Wichita eagle., 1888-11-06
A NARROW ESCAPE.
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Sim Lives.
A. short time ago was called upon by q
committee CT physicians and surgeons Of
Minneapolis, led by Dr.. Hunter Of that city,
with request that would umpire game
ofbass ball to be played on the ensuing day
between the Allopaths and Homosopaths Of
Minneapolis for tho championship Of tho
northwest, the proceeds to go to tbs Hom@o-
pathic hospital
told Dr. Hunter that an all wise provi-
dencs had not seen ft to endow me with
great deal Of baseball wisdom, but that I
was passionetely fond Of the game, recogniz-
ing, as did, that It denoted wonderful do
gree Of progress and gradual leading up
from bean bag and two-oid-cat towards the
earnestness. tho throb and thrill and such
things as that Of the true athlete.
Dr. Hunter said had tho right ,idea Of the
game, he thought, and he would get Mr..
Conkiin, Of the Grand Opera house, 10 do
the active part Of the umpiring. leaving me
mostly to sit under the shade Of large sun
umbrella. outside tho orbit Of hot balls and
engaged in thought he said that q great
many people had noticed In me tie faculty
of being ehle to assume thinkful air while
really engaged in something elsa He said
people liked thai In anybody, and especially
In an umpire
At ESQ the rival clubs arrived In separate
ambulanc1 and chose up for ''ins" The AL
lopaths got the bat.
Each club had separate pan out Of which
they drank when in need Of anything in that
line The Homeopaths took theirs at .
third dilution everS twenty minutes out Of
graduate" and the Allopaths drank out OF
large tin dipper until relieved
presume the different players would not
care to have me use their names here and 30
] viii substitute fictitious names.
The Auopaths wore g uniform consisting Of
different kinds Of clothes, but very becoming
indeed A few baseball uniforms scattered
through the two clubs gave life and pi-
quancy to the game and made 1t more diR-
cult for the umpire to tell which side was in.
DR.. Gray wore drab small clothes, light
high hat with wide, black band and long,
ashes of roses mohair buster, held in place by
means Of string.
Dr.. Windymeier wore blue flannel sail
or's salt, with infaned revers of same.
DR.. Pendergast wore a low neck and short
sleeve knis lingerie, with checkered panta-
lOCQS 1uu U W00 Va CdA-O GU tAO UAi1 OneI A1C
wore Q tarpaukn hat and no ornaments.
Dr. Becker wore q pair Of all wool t'ou-
scrs, with wedge Of shrimp pink satin set in
the back between his suspender buttons;
white, open back shirt, pin stripe suspenders
and Alpine hat.
Dr. Early wore street costume. with fire.
mans hat and vsrioloid neoktiA
Dr. Pangborn wore Prince Albert coat,
knickerbockers and fore and aft steamer hat
of small blue and white plaid, with squirrel
skin ear tabs tied roguishly over tho top. He
wore no ornaments at the beginning Of the
game, but at the third inning appeared in q
stellated, comminuted confusion just east Of
the parotid gland.
DR.. Pemberthy wore tennis suit with silk
hat and crocheted slippers He made very
fine appearance on the beautiful green ball
ground, but generally perished before he
reached second. In batting DR.. Pemberthy
almost always struck at the ball after tho
catcher had It in hts pocket, and he always
erred in diagnosing the general direction Of
the ball, and his treatment Of It was vision
sry and theoretical In the extreme. had to
reprimand him three times for these things
publicly.
The game was called at o'clock, and with
two large shingles to keep tally On, told the
boys TO sail In.
DR.. Mills, Of tho Allopaths, went first to
bat. he was dressed simply In q suit Of blue
flannel, with richly beaded moccasins and
high crowned sti6 black shiny straw hat He
spat on both hands, then caught up o quart
Of sand, which he appNed to the handisof tho
bat, breathed In all the air between himseA
and the center fielder, asked for an ahdom-
inal bah, and got 50 near what he requested
that it was some time before could signal
Mr. Ccnklin 70 60 on with the game Hs
was given bis base On balls, believe, and
made home run fp the ambulance. When
he got In be tailed and took bismuth pow
der that would have settled the stomach Of q
whole livery stable.
Dr. Dixon then came to tho bat He was
dressed in a morning costume Of brown chew
lot with maroon faille franchise sleeve Innings
which had crooked his linen in places. but
did not hurt the general effect. He wore no
ornaments aside from a society emblem II
solid gold attached to his watch chain which
weighed two or three pounds. He asked for
q clavicle ball, which be missed by right
smart. The pitcher prescribed another cap
suls for him, which he struck at tust few
moments before it got to him, and with such
force as to whirl him around on tho home
plate with great violence AS soon az he had
recovered from his giddiness and vertigo
called time again, and this time he swatted
the bah SO high that it was a glorious chance
for the center fielder to get under II, as it
was long time in the air and came down a.
straight as q shot, but the center fielder vas
Just fitting q new stopper to his stethnscope,
which be had lost out On his way to the
grounds, and 80 mu1ed Il, as we would say.
The general error made by physicians in
playing this game And, in both schools,
is not so much lack Of proper
knowledge Of it, histology, physiok
ogy, microscophy, chemistry, psthoh
ogy, physiological medicine, pharmacy or
Therapeutics, for all schools seem to treat
hot hall IN about the same manner, favoring
In most cases . conservative course until the
temperature of the ball is reduced, but the
common error seems 10 be tho same a. that
made In the Garhe16 case, viz, an fncorFocs
diagnosis Is to tho oourxe and location Of the
ball
Space at this time VIII not permit IA ex-
tended description Of tho game Is played,
but . hasty recapitUlatjon shows that The
A.lopaths are more In favor Of outward appli-
cation, and that they are further advanced,
perhaps, in the variozs nethods Of probing
for the ball, while de Ho1nDops&hs are lea
liable to everyday thenelveA-BW Eye IN
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