The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-14
Browns Go Down to Defeat Before
the JubiIees.
ON FORT DOUGLAS DIAMOND
THE SCORE STOOD 20 TO s AT
THE CLOSE.
Both Teams Played a Good Game, but
the Soldiers Were. Outclassed-
Nearly a Thousand People Wit
messed the Game-A Good Deal of
Trouble Over the Umpiring.

The Fort Douglas Browns went down
TO overwhelming defeat before the Pho
neer Jubilee team yesterday. 1t was a
great game, bitterly contested on both
sides. The Jubilee team, formerly called
the Oregon Short Line nine. were anxi-
Gus to retrieve the victory wrenched
from them by the colored lads some
weeks ago. and they succeeded.
The victory was we'll won, for every
member of the Jubilee team played a
faultless game from start TO finish.
McFarlane's pitching was magnificent,
striking the soldier boys out in ele-
giant style.
The dusky colts put up a good game
all save Richards, who was in the box
1t was his off day, for after the sixth
inning the Jubilee boys hit him when
and wherever they pleased, piling up
runs until the score stood 70 10 ..
The game stirred up more excitement
among the 500 spectators than any sucn
event on the Fort grounds this season.
Several times the players got into rows
and three different times it looked as
if the game would break up. Sears
umpired behind the bat and when the
first couple of innings had been played
he shouted to friend TO bet his
(Sears) money on the boys in gray
The darkies heard this and of course
objected. Then Charlie Stanton, who
is managing the Jubilee team, made
roar. The umpire was surrounded and
for moment it looked as if he would
be mobbed. A compromise was soon
after effected and Sears retired and
Billy Busby was substituted. Busby
umpired splendidly and with the ex-
ception of one time, when he made a
mistake in the rules, there were no
kicks against his rulings.
CHOPPERS TROUBLES.
But the troubles of Field Umpire
Chopper were many. Cropper can run
like a deer and makes an amusing
spectacle when following base run
ner. He is an earnest worker, but
somehow or other the boys have got
in the habit of disputing his decisions.
Once yesterday the players and sew
eral hundred spectators surrounded
him and for a moment a lynching bee
seemed among one of the possibilities.
But Chopper was right and he came
out of the crush without a scratch.
The game was called about o'clock,
the Jubilee boys going to bat. Nc
Chimes found the ball, but was put out
at first and Matthews followed suit
Some splendid batting sent Andrews
and McFarlane over the home plate.
Then Knickerbocker struck the ball
into the hands of the second baseman
and retired the side. The cllorel bows
distinguished themselves in the first
principally by tanning the air, succeed
ing, however, in scoring Jackson.
WHITES LIMBER UP.
In the second the white lads linn
bered up and Barnes, Miller and Bar
ker came over the home plate. Then
howl went up from the city visitors.
and the enthusiasm grew wilder when
only Henderson scored for the soldiers
in their half of the inniag.a -r s--
In the third Andrews went out at
first, McF'arlane struck out and so did
Kniekerhocker and the Jubilees got a
goose egg Then the colored boys went
in and by some good batting scored
Contee and Reid. In the fourth the fort
team shut out the white boys, and in
their half tied the score.
The Jubilee supporters now began TO
grow uneasy. Manager Stanton ar
gued with the umpire and the crowd
Kissed. Stanton talked back at the
grand stand, contending that the other
side was getting the best of every close
decision. Busby said he would quit
rather than have row, but he changed
his mind and called ~Timer
From this time on the Jubilee team
had everything practically their own
way. McGinnis and MeFarIane scored
in the fifth and Barnes and Barker did
the same honors in the sixth The
c0lOred boys We're shut out in the fifth.
and in the following only succeeded in
bringing in Richards
The seventh and eighth was disas-
trOus for the dusky lads. not run
being tailed, while the Jubilee bows
piled up I'VE in the eighth. In the last
inning they pounded Richards all over
the grounds and rolled up no less than
six runs. The soldiers went TO bat
with hope in their breasts, but the
odds against them were too great and
they went out with only two runs to
their credit in the last inning
SUMMARY OF THE GAME.
The batting order and runs were as
follows:
Jubilee-McGinnis left field. 2;
Mathews. right field. /: Andrews, first |
base, 3; McFarlane, pitcher, 4; Knicker- /
booker. catcher, l; Kidder, center field, |
0; Barnes, second base, ?; Miller, short |
stop, 3; Barker, third base, 4.
Browns-Contee, third base, l. Jack !
son, catcher. >; Armstrong, center |
field, 1: Reid, second lasa !, Hughes |
short stop, 0; Henderson. right field. /; /
Hellems, first base, o; Wheeler left |
field, l; Richards, pitcher, l.
The runs by innings were as follows:
2S $3.50
Jubilee ......-...... = 8 90 2 > 0 5 go /
Browns ..-.......... l l 2 0 l 0 2-S
Umpires-Busby. Sears and Cropper. !
Duration of game. three hours.
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