The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-07-01
BASE BALL ITEMS.

On Saturday, July 4th, the Young
America, of Philadelphia, will visit our
city and cross bats with our home club.
Game called at $780, Admission to the
Grand Stand, % cents; benches, l5 cents
carriages on ground, 25 cents.
The Doylestown Club, accompanied by
large portion of the population of that
town, male and female, visited this city
on Thursday last, to witness the first
game of the season between the Doyles-
town and Lambertville Clubs. The Doy-
lestown citizens had brought along their
voices, which, from the manner in which
they were used, must have been tuned
especially for this occasion. Prominent
among the visitors was the large repre-
sentation of legal lights, who were con-
spicuous by the frequency with which
they volunteered the opinion that our boys
were "not in it," But legal opinions that
you get free don't count for much and the
result of the game proved no exception.
Neither club had lost game thus far and
in consequence both were determined to
win and very good game was the result.
The umpiring of Billy Mclean appeared
to give much dissatisfaction, particularly
the declaring Thorne and Black ont at the
plate and his judgment On balls and
strikes. This may have been due to the
closeness of the score and the many close
decisions to be made, and Mr.. Mclean
found 1t necessary to accompany each de-
cision with an address. Despite this,
however, the usual custom of applauding
whenever an umpire got hit by wild
ball was strictly adhered TO and in fact
1t seemed to give the spectators special
cause for delight whenever the veteran
got hit. The battery work of both teams
was excellent,the attempts of Schenek and
McClurg to steal I'd and Sd respectively,
were promptly thrown out by Black. Kel-
ly attempted to steal Sd while Schenek APP
peared to be hunting for the ball that had
been knocked in bis territory, and al
though advised by the boys on the coal
cars to emulate his great namesake and
the great "AIike" could never have beaten
the throw Schenck made to third, and in
consequence Mr.. Kelly took his seat.
Neither side scored until the 9th inning.
Geo. Ruos, the heavy hitter of the team,
almost swallowed his tutti frutti in bis
attempt to reach one of Hurley's decep-
tive curves and drive il into Delaware
township, but the golden haired Bucks
countian was unable to do anything be-
yond agitating the June atmosphere. The
9th inning Doylestown scored run on
MAYORS single, and Black splendid drive
for three bases. This gave Doylestown
the lead and nearly drove them wild with
joy, and young Doylestown enthusiast
volunteered Juggling exhibition with the
hedd gear of himself and neigbbors for the
benefit of the spectators, and to give vent
W his ONH bS A%oHtSN'e
villes were unable to score until the 7th
inning, when at critical stage George
and Joe Ruos engaged in a little game of
hide-and with the ball that had been
knocked between 1st and ID, and before
Doylestown had recovered from its sur
Prise, Lambertville was in the lead and
now Lambert7ille's enthusiasts could
scarcely contain themselves, and Doyles-
town seemed TO feel that all was up with
them. A disguised enthusiast expressed
his opinion through his clinehed teeth,
which to his notion may have been APP
propiiate to the occasion, but we could
not repeat it for the sake of propriety.
Each side was retired in one, two, three
order, the remaining innings. The bat
ting of Black, Naylor, Trusty, Hurley and
Calan and the fielding of Kelly, Knowlan,
McClurg aud Coligan, were the features
OF the game. A pleasant feature of the
game, also, was the goodwill existing
among the spectators. The good playing
of both clubs was literally applauded.
The following is the score: