The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-20

nOunCed the hOOdlum
element that seems to rule at the games there
one or two Of the papers of that place seemed
to burst with indignation. 1t is history re-
peated. Mahanoy City never was and
apparently never will be town where true
sport can succeed. There are some people in
the town who admire genuine sport and try
to sustain it, but they are so overwhelmingly
out-numbered that no base ball club or other
sporting organization can go to the place and
feel assured that they will be given fair play.
The result of yesterdays game has so
thoroughly disgusted the Shenandoah people
that it is not likely they will allow their
club to go to Mahanoy City again or the club
of that place will be allowed to play on our
grounds.
1t can be said without fear of contradiction,
and with full recollection of all the in
| dignities that Shenandoah people were sub.
jected to on their way from the Pottsville
grounds last Saturday, that Mahanoy City is
the meanest and dirtiest sporting town in the
county and should be wholly ignored by
every respectable organization. The ele-
ment that prevails there yearns for dog and
cock fights and that field should be left to
them.
The players and managers of the Shenan-
doah team have established themselves as
gentlemen everP in the estimation Of their
most bitter rivals, and they will be justified
in refusing to play hereafter with any club
or at any place which has failed to secure a
! like reputation.
Mahanoy City had prepared to cover itself
with glory by defeating Shenandoah and
thus claim the championship of the region
and to that end strengthened itself by the
addition of Huston, Ely and shinehouse late
of the State League. But all the preparations
went fornaught, as the Shenandoah players
undermined them by batting the much
counted upon Ely's delivery quite freely.
Mahanoy City, on the other hand, only got
four hits off Bradley. He was the stumbling
block to the realization of success Of the
| hoodlums.
! Mahanoy City scored the first run and
added one in the fifth and sixth Shenandoah
commenced to score in the third inning and
made two runs, Two were added in the
fourth and seventh innings each. This left
the game 6 to 3 in favor of Shenandoah, aud
in the next inning Umpire Leary, who
deliberately robbed the Pottsvilles of several
decisions when that club played at Mahanoy
City a few weeks ago, got in his dirty work
for his hoodlum admirers
johnson, of Mahanoy City went to the
plate in the beginning of the eighth inning
and got his base on balls Bradley at the same
knee Setley then went into the box and
after he had delivered four balls Bumpire
Leary gave Huntzinger his base on balls
Setley claimed that he had delivered three
pretty strikes, but did not insist upon the
same and prepared himself for the next
batter.
Connell was at the plate and in few
moments Bumpire Leary again called "Three
balls" This time both Setley and Messitt
protested that two pretty strikes had been
given and a large number of the people on
the grand stand shouted approval of the
claims made by the players. But the
Bumpire was pig-headed. Many expressed
the opinion at the time that he must have
had money on the result of the game and
was trying to make steal.
Setley braced himself and sent the ball
whirling over the plate again and then
turned to the Bumpire and said, what dc
you call that?"
ave call that nothing" was the answer.
Setley then turned to the Bumpire again
and called him "a dirty mean rascal" and
added that he (the Bumpire) was no good.
Although he had lost his temper momen.
tarilY setley stepped into his box again and
was preparing to pitch the ball when the
Bumpire waived his arm and shouted to the
Mahanoy City players "Come on, Mahanoy
City wins this game by a score of 9 to o.
Almost instantly great crowd of hoodluml
surrounded Setley ON the field Manager
Bradigan and several others say that were il
not for the prompt action and stalwart form
of Liveryman Smith, Of Mahauoy City
Setley would have been very badly injured
and perhaps killed. Smith stood by setley
and shielded him to the clubs wagon. setley
afterwards said he was struck on the back o