Evening journal., 1896-08-06
Basebau Notes.

baseball Notes.
George Prentiss, the Wilmington
smateur pitcher, left this morning for
Cape May, having signed to pitch for
the club OF that place for tbs balance of
the season
It Is probable that Jerry Nops and
Spratt will be In the game to morrow.
Every team that plays ia Newark leaves
the town In disgust. IL is almost i'm
possible to win there They threHten to
kill the umpire ana do any and every.
thing TO get their games
The three games with the Athletics
are the last here until August II. The
locals go to Lancaster Monday and to
Hartford the last of the week
The local team has been In very bad
shape the past three or four days with
out sprstt ard Nops and with three or
four other men In very bad condition.
The Athletics are expected to draw big
crowds to morrow and Saturday.
Newell did not have a fielding chancs
yesterday and Gray In right q sld had but
one.
Baltimore is now In first place and Ia
likely to hold It for the rest of the
season.
TON" Burns Is a pitcher, along with
his other baseball accomplishments
Mcintyre got In the game yesterday
having three runs, three hits, two put
outs aud two assists to his credit,
The Wllmingtons are learning 20 SAC
rlhce. Newell, Etnsella and Gray did II
nicely yesterday
Amole pitched great game yesterday
Each side had four errors OF which
Amole made two for Wilmington and
DAILY made two for Newark
The Fort Worth Tex club has sold
i NJ McAlester aud ID ID Gear, two of
the best players In the Texas League, to
Olevelsnd for $1,000.
Captain Nash, Of Philadelphia, has his
eye on johnson, the second bsseman OF
the Augusta Club, Of the New England
League, one of the fastest minor league
players Ia the country.
Hoagland will umpire the three
Wilmington Athletic games.
Women will be admitted free
every day except Saturday.
Jerry Nops may be able to pitch one of
the games against the Athletics
It Is rumored that John II. Brush has
bought the Cleveland Club and will re
move 1t TO Indianapolis
As bluff TO counteract the effsot of
selling Joyce. Washington offered So 600
to Manager Hanlon for Third BAseman
MoGraw. OF course Hanlon refused It.
he told the Washington manager TO
make 1t 500, 900 and he would refuse it
Just the same.
The Buffalo Eastern League Club yes
terday defeated the Providence Club By
a home run In the ninth inning Good
enough made the homer with three men
on bases
Joe Ksppsl was yesterday made mau.
ager OF the Brldgeton (N J) team aud
the club will hereafter be run on a CO.
operative basis
Is 1t a significant fact or simply a coin
cldence, that the National League Clubs
which have made the feWest changes are
now leading the race for the pennant 7
The Mascot club, OF Wilmington, was
deteated by the Chester Times clnb at
Chester on Tuesday.
Pitcher Fert5ch, who played In Will
mington this season with the Montaom-
cry A A. against Rockford. but who for
last few days has been playing In SAuls
bury, Md, will return to West Chester
and play with the Brandy wine club.
For many days the baseball fans OF ths
whole Atlantic coast have been securing 2
the baseball colums of the newspapers { o
ascertain what had been come Of the
only psrIpstetlc pitcher, this great
Wandering WILLIE Setley. At last is
toelr anxious gaze rewarded. He Is on
visit (D to Coatesvills and pitched
against the Mohicans OF Kennett Square
yesterday
President Samuel Crane, OF the Allan
tic Baseball League, ha, notified Manager
Bsrnie, OF the Hertfords, that his con
tract With Pitcher Fry, formerly OF the
New Havens. will hold This apparently
settles the question OF Fry playing With
tho Newarks. who claim him.
Tom" Flanagan. OF WILMINGTON, IL
said to b, pitching for the Mohican Club
OF Kenneth Square,
SIX hits were made of Sstley, who
pitched for Coatesville against the Mohi
cans yesterday. CoAtesville won by a
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