The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
Base Ball Again.

CORDER, Mo, June 18th 1889.
To EDITOR ODESSA DEMOCRAT: Dear
Strive see IN the columns OF the Odessa
Democrat, that the people OF Odessa were
not sa,i. fled with the abuse heaped upon us
during the game Of the llth, but they have
carried it to tbs columns Of your paper,
which gives "A very fair idea of the treatment
We received at their hands. II would not
seem so bad, Il the siaJcment' contained IN
the articles were true; hut they or most
Of them were not true, which We shall under
take to how II seems that The odessa club
could not stomach a second defeat at the
hands Of the Clippers, and have rcsoried 10
The country or gray" method, of obtain
ing the umpire, Your paper states that in
he second inning, the brilliant Corder en-
pire began his fancy wOIk L, and nothing was
1 strike. but what was batlod. Now. ac-
clrdlng TO their own showing, Lee and Grady
have Il record of striking out eight men, while
hudson has IA record Of only three! 1t should
he born in mine that Kelly was the judge of
Lees and Grady's balls, whIie McIutyre judg-
ed Hudsou'S. This shows that Kelly called
out eight COrder men at home plate while
Mcintyre called out but three OdessIans,
showing a record OF nearly three to one, in
favor Of Kelly. You accuse as of playing ten
men. but the above shows Mcintyre was the
strongest man Odessa had. Y0I say McIu-
tyre gave perfect satisfaction TO both clubs.
Now this, as far ~ we are cDncerned, is only
| directly false. just call to mind the decis-
ions OF PAYNE aud O'GIlra on .hird base aud
against DUzier on fist; the latter, Captain
Castle admitted to he erroneous, This kind
of work did not satisfy US, still, we consider
ed ourselves gentlemen and said nothing.
Further, we do not charge MrIutNre with
dishonesty ~ you do Kelly, we attribute it
to his ignorance of the game, which was man
Tested in our first game with che Odcssians.
played us but knows the statements made in
YOUR article about MIR. Kelly are false, they
all acknowledge him 20 be impartial. The
Lexington Intelii2encer of May tth has the
following: About | 800 people witnessed
the game, and the decisions Of umpire Kelly
met with The approval OF the large crowd in
attendance" How different to Odessa!
Again witness the treatment Of ihe gentle.
men who the boys called '~Specks." l. it any
wonder he used unheC hnil2 language, when
taunted by YOUR people, with ihUntS that
we're IA disgrace 10 "A community claiming to
be Chris, IAN and civilized, because he wears
''specks." The statements nude by y lady
who was there, (by the way, is she the lady
Of the beautiful, brilliant red hair, who lost
he money to specks on the result otthe game,
il so we excuse herr are not to be depended
on. The first, Odessa gaining on Us every
inning is answered 10y the below score by in
nings. The next, Odessa can beat Corder at
any time and anywhere is answered by the
challenge below.
The last about our boys "acknowedging
that they were beaten must be "a creature OF
her own brain, rs our boys know nothing
of it.
Corder ................ 3 = 0 3 ) 1-19
Odessa | % 0 $ | 0 OILS
CHALLENGE.
We hereby challenge the nine men who
played Us at Odessa, M, June 18th, or the
the nine who played US at Corder June 9th
to play IL game Of base bail, for fifty dollars
II side. Game TO be played ut COrder, Mo.
on or before July 4th 80.
S. }. PAYNE, Captain COrder Clippers.
Champions of Lafayette County.
The brick work upOn MIR. John Aull's new
building on Broadway il completed AID the
material aud Workmanship on the front has
not been equalled in Lexington for years,
! Read Ahrens' new lad" this morning.