The Republican journal., 1897-09-02

dt bne same time achleVlng, quite uneXpect-
edly, a reputation for brilliant play. H
Hichborn faced the pitcher next. Harry is
an cold timer" He is also a left handed
batter. Lew Clifford put them where he
couldn't find them, but his back handed
position at the plate 80 settled the catcher
that on passed ball after the third strike
Hichborn had no trouble in getting his base
Mudgett was next in batting order, and
never did the genial postmaster look hand
somer than when he took his chances of be-
ing killed and waited for low ball. With
vicious lunge he swung the stick around
and hitting something started for first. No
one saw the ball, and therefore concluded il
had gone over the centre fielder's head into
the next lot. Stevens here sprinted home
in good shape, while Hichborn, who was ex.
planning to Trundy why he failed to make a
| base hit, followed Doc. in and scored. By
this time the ball had been found under the
scorers bench where it had rolled after hit
ting Mudgett's foot, and in spite of claim
OF foul" which the umpire promptly dis.
allowed, j Merithew stood up. He had
evidently mistaken his calling, as he was
promptly struck out and gave way to Gilt
Fletcher, Mudgett in the meantime upsetting
Ames on third base and beating the ball to
the plate Fletcher 50 disarranged the order
of things, and so Disconnected the battery
by insisting upon facing the catcher, that he
took his base on balls, and after blowing uI
the field pretty we'll, was coached home on a
passed ball and Lancaster took the bat.
john hit the leather, and hit it hard, but in
the direction of Trundy, who was busy hold
ing second base down. Now the ball was
only few inches in diamater, while "Ade'
is some six feet wide, so of course it couldn I
get by him. and Lancaster was out, thus re-
firing the side.
For the "Merchants,'' Sim Merithew first
took the bat Sim created breeze at once
by tanning the air so industriously that it
was positively chilly in the neighborhood of
the plate, and, failing to appreciate the en-
couragement which was extended 10 him
from the 'rooters' BENCH from which such
expressions as stuff" ''easy meat" etc,
emanated in liberal quantities, struck out
and made way for Rendel. Charles care
fully adjusted his eye glasses, and sizing ur
dn easy curve, lined out good one to left
field and easily took his base. Lewis Cliff
ford next pounded the ball over centre field
and chased the base runner TO second, "
when Sam RendeIl presented himself for
batting donors. Sans principal article Of
diet is the modest, though deadly, cucum-
ber, and he was reported to have Just dined
sumptuously on dozen or 50 of the sue
cuient vegetable. There was nothing green
about him when he swung his bat and sent
a hot one in the direction OF third base 50
when Stevens, who covered that position
gave an exhibition of fancy tumbling il d
I vain endeayor to STOP the ball, Sam reached
tlrst in safety. Ade Trundy then under
took TO knock the cover off the ball, and hi
a swift one which the pitcher stopped ant
sa,1t to first" retiring the player and the
stick was gwen to Walter Trundy Walter
| is young, but he is good, a:si quickly made
a hole in the atmosphere with fly tt
centre. On this hit Clifford and Rendel
scored, and while Mudgett was climbing a
tree in search Of the sphere, Walter logged
in, leaving West, the handsome black.
smith, to try his luck next, He was OIL
to the pitchers ) curves and sent one JC
right tield, Had he been content with "sec
ond' lie might have scored, but he aimed a
home run and was ingiOriously stopped al
third" This ended the innings. What
happened after that, and during the succeed
ing innings. will, like the fate of Balaam'
l,a ,,f
lecture. a dense fog mad by this time blown
in and had enveoped the field making il
impossible to distinguish any of the pla yers
In fact, it was difficult for the her to SEE
as far as the home plate. Under ordinary
circumstances this might have been dis
couraging, but the players kept right on and
when the fog lifted the men We're seen p,ay
| ing as usual. Amos Treat, the umpire, whose
decisions have at times been as unexplain
| able and as mysterious as the Egyptian
| hieroglyphics on the Obelisk in Centra
| Park, New York, stuck bravely to his post
and pointed with pride to the fact that dur
| ing all that time not one of his decisions ha(
been questioned. Ed. Stowell the otficia
| scorer, who had apparently undertaken .
| contract with the proprietors of the "BaUJle
AK" brand to cover the market, gave the
score 40 to % in favor of the Farmers Any
way it was a game worthy Of giants, and
| Stockton is once more live town. 1t is
understood that an application will soon be
made to the town authorities, for permis
| sion to lay out diamond on the main stree
oppOSlte the post Office in which case bacL
| road will be laid out for the convenience o
wagons and pedestrians. R. H. L., JR
The Crosby Inn Matter.