The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-20
ABALL GAME OF BLUNDERS.
The Guards Defeat the Cadets by a
Score Of Is to 9.


Guards Like Professionals Along
side Their Opponents-The Cadets
Errors at Critical Junctures Re-
sponsible for the One-sidedness of
the Contest-Three Cadet Pitchers
Knocked Out of the Box - Ryals
Makes the Largest Hit of the Season.
The Guards and Cadets played ball yes
terday afternoon before 800 people, half
of whom were ladies. 1t was the most
one-sided game seen in Savannah in a
long time While it did not merit much
applause from the spectators, it brought
forth at many stages hilarious laugh
ter. The Guards had walkover and
played around the ball representatives of
Savannah's crack drill corps as if they
were lot of children. When the Guards
quit on their half Of the eighth inning
they had % runs to their credit while the
Cadets had only 8, four of which they
secured in the last two innings.
The features of the game were thu snap
and spirit of the battalion boys, the ridicu-
lous blundCrs of the Cadets at critical
points, the pitching of Kriete, who
apparently tried to put the ball behind
the batsman instead of over the plate.
the terrible pounding out of the box that
t'etzer received, the fancy, but very wild
pitching of German, the general muffing
of flies by the Cadets, the splendid work
of Stults at third for the Guards, the bat
terry work of Lamar and Drane, Coney's
catching for the Cadets and the three
Dagger hit of Ryals, which was the long
est made on SaVannah's diamond this
year, the ball striking squarely against
center field fence. In fact, the entire
game was one of fcatures-good, bad and
ridiculous.
CADETS THE FAvORITES FIRST.
The majority of the audience seemed to
favor the Cadets at the start, and
when they went in and pounded
out four runs in the first
inning the applause was long and deafen-
ing, and among the male spectators plenty
of bets were made. The Guards scored
goose egg in their half, and the Cadets
and their friends thought they had snap.
In the second the Cadets scored one, and
then the Guards got their blood up and
started a grand promenade, which made
their opponents and their hackers very
tired
Stults got his base on balls and made a
daring steal to second. Coney threw to
Oppenheimer, who muffed it and Stults
went to third Lamar hit to Mallory. He
fumbled 1t and tried to turn a sonersault
in picking up the ball, while Stults scored.
Ryals followed with a two-bagger, a wild
throw followed. Almost everybody who
came to the bat hit the leather, and at the
end of the inning the Guards had scored
six runs
The Cadets then took Kriete out and
put F'etzer in the box for three innings.
When the Guards finished him they had
piled up twelve more runs. German, the
fancy pitcher, was next tried, and his
three innings Melted the battalion club
seven innings.
RIVALS LONG HIT.
In the fourth inning Ryals put the ball
against the center field fence while the
bases were full, and in the fifth Suits
made three phenomenal pickups, retiring
the Cadets himself. His work in this
inning was brilliant and the BOYS dubbed
him "McGarr." After having two men
out in the fifth the Guards scored eight
runs.
From the second to the seventh inning
the Cadets were retired in rapid STYLE
without aCrun. The only time they
shown any real ball playing was in the
Guards half of the seventh, when they
gave the battalion club one, two, three
shut out.
COney played the best ball for the Ca
diets and made several brilliant stops.
His throwing to second was another
worthy feature, II all the other members
had played ball like him the tale might
have been different but the in and out
fielders did not seem to know what
to do with the ball when they
picked it up, and the Guards,
in more than one instance,
scored while the Cadets were figuring
where to throw the ball. Gaudry. at
short, made a record for himself by
throwing the ball to the wrong point
every time he got hold Of it. Several
times almost the entire Cadets nine with
the exception of the battery, abandoned
their posts to go after the ball, while the
Guards walked around the diamond.
PROFESSIONAL PLAYING BY THE GUARDS.
The Guards played like professionals
alongside their opponents, and the pitch
ing of Lamar was far superior to consid-
cradle professional work seen here since
the season opened. Hartridge covered
first like Klusman and the Guards out
field was particularly strong, catching
every ball that went in that direction.
Mr.. j. B. West umpired the game in
splendid style and only had few kicks.
The bleachers nicknamed him Petty.
The score tells the balance of the story.
Here it is: