The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-08-14

ne MaFoCn5 o[iit Losing
The Narxps sei.ere.i a well eaTnel
defeat Il the hands u the Jenuer Farmers ?
on tie home grounds Saturday. The Ma
rooms as al Organization seem 70 he AZ
aicied With q very serious ezse cf swell
head and aniess measures are speedily IA
ken to reduce The Eze af ibis abEorEaally de-
sslopea fancrion, we predict that somerset :
base ball club viii soon moulder in the cold.
cold ground, and that ninety Or more ma
reon-coloreG toe VII be tnrned towards The
daisies. The Maroons play great bali
in their minds--if one may be permitted %
judge frvrn the endless conversation on the
subject to be heard around The corners Of
Camp Tacker, but when the club appears
upon the diamond, She bright anticipatioEss
Of their friends ars soon superseded BY feel
ings closely allied 10 disgust
Il requires constant practice 10 play good
bali the game calls for thebest exerlions Of
all the muscles of the body. saving those Of
he mouth It would be well for the Ma
rooms 10 keep this fact ia mind. The game
of oh SOW requires little. ifaay exeriion,
nor does constant pracfire make the old timer
more proficient fhan the beginner in the lazy
movements inquired to play the game The
Maroons might find IL a pzssilHe more in
harmony Riih their inelinztions than the
National game. a. is features are not suffi-
cienily abrasive to draw a crowd, and the
players are az liberty 10 exercise the missy
machinery Of their lungs without disturbing
the pleasure Of any excepting themselves.
Saturday game was disgraceful exhibi-
ton, and one ibai shook our laith in the
Naraonss in - tar as showing liir play 10
,Ile opfseiug team is eoarernssl. Every p.s-
sable advantage was taken OF the g f4Tm-
ers. and 10 favor was shown them.
The small boy was on the ground early,
ami braughi with him his ioHssest. Iaeanssi.
,7.aresf voice. thai never iire= in hnriins
ieers aad insults AZ the visiting club. The
ya'eariiy oi iies small boy seemed 70 ie in
feciious saiuuiay. as number Of tie = Ma
roons assisted him Ia bis vitnperati0n- The
umpire, Mr. sipe. came in for q full share Of
the Kisses and 3ibes, ana the Mar9ons ap-
peaze,i to regard him fs subject TO buil-
doze. In Justice to Mr. Siie, il must be adj
miilei that he J. somewhat rusty in regard
70 the rules governing the game, but bis de-
cisions, although slow, were fair in every
instance. The umpire was good-aaiured,
bnt firm, AMI the Maroons We're not long
IN discovering that he meant . umpire the
game. and could not he Influenced by their
unkind and ill-natured remarks.
AT the beginning il looked as though the
Mar0ons we're going to wipe Up the earth
with the Farmers Is they retired the
gentlemen from the province in one, two,
three order throughout the first i've innings,
while they had seven runs 70 their credit.
In The sixth. however. things took change,
and The !. Farmers shaking the hayseeds
( from their gauiy -ed-strp.sd uli'forus, made
their first score Ia the seventh they asided
SIX. ard in the eighth swcilea their score to
Is. The Msroons p became badly ratified
al the opening Of the seventh, and every
man wlso picked mp tire leather FOUNDER etss
great wads ont Of the moist evening AIR, bat
not one Of them succeeded iH finding the
( sphere that Iel the strong arm Of the 'Earna-
er pitcher With the velocity Of forked light
nlnE buried from an angry sky. Ia the ninth
the oounieuances OF the Maroous were
again recognizable, and q hen four men were
bruu-h; over lie plate. plowing up the earth
in their frantic eifoFts 70 snatch victory from
the Jenner Farmers. The shouts Of their
sraall boy admirers were deafening- Bat
THE unear,Ely noises Of the boys were an
availing. and the Mzroons laid down
with a score of L to Is al the close Of the
frs half Of the ninth. As We have had oc-
casion 10 remark before. the MaroonS have
the material 70 pnt up good game Of bal,
bat they can not do il without work. nor
can they depend on their yocal organs, with
the always available langs Of the small boy