The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-08-28
MONIES.
Play ball to-day, boys!


LeXingtons at park this afternoon.
Hall is hitting the ball hard, and at third he is
playing star ball.
Lexingtons defeated the home tsam yesterday
at Lexington. Score, IL to
The Paris crowd returned home fully cOnvinc-
ed that the "Babies can go some"
"Fatty" Calk and "Speachless" (BilD Wood at
tended the game Wednesday. Did you see them?
Willie White, we are sorry to say, is ON the
sick list. We hope he will be able to play this af
ternoon.
Georgetown defeated Lexington 10 to Tues
day, and repeated the dose Wednesday by a
score Of ID to-
"Chick" Crane is not only holding down the
initial bag to perfection, but can don the wires
and sack the swiftest curves.
Willie White gets everything that comes his
way in the field, and there are no holes i'm the
bat embodied within his grasp.
The Levee "Cyclones" and the Grassy Lick
"Hailstorms" crossed bats Saturday, but the
game was called on account Of rain
Boston is now nearly a sure winner in the race
for the League pennant, and nothing would sur
prise the "taus" more than to see some other
club forge ahead.
Mazolla, the new pitcher handles himself like
bah player. He did not pitch winning ball
last Tuesday against the Legions, but he picked
himself up Saturday and the Ashlands couldn't
touch him.
JefT Brown, the geUtlemanly shortstop OF the
Paris club, is playing ball as of yore and is quite
a fayOrite on the diamond in this city He saw
no cause for a "kick" last Wednesday and mum
was the word.
The Lexington and Mt. Sterling teams will
play at the park in this city this afternoon. This
will be an interesting game, as both clubs are
composed of some of the best material outside of
the League and Association.
Cox, OF the Maysville team defeated Curtis, of
the Cynthiana team, last Monday in a l00-yard
foot race; time 1914 Crane, of the Mt. Sterling
club, is somewhat of a runner himself. and we
would Dp.DlpaSpu to between him and
Cox
The Enquirer says that the All Professionals
composed of "Shorty" Brewer, Fuller, keenan,,
Mayor, Cedar, Carr, Sechrist, Grim, johnson,
through Central Kentucky. This is a strong
aggregation of ball players, and the people here
would like TO see them toss the ball on the dia-
mond in this city.
Punch win pitch the game against Lexington
this afternoon. Willie is one OF the headest as
well as one OF the speediest, young pitchers on
port he deserves, he will keep the visitors guess
ing. We hope the game will be pretty one and
void of costly errors.
The Paris club did not fan short OF their usual
kicking record last Thursday in this city. As
the Cynthiana people say, "they kick early and
Often" and we are in position to verify the
statement. oh, yes; they kicked! They kicked
among themselves-they kicked at the "roos-
ters"-they kicked ON balls and strkes-they
kicked ON base decisions--they kicked because
Umpire Davis wouldn't give them the game
they kicked because three Of their pitchers were
batted in right, left and center for one, two,
three and four bags-in fact they kicked on
every decision, except one, and that one was de-
cidedly in their favor. lt was in the last half OF
the second inning with Paris l, Mt. Sterling 0.
Burnett was given base on balls, stole second
and went OF with Lawrence's arm to third.
KalkhOff threw high to Holman, Burnett maxi
ing a beautiful slide under the ball, going over
the base. Umpire Davis thought Holman
touched him after going past the base and called
him out, but Holman says he did not. SO you
see on this decision the home team "got it where
the chicken got the AK" The editor of the base
ball column in the Bourbon News gives the fol-
lowing misrepresentation Of how the would be
champions" lost the game:
"rhe home club went to Mt. Sterling Wednes-
day to play the team at that place. but the UNI
pire's decisions in the first and second innings
were so rank that the Paris boys saw they
couldn't win under any circumstances, and let
the MI. Stellings win as they pleased. The
Paris boys can beat the club they played We'd
nesday at Mt Sterling, any day and anywhere."
The absurdity of the above statement is in
deed laughalHe in the extreme, and we are sur
prised at seeing such an untruth i'm the columns
of such q poplar paper as the News. Umpire
Davis did all in his power to give both sides fair
play. and we believe he treated the Paris club
in this game fair. as has he all cubs in every
game he has umplred. The home club did not
Lawrence well knows the scores made in this
inning were made on clean hits. He pitched a
winning game until this inning, but, as has hap
pened to many good pitchers land Lawrence is
good one, he stumbled up against some hard
hitters up here, and was knocked out OF the box
As to the Paris club being any stronger than
the Big Birds, we would mOdestly state that we
doubt it, and If the Manager Of the Paris club
thinks his Il superior one, let him state his pro-
position, name the grounds ON which he wishes
To test the merits and dement's of the two teams
and If the proposition is fair one, he will get an
definite answer.