Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-06-28
In Turn He Is Badly Trounced by the Ba-
bies-Tiie Kickcr and the Umpire-The
Forest City Infants Take Two of the
Three Gamcs-Rase. Ball (;Ossio.

The old man" commenced to kick on
Fessenden's calling of balls ,:nd strikes
in the second inning, and thereaft er ran
things with high hand. I've been
robbed of games enough this season al-
ready said he after the game, and 1
made up my mind as soon as l saw how
things were going in that game that it WIS
time 70 do little kicking myself, and
did it,"
No one who was present at the game
that afternoon will doubt Anson's state
ment. There was not an inning of the
game (which the big Captains powerful
voice tas not heard in determined dis
pute With the umpire. Fessenden threat
ened, and clustered, and blutfed at the |
old mtn" throughout the nine innings,
but the beauty of Ansons kicking is that |
he always knows what he is talking about,
and, Consequently, has the best of an
argument upon any rule or point of play
that he may decide to kick upon.
Before Arson began to kick the game
promise to be as tame a one as that of
the day before, when Cleveland had won
by score of 5 to 4. The "old mans"
kicking, however, had the effect of awak-
ening the members of both teams, and
the amount of ginger they threw into
their work made the game bitter fight
to the very end. Chicago finally took the
victory by a score of 5 TO 4, Dutfy's hit to
center sending in the winning run in the
last half of the ninth inning
Another good effect of the "old mans"
kick Was the battery work done by the
team. Anse himself went to bat four times
and made four beautiful hits each of which
helped along OF brought in q run. Duffy
and RFan also did great stick work, and
where Chicago had not been able before
this season to hit O'Brien they jumped
upon bis delivery and deliberately batted
out their victory. 1t was triumph in
deed for the "old man., who of late has
been doing little or no batting compared
to his record of last season.
Cleveland captured the third game Of
the series handily-score to thus
winning two out of the three, much to
the discontinue of the big Chicago cap
tain. In this game the double umpire
system was introduced, and Fessenden
and McQuaid worked together in first
class style. There was no wrangling, bad
gering or kicking, and the balls and strikes
were attended to with care.
Chicago has returned home, and during
the remaining days of the month it will
meet the four Eastern league teams
Washington, New York, Philadelphia,
and Boston. Williamson will reioin the
team July 4, when he expects to play his
first game of the season in Chicago. The
return of the big short-stop will be hailed
with Joy by every lover Of baseball in
the lake city, for his coming will put the
team in smooth working order again.
CURRENT BASEBALL TALK.
Tim Keefe, of the Giants, holds the
record on strikeouts, in single game,
for the season. Twelve of the Bosto-
mans went down before his curves in the
series. Clarkson comes next, having
struck out ten of Anson's hopefuls.
There are four players in the league
who have batting average of over 400,
while there is not player in the associ-
alton who has yet reached that figure.
The Chicago team has made more home
runs than any other club so far, with a
total of twenty. New York is seventh
with nine to it's credit.
There seems to be nothing the matter
with John Montgomery Ward as Sec
ond baseman.
has signed with Washington. He is now
with the team in Boston, and says his arm
is in frst-class condition.
The Giants wear rubber-soled shoes
when playing the outfeld on the home
grounds, as the boards make it uncom-
Portable with spike shoes. Of late visit
ing outfelders are following the New
York teams example, and find that they
can play much better game on rubber
than upon steel.
The player who will lay an obstruction
on the line, run into, or block off fellow
player is damaging rrftian, and not only
should be legislated into obscurity but
sent to the criminal courts for another
oyerhauling. Not more than two or three
cases would be dealt with before the end
came.
The release of Arthur Irwin to the
Washin gtons cost Hewitt $4,000 The
Washingto Club has been after Irwin
for some time, but President Hewitt
would not pay the sum demanded for his
release until he was forced to do so for
want of a competent short-stop for his
team. Irwin will receive a salary of
S., 200 and be Captain of the Senators.
John Morrell will still play in the team
and be manager, while Irwin will have ex-
elusive control of the Senators while on
the field.
The Baseball Brotherhood's opposi-
ton to the classification system now IN
vogue in the National League has at last
borne fruit. The Brotherhood, through
a committee, notified President Young OF
the players' ideas on the subject and a
few DAYS ago Mr.. Young informed the
players that he had placed the matter be-
fore the League and that the club owners
would meet the players and talk the mat
ter over: The League has :. appointed Pr, %asl
York Club. J. 1. Rogers, of the Philadel-
phia Club, and A. &. spalding, Of the
Chicago Club a committee to act for the
clubs. Ward, Hanlon. and Brouthers are
the. players committee: Inc conference IN
will be held in the West within the next
two weeks. John B. Day openly avows
his opposition to the Objectionable CLASH
fication rule.
Brouthers, formerly of the Detrolts.
ba bait n.'A Charley Bennett, Richardson
and Camel are likewise batting hard.
playing good ball, and contributing large
HARRY PALMER.