The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-05-02
A HOLLOW VICTORY.
Shenandoah Loses the First Game
~--s in the State League
A GOOD BATTLE WAS MADE
POTTSvILLE, THE VICTOR, Hail. I'LL
ADVANTAGE OF THE HOME
TEAM IN MANY RESPECTS.
The Latter Was Without Practice and
Ali the Players Were Strangers
to Each 0ther-Will Pl'".-
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Ball Yet,

The Jail Birds won hollow victory at
the Tfotting park yesterday afternoon
when they defeated the home team in the
first of the State League series by score
of 90 to 12. They snatched the victory
from band of men who were strangers
to each other both socially and pro-
fessionally, never having played, or even
practiced, together before. More than
that, the team only donned its suits for
the first time about an hour before the
game started and only three of the men
played on the grounds previous to yester
day On the other hand, Pottsville has
almost the same team that played to-
gether and won the pennant last season,
tney had three or four weeks practice,
they wore old uniforms in which their
limbs had full play, and all but two of
the men knew the grounds. With these
specifications take the fact that the
much lauded Carbondale club was de
feated yesterday by the Hazletons to the
tune of % to II, and then let our people
ask themselves need they weep. Taking
everything into consideration the home
team made very fair opening yesterday
and it will undoubtedly be heard from
very favorably before the season is many
weeks old. AT the same time it must be
admitted that two of the players proved
disappointments yesterday. Kennedy
and Sweitzer did not come up to near the
mark. The former wasn't able to hold
the ball and the Harrisburg man was
slow and stiff. His use of the stick was
also very yellow and he struck out at two
critical points, once when the bases were
full. In base ball suit Sweitzer look
somewhat like Ralston, the dwarf, in
1.-THE Dazzler." Sweitzer has an advan
tage in nature. There is not much dan
ger of serious injury to his person when
he falls, as the drop is a short one.
The Pottsviles batted like tiends at
times, and yet they only made two more
hits than Shenandoah but the batting by
the former team was timely.
Hughes retired McCoach and Little in
the first inning with strike outs. Kennedy
got as far as first by being hit by
pitched ball. Gill went out on a fly to
Smith. Davis opened the inning for
Pottsville and got to second on a passed.
ball. Smith got his base on balls and
Tighe brought the two first runs in with
strong two Dagger. An error by Sweltzer'
and one by Merriman, and Fox's home
run ran up the runs TO the half dozen
mark: The first run scored by Shenan
doah was forced in by Hughes in the
second inning, McGarvey, Clark, Merri'
man and Sewers getting their bases on
balls. While the first three were on bases
Sweitzer struck out. Merriman was
thrown out at the home plate by Fox to
Hughes and McCoach brought Clark and
Sewers home with two. bagger.
single by Hill and doubles by Smith,
Tighe and Ellis, g4rnished with errors by
Kennedy, Little and McGarvey added
five more runs to the POttsville score.
Little opened the third inning with
hit, Gill struck out and McGarvey
/ followed with home run, increasing the
Shenandoahs score to 5. Clark went out
on a throw by Hughes to Fuller and
Merriman struck out. Pottsville did not
remain long at the plate in this inning.
Davis got to first on balls, but was thrown
out at second by Kennedy, Smith was
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Tighe went out on fly % Gill
Kennedy was in hard luck in the fourth
inning. After Sweitzer had been thrown
out at first by Eustace and Sewers got
base on balls, Kennedy was hit by a
pitched ball and as he was msking for
second the ball hit by Little and the side
went off the diamond. The Pottsvllles
were retired in short order. Ellis went
out on a fly to Little, Fuller was thrown
out at first by Merriman, and Hill went
out at second on throw by Sweitzer after
getting to first by Sweitzer's error.
The three runs scored by the home team
in the fifth inning were made on a single
by McGarvey, base on balls given to
Clark and two.baggers by Merriman and
Sewers. The ray OF hope this work brought
to view was again cast into the shadow
by Fuller's single, Eustace's two Dagger,
a single by Tlghe and Ellis home run,
aided by base on balls, two stolen bases
and wild pitches.
In the sixth inning Kennedy, the frst
batter, went out on fly to Fuller, Little
made hit and went ont on throw by
Eustace to Tighe, Gill getting to first.
McGaryey then made a two -bagger, but
it was valueless, as Clark struck out.
Singles by Ens,aoe and Fuller and two
baggers by Stanhope and Tighe, with
base on balls and an error by Sweitzer
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