Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-27
BASE BALL.
Russellville Shows the Home
Team No Mercy.
They Take Advantage OF Errors Made
BY the Gracey- Woodlands and
Give Them a Drubbing.


The game was called at $3.50. AT
that hour about 300 people had as
,embled at the park, goodly por-
ton of whom were ladies.
Unusual interest was manifested in
the game by the friends of both
clubs, who cheered their respective
favorites vociferously and guyed
the opposition accordingly. Until it
is understood just how it came about,
it would seem that GAINESVILLE met "a
Waterloo, the score standing 20 to z
in favor of Russellville. But there
by hangs tale, and the LEAF
CHRONICLE having sent a reporter
up there, will report the game i'm.
partially. OF the twenty runs made
by Russellville just three were really
we'll earned ones. The others were
the result of errors by the Gracey-
Woodwards. The latter unfortun-
ately were handicapped, and owe
their defeat to three things. First,
Jacksou's miserable catching; the err
rors of Farmer and Lindsay at short
stop, to which seven scores were
chargeable in the first inning, and
lastly to partial umpiring. These are
the disadvantages under which the
Gracey. Woodwards labored during
the first half of the game.
The game opened with the Clarks-
vile team at the bat. In this inning
they scored four runs. Their friends
gave them grand ovation and
the surrounding hills sent
back a thousand echoes from
triumphant shouts. This en-
thusiasm was short-lived, however.
The Russellvilles, owing to a series
of wretched blunders by our boys,
piled up seven scores in the next in
ming. 1t was Rome's time to howl
then, and howl she did. The Clarks-
vile contingent occupied top seats in
the grand stand, and it was painful to
observe their crestfallen look while
this slaughter of their favorites pro
crossed. The crowd in the meantime
(small boys noticeably) guyed them
numerically. 1t was taken in good
part, however, on the principle of til
for tat. This unfortunate turn of af-
fairs so "rattled" our boys that they
were never fully able to pull them
selves together again, and were more
or less demoralized until JACKSON was
substituted by Bettman, Pratt by
Lindsay, and Farmer by Ro'sing-
ton. This came too late. however,
for it was in the first, third and fifth
innings that the Russellvilles made
their twenty runs. After Lindsay
went into the box the Russellvilles
made only one run. Bettman caught
him beautifully and was generally
complimentcd for his fine playing.
Both teams got down to bushes after
the fifth inning and the spectators
were treated to some excellent play
ing. The LEAF CHRONICLE does
no: undertake to say that the umpires
furnished by the home team were in
tentionally partial, but the decisions
of one of them, especially, were
clearly wrong in several important
instances, Resulting disastrously tC
our boys. Capt. Lindsay finally re-
fused to proceed with the game until
another umpire was substituted. The
decisions of the latter gave better sat
islaction to the Gracey- Woodwards
The Gracey- Woodwards have ap
pointed August 8 as the date of the
second game of the series. They are
confident OF success, and believe that
with the experience they have had
of their opponents, they can lick
them.
NOTES.
The Russellvilles played the best
fielding game. Individually they
are sure catchers and accurate throw
ers.
Evans, of the Russellvilles, is the
best amateur first baseman liz Ken
lucky.
Farmer partially redeemed him
self by several beautiful plays in the
field. He has a lame arm, however
Jackson astonished everybody BY
his poor catching.
One poor fellow dropped $135 or
the G.-W's.
THE GAME THIS AFTERNOON.
There will be a game this after
noon, beginning at o'clock, between
the Guthrie club and the Queen
Citys. At this writing bets go beg.
ging at even money on Guthrie, nc
one being found to take them. The
visitors came to town wearing very
confident mein and evidently expect
a walkover. The following are the
positions of the two mines
QUEEN CIrYs, GUTHRIE.
| Jackson, catcher Williams,
| Pratt, pitcher Greenfield,
Rossington, shortstop Leak,
| stewart, lst base Levy,
| Lindsay, 2nd base McAllister,
| Williams 3rd base CLARK,