Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-10-10
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Bin Nye Recently Umpired . Game'-Hs
still Lives.

A short time ago was called upon by
committee of physicians and surgeons Of
Minneapolis. led by DR.. Hunter Of that city,
with request that would umpire game
ofbase ball to he played on the ensuing day
between the Allopaths and Hom1opaths Of
Minneapolis for the championship OF tho
northwest, the proceeds to go to the Hom9o-
pathic hospital.
told DR.. Hunter that an all wise provi-
dence had not seen fit to endow me with
great deal of baseball wisdom, but that
was passionately fond Of the game. recognize
ing, as did, that 1t denoted wonderful de-
gree Of progress and gradual leading up
from bean bag and two-old-cat towards the
earnestness, the throb and thrill and such
things as that of the true athlete
DR.. Hunter said had the right idea Of the
game he thought, and he would get Mr..
Conklin, of the Grand Opera house, to do
the active part of the umpiring, leaving me
mostly to sit under the shade OF large sun
umbrella, outside the orbit Of hot balls and
engaged in thought He said that great
many people bad noticed in me the faculty
Of being able to assume thinkful air while
really engaged in something else He said
people liked that in anybody, and especially
in an umpire.
At $50 the rival clubs arrived In separate
ambulances and chose up for Gina" The AL
lopaths got the bat
Each club had separate pail out Of which
they drank when in need Of anything N that
line. The homeopathic took theirs at q
third diluton every twenty minutes out Of
"graduate,n and the Allopaths drank out Of
a large tin dipper until relieved
presume the different players would not
care to have me use their names here and 30
l will substitute fictitious names.
The Allopaths wore a 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 IL more diff
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 duster, held In place by
means Of a string.
DR.. Windymeier wore blue flannel sail.
or's suit with infamed evers Of same.
DR.. Pendergast wore low neck and short
sleeve knit lingerie, with checkered panta-
looms and wad Of tulle at the throat He
wore a tarpaulin hat and no ornaments.
DR.. Blocker wore q pair Of all wool trou-
sers, 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 varioloid necktie.
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 the top He
wore no ornaments at the beginning Of the
rroy,o b,,t NJ tho third ippfoD ov,v,oo v>od 10,
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 bali
ground, but generally perished before he
reached second In batting Dr. Pemberthy
almost always struck at the ball after the
catcher had it in his pocket, and he always
erred in diagnosing the general direction Of
tho ball, and his treatment Of IL was vision
airy and theoretical in the extremA 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 the Allopaths, went first to
bat He was dressed simply In q suit Of blue
flannel, with richly beaded moccasins and
high crowned stiff black shiny straw hat He
spat on both hands, then caught up O quart
of sand, which he applied to the handle Of the
bat, breathed in all the dir between himself
and the center fielder, asked for an abdom-
inal ball, and got so near what be requested
that it was some time before I could signal
Mr. Conklin to go on with the game. He
was given his base on balls, believe, aud
made home run in the ambulance. When
he got In he tailed and took bismuth DOW
der that would have settled the stomach Of q
whole livery stable.
DR.. Dixon then came to the bat He was
dressed in 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 society emblem Of
solid gold attached to his watch chain which
weighed two or three pounds he asked for
claviclc ball, which he missed by right
smart. The pitcher prescribed another cap
sule for him, which he struck at tust few
moments before it got to him, and with such
force as to whirl him around on the home
plato with great violence. AZ soon as no had
recovered from his giddiness and vertigo
called time again, and this time he swatted
the ball SO high that it was glorious chance
for the center fielder to get under II, as IL
was long time in the air and came down o.
straight ns shot, but the center fielder was
just fitting new stopper to his stethoscope,
which he had lost out on bis way to the
grounds, and SO muffed it, as we would say
The general error made by physicians In
playing this game find, In both schools,
Is not SO much q lack Of proper
knowledge of its histology, physiol-
ogy, microscophy, chemistry, psthol.
ogy, physiological medicine, pharmacy or
therapeutics, for all schools seem to treat a
hot ball in about the same manner, favoring
IN most cases conservative course until the
temperature of the ball isreduced, but the
common error seems to be the same as that
made in the Garfield case, viz, an incorrect
diagnosis as to the course and location Of the
ball.
Space at this time will not permit an ex-
tended description Of the game as played,
but hasty reorganization shows that the
Allopaths arc more in favor Of outward appli-
cation and that they are further advanced.