Evening journal., 1896-05-11


These Games at Lsast-Jerry Nops
Had Twelve strIke-outs TO His Credit
on saturdav-O Other Sporting News.
Jerry Nops pitched for Wilmington on
Saturday afternoon and Wilmington
won There never was a minute when
Sullivan's steers we're In It. The score
was II TO ?
Keefe, Csuliaower, O'HsgHn and
Thornton, Of the New Haven team, are
heavy hitters They have had that
reputation ever since they have been In
the business but they were no more able
TO hit Jerrys twisters than the veriest
tyro In baseball.
Il was all In favor Of the home team.
but that Is what the local rooters want,
and IL was a pretty game withal, despite
the numerous errors marked up against
the visitors The game plainly showed
that the local club's tremendous fall
down on Friday was simply the result OF
an of day.
OF course II is an accepted fact, an
axiom OF the baseball business, that as Is
the pitcher 80 Is the rest Of the team Lst
the team have confidence In It's pitcher,
let him have a reputation for winning
the team is In the game at all stages
On the other hand. II the pitcher Is
young or untried, and the team with
which he Is playing have not yet learned
20 have confidence In him, he may pitch
the best ball on earth and yet frequently
lose on account OF the fact that the team
behind him will not stick, perhaps at
some particularly critical point.
That Is the situation exactly Ia WI
mlngton. The club has not yet learned
60 have confidence in Amols or BILLY"
Nops. Not that either one OF them can't
pitch--though OF course not up to
Jerry's stsndard-but because they have
no record behind them.
When Jerry Nops goes into the box,
every man on the team already feels that
the game is won, and he feels as clipper
as 4 sparrow who has found a partiou-
larly fat worm. So IL was on Saturday
When Amole or "Bllly" Nops or
Packard reach the point Of inspiring
confidence In the players then they will
win games.
Perhaps Wilmington craRks are not
aware that "Billy" Nops' record OF
, striking out nine men Ia five innings
In Thursdays New Haven Wilmington
game Is the record for the season so far
Jerry Nops record in Saturdays game
is one of the very best Of the saaeon for
q pitcher. Here It Is: Struck out 10
rnns, hits. 1 assists, players given
bases on balls. l : players hit by pitched
balls. ].
With the exception OF the opening day
the largest crowd OF the season saw Sat
urdsy's game and 70 say that they were
made happy Is to put It mildly.
Wilmington had but eight hits OF
Mackey, TED Sullivan's Indian
wonder, but two of them were home
runs by Newell and Gallagher. Seven
put outs and one error credited TO New
HRven's outsiders show that the VIII
mington players hit the ball all right
aud only prompt and effectlve fielding,
despite the big error account, held the
hits down.
WILMINGTON came hrst to bat and
things worked blue when Gallagher, who.
with the exception Of Newell, is perhaps
the strongest batter on the Wilmington
team. struck out. Newell got first on
Thornton's error. Drew dew out TO Cauli
flower and Bsrryhill got base on balls,
advancing Newell TO second. Mcintyre
got the first hit for the local team and
Newell scored. Montgomery went out at
first with Gilman 3 assistance.
Hodge, who is one OF the heaviest New
Haven batters, struck out Keefe.
another heavy batter, went out on a hot
liner, which Newell neatly stopped aud
threw rapidly TO hrst "Scrsppy" Ola
gan got first on Gallagher's tumble.
which, by the way. was the only error
msda by Wilmington. Thornton flew
out to Montgomery.
Ia the second Spratt got hit, was ad
vanced by Welchs sacrifice and was
brought home by Gallagher, who to
retrieve his bad showing In the frst
batted out a homo run. Meanwhile
Jerry Nops had struck out Newell
went out 70 C0ullfower. la New HEven's
half Caulihower made a hit but BOYLE
Gilman and shearer vent out in one, two
three order leaving him on second
But it Is useless to give detailed
account OF the game. Suffice to say that
u Wilmington can keep up It's gait. the
10 Atlantic Lsague pennant will fl aat
over the League Park here next season.
The scoie: