1894 by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

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their pitcher, Kid Carsey, limited the Colonels to four runs on eight hits. According to the “Louisville Courier-Journal,”

“Louisville could do nothing with Carsey’s curves.” For Philadelphia, “The Phillies knocked Wadsworth’s delivery all over the field and sometimes out of it, and, aided by the poor fielding of the visitors, scored runs pretty much as they pleased.” The box score listed Philadelphia as scoring only 16

earned runs, meaning 13 were unearned.

Sam Thompson’s longest hit was a home run which bounded over the fence from the bicycle track in right center field. He also scored four runs. Even though the Phillies collected 36 base hits, they had only five doubles, one triple by Thompson, and two home runs, for a total of 49 bases; indicating that the Phillies pounded out 28 singles in the game.

For Philadelphia, Joe Sullivan and Mike Grady each had five hits, four singles and a double, in the thrashing. Hamilton knocked five singles, while Carsey and Delahanty added four singles apiece, and Captain Jack Boyle made a double and two singles, and besides stole three bases. For Louisville, John Grim hit a home run over the left field stands to account for two runs in the fourth inning. Tom Brown’s double in the sixth drove in the only other Colonels runs. When the game was finally finished, Colonels pitcher Jack Wadsworth’s arm hung limp and

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