The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-16
BASEBALL! f!
MddIeburgh was the Stage for Two
Brilliant Games on Saturday.

MiddIeburgh was the Stage for Two
Brilliant Games on Saturday.
MGDDLEBURGH DOWNS TRoXELvnLE II |
TO AND sELrSsaRovE TIES NEw
DEkLtS.
Saturday the people of our town
awoke from their lethargy and were
inspired to a thrill of enthusiasm by
the presence in our midst of three
foreign baseball teams and host
of other sports. heannouncement
made in the Posr last week that
there would be two games here at
tracted universal attention, and the
town and the old fair grounds pre-
sented a scene Of activity and en-
thusiasm during the entire day. At
$50 a. IN. the game between Middle
burgh and Troxelville began. w. H.
Walker OF New Berlin was selected
for the umpire. The sweaters of
Troxelville, went to the bats first.
The score OF innings was rs follows
Middleburg. 2021 30i 0 x-l2
Troxelville, 10000 0010 / 2
Only eight and one-half innings
were played as the home team did
not take their bats the last time.
The Troxelvilleites could not hit
Rohback's curved balls and at the
end of the 3rd inning the visitors
found fault with the umpire, catcher
and pitcher Tho hor,a team agreed
totake any. man for umpire except
a man from. Troxelville. Mr. Leb-
kicher Of New Berlin was selected
as q second umpire and all disputed
points were settled satisfactorily.
The game.was finished at Has with
a score Of mfio 2 In favor Of the
Ihome team.
J, ruk AZ Hr-NooN GAME.
ii Promptlys..sN,H O'Clock the game
b6S'See@ ss,snasSissssssedts inasSisss t,i ,oi Se,New, Ber.
/ lin was called. 80
The Selins grove team was
g strengthened by the Ritter brothers
p Of Liverpool. The New Berlin team
offered no protest to allowing tn,
Ritters to play as catcher aud Is
baseman respectively. The New
:. Berlin men have been playing base
ball long enough to know that the,
, must expect to meet such comblna
= tions. The spectators saw that TIN
teams were now evenly mated an,
the anticipations for warm an
. closely contested game We're not II
the least frustrated. Ritter, tn
=. catcher, is one of the best and mos
= popular players in the state outsld
=, of the State League and PhlladeI
:, phia Clubs. Mr.. Ritter on Saturda
II stood second in the Press yotin
contest rs the most popular amateu
;, player in the state, and for seyera
days he stood first. His friends hay
over 1000 votes lying back yet an,
70 those cast already aggregate nearl
l. 1900. During the game Ritter
u catching was most interesting fea
Is ture. Bolig's pitching for Selins
70 grove was by no means to be des
l. pissed. However the long contiu
e. uance of the game tired him som,
d what. The team from Snyder
10 metropolis is composed of player
20 small in stature, but enthusiast
$. workers for the goal. New Berlin
Il manliness in facing this team de
IN serves more than n passing notice
H. They are all steady, plucky player
" and put up n strong game. Walker
" pitching all through the game full
et proved that he was equal to til
v emergency. The team is compose
H. entirely of gentlemen who know til
t. value of fair and honorable dealin
ic and Mt no time did they allow the
70 love for winning to run away wit
lg their better Judgment. The scol
ne OF innings is as follows:
is Selinsgrove, 90 l 0 | 5000 "
n New Berlin, 0 2OOO02 00x-
IL The score indicates full well no
or carefully the game was played. I'll
III eleventh inning had already begul
is Three of the Selinsgrove men wei
er on bases. The third strike was ca
a ed on the batter who started II
Is 1st base. The catcher failed to no
m, the ball, but picked it up, steppC
ne ON bone plate and threw it to Il
,c- lst baseman before the runner a
re rived. A dispute arose as to whet