Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
SMYRNA BALL TEAM STRENGTHENED
The Addition Of New Material Has Giveu a
Fresh Impetus to Baseball Enthusiasm
and Smyrna Seems to be in the Game.

i"PS'us u DdSeDali Enthusiasm
and Smyrna Seems to be in the Game.
Baseball enthusiasm still runs apace
and Smyrna slowly but surely is devel-
opIng into one of the leading and
most formidable ball teams of the
state. The management have seen
the need of making a number of
changes the past few days and conse-
quently the team has been reinforced
by the signing of three new PLAYERS.
Smith from the Manayunk, Pa. team
for short stop; Ochs the all-round
player of the Ex-North PHILADELPHIA:
and Lanahan, the popular twirler from
the Wllliamsport, Pa, team. 1t
might be said that Smyrna is Just be-
ginning to play the game.
With this strengthened team our
boys went to Dover yesterday after
noon to discuss their position with
that strong rival team. Both teams
jumped right into the game and PLAYED
fast ball and for five innings neither
side made run. In the sixth inning
Smyrna scored three runs and victory
seemed almost near. Just at this
critical stage of the game Smyrna
went to pieces and on one lone hit.
Dover was allowed to score Z runs.
The next inning Dover again made
three aud the game ended to the tune
OF 10 to 8 in DOver's favor. Smyrna
regretted the costly errors made but
are not discouraged. They feel that
they have team with which they can
defeat Dover and with this end in
view they will strengthen by contin-
ued practice. 1t was the first game
the Smyrna boys had all played to-
gether. The score in full was as fol-
lows:
Smyrna. sTi,6....,..... Q Q 6-iS 6-Sli : 6 6
Batteries, VanAnda and johnson. Dover
Lenanan and Whitaker Smyrna Struck out by
Lenahan 3; by VanAnda s; base on balls Vanan-
da ?; Lenahan 4.
Smyrna Team Wins Two Games.
As we were going to press last week,
Dover came to Smyrna last Wednes-
day and administered another crushing
defeat to our home team in the score
of 13 to 1. Black, Smyrna's popular
twirler was given poor support and
Dover knocked him for thirteen hits.
1t was a poorly contested game as
shown by the following score:
RH F.
Smyrna ......... 0 0 O-I 12
Batteries, Griffith and Johnson, bower; Black
ana whitaker, Smyrna; struck out by Griffith g.
Dy Black 3; base on balls, Griffith 2 Black
Umpire George Cunning.
The next day, Thursday, the Sud-
lersville team visited Smyrna and
after playing a good game lost by the
narrow margin of one run, the score
standing 10 to IA in Smyrna's favor.
At the close Of the fifth inning Smyr-
ma was nine runs ahead of the Mary
land team. but it seemed that it could
not stand prosperity and the rest of
the game was characterized by errors
on the part of Smyrna which nearly
cost us the game. Following is the
score:
saas5sylls. s%yfns S-l5 S-ls i i &
Batteries, Chance and Ginley, sudlersville.
OCOnners and Whitaker, Smyrna; struck out bv
Chance 3, by O'Conners 8; base on balls Chance
=, by OConners D. Umpire, Cunning
Saturday afternoon, Smyrna went to
Townsend and had nice little prac-
tice game. They had everything their
own way and would have shut the
Townsend boys out without a run had
it not been for a little costly error.
The score was as follows:
Townsend..... q 0 0 0 o 0 % ~
Smyrna ....-.. 2 0 I'll 1-9lO A
Batteries. Townsend and Howard. Townsend.
Black and Whitaker. smyrna; Struck out, by
Black I, by Townsend 5 base on balls Black i
Townsend 0. Umpire Feighan.
The following games have been
scheduled; This afternoon, Smyrna
at Middletown; Friday, Middletown
at Smyrna; Saturday, Smyrna at Sud
lersville.
Batted Balls and Third Strikes.
Harry Black, the "boy wonder" of
the pitching Departmental of the Smyrna
Club, came near losing himself in
muskrat hole few days ago.
Ochs at second and Smith at short
are speedy pair of players and dan
gerous proposition for any club to
stack up against. Git 'ep.
Harry Invincible Whitaker, of the
is veritable stone wall be-
hind the bat or on first bag. Whit.
always inspires confidence.
Ten of Townsend's heavy hitters
failed to do business with Blacks
speedy curves last Saturday. Oh, ye