Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-14
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"a Baassee BaIT Match!

ing the summer in Central New. \ 1Ork and
writing spicy letters to the Ctaciphqtt I i1aes,
I'm recent eplstle he reports hypotheti-
zeal base ball match as follows; .rUit. ! ,,,
-c A match game of Base Ball came of on
Saturday, which attracted q crowd Of
spectators and created much amusement.
oGtoccurTed between the Fossils and the
reMayOr and Common Council of Utica, the
latter being challenged by the former
The Fossils" lis composed mostly OF the
Oldest citizens, the captain being no less "A
parsonage than Judge Bacon, one, Of the
oldest and most eminent juristS " Central
New York. ri islgy. .fl i. .',,I,o od,,,.5s
'n The following are among the sregulIa-
tions' of the game sod t.r.. o., tgi4cuu q
TheHgame to- be played on Saturday,
July 2S1h, and the anniversary Of the 18th
of July, 1865. lIfnot played then to be ex-
ecuted IOn the, anniversary, OF some other
day, aud be continued until nine innings
are played out, if the players are not
''played OUT before that time. .tys.r
10 be conducted strictly in accordance
with the rules of the National Base Ball
Association. the laws of the Medes and
Persians, the Code Napoleon, the City
Ordinances, and the regulations OF the
Board of Health.mr o. Ir-y. arf..,. .
No player to be allowed more than one
hour to run base. gI gt.r,urrl.rt..f d
Players to have the privilege Of catching
their ball in hats or caps, but the use OF
peach baskets. and potash kettles to bepoSi-
lively prohibited. Mosquito nets may be
used in catching tdy' balls. ,,s .I..i its.,gf
All ''toup balls to, be deodorized before
used Y,Y. lYsl.-t. I .atuf.aafs.f lr. t,l
ANY player ''caught OUT without his
night key, tobe furnished lodgings at the
n, Should the ''pitcher''y become cracked
during the game, a new one to beprovided
from the nearest cFockery store. 3, r...T.f
No cotton "batting' allowed. ..-s yr... .
, No player to beallOwed to strike the ball
with johnson Club .r..G g.-ru..... .
No levity on the part of strangers ad-
mitted. .ul ..
v Omnibuses to start for the first base every
half hour. lTi' 1uIl sIif to .nuUu.- luIEf
Ambulances to be ready at convenient
points to carry off the wounded, ,a'ng rr.-.
In order that there may "a correct re-
port by eye eitwitnesses--after the reliable
manner of war correspOndents-neW
reporters tobe positively prohibited from
approaching the grounds. l.r tf -f.s
Anieiioient medical staff to be in attend
,ance, &c. f.H. a .t1..fs iEnrl .r.. -
|, The game was delayed by a rain storm for
acOuple of hours, which threateued to de-
fer it altogether, but the sun came out at
length, and so did the Fossils. % r..... rr
i The ground was somewhat damp, and
several old Fossils, who were suffering
from tchronic inflammatOry rheumatism,
|, were driven onto the grounds in carriages
lu-some of them not dismouHting at all
| When iticame the turn fOr;One of these old
| fellows to 'bat,H the ball was carefully
handed into the carriage on a plate by tht
"pitcher." Fossil would punch it vicious
| ly with his crutch, and then the horse;
would be started at the top of their speed
| for the first base (Which wasn't the frs
| base action some of them had been guilty
! of, we fear) ! n AS the lin flammatory Fossils
got warmed up to the work, several o.
| them we're removed from. their carriages
| to stretchers, provided for the OCCASION, or
/ which they. were conveyed from base tC
| base by four young Fossils Commanded
| by Bailey of the I06Seruer), who NIGH
have exclaimed, i'm the language of Ham
| let: 'il 81 yti ~ 7ui7'ili a6t mnlf u5.u
TO what 6aseuses may we come at lastr7
l. One blind Fossil participated in tbt
game. Itcame his turn to bat, but beinG
I 'ihlind as a bGt,ni he was asgmuch in thu
dark about the game when it was finished
as he wasfat the beginning, He was
| strong batter, battering his shins terribly
| but missing the ball. When at length ht
did accidentally hit it, he was led arounC
I the bases by a dog trained for the occa.
/ slon, -g.. ru r.--l noua Lana .7,gy +
| A fat Fossil was allowed all the, after
noon to make q rum and he hadn't go
i around when the game broke up. He wa
! the only one allowed to move his base, anC
| be did very slowly, he having more. bqS
| tomoye than all the rest put together. IL
"larded The earth so that itwas very slip
perry for the. other. runners, He was con
stRntly shouted at tO,"dOwn in 'front.'" as h
| DISTRACTED the view of the spectators greatly
when he moved from, base to base, IL
I stopped" a ball very cleverlY once--Witl
! his stomaehr-and he said he didp't want t
stop another.il He had mo stomach TO
| that although -he had for almost every
thing else. In batting he used the 1Ele
| ! "A wooden legged Fossil did some extra
4 ordinary ''pitching. ballelub flew ou
of the hands of a paralytic Fossil anC
| Knocked the pitchers wooden leg out from
| under him, resulting in the pitchers pitch
| ing on to his head. Another pitcher wen
| down about as sudden, but it was a pitche
of beer from Nee Quade's brewery uToJ0s
| A deaf Fossil got a bat over the hea(
| several times, IrOtnhearing the words o
warning that were shouted at him. When
he had run to the bases the younger Fossil
chased after him with encouraging cries
| yelledat him through speaking trumpetsG
| AFossil who had beendumb, for the pas
| fifty years, oWas ruled out, He, Gouldn't
| even "play" bd1Cl say nothing aboht batot
ingin earnest. He #r6te on his slate to q
friend that he never, felt so much like baaoE-
fngin all his life, before. iy sc ro,s.e fs,,. i,
When the game was about halt through
with, beer was proposed, but the question
arose who should pay for it, the Fossils Oh
the City Fathers adA Fossil with the palsy
offered to i'sbake'' for it, with any. of the
Council party A councilman with the
'Fever'n Iager" was beaten, being ''no
great shakes" by the side of palSygil9 a,fT
There was only (one man ''pitehed out
uring the game, and that was an ainebri-
tedold Fossilfreul Rome, who linterfere0
lot "a good many were caught out-roi
money. 1865 s.LaI aHI .s7GIob "a .hG
An umpire was chosen to settle all dis
putes. (New York, you knOwais the Ups-
pTe State). The umpire's name was Book
He ewas f'spelledT occasionally by qGbbb, OF
the Utica MorHiRgl lHerdld--a new and noye
version of fCObb'S' Spelling Book. ob rf -,i,,
Judge Bacon, among the Fossils, appear
cd to be tbe,Onlyl one who knew the game
the other Fossils being green--an animated
illustration of s,Bdcoa and Green's" l..g ~,
The Council party was led by His Hon,
or,Mayor HcQuade (late Colonel of the l4tI
N. Y. I9!dIt was i'm possible for them tx
sink the Council Chamber Let an Alder.
man "make,9 ,mQtiOno with his bat) ant
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