Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-09-12
NORTH BLOOMFIELD.

Enron CHRONICLE More than enough, has
perhaps already been said about the game ofBas
Ball played by the Bloomfield and Mahonlng
Clubs; but rs s.. T., in your last weeks paper, has
made some statements that l positively kIoIc 70 be
wrong, I will ask for space in your next issue to
LIST. Mr.. Briscoe. (the Mahoning scorer) trds an;
froduced to MI. Brown, (the Bloomfield scoreD and
the names; POSITIONS and hnmpeIs R o. 99idd.nof
see fit to place the names of the Bloomheld pay
ers on his score sheet in the order that capt wing
had arranged them to play, and this may aeeopnt
for the superstition that some of them TOOK ire pat
I'd. THE baby gam" was played by tne Mahon-
ings as much certainly as by their opponents.
"a No faily was made for either side by one of
the scorers that was not made by the other. g,
Rnt on Foul bal" in the 4th innings; but in
the 7th, he was fairly and honorably put out on LIST
base BY Proctor. who caught the ball in his left
hand about a foot or so from the ground, and held
q, making a long reach and keeping one foot on
his base.
nings. The only time he knocked out" was in
the I'd innings; and in that innings POWellwasno not
9Th. S 7 says Hatfield was fouled out on a ball
which he did not touch" Now, l do not. know
that he did touch il, but / think he did Tor the
Umpire cried foul" instantly. and, on HalbeLd,s
| denial of il, a number of by-standers said they
heard il. and amorg them. Judge Harris Of Paines-
vile. who said the next day, he would make athda-
Wit Ia II If necessary, and have il from a reliable
narson' that Harrington. of the Mahonings, told
Hatfield he tipped the ball and he 1.-THE tormer)
heard it. O
7 says about the 9Th innings. Here is the truth
Powell mo y was Sd hand out in the Sth innings,
therefore in the Smith. Bushnell (No s. first took the
bat, and went out on a fly" then Brown No 81
should have taken the bat;" whether he did or
not, the score sheet does not show. either run or
out; then g. Wing mo y struck, and was put out
at LIST base; then Proctor No q struck, and was
put out at Sd base, Frank Wing mo 81 standing
with the bat in hand when the anne closed.
What particular difference it would make in IA
vor Of the Mahonings, if all S I says about the
9th innings was true, L cannot see, lnasmueh as
| the BIS were Ehitewashed, Notwithstanding the
passing over Osborn, Haskell, Smith and Powell"
| &c, &c. If there was any passing over" on ell
Their side, it was, l am sure, unintentlonal on the
part of scorers and players.
Sth. I know that tie Bloomfield boys believed
they should have two tallies more than they were
credited, viz Osborn, who was ruled out at home
base in first innings, and Haskell in the Sth inning;
at Sd base; but unlike Hatfield. they submitted to
the decision Of the Umpire without complaining
In both cases the Umpire said he could not te
whether the men were out or not, but believed the
rule or custom was in such cases. to favor the
ball " and he did so. I have nothing to say farth-
er, but to wish the Mahonings better luck next
time" and that the next dose of "buttermilk" 81
7 takes may sit tighter on his stomach.
OSSAMATOMIE.
BIoom6eId. Sent. 10. 1866.