Evening journal., 1896-05-06

BE a Big Attendance Miscellaneous
Notes of Interest.
A good title for this verscIous chronicle
would bs "A Tale Of Two Pitchers 1t
might then be sub headed; How Hart
ford defeated Wilmington.
As In most tales IL is the sub head that |
contains direct reference to the subject |
matter. In this particular instance 1t
would refer to the game OF baseball at
Lssgue Park yesterday between Hart |
ford and Wilmington baseball clubs |
Hartford defeated Wilmington by q
score of 13 to
And now 10 the main title The
pitchers referred to are one William
Nops, and certain Mr.. Osborne, the
the former representing the Wilmington
and the latter the Hartford clubs
These we're the pivotal points In
yesterdays contest, and as the score
shows. Mr.. Osborne is better pitcher
than Mr.. Nops by just seven runs.
But In matters OF this kind scores are
deceptive and unworthy Of crsdence. As
a matter Of fact Mr.. Osborne is Just as
good as three Mr. Nops all In the box at
once. There is a certain tale In Virginia
In political records derived from a much
older reference to Cesar of the mantle
OF political ability and statesmanship,
descending from al elder brother to
younger But the EVENING JOURNAL Is
not cognizsnt Of any tale or history In
which the mantle" Of anything ever de
scended from n younger brother to an
older
Ergo: While Jerry Nops can pitch ball
there is no palpAble ground for believing
that the mantle of bis fame has de
fcended on his brother William.
That tells the whole story--no, only
half OF IL. Mr.. Osborne didn't do a
thlng-but as Mr.. Kipling would say
that Is another story.
The Hartford club evidently decided at
the very outset that II had an easy mark.
Wilmington, on the other hand, found
out to It's sorrow that Osborne was good
thing for Hartford.
Hartford had thirteen hits off Nops.
and for every hit II scored q run. VIII
mington could get but six hits of Os-
borne, aud Newell got Eve Of those. In
cludinR home Iun, three base hit and
two bagger
1t would not be well for anyone not
protected by Harveyizs1 steel armor
plates TO say after this that Newell can't
play ball Had 1t not been for him yes
terday Wilmington ball lovers would
how It happened that the score was l3 to
0. For that Is what II would have been
had it not been for Johns timely and
tremendous batting Bat II Is we'll to
resume the thread Of this Ger true tale Of
dismal defeat
Wilmington came first TO bat and went
out /, 2 10 Hartford's 6rst. six runs
we're scored. IL WAS In this wise, Mack.
who came feat TO bat drove out q long
single. Petit got a base on balls aud
GunshGnnon went TO first on Nop's or
ror. Boule m ade hit and Mack &c )red,
Petit b sing thrown out at third. SehGrf
followed Houle's lead aud Gunshsnnon
second. Lshane knocked a stiff two
bagger and Houle aud scbArf scored
Bottsnus singled and advanced Lshane
TO third. Nets drove out sharp
grounder to Gallagher and was thrown
out at first Osborne hit and Lshane
scored Mack retired the side by foul
hit which Wise chased down, leaving Os
borne on second
In the second, Wilmington WAS retired
again with blank, leaving Mr.. MoIutyrs
on second, he having got base on balls.
Hartford made one run In the second,
Pettit being given base on balls and
being brought homo on three base hit
by Houle.
In the third Il took Just ten pitched
balls 10 retire Wilmington. Wise aud
Nops struck out and Gallagher went out
at hrst on ny ball to LshRne
Mack came up TO the plate again and
drove out the ball for another hit Il
looked as II the visitors had not yet lost
their batting streak. but clean fielding
retired the side with only one tally.
Wilmington scored one In the sixth In
the seventh with two men on bases, two
out and the enthusiasm Of the fans At
zero, Newell with three balls and two
strikes punched the ball full over left
field fence, and scored three runs
In the ninth. SprAtt and Gallagher
both Of whom got bases on balls, scored
making Wilmiugton's total seven.
Meanwhile through hard hitting and
sprinkling OF bases on balls just at the
wrong time, Hartford succeeded In push
ing It's total up to thirteen
Nops gave four bases on balls aud hit
two men with pitched balls Osborne
gave nine bases on bslls. In the
fourth inning while Newell was batting.
the bat slipped from his hands and struck
Umpire Jones heavy blow In the chest
Jones made some decisions to which
very great exceptions. were taken by
both sides. Is was unfortunate for
Wilmington that 1t happened to bs the
home club By the way, it would be
well for umpIres In this league to sit
down Immediately on kicks from the
players bench.
1t was not good day for AttendRncs
yesterday. Nevertheless about 400 fans
gathered to sse the game. However
much they were disappointed by seeing
the home club defeated they went away
satisfied, for, as one said, 'Newslps
playing alone was worth the admis-
sion "
The score following will. perhaps. give