April 8th, 1871 - New Haven Mill Rivers (1-0) @ Jersey City Hudsons (1-0)
New Haven
R Ed DeMontreville, 2B (.333)
R Eugene Falch, CF (.200)
L Lip Eichler, LF (.200)
R Leslie Vance, C (.400)
R Red Creegan, 3B (.400)
L Jack Gilbert, RF (.200)
R Dave Eason, 1B (.250)
L Jim Bradley, SS (.600)
R Bill Honeyman, P (0-0, 7.71)
Jersey City
L Joe Ryder, CF (.000)
R Fred Humphries, LF (.400)
S Thomas Kling, 2B (.400)
L William Day, RF (.400)
R Larry Fogg, C (.000)
R Jimm Farr, 1B (.250)
R Edgar Haney, 3B (.333)
R Joseph Cuff, SS (.500)
L Charles Edmondson, P (1-0, 3.00)
This was a back-and-forth battle with the lead changing several times. My theory that low movement pitchers won’t have issues in this league might be wrong. Edmondson and Goodfellow each let one get out of the park. In the end, we managed to battle just hard enough to win this one in the 8th inning. Fred Humphries was the big hero, going 5-6 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 SB. Ryder, Kling and Farr each had two hits. The player of the game was New Haven’s Eugene Falch, who went 3-5 with a 2-run HR, a double, 3 runs and 4 RBI.
New Haven 11, Jersey City 12
W: John Goodfellow (1-0, 6.00)
L: Jim Fulmer (1-1, 11.25)
Player of the Game
CF Eugene Falch, New Haven
3-5, 2B, HR, 3 R, 4 RBI
Around the MBA
Brooklyn 11 (0-2), Troy 13 (1-1)
Newark 6 (1-1), Albany 4 (1-1)
Hartford 10 (1-1), New York 6 (1-1)