The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-26
EDGEW0ODS 6, STR0USES /
4 BATHING GOOD GAME 1T SAVIN
 ROCK SATURDAY.

porting Well-Madden's Phenomenal Catch-Great Enthusiasm Would Seem to Warrant a City Team-Edgewood vs. Derby To-day at Elm City Park.
 Probably the most closely contested, the best played game of the season 1n this city was played Saturday at Savin Rock between the Edgewoods and the Strouse Adler & Go. hines. A large and enthusiastic crowd was present and cheered vociferously. They came hoping to witness a good game of ball, l and they saw one. It was nip and \ tuck until the eighth inning, when Edgewood forged ahead, getting in three runs, and won by a. score of ! 4, It was pitchers battle all through, and both teams supported their respec- ! tive tossers admirably.
 The Edgewoods went to the bat first with Cameron up. He hit to third and got to first on wild throw by Lyons to Beecher. Johnstone sent fly to cen ter and got his base. Tommy Atkins followed With a. hot grounder to Kin ney again, who,could not get his hands
 on it before Johnstone had crossed ! home plate and Atkins had sped to
 third. Hamllns bounding grounder hit Kinney In the knee and went off on a tangent letting in Atkins. Griest fol- l lowed with a base hit and Fred Robert I son turned a bounder to McHugh, who got it on a great Jumping catch. | Macs admirers are evidently numer-
 ous judging from the applause.
 l Captain Tfmlin had the hard luck to { send Johnstone a foul back of first l Beecher got to first on balls and when
 McHugh hit to Fitzgerald, got touched
 out on the way to second. Madden got @ foul which Robertson pulled in 1 Score, 2 to 0. l Fitzgerald sent a grass clipper into l left center for two bases, and Cottrell put @ fly into Madden's hands. Griest 1 hit to McHugh and was thrown out | Cameron hit to the same place and shared Percy's fate. The sun shower
 now thinned the bleachers, sending the mosquito, bitten howlers into the stand Lyons for the Strouses turned dror
 toward second, but was out at first; Stebbins hit safe. Kinney put one where Fitzgerald should have had it land got to second on 1t, while Stebbins
 got to third. That was great running
 Claus sent out on a bunt, and Platt sen 1.-the sphere into deep center for three Sbases, on what should properly have : been a single, but on 1t stebbins ant
 Kinney tied the score. Platt tried tC , come in but stopped running and wa r touched out
 In the third inning Johnstone ant
 Eamlin went out on small hits Atkin got first safely, but on Griest's hit t second the ball touched him on his wa, to second base, after McHugh hat :, funbled Umpire Malone called hin cut and the crowd hissed. Timlin hi | twice to Cameron first a foul, the sec } ond a bunt, and was thrown out a
 first. Beecher was Hamlin's first vic tim, which so tickled Doe" that h , hit McEugh in the elbow. Madden hi : to Atkins, who had to reach to get il l He sent in to third where Malone sa p McHugh was out. It was a close ca,
 and gave the rooters a chance to dis
 agree with Malone again. Robertso for Edgewood was out on a hit: Fitz . gerald struck out by Claus. The lat D ter is good pitcher, and has a goo = delivery, and he is speedy, too. Cott D reH was out on a bunt.
 Lyons got to first, but Atkins foole
 him neatly, when Stebbins hit t . short. Tommy pretended to tumble
 order to make Lyons try for third, an :. when he got near third Cameron lla v the ball on a toss from Atkins. It wa 5 Q neat trick and worked we'll
 = Kinney hit to Brennan, Claus wa fooled by Famlin and when Stebbin - made a dash for home Fitzgerald thre, . home in time for Robertson to put = on him. retiring the side
 In the fifth inning Brennan and Cam
 eron were thrown out on hits. John
 stone sent line hit to far center fc - three bases. Atkins picked up the ia, II orite little brown bat and sent tn = leather to McHugh, who fumbled lon 5. enough to let Johnstone cross the plat ,. Atkins got caught trying to reach sec y ond. A leather 1unged rooter on th : east bleachers now began to get i y his work and never shut up for a mo
 ment hereafter. Platt came to the plat
 for the Strouses and got to first, b,
 l iiiiiilit " uSS loIcu LO ldll Lue WlHt
 Beecher singled to Atkins, though l. would have been out but for Johnstone
 error. Platt tied the score on McHugh IT single to Griest. Madden found tf ' ball only to be thrown out at first, an # Beecher came bowling in lifting Rot il ertson off his feet. Lyons hit to Fit s gerald retired the side with the scol to 3.
 d Nobody got to first in the sixth ir q ming for either side and the score sti , stood to g.
 s Of the next inning the same was tru
 with a Imaginable by-play, when Johr q stone made an effort to touch fir n base ten feet off with the ball after , had slipped and sat down.
 q In the eighth the Edgewoods picke IT up and ran away with three runs, st l. curing and holding the lead Thel e was great enthusiasm, such in fact ( n has not been seen at Savin Rock ba s game previously this year. The Strous l. team went out in short order Rober
 son made a foul tip catch that WE
 squick and clever He had to give , good leap to get it, but he did pull
 down, nevertheless.
 e The only noteworthy event in u 7. ninth was Madden's phenomenal rul
 ming catch from right field in towal
 first. He fell, but held the ball alof