Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1891-07-10
Base Ball Notes.

The old Houston team want to arrange
a game with the local team, and 1t may
/ be PLAYED in the near future.
THE Milford base ball team will go tc
Houston tomorrow and cross bats with
the strong Houston team. WEIGH and
Zearfoss will be in the points for the local
team while Burris and Smith will be the
Houston's battery.
Letters have been received by the man
ager of the home team from several
amateur teams in Philadelphia and vicln-
ity asking for games, but as tie local
team have no enclosed grounds and can
not give a guarantee to visiting clubs, It
will be impossible to arrange games with
those who ask for guarantees. Our club
is composed of boys who play for sport
and when they leave town to play games
usually pay their own expenses and eN-
pect visiting clubs to do the same. OF
course teams from the city cannot be eN-
pected to come that distance to play
game Of ball rs the expense would be 50
great, so we will be deprived the pleasure
of Witnessing any good amateur teams
play.
The Georgetown Base Ball Club were
to have played the Milford team here on
Saturday morning last, but failed to put
in an appearance or notify the manager
ofthe local team that they did not luteud
TO come. This is not the first time the
GEORGETOWN club have wilfully deceived
the home club. They no doubt fully i'll
tended to come when the game was ar
ranged, and perhaps would have kept
their promise had it been possiblefor them
TO secure Burress and Smith as battery,
but as these two PLAYERS could not be IN
duced to play with that team they would
not come. It was a disappointment to
the admirers of the national game here
as il had been thoroughly advertised
that the boys from the county seat would
be here. Had they notified the manager
here some other good club could have
been secured to play the game, but 1t
was not until a few hours before the game
was to have been called that the true
state of affairs dawued upon the home
bows and they at once secured the LII
coin team and a game came oil. Is
the manager Of the Georgetown club
afraid to bring nine local players to Mil
ford to play game OF balif
The Milford Base Ball Club succeeded
in carrying OF the honors on tile Fourth
bv winning the two games played The
morning game was with the Lincoln
CITY team and they Tell an easy victim
to the curves of Davis, who was i'll the
box; the score resulting in II to Ill
favor ofthe local team But five innings
were played The game drew small
crowd, but did not succeed i'll interesting
them very much. The second and most
interesting game was in the afternoon
when the Harriugton's crossed bats with
tile local team. Although the score was
one.sided and the local boys easily de
feated the visiting team,ye tile game was
interesting and the five hundred people
that witnessed it were pleased and at
times applauded brilliant plays Welch
and Zearfos were in the points for the
home team and put up an excellent game,
the former distinguishing himselfby shut
ting the opponents out without hit and
striking ont nine Of their batsinen. After
the second inning the visiting club failed
to score and but three men succeeded IN
successfully reaching first base. Welch
pitched a magnificent game, and had his
support in the two FIRST innings been
what it should have been they would
have failed to score n single run. The
two runs were scored on errors that We're
not excusable. The following is the score;