Evening journal., 1896-05-01
OOK TWOOUTOF THREE
Wilmington Wins a Hard
ought Game From Paterson.
EAvY BATTING BY BOTH TEAMS

l hhree hitfs Ihree fut-outs and Three
Assists-Errors Numerous on Both
T Sides.
# Wilmington gave Paterson lead OF
81 20 runs in their half OF the 6rst Inning
ID then by hard batting retrieved them
Ives and won out BY a GORE Of II to
making two out Of the three gamss
was fully demonstrated and to tbe
8 Itisfection OF even a Wilmington crowd
e lat the local team can beat the Jersey
en-. Those first five runs of the visit
6 were not due to any display OF
Is xtraordiaRry playing on their part, but
s. lther to a succession OF errors on the
& lrt OF SprAtt and Drew aud the inability
# Mr. nurrett to do. anything in the
IS sy of pitching
81 II is well to mention Just hers that
2 lis was Mr.. Durrett's first appearances
professional game for Wilmington
& I'd It is not going too far to prophecy
rat 1t will be about she LAST. IL Is said
/. bat release would be very acceptable
Y him ss he has had another offer that
would rather accept Doubtless Mr.
ong will be only too pleased to permit
& i'm to depart. unwept and unsung. Hls
Ank playing yesterday may have bseb
4 II That purpose
81 1e pitched for but two innings He struck
# ut one man, Wagner Two singles and
| two base hit were made off him and
q man got base on balls. Besides
# NO long drives to center ana right.
& hich should have been stopped, wtr,
isds of him and each matted run
IL wss 9 see-saw game, but though
NJ ra frly Il l.
RELY. the interest of the spectators
lever higged and every man redeemed
lmself
Wilmington went out in the first Ike
# hock of geese. one after the other
s&Nhen Patterson came in Torreysoi
s sught tbs seeord ball pitched on fh
nd of his bat aud drove it ont to deep
Bft Spratt hsd long chase for 1t
topped 1t on the run, but dropped !,
stors be could recover. ToIreysoi
nsde quick circuit 70 third
Killsckey followed him TO the plat,
nd did exactly as Torfeyson had done
4 Fith the exception that hs selscte1 of
centre Tor the base of operation. Drer
#hustled after the bsll but resched for
90 late, dropping 1t. KillacksY ais
made third
*. n vel nNAonk Wlu0 WAS uloWANK hul
his worked strongly against the isldsrs
bey being unable TO exercise any precise
alignment ss to where the sphere would
@ all.
Taylor went out at first, his sharp
lrivs between first and second being
beatty stopped by Mcintyre
Armor struck out, and It began TO look
ss If one run would bs all for the inning
|vh hea Fitch came to the bat he made =
ong hit. got 6rst and KillRcky scored
Fitch advanced him to the third by a
yrounder with flowing whiskers Hsid
8 rick went to hrst ol balls. filing the
Zbsses. Then Elton made q two base hit
md made the score five to nothing
The silence Of the Mammoth cave was
b roaring Niagara to the hush which fell
over the 1000 people who shiversd on the
bleschers and in the stand Every crauf
felt that Wilmington was beaten. Ths
local men, in the opinion OF the fans, >
could never ovsrcomethat lead. Butthey
did. Confdsntially. they had hard work
doing 1t. However, that matters little,
1t was done
In the sfcond neither side sc,red. In
the third Packard who batted FIRST went
out at FIRST on grounder to rorreyson.
Wslch did the same on short hit tc
Smith. Things looked bad. When
Gallagher stepped to the plate some OF
the cranks revived enough enthusissm tc
s plead with him TO hit It
He did-for two bases Bsrryhll did
the ssne, bringing Gallagher home
Then the fans were rssuscitated
Bnt they were to have mrre exei;er en-.
Drew went to first on Wagnsr's error aud
Berry hill reached second Then Neaell
with as much ease as though hs were
praoiiclng at a school by gsma to see
now far he could bit it, planted the ball
directly bstween left and center for three
bases. BsrrYhill ard Drew scored
Then the excitement really begsn and
continued throughoutghe game. Ne~sll
Ieycbed home on : passed ball, while
Mcintyre went out at first
Paterson came In and through Smiths
reaching first on McIntyre's tumble, hits
by Ki.laokey and Taylor, q base on balls
TO Wagner and hits by Amor aud Fitch
mRds four runs, making the score 0
TO A.
Wilmington did nat score In the fourth
but made three ruusA In the fifth by the
heavy batting of Gallagher, Drew and
Mcintyre and base on balls to Newell
Paterson did not scora and neither side
soored In the Sixth
l. the seventh VII. ington made three
RUS and Paterson ore and thus tied the
score. This was hsw II was done Berry
bill went to first on balls Drew was bit
By pitched ball and advanced Barry
10 second Newell drove out lons NO
base hit Berryhill scored aud Drew aud
Newell eeored on MontEomery's s hi.
Ia Patsrsou's half ToIrey son knocked
The ball over right feld fence and va K ed
sIouud the diamond.
Neither eide scored 10 the eighth This
wss due IN a great measure O. o MIR. Navel,
who deemed it bis dnty 70 refate tne in
putsiion that hs was tired Hs did 1t
msgniacentlY. .tsklog two blgh eisa
after long runs in the iLfsld
In the ninth. when two men were ont.
Newell sgsin bit safe and was brought
home By Mcintyre. scoring the deciding
run
Paterson was retired on Just seven
bAlls Smith struck ont. Torreyson
bstted out a long fV which MONTGOMERY
neatly caught, and Kiiackey went out at
frat with The assistance of Gallagher
Il was moot interesting game, marked
by heavy batting on beth sides. There
were errors, but il anything they but