact
probably disheartened the home club.
The game was interspersed with brilliant
plays and glazing errors, but nevertheless
was very exciting. In the field the home
boys played a game superior to any
so far this season, with the ex-
ception of johnson and McAdams.
each making two very costly errors.
Outside of these two the fielding was
of d brilliant order. Johnson partly re-
deemed himself in the eighth by very
clever stop and throw TO first preventing a
run from being scored. Owens and Conk-
lin were in the points and done good and
effective work. Pope, on second, played a
splendid game, considering the amount OF
practice he has had in that position. Ev-
ans made two good catches in center field,
and Taylor, in right field, made splendid
catch and threw TO first, making double
play Hartle, in left field, had no chances.
The Nickersons are a team of heavy
players, and are by far the best the home
boys have met. In their ranks can be seen
Phelan, of the Hutchinson's; Bennett,
catcher of the defunct Wichita league
club; Clapp, late of the Texas league;
Walsh, of Evansville, Ind; Gorsuch, an
ex-professional In fact the whole team
are ball players in every sense of the word.
The umpire was way off, in many of
his decisions, in fact it might be said in all
OF them. On balls and strikes his Juds-
meut was bad, and his decisions on bases
were so frank" that the crowd kept up a
continual ''guying" during the game.
The home team went to the bat first.
Taylor reached first on a safe hit; stole
second and third; scored on Johnson's hit
past second. Johnson stole second and
third but was left on that base as Perrin,
Pope and Conklin struck out.
In the second inning Evans hit safe,
reached first; was thrown out at second.
Hartle was thrown out at first. McAdams
flew out to second.
Third inning-Owens and Taylor struck
out. johnson hit safe; stole second. Per-
rim was thrown out at first.
Fourth inning-Pope hit safe but was
thrown out trying to steal second He
should save been declared safe, however,
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it was bad decision. Conklin struck out.
Evans flew out.
Fifth inning-Hartle flew out to first.
McAdams thrown out at the same base.
Owens struck out.
Sixth inning-Taylor and Johnson were
thrown out at first. Perrin reached first
on safe hit. Pope was thrown out at first.
Seventh inning-Conklin was thrown
out at first. Evans struck out. Hartle
reached first but was left there, as Nc
Adams was thrown out on a grounder TO
first
Eighth inning-Owens struck ont. Tay-
lor reached first and scored on Phelan's
wild throw. johnson and Perrin flew out
to center field.
Ninth inning-Pope and Conklin failed
to reach first before the ball. Evans hit
safe and stole second. Hartle was thrown
out at first.
The Nickerson team made three runs in
the first on three hits, a stolen base and
Johnson's error In the second they failed
to score In the third one run was made
and in the fourth three more were added
to the score. This finished the run getting
on their side.