The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-09-05
ST. CLOUDS HOSPITALITY.

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hearty accord with the spirit of the quail
ity of hospitality extended by the St
Cloud base ball team and their friends tc
the Sank Centre visitors. The county
seat has many. very many. hospitabls
citizens, gentlemen who know how to be
courteous and take pride and pleasure ii
extending warm and cordial reception
to visitors, and as their guests upon fire
quent occasions many Sank Centre PEG
pie have enjoyed their hospitality. But
it was quite evident they were not iden
tilted with the reception of the delegation
from this city who went down to St.
Cloud last week to play base hall or wit,
ness the game. From first to last our
people were treated as gang of unwel.
come intruders to whom no considera.
ton was due. Arriving at the depot
they were not so much as instructed as
to the location of the grounds, and nc
provisions were made for the nine to
reach the grounds in the suburbs-a mile
and a half from the depot The boys
hired transportation, and the managers
of the St. Cloud nine declined to pay for
for it, as the understanding was that
Sank Centre must pay its own expenses,
but it was not anticipated that the game
was to be played in the country. The
omnibus was, however, paid for by citi
zeus of St. Cloud, who expressed them
selves as disguised with the selfish anc
inhospitable policy of the club. AS the
game progressed it was very evident that
preconcerted arrangement had been en-
tered into to Insult the individual play.
ers, the grounds swarming with lads who
Wed with each otherin loud, abusive cpl
thets.
And the JournaLPress manifests the
same spirit in its report of the game
Through nearly two columns there is not
single pleasant word for single play
er or spectator from Sank Centre, but ii
is one prolonged sheer, coupled with mis-
representations. But it merely expresses
the we'll known ill-will which that paper
ever manifests toward Sank Centre and
everything pertaining to this city. 1t is
very small but it is eminently character
istic. Here are some extracts, taken al
random from the JOurnaEPresS:
Franklin county-nix St. Cloud and
Sank Centre clubs meet and try the bat
The former takes the cookie; the latter
get the soup. Sank Centre came down
in force on Tuesday to wipe the earth
with the St. Cloud ball nine, but were
beaten by superior playing. The ninth
inning opened with the crowd wild with
excitement, and when Sank Centre scored
a goose egg and Shaule went to bat with
Two men out and knocked out a two
Dagger, bringing in Grieblcr's winning
score, a shout went up that almost
cracked the sky, and everybody made a
great break for home.
Sank Centre was very much torn uL
over the decision giving Griebler his base
in the ninth, they maintaining that re
had "struck at the ball before it hit him, ,
4 rather ridiculous proposition on its
face Pres. Barnum, however, while he
denounced the decision, said that he be
livVtd that 1t WAS an error of Judgment
Nv thv umpire and not intentional
sIritblcr, on tiIc other hand, and he is the
only muu who can know if the decision
was right, stands ready to make affidavit
t lat h,' did not strike at the ball eanC
that it did hit him. This sh ,uld satisfy
even HendryX, especially as the result il
any event could not have been better 70,
Sank entire than tie.
Hendryx wasn't present, but a score
of persons with whom he has been init
mately acquainted for years were, whose
words and regulations he would pit
against Griebler and his willing affidavit
and they declare that Griebler did strike
at the ball. They were far from being
satisfied. To put it in their terse but *
pressive language, the game was stoler
by the umpire"
"Crossfey, Sank Centres catcher, is {
member of the Minneapolis league team
and played a while with Sioux City. H.
earned his salary by playing the who'll
game for the visitors, with little assist
ance from Redmond, who we are informed
plays on salary.
Sank Centre claims at the utmost on,
decision in which the umpire favored St.
Cloud; on the other hand there were thre,
decisions, when Murphy was called SAFE
at first and Chute and Wylie out at third
that were rank against St. Cloud; but
OR boys too their medicine without {
kick.
In the language of the Hon. Patricl
Carr, John Boobar doesn't seem to live
where he gets his money" He furnished
great lung power for Sank Centre anc
did not even divide his affections, much
to the disgust OF his St. Cloud friends.
Sank Centre started with great kicl
at not being allowed their hack fares tt
the grounds, though their agreement was
to pay their own expenses. The cash, Sc
was, however, raised for them on tn.
grounds.
When Sank Centre uses hired pitcher
and sneaks in league catcher under ar
assumed name, to play an all home team
it should not play the baby act and kick
when beaten.
For St. Cloud Shaule caught FINE
game, though Chute was a trife wild
He was twice struck in the head by the
batters' inexcuSable carelessness, anC
showed remarkable sand.
Senator Keller shouted himself hoarse
and swung his silk hat in seven kinds OF
broken English. but he could not see how
"the boys could get so excited over q
game of ball"
Baby" Murphy had to surrender his
place at first in the sixth to "Prof.'
Woody, who covered the bag well. He
is the new principal of the Sank Centre
schools.
"Prot." Woodley-what does the Jour:
naLPress mean by -? Not content
with sneering at the playing of the Sank
Centre nine it seeks to cast an imputa.
ton upon the principal of the high school
by quoting his title as professor as it
does that of Mr.. Murphy when it dubs
him "baby." Yes, the hoodlum element
of St. Cloud is great-and the Journal
Press is it's prophet.
The village council has ordained that
there are to be no more priyy vaults in
the village limits. 1t is good move for
health. Now let those who own such
things within the fire limits have them
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