Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-01
IN THE AMATEUR BASEBALL WORLD.
Tho Coming Game Between the west
moreIand and Commonwealth Clubs.

On next Saturday baseball cranks can
feast their eyes on novel exhibition OF
the national game az Island Park. Inc
Westmoreland and Commonwealth mines
will appear upon the diamond and contest
for horse hide laurels. The fight Will be
bona ride one and both clubs Will be com
posed of excellent material. The West
moreands have not yet selected all the
PLAYERS for their team. but the Common
wealth nine Will be composed OF the FOL
lowing: A. Belrne Blair. catcher; I'd.
Hanewinckel, pitcher: l.. n. Savage, hfst
base; Joseph l.. Johnston. second base;
George Ainslie. third base; LEWIS frayser,
short-stop; Preston holland. right heid;
W. G.. Ferguson, lett field, and Cary
Shepherd. centre field.
The gete receipts will be donated for the
benefit of the Sheltering Arms concert.
Over 500 worth of tickets were sold yes
terdav, and from present indications
large crowd will witness the contest.
There was very interesting game OF
baseball at the Grounds yes
terday evening. The contestants were the
High-School nine and the " Young tul-
tons" and the fight resulted in victory
for the latter by a score OF IL 10 Z.
The battery for the FultOns we're Gath
rioht ana Tinberlake. while Mountcastle
and Hicks filed similar positions Tor the
High Schools.
The leading features of the game were
the pitching OF IimbeTlake and the excel
lent fielding of the High-SchoOl boys.
The Olympics and Little Richmonds
crossed bats on the Tenth-Street Flats
Yesterday afternoon, and the former won
by score of n 10 9. The feature OF the
game was the heavy batting of Laughton
and the running catch made by Mithers.
The following are the names Of the players:
Olympics: c. Dean. catcher; {: Withers,
pitcher; j. Elicit. shortstop; W. Laugh
ton. first base: Il. Halves, second base; ;
l.. Green. third base; j. Leary, lett field;
| NJ. Waltham, centre field; Mcclure Bigger,
right field.
Little Richmonds: s. Taylor, catcher;
| p. Cardozo, pitcher; NJ. Wilks. shortstop;
| II. TAYLOR, first base: krOuse, second base I:
W. Jennings, third base; L. Anthony, left
field: Dick Eggslucker. centre field; g..
| Seldom, right field.
The Rockets and Libby Hill mines met
yesterday on Libby Hill, and the latter
| were defeated by a score of IL to :. The
game was holly contested on both sides.
| Batteries-Libby Hills Roy Lewis catcher
and James HOgon pitcher; Rockets, John
| Malone catcher and Hugh Smith pitcher;
The Union Ranch and Blrdinhands tested
| their baseball skill in well-tought game
| on Strecker's Hill yesterday afternoon.
| The Union Ranchs were defeated by score
| of n to 10. The feature OF the game was the
! PLAYING of Richardson and Johnson. the
| Birdinhands battery.
The Giants defeated the Stonewalls yes
terday by a score of 16 to 4. The follow
| ing were the players: Giants-P. Dafron.
catcher; J. Beach. pitcher; Powell. short
| stop; C. Harlow, first base :: Fairlam,
second base NJ. Binswanger, third base
w. McDarvell. night field w. Harlow. left
| field.
! Stonewalls-L. Taylor, catcher; G. Carter,
pitcher j. Sublet. short stop; +. Garstray.
| first base: G.. Keith, second base 5. Bright,
third base; S. Sutherland. right field +.
! Farley. left field.
The Chesapeake and Ohio and Richmond,
Locomotive and Machine Works clubs
| played an interesting game (six innlngs)
yesterday, which resulted IN victory fof
| the former by a score of - to 10.