Smyrna times., 1902-07-30
SMYRNA CLUB CANNOT HIT THE Rail
r"ao os'Ord OF Games Show the Past Week
'%O ~,..' uames Lost With Dover and Two
WIN middletOwn-NOtes of the e..


I % Two games have been lost &c
1uo strong team of Dover and twc
t %i'n Mlddletown. The games with
'ne former were we'll contested b,t
win the latter, Smyrna has bv errors
@uu inability to hit the ball, been left
Sauiy IN the iurch. If Smyrna could
nlt the ball as we'll as thev could fioId
we would have one one of the Tastes
Teams IN the State, but somehow
smyrna can't cope with Dover and
mludletown in this particular An
U'ner serious drawback to Smvrna is
'ne allowing of too many runs TO ba
IL, maoe OF OF her in the first inning
MS seems to be invariably tba coso
anu losing game has been the result
Close tame Played at Dover.
Last Friday our boys went to Do.
Ver and gave the strong team of +bo+
town one of the best contested games
'he season. Symons was in the box
Ior Smyrna and Vananda was in tbe
Dox Tor Dover. Both pitcbed moon;f
ioen' games and at one time it looked
AS II ten or more innings would have
70 De played to decide the contas+
ne ground was triAe muddy and in
tne ninth inning Lassell fumbled
Oaii and slipping in mud d-puddIe was
unable to dlive the ball home before
the deciding run was scored The
score was as follows:
Dover '.......... 0 o 90 OOO1-5 n -
smyrna ........ o Ol O-A5
Batteries-DOver. Vananda and Cariss. smvrno
SymOns and Gribley. 4''' ON yrha'
Smyrna Loses to MiddletOwn Second Inning.
The next day Smyrna went to Mid
dletown and while the game was botlv
contested, Smyrna lost her opportn-
hity IN the second inning by going to
pieces and allowing Middletown to
score seven runs. After that Smyrna
settled down and played good ball. |
out the points were too many to over
come and the game ended to the tune |
of the following score:
R.H.E.
AiddletOwn~~...0 7 0 0 O12O x-1O 8 4
O1 0 O-6l2 S
Batteries-Middletown Walker and selyaee.
smyrna Lenahan and Gribley.
Dover Again Wins from Smyrna Team.
Monday, Dover came to Smyrna and
large crowd was present to witness /
me contest. Black was in the box for
smyrna and Vananda for Dover. First
OoVer was ahead and then Smyrna,
'ut the former were successful in get
ing eleven hits off of Black and thew
eored enough runs to give them the
ictory by one point. The score was
s follows:
lover ........... / 0 o 0 0 o 2 O-sii
myrna........ 0 400 O-55
p lneriesCDoyer, Vananda and Cariss; Smyrna
MiddletOwu Hits the Ball and Wins.
Mlddletown came to Smyrna yester.
ay and had a walkover. The Mid.
letown team was much strengthened
y the addition of new material and
ley played a fast game and struck /
ymons, Smyrna's pitcher, for eleven
its. Smyrna could not hit Vogen-
ing and Middletown had the game in
er hands. The score was 10 to 1. as
blows:
,dd,o,. R.HE
nyrna.......,,...I 900 900 O-15
Vogending and Lee,
nyrna, Symons and Gribley. d
Last Wednesday Smyrna played a C
cked nine on the home grounds. e
evil and Cole comprised the battery
r the Scrub" and Black and Ochs a
r Smyrna. The score was 10 to 2 in {
nyrna's favor. The next day Smyrna A
I'd another nice practice game with
heswold. Two of Smyrna's players t.
aged with Cheswold. Thomas and '
rice comprised the Cheswold battery N
ID Black and Gribley for Smyrna.
ne score stood 10 to 1 in Smyrna's N
vor. j
Schedule Of Games and Diamond Notes. N
The following games have been N
heduled: This afternoon, Smyrna at st
ilford; tomorrow, Thursday, Towns IN
d at Smyrna; Friday, Smyrna at
over; Saturday, Smyrna at Middle W
wn; Monday, Dover at Smyrna. Ell
''Be still, sad heart, and cease re- ~
ling." The management of the E
lyrna Ball Club are determined to ye
We a winning team and are now ne
tiating for one Of the finest infeld-
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