The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-07-18

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N0nr attention has been called 10
sQInr nrtlcles appearing IN the daily
Commercial Of the oh Instant, which
severely reflects on us and the gentle
man selected tounpiro the game that
Wa played against the "lilue Stock
ings,p Of Denison, on the 9th Instant,
The articles eylllce no much original
prejudice against us and Shreveport
generally, that we can afford 10 over
look that, but IN their article rejects
upon heclDfif ia o0rps ofOpr base ball
fraternity, md placesthe game In such
bad rspute, someof lhequeslioD.. ralsed
must be disputed prejndlcennd Inter.
est almost lnvarllbly lnlllances ones
opinions, aud tllc articles are undoubl-
edly Inspired by one or the other
The editorial cites one Instance Of
the game, occurring between third aud
home bAscs, where a base runner was
put out, when he manlloslly was not
out because an adversary 0bstructed
biz pathway; and aays TINT according
TO the rule letting same puts the run
ner 'on his bnse whether he " there or
not When an adversary does not
hold the ball IN his hand, this inter-
probation II correct; but II II n inct
tho ball was held, and the game en-
not DO successfully played II q player
gets out of n base runners way with II,
when he wants 20 put him out. ltalso
asserts that the runner was firmly on
his base before he was touched by the
ball. In this instance the spectators
were appealed 10 by the umpire, and
their almost unanimous shout Of "Oui.
Out out ~ framed his decision. So
much for the editorial.
Correspondent, who writes las u
SPECTATOR "and M one familiar with
the rules Of base ball,n commences by
citing an instance where Mr., $. said
II was "all right and not out" where
q ball was caught BY Mr., Campbell on
u first ford liDand, thonBll the question
Of its being caught on first bound was
quite m00ted, yet does not sallude TO u
decisibn rendered by Mr.. W., declaring
u. striker outop u bull scooped up with
the dust, on n second foul bond, by Mr.,
O., and also declaring another ball foul
after the striker succeeded In reaching
and getting settled ON second base.
The best of umpires will often err in
their Judgment Of play, but some
spectators do not think II necessary TO
notice more than one side OF the sub
ject. s.- .tn .rr...
Referring to the error where u wide
ball was called zone ball. anybody Is
welcome 10 the difference. & A good
batter would always prefer what the
umpire called, "Another in regard
10 not giving his decision In time
enough for a man TO make trial run
for first base, on his third strike.r The
umpire Is positively prohibited from
instrlctiDg any player what to do, and
In this instance the third strike was
promptly called, but the batsman did
not seem 10 realize II until he was or
dered To run, and the judgment re-
pented.
We cordially agree with tho CORES
pondent in saying that "AIr, 5. did not
mean to be upjnstiu his decisions, and
umpired to the bestof his ability,n and
we will shy more; Mr.. Sacket was one
of the most skilled and graceful play
ers that appeared In the tournamenU,
and we believe that he was capable of
umpiring the game with more judy
ment, and If not more impartiality,
than either of the gentlemen selected
by the Denson nine
Correspondent further adds, 'An-
other thing that looks bad against the
! Shreveport nine Is their obecling to
! Mr.. w, rs umpire without giving
amy reason as the rules require.n We
assigned the same Reason, we believe,
that the Denson nine gave for retiring
Mr.. S.; but for fuller Justification, rs
the matter has been publicly broached,
we Will add that two orthree gentlemen
and strangers to our captain, informed
him that Mr.. W had bet of S25
dollars against us. No attention was
paid to the information, which was
really made known to us before the
game CONFERENCE.-THE we did not
think II would influence Mr.. W in
his decision.
But In the first inning, In which We
We're whitewashed, they were so I'M
satisfactory throughout, and appeared
so dark, that we thought we 'smelt
a mice" The betters also came for
ward and protested against him. So,
as soon ny convenient, objections were
made, without declaring the real cause,
for fear of hurting somebody's feel
ings.s We do not think any unfair adj
vantage was sought by any of the
clubs that participated in the tourna-
ment We visited Dallas as much for
the pleasure of the game and seeing
the city as anything else, though, OF
course, we felt some pride in our play,
and desired to win either the first OF
second prizes.
We feel assured that the other gen.
tlemen and members of the clubs with
whom we c0mmingled, were animated
only by the same spirit. And as far as
our experience goes in our intercourse
with the clubs we met, the guerilla-like
criticisms of the "Daily Commercial"
meets with the endorsement of very
few of the members. We close by adj
ding that banters from the CONNER
'cial would not induce rs to play any
club in Texas.
Very respectfully,