Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-06-29
THE NEWS Or NEW CASTLE.

saneuinary Game of Baseball, Three Ter
SONS Injnred-Fight,uS Workmen Fail TO
FINISH Thrir Quarrel.
Special correspondence TO Gazette and journal
New Castle. June &c. Three acoi-
dents occurred during the game Of
baseball between the New Castle High
School team and tho Mascot team of
Wilmington, at Battery Park. Saturday
afternoon. Charles Taylor, catcher OF
the visiting team, was struck in the
breast by ball from bat in the
hands of Montgomery. Taylor fell, but
after recovering took the place of short
stop, where he again reoled and fell to
the ground. 1t was with great diff
Guilty that he was able 20 stand for
some time after the accident.
While joni Walls, member of the
Mascots, was at hat. the bat slipped
from his hand and struck two persons
in its flight through the air. The first
seen to drop was James Bennett, a col
ored lad, aged about Ia years. He fell
on his face and all feared he was
killed. Walter Fincher, member Of
the visiting team, was struck by the
edge of the bat, and cash made on
the right side OF his head about two
inches in length and open to the bone.
The colored lad came to in short
time, but it is thought his skull is
fractured.
In the game of ball Bacon, Ford,
Conner and johnson made home runs
White and Bacon, 3-basc hits /;
Matthews, 9; Wright, Bacon and White,
2base-hits. The batteries were: High
School, Mahoney and Montgomery ;
Mascots. Shelter and Taylor. Score,
High School, %; Masots, II.
Tho following scholars of Miss Sent
mann's class in School No. 3 have been
promoted from the B TO A class Ed
ward Ryan, James Tobin, Nellie
Rodgers, John McGrory, John Tobin,
Katie Madden, Sarah johnson and
Elmer Elliott.
Mary Harris, aged about years, met
with an accident yesterday in field
near Seventh and Delaware streets that
may prove fatal. The child with a
number OF Others was playing in the
One of the animals kicked and as be
brought his hoof to the ground the shoe
caught the top of the head of the child,
laying the scalp open to the bone for
the length of four inches. DIR. Stewart
closed the wound.
The New Castle Jrs., defeated the
Young America base ball team, Satur-
day afternoon, by a score of - to IL.
The batteries were Pedrick and Ben
nett, and WEIGH and Woener.
There is little sickness in the county
Jail at present. the sanitary conditions
being better than in many years. Lime
is used in large quantities and Chief
Warden Bowers looks closely to the
personal cleanliness of all inmates
Mayor Boyd will shortly purchase a
large steam yacht, and will cruise in
the waters of the Delaware and Chesa-
peake bays.
The New Castle baseball team de-
feated the Delaware State team at
Farnhurst, Saturday afternoon, by q
score of Is to Z. This is the first de-
feat the Delaware State team has sus-
tanned this season. The batteries were
Bridgewater and Countiss, Mcguire
and Bullock.
The wedding of Miss Maggie Geb-
bardt of this city to John Cannon, Jr. i,
of Wilmington will take place at the
rectory Of Emmanuel P. E. Church on
Thursday evening. After the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Cannon will leave for
Wilmington, where they will make
their home.
The sporting fraternity at the works
of the Delaware Iron Co. were sadly
disappointed, Saturday, at the failure
of a fight to take place after working
hours. Two men employed in the weld
ing mill quarreled and came to blows,
one receiving cut mouth and the
other being thrown down. They were
separated and promised to end it out
side the gates. Better judgment pre-
vailed and the men went to their re-
spective homes without making any
further show.