The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21


fought from start to finish. and marked
by good work on both sides, each Of
which had quite IL lead of the other at
different stages of the game. The work
of the umpircs' was freely criticised by
the crowd and was challenged in one in
stance. by the visitors, with the result
that Elkton waS allowed one run when
the team was really entitled to two or
more. the dispute ending in n seemingly
impossible compromise In the middle of
the game Chesapeake secured Il good
lcnd but Elktcn rot batting rtleak on
und went to the front and III the open
ing of the ninth inEing was two runs
ahead. Chesapeake scored one run. and
a> everybody who had kept the score
had it II to II. the Elkton team and one
of the visitors left the field. They had
hardly passed the gates. when the viSi-
tors disputed Elktom'S score. claiming
that it included II run made in the St.v-
enth inning after three men were out
The run WIS made by Mimner. and any
number of witnesses are positive that it
was fairly scored. \ protest was lodged
by the visitors. Meanwhile. Managers
Feehly and Caldwell. and Umpirs Henry
y. WHrburton and Henry Hager con-
feIred, and Chesapeake City cluinS that
it WIS agreed to call the game Il drawn
one with the score Il tie. 1t is likely that
the Grievance Committee will ratfy the
agreement at a meeting to-day, ut which
1t will hear :; protest entered by Colora
TO the result Of the game with North
East, at the latter place on Saturday, on
the ground Of interference with the WISH
tors playing by the crowd on the field.
Following is the score by innings =
Elkton ........ q Il o o Il q 3 o Ks
Chesapeake City o . 3 I o. o LII
Batteries Elkton. Freeman, Finnan
and Brown; Chesapeake City. Tatman.
Watson and Reed.
RESULTS OF OTHER GAMES.
Rising Sun administered Il second de-
feat to the Port Deposit nine last Satur-
day. at Rising Sun. Reynolds WAS on
the slab again for the home team. and
WIS in his very best form. striking out
fifteen men and allowing but six hits
Devon gave him fine support. The bal
Ance of the team played Il steady fielding
game. but the battery left them little to
do. Rising Sun alSo hit the ball when
hits meant runs. For Port DppoSit
Boyce put up fine game mt short. and
johnson looks like a good one behind the
bat. The attendance waits good.
The following is the score by innings
Rising Sun.... o o . 0 2 90 rs
Port Deposit. 90 0 90 %
misunderstanding Sun, Reynolds and
Devon; Port Deposit, Harris and John
son.
AT PERRYVILLE.
Lovers of the game had hoped to hear
n better report of the gritty Baldwin
aggregation. but they met defeat at the
hands of perryvillc. on the latter's
grounds. by "A score of Is to 3
Following is the score by innings =
PerIyville ..... 3 0 1 . o. 0-13
Baldwins ....... 90 . % 100 5
RHtterieS-perryvile. MackinSnn and
Camwcll; Baldwins Brown and Willis
AT NORTH EAST.
In n very close and exciting game. the
North East club won last Saturday, from
Colora, by the score of II to 13, and still
lead in the race for the penntnt of the
Cecil County League.
The following is the score by innings
North East. 80. 3 o 4 4 O 0 9 Ola
Colora ........ l 4 0 0 3 3 o 9 O-13
Butteriee-No1th East, Wilson and T.
Biddle; Colora, Caldwell and Caldwell.
Observation-Disclosures COLLEGE.
Ihe Elkton team We're up against it
hard in the game with Delaware College
here on Thursday. Bums filled Browns
pace and Finnan could not get in his
best work. Six runs piled up by the Wis
itols in the middle of the game put it i'm
their hands, the final score standing 10
to =.
WOODLAWN II; w. A. 8.
The Woodlawn base ball club played
their first game of the season, on Satur-
day, May 14th, with the Washington
Amateurs, on the latter's grounds. The |
score is rather large, owing to the high
wind and roughnesss of the grounds. The |
features of the game was the all around |
playing of Todd, for Woodlslwn, and the |
catch by Lynch for the Washington |