Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-05
BASE BALL ROW.
The Humb0ldteFA and tue Trenton
ftes IA the War-Path over a Game
of Rnae HalI.

ftes on the war-Path over a Game
of Base hail.
Last Monday week the Humboldt boys
came down to this city and we're defeated
by the Memphis Reds by q score of 40 to
0. The Humboldt Herald gees for Tren-
ton in the following style:
Trenton, as regards base ball, has
shown the cloven foot. A nine had been
selected to play Memphis in which Hum
boldt was allowed only three players out
Of the nine. The day had arrived for
the club to 60, and all the necessary
arrangements had heen made when a
letter was received informing Humboldt
that unless she would displace one Of her
best players, Newhouse, who is one Of
the best in the county, and put in bis
stead Biggs, who is a very poor second
rate player, being far excelled by New
house, IN the deciding contest for the posi-
ton in the Memphis game, they-Tren-
ton-would take no part in the game
To say the least, this is very shabby
treatment, and reduced our boys to the
necessity Of either Disappointing Mem
phis or playing the game themselves
Such being the case, our boys decided
that they would play the game, although
they had never all practiced together.
They vent, they saw, and we're cor
quered; the game resulting in favor e
Memphis by a score Of 40 to O.. The
Trenton boys, not content with dissp-
pointing as, even sent a telegram to lie
pitcher, Barnes, who resides at MeKen-
zie, and had been secured to play the
game, informing him that the club was
changed, and that he was under no obi
cations to play. They also, after d man
ner, advised Memphis not to play us.
We hate in any form, aud We
think such mesnness as has been shown
during the progress Of this game Is al
most without a parallel"
The Trenton Mirror thus gives expires.
sion to its satisfaction over the defeat Of
the Humboldters:
In accordance with arrangements pre-.
viouslY made, several parties made prep
arations to go to Memphis last Monday
to see a game of ball between the Mem.
phis Reds and q picked nine from thi.
place and Humboldt. However, The
game al previously arranged was no.
, played, on account of Trenton not hav
|. ing any " crack players to back up I'll,
professors at base ball from Humboldt
aud consequently but two visitors from
this place went to Memphis. They
however, had an unexpected and ricl
treat in witnessing, or Tuesday, a inI
game Of ball between the Memphis Red
and the Cincinnati Reds-Memphis win
/ ming by q score Of Is to /. The Mem
t phis players are by far the best we eve
saw, and their present status as bal
players is a veriication Of our ass -rtiol
b a short time since, that Mempait
would never rest satisfied until she ex
d celled in base ball, as in everything els
she undertakes. On Wednesday tn
crack players" from Humboldt stood u
" in front of Luf and struck frantically a
e his balls for about two hours, but on az
n count of the breeze created by his ball
they 6nally-and forever-concluded t
huff off, with q score against Memphis {
: 8 to 40. We will mention in this cor
%nection that this score OF 9 was all in tn
shape OF bad goose eggs" We sui
pos, Humboldt would have made q tall
if-if any Of them had ever got round
: the home plate. Or they might haI
done better if they had a Bigg play,
IT instead Of such a New one. Our boy
4 account for it by saying that some thiuI
are N%ewsances, anyhow Sich is lif
boys. Don't take it too hard, but ket
1t your pores open and wait for cool
weather.