Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-09-18
THE GREAT GAME is OVER.
And the Wilmington A. A. Receives Nor
Than Forty-sfx Hundred Dollars.

BY this time almost everybody knows
that the Wilmington A. A. team de-
feated the Brandywine team Of West
Chester on the A Athletics grounds in
Philadelphia Monday by a score of
2 to |. The thousands of Wilmington
people who attended the game and got
hoarse roofing for the A. A. $. and
the thousands who watched the bulletin
boards and read Every Evenings extra
edition, were too jubilant to keep the
news to themselves and SO it wasn't
long before the knowledge of the result
was very general.
The game took almost a record
breaking, crowd to the beautiful
| grounds of the Athletics at Twenty
ninth and Columbia avenue. So great
| was tho rush of cket-buyers that
spectators were able to do /, handy
1 business. The crowd was something
/ like that which attends football
/ game in that everybody seemed there
4 TO root for one side or the other, and
! enthusiasm ran high at all kinds of
! plays. large number of women
| enjoyed the sport thoroughly.
| The game was q revelation to The
/ Philadelphia people, who had been
attracted by the great amount of pull
! Lefty given it, and who found it TO be
i u gilt edged variety of baseball, with
] here and there some amateIrish work.
| Then, too. the stakes made it of
| especial interest, for the winning team
! was moi only to get the 500 of the
! other team, out all the gate receipts
| beside.
/, The Wilmington team was tho favorte
| on form and betting was either even or
at odds of 10 TO or down to 9 to ! on
/ that team. Manager Wilson Of tho
Brandywine looked for large score
one way or the other, dus 10 tho
rafting Of one team or the other. his
! prediction might have boon realized
F., had Brapdywine not taken Taylor ont
/ Of tins box IL. the first inning, after he
/ had assisted Wilmington to make .
4 run. From thaG time on it was any
/ body's game.
i After the fatal first both teams got
down 10 work both in the field and at
! the bat, and a rafting good game was
/ witnessed by the great crowd. After
The second inning, in which both teams
got a man across che plate, the work
in the field was all To the good. Two
fast double plays were executed, and
there wero some catches made in the
outtield that would put some Of the
National l-eaguers TO blush. But there
we're also a few intjeld stunts pulled
Oft that were all to the good.
There were several moments in the
game when it looked as if the Brandy
wines would tie the score and again
have an even chance to win. One of
these exciting times was in tho third,
when Ayil hit tho ball at terrible
clip through "Snaken Deals legs and
into the crowd in right fieli. That
put Hoffman, who had singled, on third.
There was one out, but neither Newton
nor Kane couid come to time. The
ground rule limiting q hit into the
crowd to tive bases apparently operated
against the Brandywine in this case,
for Hoffman might have got home.
There were two bits of fielding done
by the Brandywines that sept the vii.
mington lads down to tho two runs. In
the fifth inning, with two out and men
on second and third, Tate Eit lofty
ono 10 Hoffman. lie male a run aotosa
tie field and pulled down the tIs in
sensational STYLE. But it remained for
Mehl to make the circus eaten of the
day. Ii happened in the eighth inning.
Hartley had gotten to base on Avis
failure to field the hit lie advanced
on Tate's sacrifice. Russell Went out
by the air line, but not until Mehi had
pulled down the call witt. one hand.
Mebl miSjudged the fly at hTst and
had to run backwards to get under it.
LIZ was dollars to doughnuts that be
would not reach, but Just as the ball
was about to fly over lis hand Mehl
stuck up his glove and the ball landed
in il.
Brandywine batted first, and was
| retired in one. two, three order annie
great cheering from the Wilmington
side of the field. Wilmington was more
fortunate, scoring one run in the first
inning. Aubrey was safe on Newton 4
bad throw to first, stole second anc
came home when Taylor threw to THIRD
iiase on Barton's bunt, tho nali rolling
into left field, as no one was on the bal
to catch the throw.
Deal hit to Taylor who held the bal
so long that Deal reached first Tha
was too much. Mr.. Taylor was un
I tremendously shifted from boz t.
bench. Steventon was trotted out {,
, do the pitching. He fieldad his position
, we'll and his work in the bax wa
, marked by GOODNESS and readiness
! Hartley forced Deal at second. Tat,
! hit to Newton, who threw Hartley on
at second, and Tate was out at frs
+ on double play.
a Brandywine evened up tho score il
r the second inning on base on balls t.
Sommers, stolen base and Printz'
single to centre. This gave the crow,
: a chance to cheer, and they seized tn
3 opportunity.
Wilmington secured another run il
q their half of the second on hits b
I Russell aud O'Neil and sacrifice b
!. Blougn. This was the signal 10
! another outburst, and the Whining
ton crowd was apparently wild wit
enthusiasm.
From that time on both pitchers di
great work, and there was no NOR
II scoring.
Wilmington nearly got in run |
a the fourth. With one out Russell hi
d for two bases. Blough hit line fly a
n jefferson, who did not hold il, but q
i Kuhn flew out and 0'Neil died at frs
i the run did not get it. There wa
. nothing doing for Brandywine in th
n fifth. O'Neil made a pretty play @
Steventon's grounder. Again troubl
,r seemed to be brewing when Wilmingto
il went to the bat Before getting OF
!. Aubrey fouled one off into the pro;
II box and nearly knocked out one of ii
ocouuants. With two out Deal Wake
!. ami stole second. Hartley was hit @
N the arm. He seemed to think tht
II Steyentcn did it purposely for /
q wanted to smash the DrGndywir
Ia pitcher. The men were separated befol
Ia any damage was done. Then Tate gay
"a Hoffman a hard chance which W;
nicely accepted. 1t looked as
al Brandywine would at least tie I'll
y, score in the ninth inning, as NewtC