Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-11

The ball game yesterday at Recreation
Park between the lawyers and the news
paper men resulted in a glorious victory for
the latter This important fact is now a
matter of history, despite the deep and dark
designs OF an aggregation of unfortunate
lawyers, aided by two of the most unscru-
pulous umpires that have ever persuaded
themselves they could Judge the rights and
wrongs of ball playing. The game, un-
doubtedly, was one of the most lively and
exciting that has been seen in this city, and
what it lacked in what Pfeffer would call sci
entifc ball was made up in the heroic, though
sometimes unsuccessful. efforts of the news
paper men to do extraordinary things.
From the start the 1000 ladies and gentl lemen
present could see plainly enough that there
was deep laid scheme on the part of the ex-
perts of cunning to defeat the honest repre-
sentatives of an untrammeled and irreDroach-
able press. The umpires were two desperate
and fearless men. 1t was intimated in this
paper yesterday that rumors of a somewhat
serious nature were current on Monday even-
ing. These rumors were to the effect that the
lawyers were tampering with the appointed
Umpires. The newspaper men, in their
innocence, gave little or no credence
TO these significant reports, but the
events of yesterday recalled them vividly to
mind.
NO DIRECT EVIDENCE.
OF course, there is no direct evidence
20 pr owe that downright and deliberate dis
honesty was INDUCED in and, therefore, the pre-
pOsterous attempts all round to deprive the
newspaper representatives of glory and honor
that were theirs by merit, may be deemed to be
the result of gross inc ompetency and deplor-
able lack Of judgment
1t was one of the umpire's duties TO stand be-
hind the catcher and judge balls and strikes.
He did so, but in a way that made many a gray
hair on tine heads Of people who favor fair
dealing. The other umpire was, undoubtedly,
either under the influence of some terrible
legal threat or he was umpiring under the rules
of 40yearS ago, or even when Deacon White was
young 1t was often loudly and publicly as
serted during the game that Mr.. Mclean never
saw the plate at all.
HONESTY TRIUMPHED.
However there is Providence that guides
the right to success despite all the forces of its
foes. Victory perched on the banners of those
who earned it honestly and by merit. That
being the result, all can be forgiven and a sim
cere hope expressed that the i'll Success of
yesterdays deep laid scheme will have some
GOOD effect on the minds of the legal lights
when pleading for the wrong side of case. If
this be the result then most certainly will yes
terdays affair be forgotten, except that it may
be remembered as two hours of genuine fun.
II NAV not be worth while to use harsh words
now, and the fragrant mistakes of the umpire
and unfair demands of the lawyers may be at
tributed to an over-enthusiasm combined with
an oversupply of zeal to do up the literary peo-
pie of the city. Of the ball field the umpres
and lawyers are perfect gentlemen but they
evidently are of a DR.. Jekyll-Hyde nature.
THE DEFEATED NINE.
But if the defeated nine yesterday are no
better lawyers than they are ballpIayers, they
ought TO have State appropriation to help
them through. They didn't earn run, and
the ten runs they got were mostly the result of
unfair dealing. Such clear-headed and con-
scientious young lawyer as Jack Watson sat
in the reporters stand and became so dis
gusted at the poor playing of his fellow lawyers
and the unfair treatment to the newspaper
nine that he left the grounds abruptly. And
vet the lawyers had five County League men in
their team. fully expecting to mop up the dia-
mond with their opponents. They also had
won every previous contest between them
entered the grounds in full anticipation of pie
They cot il, but it was Of very sour and bit
ter kind; so much so, that they could not
swallow it.
The game abounded in good plays Frank
Whalen did WELL and so did A. S. Morelanu,
Keenan, and Layton. o. ID. Thompson played
well Tor the lawyers, and w. A Schoyer caught
an excellent game.
KNOCKED SCHoYER OUT.
S. B. Schoyer was knocked out of the box,
and the lawyers tried two other.pitchers and still
couldn't win. Kicking comes natural to a
lawyer as it does to a mule, and the lawyers
team, when fairly beaten in the ninth inning,
made tremendous kick. When the ninth
inning commenced the score was 10 to TO- The
lawyers didn't get a run in their half, and the
newspaper men got one run in, with three men
on bases. The lawyers argued that the score
was then IL to II, but the official scorer Mr.
George Welshons. a gentleman of unmistak-
able character, and appointed by the lawyers,
declared the score IL TO 10 in favor of the
newspaper nine. Victory was then pro-
claimed, although a few more innings were
played to amuse the crowd. The score shows
on which side the hitting and good playing
were to he found.
Following is the batting order of the two
teams:
LEGAL LIGHTS. NEWSPAPER NINE.
W. A. Schoger. c. W. NJ. Thompson, c.
q. ID. Thompson 2b. A. 5. Moreland u.
X. TOtten. 3b. II. Is. Layton, 2b,
J. X. McCreery, ID. I. j. Keenan,. Jr., Ib.
). s. RObb, Jr., IS. H. ROmneg, CT.
r. Marshall rf. h. IL. Marcy, ah.
W. NJ. Lindsay, II. &. L. Walker. SIS.
H /. GOehring, CT. X. p. Navin, Dr., mf.
+. B. Schoyer, p. Frank Whalen, IF.
Earle Black, extra. &. ID. Scully, extra.
Newspaper Nine..........1 0 Ill
Lawyers. O-10
Earned runs-Newspaper Nine, 3; LAWYERS, ].
Two-base hits--W. NJ. Thompson, Moreland,