Last week Thursday morning dawned fate and beautiful, and try 8 o'clock people began coming into Port Allegany in vehicles of all kinds, as it was the day for the greatbaseball match between Austin, Port Allegany and Smethport.  The two first named teams had fortified themselves by importing talent from outside towns.  Austin's team did not contain a single man that belonged to Austin, while Port Allegany had six men fromWarren and Titusville, and with this force they expected to wipe the Smethport eam from the face of this planet, but the fondest hopes are often dashed to the earth.  Smethport's team consisted of Smethport boys, with the exceptions of Buck Wright, of Olean, who was hired to fill the palce made cavant by the death of Lewis Burke.

When the morning train from Coudersport arrived it contained a large degation from the new city on the headwaters of the Allegany river.

The treatment received by our baseball team during their recent visit to Bradford was not calculated to inspire them with much respect for the people of that city.  During the game there on Thursday of last week the hoodlums who witnessed the game threw stones and sticks at the players.When the boys got into the wagon to come home, they were again subjected to a volley of rotten lemons and other missiles, and this time no one interfered.  If the police and citizens of Bradford cannot protect visiting baseball teams from insult and abuse, they cannot expect to witness very many games in that city, asno decent clubs will want to subject themselves to such treatment.

Young Tull, who occupies the box for Smethport, is gaining an enviable reputation as an amateur ball player.  The sports of the county seat are ready to stake their money on any game where Tull does the twirling. -- UST right.