Middletown transcript., 1894-07-28
BASE BALL

BASE BALL =
n Clayton plays Camden at the latter
grounds this afternoon.
The Smyrna base ball club went to Dove
: on Tuesday and was defeated by the scor
of to1
At the base ball match between thu
bankers and 1awers of Wilmington the sum
of s19963 was taken at the gates.
The Dover base ball team was defeated
by the Sudlersville boys on Thursday, at
Sutllersville, Md. by the score of Is g.
The Smyrna club was defeated by the
Camden club Thursday afternoon on the
grounds of the latter Score was to in
| favor of Camden.
The Dover club went to Milford on We'd
nesday and defeated the Milford team, the
| score being IA to 8. Ten runs were made
| in one inning by the Dover boys.
The game scheduled to be played at
Dover last Saturday, between the Brown
sons, of Wilmington. and the Dover club
was postponed on account of the rain.
The game between the C. A. Cs, of New
Castle, and Smyrna club, which was to
have been played at Smyrna last Saturday,
was postponed on account of the rain.
Townsend beat the Port Penn Club at
Augustine Pier. Thursday, by score of
Is to 7. The feature of the game was the
pitching of S'radley. He struck out II
men and Port Penn did not get run till
the sixth inning.
The first and second mines played a very
interesting game of ball OH the grounds at
Crawford and Catharine streets Saturday |
afternoon in which the former won by q |
score of 10 to s. Ingram and Wallace Hol- |
ten were the battery for the first nine and |
CHM and William Holten for the second.
Following is the score by innings:
First Nine, 0 0 2 8 DO
Second Nine, 0 l 0 2 2 O-9i
Umpire, J. Warren.
Townsend defeated Cecilton at the latter
place, Tuesday, by score of II to A.
Naylor started in to pitch for Townsend,
but was poorly supported and retired in the
field in favor of stradley, who held Cecil
ton down to 1 hit in five innings. The
of the grounds accounted for the
number of errors made.
R.H.
Cecilton. ..24 2 2OO1O-I4 9I
Townsend. Il l 80 23 ky 8 9I
characterization. Beasten, Pearse and
Briscoe; Townsend, Naylor, Stradey, Wells
and Lattomus; Base on Balls-Naylor 2,
'tradley 3. Beastan l; Struck out-Naylor
7, Stradley 9, Beasten II. Umpires-Wilson
md Atweli.
The game of ball, so much talked of for
he past two weeks, between the single men .
md the benedicts of our town will come off
lext Monday, and lovers of the National ,
anne will doubtless have the opportunity
# their life to see the most brilliant work
N the diamond ever witnessed in Middle
own. 1t is plain to be seen the champions,
the single men, who have held the cham +
i"nship for the past three years. have
heir opponents worked up. as they went :
o one of our neighboring towns to secure
ONE of their players. Manager Browne is !
osing no ground, and will have his men q
n the field this evening for practice, and .
ill then see what kind of material he has
} fill the different positions. Manager RI. o
'audain, of the benedicts, is sure of victory h
nd thinks his club will win with ease, as a.
ley are most of the old Mutual club that ,
layed with such success nine years ago. 4,
hen McMahn, the now famous pitcher of
lie Baltimore club, and John Thompson,
atcher for the Rockford club, of Whining
IN. were their battery. The single men
ill have their club made up in the fol-
wing order: 81