The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-07-29
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The Pastime" Base Ball Club of ST. Joe. having moth
ing else practice, had been whipping ont every
thing they played against this Summer and last Wenes
ay they came over to tackle and up the dungarees"
Of the Troy Club fact their newspapers heralded
their coming with the that they would
home covered with glory. They came in all their
glory with their white breeebes and their fancy little
caps the admiration Of all the small boys and they
had their bats borne by picked set Of pallbearers in
trap that resembled patent coffin. 1t resembed the fu
neral Of pet monkey being followed to the by the
order to which he belonged rugged out in full regaa
Well the game played, and Troy waxed it to them
the standing 16 for Troy to II for St Joe. The
morning the St Joe papers sent such squeal as
has been heard since the Devil kicked out Of
Heaven. The Pastimes swindled out Of the game
and the walls Of their wrath poured upon the head Of
Deputy Sheriff Maquilken, who acted as umpire.
1t is singular fact that Notwithstanding the pOmp and
circumstance with which the st. Joe Club always come
Troy they invariably under disadvantageOus cir
cumstAnces In the first place honest unsusPectng fe
lows rascally umpire is always fosted upon them who
swindles them ageOusy Then their favOre pitch
sick and couldn't come; and of their best players
has lame thumb. But the greatest difficulty always ex
ceptng the scoundrey umpre is that they not u.s.
ed to the ground They fight only their own dung
hill We have heard Of the boy who went to school for
the first time and unluckiy noise escaped him that
could hardly be mistaken for the creakng of bench ae
companed by oor that did not suggest the balm of
thousand flowers His was that he hadn't got the
hang the school house, The ST. Joe chaps can't get
the hang the ground in Troy They beaten the
ground about year but still they can't get used to
it, You see, when they play their ground at |
home they first sprinkle 1t with rOsewater and then
er with Turkish carpet of course coming upon the
ouandish grounds of Troy, where the cattle at
pleasure and where the gOvellng tumbebug plies his
vocation where their eyes fall upon him criti
cal moment and perceive that he does not roll regula
on bal-we say this calculated discoDcert
the higtoned and scienoed player and place him at
disadvantage.
The truth about the umpire is that knowing the jeal
and queuous disposition of the ST. Joe Club he gave
the benefit of all doubts and did Injustice the
Troy boys several occasions simply avothe charge
partay his friends This is what the Troy boys
and the spectators claim. But the St Joe Club
scienced that they want to make the decisions well
do the playing
little episode the st. Joe papers do ouch upon
At the close of the cranky member of the St. Joe
Club who is reported to be the muscle smarting under
defeat undertook pick quarrel with the umpire
The latter being officer of the law tried to avoid
renconter, but the he avoided, the madden the
other got. The "Pastime finally became obnoxious,
the umpire went in foul with his foot under the
others coat tail. Pastime back. and both made
grounder Umpire made short catch and was in the act
putting a tremendous hit the right, when parties
interfered. and stopped the game.
The Troy boys have since done foolish thing. They
statement of their side of the question and
the ST Joe Gazette for publication The Gazst. of
course declined it. The assigned was that
statement certified to by lot merchants lawyers
and preachers, who knew about base ball than
the umpire does Such testimony is not good with the
We suppose if they had secured the signatures
Of lot Of bummer roughs prizefghters gamblers and
burglars the would have accepted them compe
base ball authority. However, the Gazette says it
attaches blame the Troy Club but solely to the
pre merely charged that the Troy Club had subsid
lied the umpire-that's all,
Here the way others view the matter and the esti
snterested persons put upon the squeaing Of the
st. Joe papers The Atchson Champion says:
The match game of base ball between the Troy Club
and St Joseph Pastmes resulted in the defeat of the lat
ter Club by score Of sixteen to fourteen VI course the
and his decisions but it don't go down Who had better
90 to rolling logsi
The Topeka Com Iaonicedlh puts in:
Club and it is painful to hear the St Joe "pheIlers
squeal
And the Achson correspondent Of the ST. Joe Gazette
looks at it through these specs and offers the following
consolation:
Sixteen to fourteen Ye Gods! Can it be that tho
champions 81 the northwest have been 50 vigorously
defeat upon every diamond green in the northwest
They who have Haunted their victorious banner DER the
''Atchisonsr' Even oh! why did they tackle the
Troians rather why did they remain home and
Of rolling logs ?" Art There is balm Gilead for
them For now; when their victorious star is de
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down PROSTATE by Aiax they instantly
ed by a thick cloud Of shields The Gazette il
that umpire bat inclined to be skepticI that
point although not theIe for when such
a substantial triumph, think there must certainly
have been honest effort and some little physical abli
In this hour Of their affection the Atchsons with
them-at least in spirit They have passed through the
same fire; they have been there. Try it again.
PS. The st. Joe Club being in strait for a compe-
tent pitcher in match game with another Club, and
wishing the services of the Troy pitcher the
Gazette subsequently condescended publish the
ncation Of the poor 'grasshopPer sufferers