Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-09-18


Earned Wilmington, 1. Two-basa
hits-Russeli. ?; Anvil, Newton. Sacrifice
hits-Deal, Tate, Blough. Stolen bases
Deal, Sommers. Double plays--O'Neil and
Kuhn; Newton, Ayil ana Kane. Left on
bases Wilmington Brandywine, s. Fiist
base on errors Wilmington, 3; Brandywine,
/. Struck out-Blongh, Avi, Sonlmers,
Mehl, Stevenion. First base on called bulls
Deal, Sommers. Hit by pitched ball-Hart-
ley. Wild pitches Taylor. Muffed foul
fiy-Bar;on. Funble-Avil. Wild throws
Newton, Taylor. Misp,ay--Taylor. Time
l.35. Implies Henderson and Irwin.
NET RECEIPTS WE'RE s4,605.
The net proceeds of the baseball
game were 81, COS. Numbered tickets
were sold at the game, and the report
made up by Eugene Stirlith, treasurer
OF the Wilmington 4. A., shows that
there were II, IL tickets of admission
sold. Each umpire received $50, and the
renal of the grounds was S75. For
baseballs, SIS was spent, and each
policeman was paid for his services.
After these expenses had been met the
81, Cos clea. money remained One
half goes to Stirlith Brothers, owners
of the Wilmington team, and the re-
mainder is to be divided among the
players and Manager Frysinger.
The money was brought tostown that
night by Eugene Stirlish, William J.
MeGonigle, JF,. and Clarence lyle. 1t
was in satchsls 1T was locked in the
safe at tho police station overnight and
deposited in bank Tuesday. This
amount did not include tho purse ct
! S1,0tj0. which the victory also brought
to the Wilmington team. Each player
will get more than $3.50 as his share
| OF the money.
WEST CHESTER PROUD DESPITE DEFEAT.
4 special from West Chester has this
to say about the game:
while ths people of West Chester
were disappointed that the Brandywine
boys lost to the Wilmington 4. A. III
the great game today, they are never
theless proud Of them The thousands
who went from this section Jo witness
the game returned tonight singing the
praises of the team. They played a
great game, but lost by hard luck, and
West Chester is prouder of them than
ever.
During the progress of the game the
! most intense excitement prevailed here.
| Those people who were unable to leave
town gathered around the bulletin
! boards, whore the score by innings was
! received.
! "The members of the team, of course,
we're keenly disappointed over the
result, but they take it philoscphically.
! Capt Sommers said; We lost, and
: that's all there is TO it. We should
have won, as the Brandywine did the
! superior playing after ths unfortunate
| first inning, but the luck was against
It, That the boys held up the nonoi
of the Brandywina is attested by The
fao5 that fully two-thirds ri the GROVE
:! we're with it. heart and soul, and
thousands of manifestations of regret
were ahowered upon us at the con.
clusion of the game. 1t was d grea;
gains, and will go down into history in
amateur baseballism.
" We met the enemy and we are
theirs, commented Manager Wilson.
We lost the game by purely hard luck,
and you may say for ME that am ex.
ceedingly proud OF the Brandywine
boys Notwithstanding.
"Brandywine will not play another
game with the Wilmington A. A. II
has no challenge in contemplation. -