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Volume 43, No. 10. Philadelphia, May 21, 1904. Price, Five Cents. llIfTTNFW IN DELAWARE. ALWAYS SOMETHING NOVEL DOING THE WAWASET GUN CLUB HOLD VERY IN BASE BALL. SUCCESSFUL MEET. Bransfield Breaks All First Baseinaa Many Prominent Visitors The Sliding Records With Seven Assists, and a Handicap System Used J. A. R. Balk Saves the Pitcher Who Made EIHott Made High General Average It From Sure Defeat. E. C. Griffith First Amateur. BY W. A. PHELON, JR. Wilmington, Del., May 14. The ama Chicago, 111., May 15. Editor "Sporting teur tourament of the Wawaset Gun Club Life©© The mail who said that there is at this place May 12-13 was one of the most nothing new under the sun lived before successful trap meets given base ball was invented. in this section in many There is always something jears. Sixty-five shooters new in base ball, and I be participated on the opening lieve that few games pass day and nearly as many on without some absolutely the second day. The Tour novel wrinkle developing. nament Committee consist Take, for example, the ed of J. T. Skelly, L, J. seven assists credited to Squier, W. M. Foord, Stan Kitty Bransfield the other ley Tuchtoii and E. Mel- day. 1 have talked to An- choir, Jr. The first two sou and Comiskey, and named are well-known trap these first basemeii of the experts, connected with the past, who probably played Dul©onts, and the others Ill 5000 games during their are prominent in local J. A. R. Elliott Wm. Bransfield combined careers, declare shooting circles. The Wa- that never before did any waset Gnu Club has a membership^ of 80, first sackers collect such a bunch of assists. including ^nch good shots as Edward Jt was an off day for Kitty, too, for he Banks. J. M. Hawkins, L. J. Squier and made two or three errors, yet the seven J T Skelly. These men know how a shoot assists loomed up like a red-headed man at should be conducted, and the arrangements an Italian picnic. Twice he tickled bunts were all that could be -desired. to Ititehey, who came down from second The grounds were located within fifteen and covered first; twice he threw deep-field minutes© trolley ride from the centre of ed grounders to the pitcher: once he had a the city and afforded a good background for pass to make from first to second, and shooting. twice he got in on the rouudiiig up of run The events were conducted over a new ners between the bases. It was a wonder Leggett trap, which threw a clean, steady ful set of chances; the thing never hap fifty-yard Might, and a set of three expert traps on the Sergeant system. pened before, and will probably never oc The weather during the two days was cur again. ideal. There was at times a little wind, BALK WINS. which returned the powder residue toward Another novelty, which I think has never the shooters, but it did not in auy way been recorded before, and may never hap affect the flight of the targets. pen again, was the winning of a game ROSCOE MILLER, THE EVENTS WERR SHOT _ _ __ through a balk that is to under the sliding handicap, the program say, the club which made Pitcher of the Pittsburg Nat.onal League Club. having twelve events each day at 15 tar the balk was .saved from de gets, entrance $1.50, purses open only to struction, and the team to amateurs. Although the paid experts shot which was awarded the game for the Browns Friday week by jock day this week. Young Walsh, Comiskey©s for targets only, they were placed on the benefit of the balk decision eying off first and drawing the attention of Eastern League recruit, debuted on the same handicap as the amateurs, in order was defeated thereby. This the whole Chicago team till Hemphill could 7th. and made good. He showed fine speed, that their scores might make a fair com seeming impossibility is ex dash home from third with the tying run. good control and excellent fielding ability. parison. The sum of $5.00 was added to plained as follows: With Last Saturday, when a Chicago batsman Hoy Patterson, for years Comiskey©s star each purse, and 5 per cent, was deducted a close score, and with sun had hit about to the outer wall, he posed pitcher, is likely to draw his release, it is from each event to be divided among those dry Pittsburg gents on on the line with extended hands as though said, as Commy thinks he is pretty nearly who shot through and failed to win theic bases, Lundgren made a about to catch a pop fly, and two foolish all in. With some other team Koy might entrance. large, fat and unmistakable runners, who had not seen where the ball round into form such things often happen. The sliding handicap did not allow as balk. Johustone at once or- went, floundered wildly around till too late rapid handling of the squads as the regu Chas. Comiskey tp™& the runners to ad- to score. FIRST TRIPLE PLAY. lar system, as the second event could not © vauce a base. Just as the The season©s first triple play came off a be started until the last man in the first umpire waved his hand in token of his TOM JONES. few days ago. In the first inning of a event had finished his score. This really recognition of the balk, Lundgren finished Jim McAIeer©s new first baseinan, made a Chicago-Pittsburg scuffle, with two on suited some of the men, as it gave them 1he swing of his arm. and shot in the ball. great impression. He is not yet a finished bases and nobody out. Chance hit valorous- more time to visit with their friends. Scoring, the batter, hit it and knocked it or even high-class guardian of the sack, ly at Bransfield. Kitty clung to the ball UNDER THFJ SLIDING HANDICAP to the uttermost limits of right field. As but how he can hit a ball! He has been like a pup to a- root, and stepped on his all started at 10 yards in the first event. the procession of 1©ittsbnrg runners tore driving them far down the field in every base. Then he shot the ball to Wagner, Those getting into first place went to 20 round the bases. Johnstone ordered them game, and his long whacks are of the regu and, as everybody had been leading way off yards, second place 19 yards, third place all back, and told Sebring to bat, over. He lar Bronthers kind. It was Jones who from the cushions, the triple was com 18 yards, fourth place 17 yards and all decided that the cnll of "balk" took prece ma/le possible one of the greatest finishes pleted. The Pittsburgs did not make good others to 10 yards in the following event. dence over the batsman©s wallop, and that I ever saw in the game of May 7. With here. They were way to the bad in bat This formed new squads each time and no play of any kind was legal till the run two out in the ninth, two of the Browns ting, and their fielding was a joke. Se made constant work for the squad hustlers. ners had advanced \ .mm the balk. This, of made hits, and then Jones smashed it, clear bring was their star, and the way he The moving from 1(5 to 18 yards, then to course, nullified Set, ring©s hit, and was to the left-field bleachers for a homer. It caught the long ones in right was an iri 17, back to 19, or. perhaps, 20, if a straight tough on Pittsburg, but would, of course, was a mighty deed, and yet it went for descent dream. The Eastern clubs of the- was made, bothered many of the amateurs have also nullified any put-out had Sebring nothing, as the Sos rallied and won out. National League are now appearing here. who had received little handicap experience, hit to n fielder. Sebring went back, got a With one gone, Donahue and Dundon Boston came first, and the mob saw a sen clubbed safely. Sullivan then hit the and the scores had many "tips and downs." base on balls, and then, with the bases sational game on the 7th, with some nice So steady was the flight of the. targets that full, the next batter did nothing. Sebring©s leather so far it is still going, but gets work by Fred Knymer. who has improved only two bases under the scoring rules. the best experts had little trouble, and hit would have put tho Pirates to the good, immensely since he played here. some of them got no nearer than 18 yards, and turned the tide of battle. CHARLEY COMISKEY although others occasionally came down PADUEN©S SKULL. is well pleased with his team, but is still The Penalties of Greatness. from 19 or 20 yards and visited with the We have found much diversion in watch- making experiments, and has not yet made 16 or 17 yard-amateurs. Ing the doings of Richard Padden. the gen the cut down expected in his roster. Just Cy Young is now enjoying the fate suffered by now Isbell is playing second and Dundon all great men. Since he made his wonderful ON THE FIRST DAY tleman w,ho used to play second for Comis pitching record Young has been deluged with J A.