The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-07

appointed. EOttSVlue
was looked upon as almost sure winner by
large majority of hepeople on the grounds
but before the Shenandoah people started for
the train they were forced to the conclusion
that the county seat players had attempted a
sharp game. They played as bad ball as any
they have shown this season, and no doubt it
was done to bring out some bets in favor of
Shenandoah on the game that is to be played
here tomorrow.
The Mahanoy City club won by score of
10 to and with ''Kid" Williams and Brown
as the battery. Day, the negro from Reading,
pitched until Eagan and Moore got their
bases in the second inning and then he called
out to Manager Webber that he could pitch
no more. He had complained of his arm
| before and during the game. "Kid" Will
Jams was sent into the box after setley and
Reese, of Centralia, had been urged to go in
and declined. Setley says he was offered
S1.50 to pitch.
Fox, Pottsville's pitcher, was a great dis
appointment and after the fourth inning he
retired and "Buck" McGettigan exchanged
places with him. "Buck" filled the bill very
satisfactorily and surprised many of his
acquaintances.
During the game spectators remarked that
there was something peculiar about it and yet
they could not tell just what it was. Two
good pitchers had 2broken down and two
supposed novices took their places, the hits
and errors were about evenly divided, and
yet Pottsville was away to the rear in the
scoring Up to the fourth inning the score
stood 40 in favor of Mahanoy.
In the second inning the Mahanoy City
team scored five and added eight more in the
third. After that the visitors appeared to
realize that they were doomed to ignominous
defeat until they put ON their war paint and
they succeeded in holding the Mahanoys
! down to two runs for the balance of the game.
| The best opportunity Pottsville had in the
game was during theseventh inning, when it
! succeeded in getting three men on bases
twice, but the chance slipped through their
hands and they only scored one run. Snyder
started out with hit and Hill brought him
home with threebagger. Martin got his
base on an error, and Moore took his base on
| balls, making three on bases. A good hit
was needed, but Hill was then forced
to run from third by Salmon's light hit and
was thrown out at the home plate. Martin
advanced to third and Moore to second.
Again good hit was required but McGetti-
gan was unequal to the occasion and was
thrown out by Richards, the short stop, at
first. This retired the side and Pottsville's
chances for pulling up to the score of their
adversaTies was looked upon as lost.
In the eighth inning both sides were
retired without scoring and then Pottsville
threw up the game by refusing to play the
ninth inning and retiring from the field.
The game by innings was as follows;
Potisvllie ......,...... .,..,,,. 0 ~
The Pottsville scoring Of the game, as
shown by to-day's Journal is wide of the
mark, as usual. The report Of the game from
the POttsville point of view is, "Pottsville
got the most hits. We outbatted them, but
their fielding work was superb and herein
they exeelled u.s."
This is incorrect both ways. Mahanoy had
IL hits and Pottsville u, and each side had a
home run, three bagger and two bagger
so it is hard TO see where the county seat club
outbatted their opponents. Had they done
some hitting in the seventh inning when the
bases were filed twice there would have been
some ground for the claim.
ThesTesult of the game is looked upon
here as trap for enthusiastic Shenandoah
base ball people, but it is not likely they will
fall into it, The Pottsvilles had Cauanaugh
and at least two others on the bench at
MahanoysCity yesterday afternoon and had
they been deeirous of putting up the game
they intend TO play here tomorrow they |
could have gone in after the third inning
with Cayanaugh and another and made the
tale different one. But the Pottsvilles
were not worrying about losing to Mahanoy |
City. They wanted to raise the enthusiasm
of the Shenandoah delegation and bring out
some odds onlbets.
When it comes to sizing uR lame horse
the coal diggeIs' viii take the dust from
the 'aristorats" at no time. The Shenan-
doahs will be prepared to see Pottsvile put
u one Of its best games Of the season and