The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-11

the ball to first and put him out. 1T
don't go" said the umpire, hes safe"
This was altogether too yellow The first
baseman of the Yonkers ran over and ex-
postulated The pitcher and catcher and
all the iielders rushed up too. Then the
Mount Vernon men made dash for the
feld. II looked like critical moment. The
captain of the Yonkers men grabbed May
or Strong about the neck The mayor OF
Mount Vernon grabbed him also. All the
other players took hold. His umbrella was
knocked out OF his hand. and he was hus-
tied back and forth. That was outr' yell
ed the crowd.
Soak himr screamed a man
The hustling. the members of the boards
or aldermen, declared later, was IN fun.
After Il was over Mayor Strong doubled
up and slapped his knees as II ne was in
great pain 1t was found that he was only
laughing. though. and the game went on.
The next man at the bat took aim. and
tried to get square on the umpire by bat
ting ball clean through him. He miscal-
culated, and only gfhzed the top Of the
umbrella. The mayor just hoped up and
down. Then he doubled up again and
slapped his knees. IL was from Joy. and
the band played. At the end of the Mount
Vernon half of the inning the mayor took
drink and called the first strike after
that ball
Thief. thiefg yelled somebody on tho
stand. At this point the spindle-shanked
camera dashed up and took six snap shots
in as many minutes. The Mount Vernons
then made Ave runs in their half of the
inning, and their Waterloo came right on
top OF II. The Yonkers piled up nine runs
In spite OF yellow decisions. Half a dozen
times the mayor assumed the position OF
a man in pain, and always Strengthened
up laughing. In this inning the mayor
ruled that not more than one person could
ba hu Al.
coaching a man at third when the decis-
ion was rendered. The other member OF
the team was at the bat. The decision was
one OF the correct ones, but It was declar-
ed yellow by the crowd. About the time II
was made, the crowd on the grounds be-
gan to take hand in the umpiring. They
decided everything with loud yells and
toots. Sometimes the umpire would de-
eide the other way. Then the crowd would
yell, you can't fool the umpire"
Once In the inning. Mayor Lewis was
knocked down by Mayor Peene. IL was an
accident. Every time hit was made there
were yells OF Good boyl Good boyr' Ev-
cry time a decision was made there were
yells of "Rotteni
Once Alderman Sutherland tried 10 run
in from third, and the Mount Vernon
catcher got the ball. Then followed a
race. Sutherland lodged. Round and
round the bases he ran, the catcher after
over benches and scooting off like a deer
after the jumps. 1t was a great race.
Sutherland got back 10 first The umpire
yelled "Safe!" The crowd yelled In amaze
ment. The umpire yelled, "Out for run
ming out Of base line" The crowd cheer
ed.
The photographer was dancing around
all the while and got a dozen or more
snap shots at the umpire AT the end Of
the third inning the score was 10 to In
favor of Yonkers and the mayor wanted
to quit. He was induced to stay one more
inning. The crowd said he got yellower
all the time. The final score was IA 10
10. Then the mayor yelled:
THAT man is out. The game is over"
The man who was declared out hadn't
even hit a. the ball. As the mayor walked
off the field he was wildly cheered by the
Ypnkers contingent. The players on both
sides got around and all cheered him. The
crowd yelled Great, but yellow" The
mayor climbed back on the six-in-hand
coach.
''How do feei?" he said. Bully; finer
than a cotton hat" 4
The six-in-hand went out unaccompa-
MED by the band. II was after the mayor
had gone that comments came freely. ana
it was a small boy that summed them up
In the terse expression: ''Yellowv<yellow-
er'n yellow dog"