Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-21
FIRST LEAGUE GAME.
Chicago and Philadelphia on Exhibition at
jacksonville - AnsOn's Aggregation
Wins the Coutesl-Features
Ofthe StruEgle.

jacksonville - AnsOn'a AGgregotton
Wins the Oonrest-Features
ofIhe Struggle.
JACKSONVILLE, February M-The first
game in the Chicago Philadelphis series was
played in this city this afternoon in the pres
ence Of nearly !, 900 people. The day was per-
feet, and the men all looking well and feeling
as fine as silk Anson and his colts came over
on the noon train from St Augustine and i'm
mediately took buses for Grand View Hotel
Last night he had sent Harry Wright the fol-
lowing telegram; Il see in the Times Union
that there is man thar wants to bet $50 on the
first game. He is backing Philadelphia.
Please accept the bet for me. A. c. Anson."
There was not much betting. The sports
are as yet little shy of putting up their stuff.
They don't know the new men nor how they
play together. There was a feeling. however,
from the start that Chicago would win. The
game was called at 3s2 o'clock. The Phillies
took the field. The crowd shouted for fully
minutes. The red stockings all waved their caps
and fatherly old Harry MADE his best bow.
Cooney, the Chicago shortstop, was first at bat.
He struck safe to first, and stole second while
Carroll was tanning the air. Then Carroll hit
low liner into the left field which Hamilton
couldn't capture and got first. Wilmot took
the willow. and before he waved it twice
Cooney stole down to third, but Carroll died an
easy death at second. Then Clements let a
ball pass him, and Cooney came bounding in
itself hoarse. Wilmot struck beautiful line
ny to center. 1t was taken into camp. and then
Anson advanced to the plate bat in hand. His
cap was pulled down over his eyes and his step
revealed the god" as he strobe forward.
A coon on the fence cried out, "Dar's Anson,"
and pleased at this introduction the grand
stand shouted, cheefed and stamped. while An
son lifted his cap and spit on his left palm all
in one motion. He struck grounder to short
but it was handled neatly, and the Chicago lord
touched the bag with his foot about nve Sec
onds after the ball had landed in McCauley's
maulers. The side was out with only one run to
its credit Delahanty was the FIRST Philly to
strike. He sent high fly to Wilmot
who gathered it in beautifully. Hami-
ton struck low liner straight into
the pitchers hands and the score entered up
''the fatal asterisk of death" Opposite this
name Burke waited long time for good ball,
but when be got one he could not get it outside
the diamond. and so he gave up the ghost at
first base. No runs. The ChicagOs sent five
men to the bat in the second inning, and
O'Brien and Burns scored, and Thompson, of
Philadelphias, sent long, low liner into right
field. There was nobody there. The crowd rose
upon its feet and yelled. Some loose playing by
the Chicagos enabled the Phillies TO place three
runs to their credit in this inhing and they
failed TO connect entirely after that. In the
fourth inning the Chicagos made four more
runs. This gave them seven in all, and the
game began to lose interest In the seventh
inning Anson did some umpiring on his own
private account which enabled O'Brien to
score. This made eight runs all told. In the
ninth inning both sides went out in one, two.
three order. Following is the score: