The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-04-16
Baseball Match,
FOSSIL. Oregon, April IL, 1892.

Editor TINES -MoUNrArNBEK:
Much interest centered in the aboye game,
which was played at Fossil ON Tuesday last,
April 9th, owing to the fact that Antelope
had, two weeks before, administered the
first drubbIng that the club had ever re-
ceiyed to the Fossil nine Prior to the FIRST
game the Fossil players had not practised
any, whilst Antelope who sent the challenge
had. On this occasion the Fossil players
felt confident of reversing the order of
things and Antelope felt equally confident
OF scoring another win, and thus gaining
the championship by putting of two of the
three games arranged for. Both sides were
strongly backed by their favorites, and as
near as can be ascertained $1,000 was up on
the game. 1t may interest some to know
that Fossil has played ten match games
since the club was organized and won nine
of them. Teams: Fossil-WIllIe Hoover,
pitcher; Geo. Rose, catcher; Jas. Stewart,
short stop; H. Stokes, lst base; F. Royal,
ID base; Z. D. Barnard, Sd base; Mike
Dukek, r. field; DIR. Goddard, C. field; Ed.
Llpley, ]. field. Antelope-Grant Mays,
pitcher; D. Dawson, catcher; w. Silver
tooth, S. g.; B Rogers, 1st b; W. Gleason,
I'd b.; Johnny Malone, Sd b.; N. Burgess
r. f.; F. Wallace, C. f.; CLANCY Clark, ]. +.
Rain had fallen every day for two weeks
and all forenoon of the day on which the
game was played, but made no Impression
on the hard. packed sandy ground, which
had been leveled and rolled. and was In the
pink of condition. The evening before the
game Pitcher Parker, the Fossil captain,
was taken down with la grippe and the Fos-
sill boys tried to postpone the game for
day, giving the rain as their reason, but
really hoping that their captain would then
be sufficiently recovered to enable him to
play. However, Antelope forced them out.
and the game commenced at P. M, the
rain having nearly stopped by that time.
Grant Mays started the game by striking
three Fossil players, who were probably a
through the catcher's errors, succeeded in
reaching first aud thence home. Fossil
went out on the first inning with three tai.
| lies to their credit. Antelope went In and
were whitewashed, and it was plainly seen
ere the second inning began that the strang-
| ers were not in it, those having put up
money on them commencing to tremble.
The game was but repetition OF the first
innings, the home nine having a complete
\ walk over. The Fossil boys knocked Pitcher
| Mays all over the field, and compiled d
score of ~ for eight innings. The Antelope
players knocked Pitcher Hoover's balls
muchly, but he was throwing for flies, and
got them, too; it was, indeed, a treat to see
the boys gathering them in. A magnificent
fly knocked by Grant Mays was beautifully
taken by Ed. Tipley after a run of thirty
yards, for which Ed. received quite an ova-
tion. Ed. also acquitted himself well at
the bat, scoring nine tallies, the highest
en- for nine innings, in three of which they
were whitewashed. They left the ground a
pretty badly beaten lot of players, but they
say they are still in the ring, and are re.
solved to make much better showing in
the third game. which will come off about
the middle of May, on neutral ground, at
Senator Hilton's ranch, about midway be.
tween Fossil and Antelope.
The FOSSIL club is undoubtedly the better
| team, and unless Antelope rustles around
and secures number of good players from
outside sources to supplant several of their
present nine, the third game will be very
similar to that played on last Tuesday. Un.
doubtedly we have smart set of players in
Fossil, and are not little proud of them,
and the boys know it; physically they are
probably as good as any nine in Oregon. av-
eraging, as they do, lS0 pounds. With
one or two exceptions, the nine is the same
that beat Baker City aud La Grande at The
DaIles last year, and by hard practice has
much improved since then. A. B. Lamb,
of FOSSIL, umpired the game to the satisfac-
tion of all. MERCHANT.