Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-09-20

BURLINGTON, Sept u, 1867.
YESTERDAY was a lively day among the ball play
ers, goodly number of which were on the ground
dressed for action and duly labelled with she badge
indicating the respective clubs TO which they be-
louged. A very close game was played in the AZ
ternoon between the " Burlingtons and the
"Crescentsnof ST. Adams The" Burlingtons were
decidedly ahead in the first part OF the game, max
ing very good bats and doing some splendid field
ing The cheering Of the crowd showed plainly
that Burlington stock was considerable above par.
However the" Crstc su's made good and several
" home runs" and gained ground until the close,
when it was declared that the "Crescentsn had won
the championship Of the State, 40 70 81 On
Thursday morning their honors were CALAMITY
contested by the Alerts' Of Poutney. This
was very close and exciting play, The" Alcrtsn
we're considerably ahead on the 9th inning but
the " Cresconts made better scores as the game
progressed, and were Up with their opponents at
the close of the 9TH inning. The Sth was inter-
rupted by one Of those occurrences that ought TO
teach every base ball player the folly of disputing
the decisions of the umpire. The umpire called
" out on the ID base whereupon the Alerts
disputed and contended that the man was not out,
and the bystanders who were mostly either in SYM
patty with the Alcrts or adocySe to the " Cres-
cents clamored against the umpire SO that the play
was completely broken up, and the umpire decar-
ed it no game. IL is rumored that the committee
will decide the game aud award the prize which
will be a very extraordinary preceding and con-
trary to all rules Of base ball and good sense An
umpire may misiudge or he may be corrupt but
one thing is sure it never fails to spoil the harmo-
ny and beauty Of the whole game to dispute his
decisions And it seems strange that after all that
has been written upon this subject, men would be
found to break this stringent rule The finest
PLAYING was exhibited in the game that followed
between the " ST. Lawrence club from Canton.
New York, and the " Atlautics from Whitehall.
The est Lawrence nine were all active and
muscular men, of good size and gentlemanly APP
pearance. 20 swearing, no dsputing the umpire,
was passing among themselves. The " Atlautics
were smaller men but very active, with strong
limbs and poicecfpi lungs. They played beauti-
fully; their pitcher and catcher was the best on
the grounds, and their left fielder was probably
the fastest trower But they swore, screamed,
cursed the umpire iawed the crowd, and were too
much excited to play to advantage No man can
play as well when he gets angry, and the St. Ls'
men understood this piece of philosophy and seem-
ed determined that nothing should rulile heir tenn
per- an they wen the gan e, 50 % 10. They we've
undoubtedly the finest players ON the ground, yet
it is doubtful if they could beat the " Atlanticsn
provided they would leave of their disputing pro-
pensites and attend TO their game. This is the
philosophy of playing base bali. man never
was known to play as well when he got mad as
we sometimes say. *.