Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
Base Ball for a Fact.
A MAGNIFICENT GAME.

Base Bali IOT n fdCJ.
A MAGNIFICENT GAME.
A splendid game of base ball wa
, played on the Fair Grounds at this plao
oil last Friday afternoon, between II
8 Kids" Of this place, and the EdInbur
club Both clubs did their level bes
and we doubt whether better game q
| ball has ever been played IN the Vale
Neither club could make ran unit
the third inning, and from that time o.
thcy were as scarce as pretty girls J
Winchester, the score heiug 3 to | /
favor of the Woodstock club. A lare
Gro wd, estimated by many at four hun
dred, followed the game with intens
interest, each side cheering on thsi
champions to every effort that was j
trem.
With the exception of a couple of The
seemingly inevitable disputes over de-
cisions by the umpire the game passt'
off very pleasantly, the home peopl
treating the visitors with respect.
A considerable number of Edinburj
people came down with their boys, and
while they could not return home bear
ing the glad tiding OF victory they saw
their lads do some gilt edged playing and
witnessed a magnificent game.
Strasburg was well represented among
the spectators, and other sections als'
sent delegations, 10 fact we cannot re
call game in this section that created
as great aud wide spread interest as this
one.
The batteries were Woodstock, Warren
and Laughlin; Edinbnrg, Richcreek anC
Miller. Struck out by Warren, l3. by
Richcreek, 4. Woodstock being anesd
did not take their their bats n the last
inning. TIE umplres were Lee Bargelt
and jim. Swami. The following is the
score by innings
Clubs l , 3 4 3 g & Q r
Woodstock 0 0 0 Ks
Edinburg 0 o. 0 0 0 0 0 o.
We hope to see these two clubs pitted
against each other frequently during the
seasonlas they seem to be so evenly
matched that the game is not generally
decided until the last inning is played
and the interest and hopes and fears OF
the spectators is kept up to the end.
The colored base bali club Of this 2lace
went to Luray to play return game GA
Monday with the colored club of that
place, the Woodstock coons having clean
the Luray fellows up badly in a game
here recently.
When the game stood 81 to 10 in favor
of the club from this place the Luray
Climb we are Informed began to kick over
nothing, and John McAfee, seing their
intention. called his club off and let the
game 70 by default. The Woodstock
boys say they will never play again with
the Luray gizzard feet, as there is moth
ing fair IN them. It takes a mighty good
team to down McAfce's play ers.
When the Kid" club started from this
place for Front ROYAL to play a game
with the base oal club of that place on
Tuesday, much interest was manifested
by our people in the result. UnfOrtunate-
~ rain stopped the game at the fourth
inning. At the end of the third inning
the game stood : to In favor of Wood
stock, but Just at the commencement OF
the fourth, with the Front Royal men at
the bats, rain came up wetting the ball
so that pitcher Skyles had no control
over it and the Front Royal players ran
the score up to a tie. At the end OF this
1t was raining so hard that the game was
called.
DisinteTested spectators say that but
for the ram, which always plays the
mischief with the pitchers. the kids
would have given our FRONT Royal neigh
bors a very complete dressing down.
Skyles is said to have handled the ball
right up to the ''queens taste" until the
rein made it impossible to pitch with any
certainty. aud this was all that saved
the Front Royal club from bad beat.
The umpires were Lee Bargelt of this
place and Mr. FOrsyt the. of Front ROYAL.