The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-06-06
BASEBALL AND RACES.

Fine Sport Furnished Patrons of A
nnuz-u Park-Local Team Victeri-
Gus in Seasons First Game
Similar Program Tomorrow.
A combination of baseball and
races served to attract a good-sized
crowd to A-muz-u Park last Sunday
afternoon, and the sport was excel
lent as regards both amusements
The game, which marked the open
ing of the season locally, was played
between the recently organized DON
aldsonville team ana the fast Nine
Stars Of St. John, and resulted in
victory for the home boys by the
close count of 2 to /. D'Alemberte
pitched for the locals arc was in fine
form, striking out ten of the visitors
and yielding only two hits. He
issued three passes and sent one
batter to first by the hit-by- pitcher
Route: Creoli handled his delivery
and made several pretty stops of
wild pitches. Waguespack was IN i the
box for the Nine Stars and chalked
UP seven strike-ol.s, giving two
passes. He was touched for four
safeties, one tWo-sacker by Bou-
chereau. Songy was his battery
mate and performed creditably. The
visitors put their lone tally across in
the fifth, and the locals went them
one better by annexing two counters
in the sixth.
A fast skinned diamond has been
constructed in the enclosure within
the race course, and in order to per-
NIT an uninterrupted view of the
playing field from the grand-stand
provision has been made for rolling
the judges stand to one side, re-
storing it to its original position at
the conclusion of the game. Every
body who saw Sundays contest ex-
antly surprised with the completeness
of the arrangements made for pre-
senting the games, and none but ex-
pressions Of satisfaction and enthus-
iasm were heard as to the character
of the initial exhibition. The local
team has a strong lineup, and while
the boys lack teamwork and are a
bit weak with the bat, further prac
tice will remedy these defects and de-
veIope the club into one of the most
formidable amateur aggregations in
this section.
The races followed the baseball
game and were won by May Advice
and Frances T. The former copied
the Glass A event in straight heats
without being extended, although
Paul Lambremont challenged in the
stretch in the second round and was
good second.
Four heats were required to de-
eide the Glass B event. Nellie G.
showed g. clean pair OF heels to her
field in the first trial, and led all the
way in the second heat up to within
few feet of the wire, when Frances
T. Came up with a burst of speed and
won out by nose. Frances be-
hayed badly in the next round and
was not in the running, first place
going to Princess Ozma, with Sprint
ing Blazes as the runner-up. In the
final try-out the Mccall mare hit
her stride again and was an easy
winner
An amusing feature was one
mile mule race from standing start,
with four contenders Although a
harness race, the entries were run
ming most of the time, and Beauty
gaIloped under the wire first in a
driving finish, with Smoke Bend
Queen second, Hohen SoIms King
third, and Mitchell fourth. The time
was As.
The judges were W. C.. Hanson, ].
J.. Lafargue and o. NJ. Mary. Time
keeper, u. A. Rousseau. Starter, r.
H. shockency. Summary:
Glass "A:
May Advice, ]. H. Barnett owner,
(Milliman) 1
Paul Lambremont, Bat. Well owner.
(steWart :. 2
Dr.. Grant, R. L: Corbo owner Coy
cault)
Button Bright, ]. Stone Ware owner
ana orEVer
Time: 2:24k, 2:251k.
Glass B:
Frances T., E. J. Mccall owner,
(Stewart) 8
Nellie G., Sidney Gomez owner, (Mil-
laman) 49,.
Princess 0zma, ]. Stone Ware owner
and driver 49,. -. l. 2
Sprinting Blazes, Sidney Webre own
er and driver -. 2
Time: 2:2s, 2:25, APT. 2:s2h.
aDrawn.
Baseball and racing fans will have
an opportunity of enjoying high-class
exhibitions of these sports at A
muz-u Park tomorrow afternoon, and
it is hoped large crowd will turn
out to witness the attractive pro-
gram. The races will begin at 8
o'clock sharp, and will consist Of
two events, in which some of the
best horses that have appeared on
the local track will be entered. AT
ter the races the Donaldsonvilla team
will try conclusions with the redoubt-
able Luling club, which has played
five games this season and won them
all. The visitors lineup follows:
Keller and Case, pitchers; Keller,
catcher; Margiotta, lib; Plauche, s.
s.; Martin, 3b; Trepagnier, 2b; Cham-
payne, !. t. Margiotta, C. f.; Rob-
erts. r. f.; Margiotta and Champagne
were members of the Garyvil1e team
when it was at its best, and Martin
was one of L. S. us crack players
until he graduated last year, since
when he has been playing semi-pro-
fessional ball. Case played with a
college team in Pennsylvania, and
the Keller brothers were members Of
the st. Stanislaus nine. Plauche was
a Tulane player. The locals will pre-
sent the same lineup as last Sun