Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-09-28
BILL NYE AS AN UMPIRE.

The New York MumOrist Tells a Few
Things About Bill Nye In Ntnne-
aDolis.
e. William Nye, Familiarity known "a
"Blll," has written a characteristic des-
cription OF the recent Minneapolis base
ball game between the little pill and
the big pill doctors. in which he was to
act as umpire. Here are u few of Bills
nuggets:
At $50 the rival clubs arrived In sep-
arate ambulanoes aud chose up ior tins"
The a%liopsshs got the bat. Each club
had u separate pail out OF hich they
drank when IN need OF anythl. & in that
line. The homeopatbs took tneirs ut o
third dilution every twenty minutes out
of q grad uste,' and the allopaths
drank out of i large tin dipper until re-
l!eved.
1he allopatbs wore q uniform con-
sisting of different kinds OF clothes, but
very becoming indeed. A few baseball
uniforms scattered through the two
clubs gave life and piquancy to the game
and made it more difficult for the UNI
( pire to tell which side was in.
DR. Pendergsst wore q low neck end
short sleeve knit lingerie, with checker
ed pantaloons and q wad OF tulle at this
throat. He wore a %tsrpaulin hat and no
ornaments. DR.. Blocker wore a pair OF
all WOOL trousers, with wedge of shrimp
pink satin set IN the back between his
suspAuder buttors; white, open back
shirt, pin stripe suspendsrs and Alpine
hat. d.. Early wore q street costume,
with ireman's hat and q variloid neck
tie.
DR.. Pa1Rbone wore @ Prince Albert
coat, knlckerbockers and f~ore-and-ait
steamer hst of small blue and white
plaid, with squirrel. skin ear tabs tied
roughly over the top. He wore M orna-
ments but at the third inning appeared
in a stellated, ccmminuted confusion
just east of the parotld gland.
DIR. Pemberthy wore q tennis suit,
with silk hat and chrocheted slippers.
He made a fine appearance on the beau
tlful green ball ground. but generally
persisted before be reached second. In
batting, DIR. Penberthy almost always
struck at the ball after the catcher had
1t in his pocket, and he always erred in
diagnosing the general direction of the
bali, end his treatment OF it was vision
AIRY and theoretical in the extreme. I
had to reprimand him three times for
these things publicly.
The game was called at 8 o'clock, and
with Two large shingles to keep tally on,
l told the boys to esll in. DIR. Mills, OF
the allopaths, went first to bat. he was
dressed simply In q suite OF blue flannel,
with richly beaded moccasIns and high
crowned stiff black shiny straw hat,
He spat on both hands, then
caught up quart OF sand
which he applied to the handle OF
the bat, breRthed in ell the sir between
himself and the center fielder, asked for
an abdominal ball, and got SO neal VIVA.
he requested that it was some time be-
fore l could signal Mr. Oonklin to go on
with the game. He was given bis base
on balls, | believe, and made q home
run in the ambulance.
DIR. Dixon then came to the bat. He
was dressed IN a morning costume oil
brown cheviot, with maroon failie fran
caise sleeve Innings, which had crooked
his linen III places but did not hurt the
general effect. He wore no ornaments
aside from q society emblem of solid
gold attached to his watch chain, which
weighed two or three pounds. He then
asked for q ~clavicle ball, which he missed
by q right emart. The pitcher pre-
scribed another capsule for him, which
he struck at just a few moments before
it got to him, and with sCch force as to
whirl him around on the homo plate
with great violence.
All schools seem to treat Q hot ball in
about the same Manner, favoring in
most cases @ conservative course until
the temperature of the ball is reduced
but the oommon error seems to be .he
same as that made in the Garfield case,
viz, ar incorrect diagnosis as to the
course and location OF the ball. The
allopaths are more in favor of outward
application, and that they are further
advanced. perhaps IN the various meth.
DDS OF probing for the ball, while the
homeopathic are less liable to everyday
themselves.
Minneapolis is a thriving CITY, ex.
tremely heslthful and prosperous, AND
while there / bought some town lots,
only q few hours ont from the city limitt
end at q price which almost made me
ashamed to take them from the simple
hearted real estate agent, who seemed tc
have no true conception OF their enor.
nous value. As I came away be was just
cutting up another large farm into wardt
and was driving o stake where he in
tended to have a normal school.