The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-24
DIAMOND Deeds.
THE BICYCLE BOYS AND The POLICE
NINE CROSS BATS.
The G ime at the Grove Witnessed by
Three Hundred Spectators
And Proves to be Contest OF Much
Interest.
Three IDnings Only Completed by 4 As
O'CLOCK,
The Score Standing at that Time Nine
4 en- 10 ThIrtgen
In Favor OF the Sprightly Wheel
ne g ime at the Grove Witnessed by
Three Hundred Spectators
And Proves to be a Contest OF Much
Interest.
Three Ionings Only Completed by 4 A;
O'CLOCK,
The Score Standing at that Tine Nine
1 en- 10 Thirteen
In Favor OF the Sprightiy Wheel
men,
The Great Contest.

NC oScS Oo'A SoLAO DctEccu 9ue DiCy-
Gle boys and the city police force was
the great item of int rest IN this locality
yesterday. About $50 O'Clock the
procession formed on Fifth avenue and
marched north on Merchants TO Seventh,
thence to Commercial and south to the
ball grouuds at Soden's grove. The
Knights of P. shias baud. hands 1mely
uniformed, lead the way and discoursed
enlivening strs'rs of music to encourage
the quaking spiri'l Of the billy-holders
and the fei-ful hopes OF the cyclists. The
wheelman followed the bsud End In
their bright uniforms end graceful ma
nuevers excited many compliments and
numerous expressions to the eff, ct that
if they handled the ball and bat az we'll
as they did the dizzy wheels, victory
would be insured them. Next came the
carriges containing the city officials
aud the great conssrvators of peace.
whose smiling countenances betokened
that they felt that away from the scenes
of asphalt pavements and out from the
shades of the corn fields and upon the
clear diamond field, they would capture
the enemy and score q conclusive con.
quest, that would not be subject to the
uncertain rulings of a police admins.
traitor.
At the grove there assembled an ex.
pectant crowd of ladies and gentlemen
ana boys and girls. Charles Hibben was
chosen umpire and Harry Bancroft and
Harry Schmidling scorers. The mem
bership of the mines was as follows:
BICYCLE NINE.
Onas Page. catcher; James Griffith
pitcher; w. II. Irwin LIST base and Can
tain; G. II. Russell, End base; Ed Peter.
Bird base; JOHNNY Orr, short stop: H L.
FithiAD, left field; w. II. Eastman cen.
ter field; j. w. Murphy. right field.
POLICE NINE.
X. w. jeremy. catcher aud Captain
w. ID. Iugerman, pitcher; L. a. VIZ light
LIST base; w. A. Randolph. End base; L
+. Chapman Bird base; James Farrell,
short stop; l.. 81. keyes, left field; Rims
center field; b. F. Romaine, right
field;
The field fill To the choice of the gal
liant police, and Onss Page grasped q
bat and waited tor the bali he vas look
ing for from the hands of that lightning
pitcher, Henry Ingermsnn. During the
first inning Murphy made a home run
through good batting and wild throwing
The inning closed with eight taIlies
scored by the bicyclists. The
police force came to the
bat, but soon retired To the field, leaving
on the scorers record q whitewash for
Themselves in the best style of the kali
sominer's art as performed by the wheel
men. During the next inning jeremy
made two excellent plays, one on q fly
foul and the other by putting a man out
on tue home base, the bIcYcllsts only
scoring one run. During the
second inning the police nine
made three tallies. At the third time to
the bat the wheelmen put IL some solid
work, and secured ten more tallles be-
fore they retired. giving them q total
thus far Of nineteen. At the close of
their third inning the policemen had a
total of thirteen tallics. By this time
1t was 4 as O'Clock, and with prospects
that darkness would settle upon the face
Of the earth by the time that the con. Il
was decided.
The fourth inning wss completed at
5 30. ana the score stood 30 to 10, in
favor of the bicvclis.a
DIAMOND DOTS.
The first blood was brought on First
Baseman Wright.
Joe Murphy knew low TO drop hot
fies in the right field.
The Ladies' Benevolent society was
we'll represented among the spectators.
Marshal White sent substitute into
he fight aud looked on very hard.
Frank Romaine held down the third
base. but let few ''IIneFs" slip by.
The sporting correspondent of the Z.
:. Journal mace a home run at the end
# the third inning.
Arnica VIII be IN great demand about
lark Tonight
DR.. LonRenecker was ON the grounds |
nd was ready To prescribe for broken
ngers.
Bill Randolph re a success-at break
ng bats and going out On FIRST