St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-09-04
lIistakes Corrected.-An item ap

rlistakeS COrrected.-An item APP
peared in last weeks Union under Dan
vile concerning the ball game recently
PLAYED there between the Concords and
Clippers. The item contained a large
number OF surplus words, little sense and
less truth. We do not know who wrote
the item and have no desire tor an
acquaintance with one possessing
brain small enough to claim the author
ship of such rot. The Concord team was
a good one, all agree on that point. But
all do not agree that chad it not been Tor
the roasting done by Umpire Meigs OF
St. Johnsbury" the Clippers would have
won the game. The Concords played
with the Clippers during the first part OF
the game, allowing the score to run up
to something like II to against them.
The visitors then settled down to bust
ness, and, despite the efforts of the Dan
vile umpire to steal the game, won the
game by a score Of Is to IA. Umpire
Meigs may have made bad decision or
two, but in the opinion of fair.minded
people the work Of the Danville umpire
was the most disgraceful exhibition of
umpiring ever seen in this section. His
poor work in more than this one game
testihcs to that fact. He may intend to
be fair, but ifhe does he lacks greatly in
judgment. Therefore it isn't good policy
for the Danville correspondent to criti-
else a visiting umpire when its own does
poorer work, AS for Highburg" feeling
sore about anythngis a ridiculous state
ment, worthy of the Danville correspond
ent. st. Johnsbury boys have no i'll feel
ing against the Clippers. Many went
up to that game hoping to see a close
contest in order that it might serve as a
drawing card Tor their game the next
day. They saw close contest, but
plainly recognized the fact that Concord
could have put the score farther apart if
it had wanted to. They were pleased
and satisfied and would have felt the
same if the score had been in favor of
Danvillc. The Danville team is slightly
troubled with the disease called "swelled
head We do not blame them for feel
ing proud Of their seasons work. They
play good ball, and all are willing to
admit it, but that is no excuse why they
should imagine themselves invincible and
claim that an umpire and witnesses of
the game from other towns are RESPONSE
BILE for their defeat. Such a claim has
the appearance of coming the baby
act" which a team of as good ball
players as the Clippers should be
ashamed of doing To infer, also, that
the st. Johnsbury team is sore, ETC., is
smaller business still and we deeply regret
that any such idea should exist in the
mind OF any one. The st. Johnsbury
boys admit that they have been fairly
beaten in two games by the Clippers,
but do not feel bit ashamed of the
games they played, especially of the one
played on the Clippers own ground
which resulted in score of to 4 in
favor OF Danville, To show that they
are sincere in the above statement the
manager of the st. Johnsbury team
issues the following challenge:
TO THE MANAGER OF THE DANVILLE
BASE BALL TEAM:-The st. Johnsbury
base ball team challenges the Clippers of
Danville to a series of three or four
games to beplayed alternately in the two
places. Dates and plan of first game to
be arranged by the managers of the two
teams. S. A. MOORE,
Manager st. Johnsbury Ball team.