The morning times., 1895-07-04

It's a lucky thing that the Washington
fans have a month in which to rest their
shattered nerves after yesterdays excite
ment.
They went through every emotion that
a combined ban game, prize fight, and
murder could furnish.
Despair and eXultation. fiendish rage,
hate, and JOY raced in ghostly procession
up and down the spinal columns, till moth
ing but the death of an umpire could have
adequately brought comfort.
1t was all along of the latest acquisition
to the judicial staff Of the league.
When the game was called nice, quiet
looking yOungSter with lady-like mustache
trotted out and chirped play"
Everything went Wen for one inning.
He gave diagram with every ball called
and nice little lecture of admonition and
advice to the pitcher.
ONE OF THE WORST.
In the second he perpetrated one of
the worst decisions ever launched on this
long g-sufferng community.
HaIlman ran more than ten feet out of
the line to avoid being tagged by Crooks.
He was decla red safe, and in the twinbling
OF an eye 5000 maniacs were thirsting
for the umpire's blood, and for a quarter of
an hour the stands were ruled by a bowling
mob.
Everybody wanted to know who he was
and how he got there.
Some said that it was something that
Nick Young's cat brought in; others that
he had just escaped from St Elizabeth.
He proved to be the owner of the
euphonious name OF Redheffer, and to hail
from Camden, n. j., and is without doubt
a a1-ar
born in captivity.
His training for an umpire has evidently
been received on Duke Bill Thompson's
race track at Gloucester, and he was
Snatched from his native jungle and let
loose on the ball field to satisfy yearning
which has possessed him for years, TO
show the league how the thing ought to be
done.
THE TRUSTING YOUTH.
Arthur Irwin said after the game that
the trusting youth told him before the
battle opened that for once he would see a
game umpired without a kick.
Wonder what he thinks about it now?
He sweat blood for about two innings,
and riot was imminent the whole time.
Suddenly the trim figure of Miah Muir
ray was seen on the players bench, and,
with a cry of joy, President Young
yanked him into the game, and the crowd
received him like Sheridan at secoud
Cedar Greek.
Miah went behind the bat and peace
spread her white wings vover the stricken
field, and when Mr. Reelherring actually
gave Maui safe on close call, the bleach
ers really gave him the glad hand, aud
things settled down TO a quiet, gentle
mans sort of game.
COST THREE RUNS.
This little episode of the umpire cost
the locals three runs, and apparently the
game, for Mr.. Lampe, a last years cast-off
from Boston, was putting up some very
clever twirling, and it was not until the
fourth inning that they coIlared him and
in the seventh the Lampe went out and
Moses was nowhere to be found
Philadelphia easily outbatted the Sem
ators, but the errors were very costly and
were punched with five Senatorial hits,
which apparently put fence around the
game, for Maui pitched great ball after
the second and for four innings shut the
Ouakers out but in the ninth they broke
loose again and brought on a fresh attack
of paresis by coming within an ace OF
winning out, through hard batting, crowned