The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-06
DERBY.


June 5.-@MemomaI day '95' will be q
memorial time in the history OF this
new city, in that baseball game then
began to ag1tate two communities, d.
vided'by stream, to degree that the
result Of the, battle has since been the
street talk, club topic and store debate
all around. There have been greater
events in the history of this section, as,
for instance, a dam has been built and
rebuilt, "a new bridge crosses the said
stream that separates the two commune
ties now in the throes Of a passionate
discussion over an umpire's judgment;
several fine churches have recently
been erected, and a not very ancient
Borough Building" the like of which
is not in the mould ON the face Of the
earth. gTeets the gazing visitors to these
parts Where have been many enter
prises bud forth into worthy exist
ence, but when it comes to a public pro-
ceed1ng that has interested the entire
neig4IboEhood from prov to rudder and
called out earnest eloquence and dou-
'ble-barpslled criticisms on an officials
best intertion, there's nothinglike dt on
record to the talk In the air over Mr.,
CEltahapas Interpretation of "foul."
THE baseball game last Decoration day
in Derby attracted probably "a larger
concoupRe of pleasure seekers than amy
entertainment in this neighborhood for
many a year A fair estimate is
crowd of four Thousand. The two stands
yveEe crowded and outside the ball field
carriages occupied every available
square foot. The fellow who didn't so
to this game wasn't in it," 1t was the
tad for that day to @see Derby's only
ball team cross bats with the favorite
nine Of the ambitious borough across
the stream. Shelton had shown in a
we'll sayen~ game in Milford the Satur-
dtayt prior tIlatits nine had steel in their
metal OF no uncertain temper, and the
betting was quite brisk and emphatic
that the Shelton team would win.
gaHneNlDre exciting, or, in baseball par
lance, Shotter, will mot soon be played
on this park 1t was a close contest az
clever exhibition of PLUCK and skill The
looker-on had his fifteen cents well in
vested, and4the actors on the diamond"
go into history with no tarnish on their
esc1Hc11eon. The fight was a nice and
even one, an interesting exchange of
neat plays and stern patience to the
eleventh. inning. 1t was at this juno
tIfre thatfthe excitement took ON harsh
sounds, and the walls of wrath were
pollredS OUT. The arbiter of destiny, or1
the umpire, had not as yet felt ain UNI
easy CROWN. Things had5Ibeen balanced
between the rivals; his decisions had
eVened all claims "A faint tip Of the
balk pronounced a "foul' by this we'll
lnea1Afng referee, interfered with what
might have been for Shefton's veal.
TIE decision settled the fate of the bat
tie, and the Z. A. b. team bear off the
palm From the hour this rasping utA3
terafce "foup' fell on the ears Of the
anxious hackers of the Shelton team
this umpire has been dissected by the
scalpeL OF the pretehtious baseball ex-
pert, and the Gfsinterested outsider has
begun to write @etters Of coincidence toll
this one man singled out for SO much i
venom. We were brought up to believe
that two teams having agreed on a ref |
enee, and having commenced to play, |
should be men enough to take their |
dose, bitter as itpmight be. The child |
is supposed to bolt on a reverse, but a |
mine that kicks on proteets,as the polite |
phrase has it, because a ruling is |
against its interests, or is sour when
whipped, hasn't graduated yet in the
school of manly sense. 1t is hard OIL
course to lose money, particularly ff1
you bet big, but 1t is Wall street adj |
vice TO pocket your loss without a whine !
and tiny agadn. Rumorsl are rife of 60
ingto law for vengeance,abut a sweeter |
way 60 get redress for the disappointed |
team and lts host Of admiEers would be !