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

MddIeburgh was the Stage for Two
Brilliant Games on Saturday.
MGDDLEBURGH DOWNS TRoXELviLLE II |
TO AND sELfSsGnovE TIES NEW
DEtLIN.
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Saturday the people of our town
awoke from their lethargy and were
inspired to thrill of enthusiasm by
the presence in our midst of three
foreign baseball teams and host
of other sports. heanuouncoment
made in the PosT 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 Troxelvlle began. w. II.
Walker OF New Berlin was selected
for the umpire. The sweaters of
Troxelville, went to the bats first.
The score of innings was as follows
Middleburg, 202 304 0 x-l2
Troxelville, 5000 00010l- / =
Only eight and one-half innings
were played rs the home team did
not take their bats the last time.
The Troxeivilloites 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 home team agreed
to'take any man for umpire except
a man from. Troxelville. Mr. Leb-
kicher Of New Berlin was selected
as . second umpire and all disputed
points we've settled satisfactorily.
The game was flushed at ll:45 with
a scoFe Of lpto 2 In favor of the
home team.
4 rIfk srHr-NooS GAME.
Il Promptly -sl,H o'clock the game
bsS~ee.s ssssinns;sissssss 49, ii ioi 8e,New, Ber.
l III nho NahtAs
The Selins grove team was
0 strengthened by the Ritter brothers
. of Liverpool. The New Berlin team
offered no protest to allowing tn,
Ritters to play as catcher aud Isl
baseman respectively. The New
;. Berlin men have been playing base
ball long enough to know that they
, must expect TO meet such combina
= tions. The spectators saw that the
teams were now evenly mated an,
the anticipations for warm anC
. closely contested game We're not IL
the least frustrated. Ritter, tn,
. catcher, is one of the best and mos
. popular players III the state outsid
= of the State League and Philadel
: phia Clubs. Mr.. Ritter on Saturda.
II stood second in the Press votin;
contest rs the most popular ramateu
;, player in the state, and for severa
days he stood first His friends huv'
over 1000 votes lying back yet an,
g those cast already aggregate nearl.
: 14,000. During the game Ritter
u catching was most interesting fea
IS ture. Bolig's pitching for Selins
q grove was by no means to be DIES
l. pissed. However the long contin
g. uance of the game tired him some
d what. The team from Snyder
o metropolis is composed of player
'e small in stature, but enthusiast
s. workers for the goal. New Berlin
l. manliness in facing this team de
II serves more than n passing notice
l. They are all steady, plucky player
v and put up a strong game. Walker
y pitching all through the game full
81 proved that he was equal to tn
v emergency. The team is compose
l. entirely of gentlemen who know tn
b value of fair and honorable dealin
ic and at no time did they allow thei
q love for winning to run away wit
g their better judgment. The scor
le of innings is as follows
is Selinsgrove, 2 0 0 0 l 5000 Y
A. New Berlin, 0 2 10000 00x-
L. The score indicates full well hoy
Or carefully the game was played. Til
ii eleventh inning had already begun
is Three of the Selinsgrove men wer
er ON bases. The third strike was cal
n ed ON the batter who started fc
Is lst base. The catcher failed to hol
N, the ball, but picked it up, steppe
ae on bone plate and threw it to I'll
&C. 1st baseman before the runner a
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