The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08
THE DUKES In THE DUMPS.
They Were Robbed OF a Beauti'
full Game Of Ball.
How 1t Was Done Is Explained By the
Error Column in the seere-Poor
Oakland

When the mild-eyed Nicholas LOokabaugh
threw a soggY ball over the fence In Fri
davis game he set a bad example for his
collaboration, Mr. Harper, who strayed from
the paths Of baseball Tectitude yesterday,
and acted perfectly awful But then Mr..
Harper was desperate Duke. The game
was hOpelessly, irretrievably and ire
Vceably lost. It had gone the way Of three
others, and Mr.. Harper had helped to start
10 on the down grade as much as any OF his
associates.
So, while In wild frenzy of despair Mr..
Harper drew his deadly jaekknife and tried
to scalp the only bruised ball In play. The
time selected for this dark deed was identl-
cal with that N which Mr.. Lookabaugh
drew attention to himself as a schemer,
namely, the last half Of the ninth inning
Then the Dukes came to the bat and the
blatant Captain Buck demanded new ball.
While Buck was arguing with the umpire,
and the batsman, Clark, stood by listening
TO the controversy, Tanning slid three balls
across the plate and Mr.. Clark thereby for
feited his franchise as a batsman. He was
declared out and the game soon ended With
score Of 9 to 8 in favor of Frisco.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
When the luck hat has sustained them so
long and so well deserts the Dukes they
lapse and play baby instead Of ball. They
rip and rear and plunge and snort, kick
over the traces, lift their hands and eye
brOws In holy horror at every ball and
strike. throw the ball away or cut the cover
of, call the umpire r0bber and do other
things known TO the profession to bring the
game into disrepute, simply because the OPP
posing team 0utplaYs them or their own I'M
perfect work leads to defeat. This is not the
kind of baseball the people pay their money
In The VnUnO man engaged 6lOulQ IA Ia
philosophical view Of the matter and play
ball at all times, win or lose. 1t is better
for all concerned.
It is the opinion Of every unpreiudiced
spectator at yesterdays game that the Frisco
men outplayed their opponents at every
point. The table Of contents showed this,
yet the boys from Santa Clara declare that
they were boldly, brutally and feloniously
robbed by the umpire. Oh, yes; they were
robbed; hO doubt Of IT, They always are
when they lose. If Mcdonald, or any other
umpire, living or dead, could find time or
opportunity for committing baseball larceny
between the y fnll-blown bungles that put
the Dukes IN the dumps, then he Is what
the world at large wauld call Jim dandy,
and should quit the business ard rob the
Bank OF England. He would here find
greater scope Tor the genius be undoubtedly
possessed.
SOMEWHAT OF CHESTNUT.
This thing of being robbed by the umpire,
and particularly where the Dukes are con-
eerned, is beginning TO take on many of the
chief characteristics Of the chestnut as it is
now regarded by thinking people In the
press dispatches from San Jose when the
home club wins we read that umpire so and
so was strictly fair and impartial, and some
Of his decisions were even applauded with
great Vigor. But next day let the Dukes
lose from any cause whatsoever, aud the
umpire is absolutely putrid to put il mildly.
He has even been threatened with bodily
harm, but no tragedies have yet been re-
ported. It is curious fact that in this CITY,
where three games are played to one in San
Jose. the umpire seldom If ever develops
those burglarious instincts that create q
thirst for his blood. Perhaps it is because
there is no one here that knows anything
about the game.
As far as we have been able to learn
neither McDermott nor Mcdonald were
hired on the strength of their Police Court
records, if they have any. but for what the
gentlemen know about baseball. In the
exercise of his duties the umpire is one man
against from 100 to 10000. aud time has
proven that it is impossible for him TO
please them all, even with honest endeav0r
Much depends, however, on the home edu-
cation of ball team as to what constitutes
felony on the circuit.
Yesterdays game, out OF which the Dukes