The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-09

The first game Of baseball was played las
Saturday, on the local grounds of the Bel All
base ball club, the contestants being the newt,
organized Bel Air team and the Druid Athletic
| Club team, of Baltimore. The Druids have
the reputation of being a strong club, and
there were very few people who expected the
locals to win. The playing of both teams
showed the need Of team work and coaching
Most of the runs made by both sides were
made on errors OF emission and commission,
| but both teams are made of good material,
| and with proper training and attention 10 the
coaching lines, will be able to give some of
| the best amateurs hard tussle to beat them
Manager Schapiro gave the hooters good
afternoons sport, aud the games of the club
should be patroniz4 literally. The game was
called at 3 40 2. NJ, with the Druids at the
bat
First ipning-Schloss led of with q fly to
Carroll, Swslne followed with another, which
Carroll took after 4 hard run, and Hall struck
out. No runs.
For Bel Air Reuse hit grounder to short
AMI went to second on a bad throw by Swaine,
atAt " bAilil Oli tdsceu bdll. DlCudTuSOu HI
to short and heat the bal! to first, Rouse scor-
ing; Weber sacrificed Iverson to MahafTy;
liob!iZell struck out; Richardson stole third,
but was caught off his base by g quick throw
by Schloss to Hall. One run.
Second inning-Owings was hit by ball:
McGlone fouled TO Calder; Mahafry struck
out; Owings stole second ana Read struck
out. No runs.
+ Herman Reckerd struck out; Atch Reckord
hit over third for base and Immediately stole
second; Free took first on three strikes and
passed ball, Reckord scoring; Free stole second
and third; Carroll struck out; Calder hit to
deep right for base, scoring Free; Rouse
hit to first and beat the ball, and by fast rum
ming stole second, Calder going TO third on
the play; Richardson hit over third for two
bases, scoring Calder and Rouse, and went to
third by a wild throw by Hall, and made
daring but successful! steal home; Weber fouled
to Hall. Five runs.
Third inning-Tatem WAS hit by ball and
stole second: Schloss hit to Calder and beat
the ball; Swaine hit to deep right for base,
scoring Tatem and Schloss and stole second:
Hall sacrificed to Rouse; Owings hit to left for
base, scoring Swaine; McGlone hit grounder
to short and was safe; Mahaffy hit over second
for base, filling the bases; Read cleared the
bases with hit to right field very close to the
foul line; Iyerson struck out; Tatem hit over
first and Read attempted to score, but Hoblit-
Zell threw him out by pretty throw to Weber.
Six runs.
Hobli;zell struck out; II. Rockford out.
pitcher to first; A. Reckord out, short to first.
No runs
Fourth inning-Schloss QUITO Rouse; Swaine
took base on balls, but was thrown out at
second on an attempt to steal; Hall out,
Reckord to lIoblitzell. No runs.
Free struck out: Carroll sent hot grounder
over short for two bases; Calder hit short fS
oven second; Rouse was out to Hall; Richard
son made pretty three Dagger to deep centre.
scoring Calder and Carroll; Weber fouled to
Mahaffy. Two runs
Fifth inning-Owings popped fly to Free,
which he muffed; McGlone hit TO lett for two
bases, scoring Owings; Mahaffy struck out,
Read, Iverson, Tatem and Schloss hit singles
in succession; Swaiue was out, HoblitZsll I'M
assisted; Hall got base on balls; Owings
struck out, and Schloss was caught off third
by Weber 10 Calder. Five runs.
Hoblitzell got base on balls and stole second
II. Reckord sacrificed to pitcher; a. Reckord
hit single over short and was out at second
trying to stretch it into a double; Free got
base on balls and stole second; Carroll struck
out. No runs.
Sixth inning hit; MahafTy's two
Dagger and Reals hit to right, with base on
balls to Iverson, started the sixth with two
runs; Tatem struck out; Schloss hit to Reck-
ord, who threw wild to Hoblitzell, scoring
three men; Hall and Owings took bases on
balk by Richardson, and McGlone struck out.
Five runs.
Calder hit to Mahaffy and was out; Rouse
out, Owings to Mahaffy; Richardson out,
| Swaine to Mahaffy. No runs.
Seventh inning-Mahaffy was out, Richard
son to Hoblitzell, Read worked base on balls,
| was out trying to steal second; Iverson hit to
right for base Schlcss fouled to Rouse No
runs.
Weber got base on balls; Hoblitzell hit to
centre; IL. Reckord sacrificed and Weber
scored; A. Reckord was out, Hall to MahafTy,
and Free struck out. One run.
| Eight inning-Swaine struck out; Hall was
hit by ball, stole second and scored on Owings
| fly to Carroll; McGlone hit grounder to short
and Mahaffy struck out. One run.
Carroll hunted and stole second and third
Calder had three strikes and beat the ball
stole second, and Carroll scored on the errors
Rouse struck out; Richardson struck out
Weber hit double to right, scoring Calder ani
scored himself on passed ball: H. Reckort
struck out. Three runs.
Ninth inning-Read was out; Iverson II
Mahaffy; Iverson drew base on balls; Tateu
out, Free to IIoblitzell; Iverson out, Hoblitzel
to Calder. No runs,
A. Reckord out, Swaine to Mahaffy; Free
hit to centre, stole second and third; Carol
out, Owings to Mahaffy, and Calder out
Iversou to Mahaffy. No runs
Umpire, X. A. Castleman. Time of game
hours and 10 minutes.
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