The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-21
NEW CASTLE NEWS.
Correspondence OF the REPUBLICAN,
NEW CASTLE, August 81, 1898

Pitcher Leach, formerly of the C. A. c
base ball club of this city and who re-
Gently made such an excellent record with
| the Salem, n. j., team, Is at present with
| the Pawtucket, r. l., club. The local
paper in speaking of Leachs debut into
that league says of the BrOckton team:
'Their calculations, however, f1zled out
like paper overcoat In ranstoim az tie
; game passed into history inning fy inning
and they found it about as d.h!cL!t 10
negotiate the new twirlpr's curves ns to
pass Confederate bank notes at n national
institution for good money. Nobody had
moro respect for the prowess of the young
twirlcr after hostilities were at an end
thnn the sluggers from BrOckton, Groups
OF Brockton players could be seen holding
conferences as the game progressed and
the subject of discussion was how to solve
the puzzles propOunded by the young man
who was making his debut IL the league.
IL was time wasted, for at the end OF the
game the base hit column showed that the
BrocktonS had made but five hits during
their innings of swiping.
They managed TO squeeze three runs
over the rubber, but not II single one was
earned. As a matter of fact, the visitors
should have got but three hits, as Mac.
kenzie was fairly struck out i'll the fifth
when he made his double and the same
could justly be said of Sullivan when no
got in a single in tho eighth.
The young man that accomplished all
these things was Mr.. Leach, late of the
Salem, N. j., team.
All tho while he was doing this work Of
devns.at MIR. Leach wore pleasant
smile but his guests could not see the
poirt of his jokes The newcomer had all
kinds of speed and curves of the wbp!ash
variety. He served up choice assortment
to his opponents, and it is safe to say that
Manager Burnham's men did more guess
ing during yesterday afternoon than they
have performed in siInilar period in
many months. Pitcher E,ach has seven
strike-outs to his credit and up to the
eighth inning had been found safely but
the efforts Of the Brucktonians to upset
his calculations cut no more figure than
the City Councils protest to the Consoli-
dated Railroad.
There was lively row between two
west end youths last evening during which
one cut tho other with a penknife.
Two hack loads of the delegates who
We're attending the c. Il. U. Conven.
tion in Wilmington, yesterday afternoon
visited the Jail and inspected the post and
piilory.
1t would be good thing if some of the
muddy rotten hydrant water was sprlnkled
over the weeds to see If that would kill
them.
About $50 guests from Philadelphia this
city Wilmington and other places at.
tended the wedding of james L. Ryan and l
Miss Lydia r. Harney The ceremony was
performed at their future home, Tenth |
and Clayton, by Rev h. l.. Brady Miss
Mary Ryan, sister of the groom, was |
bridesmaid, and Michael Jordan was best |
man. The bride wore neat fitting dress |
Of white silk, while that of the bridesmaid |
was white Lansdowne, and both carried |
Marechal roses.
A little son of Theodore Hatton had ono
eye badly cut yesterday by piece OF
broken glass.
Ihe children enjoyed the harvest home
yesterday at McFarlins woods
There was lively game of base ball
between Newport club and a club from
this city One of the drivers of the teams
however, went to Newport and the water
of that town swelled his head so large
that when he returned to the grounds he
had tho rim of his hat around his neck,
and bottle full of the good clear water
sold in Newport
There is no truth in the statement made
in an afternoon paper that the Republi-
cans will vote against Finn. There are u
few Republicans here who talk too much
with their mouths and the sooner they
stop talking that Finn does not want the
Addicks votes the better it will be for
them. Finn wants all the votes he can
get, and the Union Republicans will vot,
for him to man despite the vaporings Of
a few soreheads.
The ties for the New Castle Electric
hallway will arrive this week and will be
8 sored on the Delaware Street wharf.
Work will commence on Monday at both
ends Of the road.
Quot pitching is still all the go.
In,, Il ,,tD =,-t n |
The farmers enjoyed themselves to their
leallls S content.