Evening journal., 1889-07-16
WILMINGTON CLUB WINS.
MILFORD AND WILMINGTON CROSS
BATS AT UNION PARK.

The Home Team Easily Defeats the vIsi-
tors by Score OF to e-BriIliant
PIaying-H -Hiakle's Errors.
Wilmington defeated Milford yester-
day at Union Park in a game that was
full of good plays, although interspersed
with bad errors The score stands to
2, with the errors 2 to Z. AT no time
after the game opened did there seen any
doubt Of the home clubs victory. The
Wilmington players played good ball
when they had the opportunity and did
fairly well at batting Day was sup
ported finely by Riddle; Campbell did
great work on second, and Belford
covered first with ten put outs
and only one error. All the
home players hit the ball, but some did
not hit it hard enough. The Milford
team played strong game outside of the
errors of Hinkle and Cross. Hinkle
played the worst game he ever appeared
in on Wilmington grounds, He made
four errors, all Of which we're decidedly
off color O'Harra played centre field
with great credit, making good play on
each chance. Both batteries did good
work
In the first inning Wilmington went to
the points, Neister was not a success
pitching against the club which knows
him so well. j. O'Donnell was thrown
out at first; Kelly reached that base on
Cross's error; Day made a single.
reached second on Hinkle's error and
stole third while Kelly was scoring; Rid
die struck out; Campbell went to base on
balls; Day scored; Flood reached first on
balls; Campbell stole second and third
and scored; Ettinger was thrown out.
The visitors did not stand up long,
Neister and 0'Donnell went out at first
and Rigby struck out.
In the second inning Milford put
Sprogel in the box and Rigby behind the
bat The home team made two hits In
this inning. M. 0'Donnell made a single
and stole second reached third on Rigby's
passed ball and scored on ]. O'Donnell's
single; Belford struck out Kelly was hit
by pitched ball Day and Riddle went
out and O'Donnell and Kelly were left.
For the visitors Morrell was presented
with base on Belford's error, Cross got
to FIRST on Floods error. O'Harra struck
out, Morrell was captured by Flood !;
Knorr reached first on an attempt to put
out another player, Hinkle struck out
In the third inning Flood went to first
assisted by 0'Donnells error, stole
second and scored. This was the inning
in which the visitors pounded Day for
three singles and made two runs.
| Sprogel knocked nice one into centre.
which was taken care Of by Ettinger.
Neister went out at first 0'Donnell made
q single; Kirby made q single O'Donnell
advanced base on a passed ball, and
Rigby stole a base; Morrell, base on
balls Cross made single and 0'Donnell
and Rigby scored; 0'Harra flew out to
Ettinger at centre
This ended the run getting for two in
nings during which Wilmington did not
make a base hit In the sixth Belford
struck ont ]. 0'Donnell made one base
hit and stole second and third Kelly
made single that brought oDonnel
home; Day knocked q nice ground hit te
Cross who jumped on second and threw
Day out at first, making the only double
play of the game.
The visitors did not get man to third
after the third inning. The home team
had two men left on bases in the seventh
and three in the eighth inning
In the eighth Belford few out to short
j. O'Donnell made 6rst on balls and stole
second and third, reaching home on
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Day knocked an easy one to Hinkle, who
muffed and the crowd jeered; Day stole
second; Riddle made base on balls
Campbell hit an easy one to Hinkle who
muffed and the crowd jeered again; il
was bad error; Flood flew out tc
O'Hara. In the visitors eighth and the
home teams ninth every striker was re-
tired on first.
Among the features Of the game were
Ettingers good work at centre; Riddle
and Campbells success in catching men
at second; Hinkles four errors, and the
fact that Day did not allow either Neis
ter or Hinkle to make hit; the former
was struck out twice, and the latter once
a. all other times both men were cap
tured at first. F E. Kelly umpired tn,
game to everybody's satisfaction, The
score in full:
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