Evening journal., 1896-06-03
TWO OUT or THREE.
"Ted" Sullivan's New Havens
Are Evidently Very Unlucky.
BUT IT WAS A GREAT BALL GAME

Third Baseman Boyle Was tho Unlucky
Cause Of Several wnmington Ruus--Only
rive Hits on Jerry sDratt shn
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Wilmington played an absolutely
faultless game yesterday. II was q
game to do the heart Of the enthusiastic
rooter good But alas, there were few
rooters to enjoy II. Possibly ia ten
years, Wilmington baseball cranks,
grown old, will take their children on
their knees and tell them Of the great
ball that WAS played By the Wilmington
club in 1896 They may IN that time,
perhaps longer, awake TO the fact that
good ball is reslly being played 10 this
league. AS a baseball enthusiast said
yesterday wilmington people want
the best, but when they get it ard are
asked TO support 1t then trouble comes
And so IL is. There were hardly $50
people present yesterday to see Mr.
Longs Hill city representatives wipe up
the earth with Ted" sullivans steers.
With the single exception OF Third
Baeemsn Boyle, "red's" men put up a
good game Garvin showed that the
the representatives Of the City Of Elms
have appeared. Is not unwarranted. He
pitched great game with speed to
burn
Jimmy" Gilman the New Haven sec
ond baseman. is another man who should
receive warm commendatlon. He Is
without doubt the hardest working sec
ond basemsn in the league. not even
excepting Mcintyre He makes an occa
sonal error, but he can play good ball
withal, and does it. He IL one man who
can always be counted as I'M the game,
To be sure Jerry Nops carried of the |
honors on Wilmington's end Of the score
But i've hits were made eff him and two /
Of them Of lesst could have been stopped |
but for unfortunate inequalities Ia the |
field. One OF them, three bagQer By /
O'Hagan ia the first inniug, was to the |
eye Of every one good for oniy ono base
Ii WAS coming directly at Amole ia right |
field doc" rau up bit and set him
self but just at his feet the ball struck /
an uneven place In the ground aud |
bounded elk feet over his head, permit
ting "Scrappy' Harry to reach third
jerry struck out five men and gave but |
one base on balls Then he made hit |
that brought ia q run besides having two
assists ana q stolen base to his credit.
For the hrst two innings 1t looked lite
New Haven had &C last struck q good |
thing. Wilmington failed 70 score in |
either while New Haven made one in the |
This is how It happened. Hodge
caught the second ball pitched for a hit
and was advanced 20 sacond by sacrifice
by Gilman. Then O'Hagan made that
pure luck three Dagger and Hodge
scored But OHagsn was fated not to
reach home, Sheehan and Thornton
going ont on fies to Amole ana Spratt
and leaving him on third.
New Haven's only other run was made
in the sixth. with two msn out Sheehan
got hit and scored on a two.b bagger BY
Thornton, but the latter was left on oase
la the third SprRtt made long hit to
left Geld but rapid fielding hsld him at
first. Gallagher attempted a sscriica, but
through an error OF FIrst-baseman
Thorton he reached first Novel; sacrl
feed, advancing Spratt to third and
Gallagher to second Both scored on
the fielding OF Drew's hit.
just here 1t is well to say word in
commendation Of the playing OF Newell
He is without doubt the hesdlsst player
Wilmington has, and his sacrifice &C Just
that time Yesterday, was what caused
the tally ofruns for Spratt and Gallagher
Wilmington scored again in the 6fth
Spratt reaching first on the Wild throw
OF Third beseman Boyle. He went to
second on the put.out Of Gallagher and
reached home on Wild pitch by Garvin.
In the seventh Wise got FIRST through
Boyles wild throw. stole second and
came home on another wild throw BY
Ved's erratic or unlucky third baseman
la the eighth Newell scored his FIRST,
making hit, stesling second and com
Ing home on the fielding OF Drew's hit
Amole tsllied 10 the ninth Hs was hit
by pitched ball and went to irst, and
was brought home BY q long hit 70
centre BY Nops, making the score 6 to 2