Evening journal., 1894-07-13
OH! THOSE LAWYERS.
They Did That Which Bank
ers Did Not.
GAzs AN INSTANT ON HE SCORE

the Cash,at Rivervlew-A Royal Exhibl-
ton OF Plays and DIlsplays.
William Michael, your duty you did |
we'll. Mr. Hilles and his Briefess Bar
listers also did themselves justice
Many devices have been put in use TO |
bs It the lawyers, but the bankers, after |
falling otherwise, resortef 10 baseball |
bats yesterday afternoon, and ~ well, |
tn y did not win No, no, they could not, |
however hard they tried
An audience Of about 800 persons was |
present to witness the combat. Will
mington's leading society women and |
business men were there aud they ali
enjoyed the game Rev Father DeRuyter
aud his charges, the orphans OF 81
Jose ph's colored school, occupied benches
b the right Of the grand stand The
little colored boys sang songs aud beat
druus.
Colonel Eaoch Moore was there amidst
the din Of tin horns which were blown
promiscuously by the lawyers He was
urged to be the official scorer, bat
luckily ne remembered that he had been
made postmaster and the laws of the
postal department forbid him from hold
ing two positions at the same time. and
with thanks he declioed Again, the
bankers were shy Of him. p. A. Horty
declined the honor, but h. H. Ward
accepted, aud he recorded the points OF
game until the fourth inning when he
delivered his charge to f H. Hoifecker
"Whang and away sailed the sphere
to deep centre and Manager Hilles was
safe on second when II had been felded
10 hna g. ttr,r
Johnston lined out another Of Willie
Hilles's variety Tim" attempted 10
knock out the third base in 8 somer
sault and when he got up 10 was there
aud he was still in the game. Every
man scored except Rhiuehart and
Woolley. William Michael stood up TO
the plate like a Delahanty. He met the
ball half way and beat it to first base,
and that was not all he did. he stole
second and not deputy sheriff on the
grounds objected Down TO third he
went and reached It with "KeDyslide. 4"
Rhinehart's out gave the bankers a
chance TO show their paper.
Great things were expected Of Beggs,
the first batter. ard after making eight
fouls he gagged one Of Willies curves
and made q hit. Robinson got TO 6rst
on q mufllsd third strike by Cooper
The BANKERS tried hard to play ball, but
when the inning ended the score stood
s TO 4 and the Briefess Barristers were
happy.
In the second inning Beggs tried his
hand at pitching aud the lawyers
started In with the will which they
possessed in the previous inning When
the seventeenth run had been scored
contrary to Manager Hilles's instructions,
Rightfelder Brine yelled, Take your
time boys, well play all night and beat
them az their own game Now play
That settled it No more runs were
scored that or the next inning
Hall. banker, was struck by q
pitched ball Morrison gained first on
an error Hall came home on a hit by
Bsggs Bsggs, Candy aud Morrison also
scored this inning Woollsey went out
on an infeld play In the third Byrns
hit one TO Hall, but he muffed The
runner tried to steal second Hall Sc
cured revenge for the mun by nippiuf
him as he made a great slide for the
canvas. A slight abrasion on the nose
was the result Of William Michael
efforts Hilles, the next batter, also
went out
On promise that he would receive
81 GOO check to-day Walter Hayes con
sented to take Johnstsns place in tn,
second inning The latter had faller
and became i'll. He was compelled {,
leave the field.
Prtchett went to first on bit in thu
third Hall amrzsd the audience bl
striking the sphere square on the nos
and sending it whizz.ng through the al
in Rhinehart's territory Around tn,
bases he ran Ike a race horse III
touched the home plate and Scott Begg
hslloed to him They have not founc
the ball yet. go around again But b.
did not Just at that time. Morrison
struck out. Beggs tried the hall tricl
but it did not work, although he nigh
have been credited with q three base hi
II he had not cut the first bsse by Fl
teen yards, and forgot that third bas
was in its proper place. he wanted 2
get home AS he reached there Umpir
Ewing called Runner ont for no
touching third Ease Two bsse hits b
Rhlnehart, Bringhurst and Byrue Sc
cured five runs for the legal talen
/ In the fourth inning The bankers 50
, cured two runs in this inning
1--WE are going to play until o'cloc
2
ct the beginning Of the fifth The banl
/ ers increased their score by one Man
Z thought that Halls home run in tn
! third was a chance hit but when he mad
/ another for four bases. the generl
opinion was changed. -Four runs wei
donated to the bankers this inning an
S the game ended with the score % to /
I ia favor of the Bri fess Barristers.
/ Byrne's pacing about the bases and hi
work In the field WAS commented OF
v Bsggs appealed to Manager Hilles for q
{ iuiunction TO restrain the umpire frol
r rendering unjust decisions. but as /
t could not fnd q lawyer to make b
S motion be was ordered out of the iuri
q diction Of the tw rler
b The receipts realized for the Free Bat
p Association aggregated about $500. II
o score resem bles this
LAWYERS.