It was a beautiful afternoon at Recreation Park as the powerful Buffalo club took the field and quickly worried the home team crowd.  Four tallies were recorded before Mr. Ferguson was able to retire a batter.  It was very quiet as the Quakers came to bat in their half of the inning.  But the home team rallied for six and the battle began.  Center fielder Richardson brought home two of his mates with a mighty blast in the top of the second frame, once again quieting the home town followers.  Pitcher Ferguson started a Quaker comeback in the bottom of the frame as three runs crossed the home plate to put them ahead by one, 8-7. Purcell brought McClellan home in the third for a 9-7 lead.  McClellan continues his fine hitting this season.   O'Rourke of the visitors quickly tied the contest with a blast over the fence scoring pitcher Hagan to tie the score at 9.  Both teams held fast until the home team came through in their half of the eighth inning.  Ferguson singled with one man out.  His battery mate Crowley, with three previous hits, came through with a long blast for three bases, scoring the speedy Ferguson with what was the winning tally.  Crowley came home on Farrar's fly out, and the home team blanked the visitors in the ninth.  The battery of Ferguson and Crowley were cheered by the happy home team cranks.  

 

BOXSCORE: 1884 Buffalo Bisons At 1884 Philadelphia Quakers          5/10/1884
 
  Bisons             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Quakers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.O'Rourke LF       5  3  3  2 .368     B.McClellan SS      5  1  3  1 .375  
  G.Myers C           5  2  2  1 .200     B.Purcell LF        3  1  1  1 .154  
  H.Richardson CF     5  2  2  4 .256     J.Manning RF        5  1  1  0 .333  
  D.Brouthers 1B      5  0  2  0 .297     J.Mulvey 3B         4  1  1  1 .261  
  D.White 3B          4  1  1  1 .342     C.Ferguson P        5  3  3  1 .353  
  J.Lillie RF         4  0  0  0 .176     J.Crowley C         5  2  4  1 .417  
A-J.Rowe PH           1  0  0  0 .316     S.Farrar 1B         4  1  3  3 .292  
  C.Collins 2B        4  0  3  0 .265     J.Remsen CF         2  1  0  1 .100  
  D.Force SS          4  0  0  0 .158     E.Andrews 2B        5  0  1  2 .154  
  A.Hagan P           3  1  2  0 .500                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  9 15  8                 Totals      38 11 17 11
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lillie In 9th Inning
 
Bisons.......... 4 3 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  9 15  4
Quakers......... 6 2 1  0 0 0  0 2    - 11 17  1
 
Bisons (5-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Hagan LOSS(1-1)         8      17  11   4   4   3   0   5.21
Totals                    8      17  11   4   4   3   0
 
Quakers (4-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Ferguson WIN(3-1)       9      15   9   8   1   1   2   4.25
Totals                    9      15   9   8   1   1   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,685 DATE- Saturday, May 10th 1884 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Bisons: 6  Quakers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Bisons: 1  Quakers: 0
ERRORS- H.Richardson, C.Collins-3, J.Mulvey
DOUBLES- H.Richardson(6th), E.Andrews(2nd)
TRIPLES- G.Myers(1st), J.Crowley(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.O'Rourke(1st), H.Richardson(1st)
RBIs- J.O'Rourke-2(4th), G.Myers(3rd), H.Richardson-4(9th), D.White(4th),
      B.McClellan(10th), B.Purcell(2nd), J.Mulvey(7th), C.Ferguson(2nd),
      J.Crowley(2nd), S.Farrar-3(5th), J.Remsen(3rd), E.Andrews-2(7th)
STOLEN BASES- D.White-2(4th), C.Collins(3rd), B.McClellan(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Collins, B.Purcell-2
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Hagan
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Mulvey, S.Farrar, J.Remsen
WALKS- D.White, B.Purcell-2, J.Remsen-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Lillie, J.Manning, C.Ferguson, E.Andrews
GIDP- E.Andrews
2-out RBI- S.Farrar, E.Andrews-2, B.McClellan, H.Richardson-3
RLISP 2-out- J.Manning-2, E.Andrews-2, D.Force-2, C.Ferguson, H.Richardson,
             J.O'Rourke, J.Rowe
 
John Crowley had 4 hits and Charlie Ferguson allowed Harry Wright to rest his
bullpen, tossing a complete game as the Philadelphia Quakers outscored the
Buffalo Bisons 11 to 9.
 
Ferguson(3-1) got the win despite looking shaky at times.  He gave up 9 runs,
15 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings and served up 2 'big flies'.  The score went
back-and-forth with the lead changing 5 times.  
 
Art Hagan(1-1) was hit with the loss.  He allowed a few too many baserunners
giving up 17 hits and 4 walks in 8 innings.