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THE 1878 MILWAUKEE GRAYS June 27, 1878 at Milwaukee Headline The “new catcher,” Knowdell, was on hand, yesterday, and, all things considered did remarkably well; Indeed, had it not been for a gross misjudgment on the part of the umpire and Goodman’s unexpected and unaccountable weakness at the bat, the Milwaukees would have won a handsome victory. Knowdell is rather slight-built and does not look strong enough to stand the terrible racket of Weaver’s or Golden’s pitching for any length of time. Considering the terrific force with which Weaver put his ball, yesterday, the new catcher’s work was remarkable; and he bids fair to do reasonably well with the bat. Yesterday’s work by the home nine has resulted in a great revival of confidence. Our boys were, in reality, out batted by the Rhode Islanders, but the fielding of the visitors was defective; and, had it not been for the causes already stated, the game would have been score in favor of the Milwaukees. The game opened with the visitors at the bat. Higham put in a handsome two baser. York got the first, Brown made a two baser, Higham and York scored. Hines went out at first, and Brown and Cary followed, closing the first inning for the visitors with two runs. Dalrymple struck a baser and scored; Peters struck out; Goodman made his first on three balls and an error by Brown [note: In 1878, every third pitched ball was called a ball and three balls equaled a walk – so that meant nine balls in reality]; Foley sent a high one to York, and Weaver struck out, leaving Goodman on second. In the second, Murnan made a base hit and subsequently tallied, Knowdell’s mask causing two passed balls; Hague went out on a foul fly; Sweasy made a base hit, and finally tallied. Knowdell threw aside his mask and prevented any more nonsense of that sort [note: Yes, what nonsense those catcher masks!]. Wheeler went out at first; Higham made a base hit but York went out on a fly to Golden. Redmond went to bat but went out at first; Golden made a base hit, and subsequently tallied. Much curiosity was manifested to see what Knowdell would do at the bat; he did not appear at all nervous, but struck a foul away off in the course of the grounds; he made one or two more good efforts but died at first; Creamer took first on balls; Dal made a base hit, and Peters went out on a fly to center field, leaving Dal at second, Creamer scoring. Corey, who pitched for the visitors in the first inning, gave way to Wheeler in the second and the latter pitched the remainder of the game. In the third, Brown, Hines and Cary went out in one, two, three order. Goodman went out on a fly to first. Foley made a baser; Weaver went out on a fl y to Sweasy; and Redmond died at first through an assist by Sweasy. Foley meantime scoring. The fourth resulted in a zero for each side. The greatest interest was now manifested by the spectators as the game stood at a tie on even innings. In the fifth, Wheeler and Higham scored; York struck out, Brown went out at second, and Cary struck out, leaving Hines at third. Dal made a base hit, but his rashness caused his death at third. Peters followed with a baser, and reached home; Goodman scored another zero; Foley put in a two-baser and Weaver went out on a foul. The sixth opened with a base hit by Murnan, who subsequently tallied; Hague reached third on errors, but was left there, as Sweasy, Wheeler and Higham went out in rapid succession. Redmond tallied, and Golden made a handsome two-baser, but Knowdell went out to short stop, Creamer to center-field and Dalrymple on strikes. In the seventh, York and Brown went out at first, Hines made a base hit and stole second, but was left there as Cary went out at first. Peters struck to right field, but understanding the umpire to call “foul,” made no effort to run and consequently went out at first. Goodman was caught out by Sweasy. Foley went out on a foul. In the eighth, Hague, Sweasy and Wheeler went out, leaving Murnan, who had made a base-hit, at third. Weaver went out to York; Redmond made a splendid two-base hit, but the umpire declared it foul, and the little left-hander went back to bat, only to go out to Cary. Golden struck out. In the ninth, Higham went out to Redmond, York to Peters, and Brown on three strikes. There was a good deal of excitement as Knowdell went to bat to begin the finishing work of the game. The score now stood seven to six in favor of the visitors, and there was a fair chance for success for the Milwaukees. Knowdell, after striking two of three tremendous fouls, went out to Sweasy; Creamer went out to Hines. Dalrymple made a base hit, amid a good deal of applause. Peters then went to bat, but Dal’s rushness killed him at second and the day was lost for the Milwaukees. Notable: |
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