The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-09-13
BASE BALL MATTERS.


Commencing last Saturday evening
Phoebe was in fever of excitement in
regard to the match game of base ball
that was to come off the following Mon
day between the Bristol and Eureka
Clubs. The residents of Phoebe knew
not what to make of the matter. They
were satisfied that the Bristol Club
proper, or any additions to it within the
last month, could not even beat the
Chloride Club, and they kept wondering
what nigga on the fence" there was
in the arrangement that they should at.
tempt to play the Eureka's. On Sunday
it had began to be bruited about that Bris-
tol had imported lot of professionals
some reports saying from Chicago. others
from Cincinnati, Salt Lake and San
Francisco. 1t was the opinion generally
that a job had been put up" and pro-
fessionals imported. who arrived in Bris.
toll Saturday evening and were to play
the Eurekans Monday. The members
of the Eureka Club kept kind of quiet,
saying that their articles of agreement to
play by Spaulding's rules would prevent
the running in of any outsiders who had
not been members of the Bristol Club
for thirty days. During Sunday even.
ing considerable talk was INDUCED 10 in
regard to the matter and some very cum
ming remarks were made by those who
thought they had the best of 1t. A
prominent Bristolian stated that il was
not done to catch outsiders, but to
"break the necks of the damned Pr
ochers."
On Monday a large went crowd to see
the game played. Previous to the game
being called MI. Rogers. the Umpire,
states that he was approached by an in.
dividual from Bristol. whose name he
declined to state, who offered him $3.50
| if he would decide that the Eureka Club
had to play the Bristol Club with the i'm
ported additions. Rogers replied that
he would decide what was right, and
nothing else. In the meantime Don.
nelly and Roxbury had seen the importa.
tons, who were found to BE- Crawford and
Daniels, pitcher and catcher of the Ath.
let,cs of San Francisco, and asked them
"what it was they came onf" They
stated that they knew it was q thievipg
arrangement, but that there was money
in it for them, the Bristolians paying
them very literally.
At II O'Clock the game was called by
Umpire Rogers, whereupon Donnelly,
the Captain Of the Eureka Club, stepped
forward and objected to Crawford and
Daniels playing with the Bristol Club.
they not being members of that club,
but members of the Athletics. The
Umpire read "spaulding's Rules" in re.
gard to the matter, and then ruled them
out OF the game. The Umpire again
called the game, but the Bustolians de.
cllned to play, after which the Umpire
declared all bets off and that the main
stakes of $500 aside belonged to the
Eurekans.
This being decided the Chloride Clut
took Crawford and Daniels IS pitcher
and one Of the member Of the Bristo
Club to fill out the nine, played q few
innings with the Eureka boys, playing &
pretty even game, closing in favor OF th.
Eureksus. the tally being 8 to 7. A
this point the catcher, Mr.. Daniels. hav
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mentionables. was obliged to retire frou
the game, exhibiting an aspect to th'
public which made him feel very muoi
embarrassed. The Chloriders, will
Crawford and Daniels. would be able tc
dish up to their Eureka friends the sam
disastrous defeat as they themselve
have just met with, even though tina
nine has got four professionals it.
The Bristolans are out considerable,
money on their little arrangement
somewhere between 1900 and So, 900
but az the men who put it up are i'm
mensely wealthy and have more none
than they know what to do with, th
loss of it does not trouble them much.
This will probably wind up the bas
ball playing in this section for som
time, and there has been viRilanc
committee organized for the purpose G
hanging any person who dares to mer
ton base ball for the next two months.
AT BoDIE.-We have been shown lei
ters from Bodis stating that ]. W. Wr;eh
J has become engaged in the grocery bus