Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-22

be remembered, had already defeated
Chester on its own ground, and the
Chester people were determined on
revenge. They were very confident,
too, and there was good deal of bet
ting. For insta nee, it is reported that
one Chester man made bet of two to
one that Yorkville would not make
two runs. If this is true, however,
the daring better showed bad judg-
ment, as is indicated by the following:
YoRKvILLE VS.. CHEST TER-wEDNEsDAY.
What promised to be a finely played
and inter esting game between the
above was badly spoiled by either a
cease of rattles" or very Indifferent
playing on the part of the home team.
That first inning! 1t was heart
breaker! tumble succeeded tumble
with clocklike regularity. Wild
throws were piled up on wild throws
and Chester, thanks to this careless
ness of the Yorkville team, seemed
fairly ensconced in the first place. The
personel of the nine was practically
the same as that which put up such a
fine game at Gaffney on the 4th in
slant. Yet what "slump" of their
playing abilities. The third inning
was repetition of the first on the
home teams part, and Chester owes
its victory not so much to its prowess
at the box, its fine pitching talent, or
its safe fielding, as to the errors of their
opponents. After the third inning
Yorkville took a decided brace. 1t
played ball, it kept the visitors score
down, and but for the fatal first and
third, victory would have perched up.
on its banner. Chester played fairly
good ball throughout. 1t had fine
short and safe outfeld. Its batting
power, with the exception of two or
three players, was very weak. Chap
pie, the home pitcher, tried hard to
win. He pitched an excellent game,
filled his position maguifcently; but
his field gave him poor support and
this sums up the whole game. The
large crowd was wrought up into a
mad baseball excitement. The con-
test became so close that the honor Of
being winners fuctuated. At times
the locals had the advantage at other
stages the visitors. Both were game,
and the blood of the excited crowd
rioting were sent through their veins.
On the whole, it was we'll behaved
and good natured crowd, and every
body must have enjoyed themselves
and the game. 1t was one of the most
exciting and bitterest fought battles of
the diamond that has been played on
the local park; but it ended in vic
tory to Chester by the close score of 5
to 4.
The tournament came off on Thurs
day morning. The attendance was
not 80 large as at the baseball but it
was pretty affair, and most enjoya-
BILE. There were only seven or eight
entries; but they did some good riding,
some of them making the circuit of
the race track in less than 40 seconds,
cleaning up the rings as they went.
Mr.. Will Jackson won the first prize,
the honor of naming the queen of love
and beauty, and he bestowed the
crown on Miss Blanche Lindsay. Mr..
Tcharner DeGraffenreid came out Sec
ond best, and bestowed the honor on
Miss Louise Lowry, and Mr.. John
Smith, of Clover, who won third hon.
or, generously bestowed the same upon
the whole grand stand. The corona
ton speech was happily made by Thos.
F. Mellow, Esq, and it was received
with much applause.
The feature of Thursday afternoon
was baseball between Yorkville and
Gaffney. Yorkville defeated Gaffney
at home on the Fourth of July, and
the meeting Thursday has since been
looked forward to with very great in.
terest. And there was little uppleas.
ant incident in connection with the
matter. Shortly before the game COM
menced, somebody sent around ban
ner bearing the announcement, "Pied-
ment, alias Gaffney vs.. Yorkville, at
4.3O o'clock" The inference, of
course, was that Yorkville was to play
another club under the name of Gaff-
ney. The Gaffney boys made practi-
cal objection by stopping the banner
and having it taken off the street.
They claimed that it was in bad taste,
not that Gaffney had not secured good
players wherever they were to be
had but Yorkville had done the same
thing, and was, therefore, as much OF
on ol;os as was Gaffney. Although