Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-05
Base BAL.

There has been COnSlQNi"oA0 '''iA
concerning the ball game at the 1eher-
son fair last Wednesday between Ine
Jefferson and Watertown teams, ana
The Banner takes occasion to severely
condemn the action of the S. & Q.'s IN
forfeiting the game at the end of the
third inning. The Banner Celebrates
very ably from Jefferson point Of
view, and would have it's readers be-
lieye that the managers of the S. q Q.'s
absolutely refused to play out the game
for the sole reason that defeat stared
them in the face Such, however, is
not the case, for both Messrs. Weber
and Smith were willing to proceed with
the game providing fair and compe-
tent umpire was substituted for Mr..
Tallard. The latter is no doubt gen.
tleman, as The Banner states, but we
beg to differ on the fact of his being
disinterested party, for we know posi-
lively that his sympathies were entire
ly with Jefferson. His ignorance of
base ball law and incompetency as an
umpire were very pronounced, and to
prove this we have but to point to a
single definition of his - that of a
"block" ball. He described it as one
having to be pitched by the pitcher,
then strike the backstop and roll into
the crowd, while everybody knows
that "block" ball is any one which
enters the crowd, whether batted,
thrown or pitched. 1t would seeming
ly have been better policy for the fair
management to have engaged an UNI
pire of established reputation for the
series, instead of an amateur who had
never before been heard of. Jefferson
was receiving the benefit of all the close
decisions, and it was quite evident to
the S. q O. that Tallard had no inten-
ton of giving them a single thing. 1t
was when he declared Frank Smith out
at the plate in the third inning, after
the latter had lined out three-basehit
and scored on poor throw-in Of the
ball, that the general "kick" arose and
the S. & Q.'s refused to play further
unless a different umpire was put in.
This demand was acceded to by the
Jefferson team and a portion Of the fair
officers, but after certain gentleman
had been decided upon as umpire, an
other portion of the fair officers object
ed to the arrangements and the game
was consequently forfeited. These are
the facts in the case. While 1T is true
that the Jefferson team bad fairly Sc
cured five runs, and We do not think
Mr. Tallard's decisions affected this side
OF the score very materially, 1t is by no
means an impossible lead to overcome
when a team has such an easy mark to
| bat against as Hughes, who pitched for
and there is no telling how the game
| might have terminated had we been
given fair deal.
The game Thursday was between
| Fort ~~Atkinson and Whitewater, the
former being victorious by a score Of 7
| to 6. Shicker and Dixon, of GAINESVILLE,
for Fort Atkinson, and Parker and
| Adams, of Chicago, for Whitewater,
were the batteries. Jumbo" Keel
umpi1ed the game, the interested par
ties deciding not to have Tallard offici-
ate after witnessing his efforts of the
a, previous day.
With Watertown out of the wav. JEFF
fers0n felt quite certain of first money,
but ran against a snag Friday in the
shape of a much less pretentious team
than theirs from Fort Atkinson. The
score stood: Fort Atkinson, 10; Jeffer-
son,4. Batteries-Hopp and Dixon for
Fort Atkinson, Hughes and Moran for
Jefferson. The Jefferson people spared
no exDenSe in getting TOGETHER a fine
team, but it availed them nothing, for
their pitcher Hughes received terri
bic drubbing, the Forts pounding his
delivery for seventeen basehits. On
the other hand, Hopp was quite irwin
cible< Keel again umpired
We understand the Schiller & Quent-
meyers played ball at Madison last
Sunday and that the score was Il to
in favor of Madison. No especial rea-
sons are assigned for this most lgno-
minious defeat, but dispatch to The
Sentinel says the features of the game
were "the excellent team work of the
Madisons and the remarkably ]istless
playing of the Watertowns." We think
it would have been good idea for the
S. & Q.'s to have quit playing some
time ago, when they might have retired
on their laurels. Certainly their record
of the past few weeks is nothing to
brag of.
ON SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. s,
AT THE BASE BALL DANCE, THE
WELTBUERGER BADGE WILL BE
PRESENTED TO THE MOST POPULAR
PLAYER.
a Base Use of Power.