Evening journal., 1897-06-15
THE POLICE SPORTS.
The West Side Meets Defeat
With the Aid of the Umpire.
BIG CROWD SEES THE STRUGGLE
THE ANNUAL FIELD DAY SPORTS
OF THE WILMINGTON POLICE
FORCE HELD YESTERDAY-A
GREAT DAY FOR THE "CCPS."

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If the gods of Greece and Rome
had been reborn and had scared
like wanton boys over Riverview
grounds they would have smiled and
shouted "bravo!" at the struggle of the
"coppers" in their annual field day
sports held yesterday afternoon.
The attendance was large and the
wives and sweethearts applauded their
idols Efforts to the utmost. No more
beautiful day could have been wished
for, and Old Sol must have been in
league with Jupiter in granting such
auspicious weather.
OFF FOR THE GROUNDS.
} Shortly after l o'clock the boys as
sembled in Struggle costume" at the
City Hall, and from there left for the
grounds in a special trolley car. The
scene was soon reached, and the cops"
retired to the dressing rooms. just at
2 o'clock Captain Evans, of the East
Side and Captain Black, of the West
Side. called their men on the grounds
Boxing gloves, pillows and bird cages
were donned and the great game com
menced. The West Side won the toss
and went to bat.
THE GAME.
"Now they are at it" was the jocund
ring of every spectator. Welch, for the
East Side. held his hand high in the air,
and with several phantasmal twists the
sphere shot over the plate. The side
went out and the East Side rooters yell
ed. The West Side men took the field,
and Payne stepped in the box to do the
, twirling He was in fine form and
e moved down each batter. Then the
West Side fans yelled. In the second in
: ming the East Side scored two runs and
> the West Side one. In the fourth and
fifth innings the score stood to 4, but
d alas, for boyish hopes the East Side
: had the umpire vivid dem," and the
T minds of the West Side men wandered
: to where the angels live. Billy" Wei
!. din, the umpire, gave several rank deci-
sions as every West Side man met his
Waterloo at third base. Weldin was
: taken out and Willard Mears took his
: place. In the seventh and eighth in
nings the East Side men piled up five
runs and had the game won. Several
bad errors on the part Of McVey lost
the West Side the game. He was the
only man that didn't like the ball. He
; was dethroned and put off the
field. Captain Kane took his
place and covered the bag like Trojan.
The ninth inning saw the hopes of the
West Side men shattered, for the score
stood II to in favcr of the East Side
" men.
The game was over and the East Side
won the day. The West Side drew in
: from the field a crestfallen and
defeated lot. Had Payne received bet.
]. ter support the West Side would have
won in a walk-over. Both Payne anC
INn1rfp
catcher for the East Side, and II. ]
Massey, for the West Side, played pro-
fessionally. Massey and McVey's two
base hits we're features. After the
game Assistant Police Surgeon Kane
manager of the reporters team, chal-
ss lenged the winners, but Captain Evans
y refused TO accept it.
" THE EVENTS.
ii The great game being done the event:
pc were in order The first was the spe
1aee cial hundred yard dash between Ser
n geant Evans and Officer James Ed
wards. 1t was won by the former, th'
N prize being a fine box of 25-cent cigars
The half-mile bicycle race betweeI
Shields and James T. Scott was won BY
: Scott. He got a bag of cakes as a prize
In putting the shot there we're severa
= entries, and the throw of the mel
~ y was as follows: Kane, 28.S; Welch, 23.9
m McVey, 25; Gum, 1871; Manion, 26
Payne, "a; Welch, %. Won by Kane
= McVey protested against Kane's throw
but the judges declared Kane the win
= ner.
ok In the half-mile relay race the Wes
k, Side men won. Runners-West Side
g, II. ]. Massey, George Black, Mcbride
and Payne. East Side: Aiken, Welcf
- Schell and Reinholtz. Massey fainte
after the race, but regained conscious
rk ness.
'at Running bread jump was won b
Payne, his jump being 14.1O. Black wa
lis a close second with 14.S.
lIv The tug-of-war between the Eas
ng Side and the West Side was won by I'll
latter They pulled their opponents o
He their feet. When the judges had dc
at cided that the West Side won there wa
a general howl from the East Side mel
ire That contest was the only unp!easaI
Ich affair of the day. Several outsider
,ot who always make themselves COnspicl
lck Gus at occasions like these, took hol
of the rope and assisted both sides
ma the struggle. This ended the day.
not THE TEAMS.
Jy 'bo West Side-J. H. Massey, catcher
n | JAKE Hdguts pllCAcl iAAoAhao LAM
shortsop; Barney" McVey, FIR
&C. base: Harry Taylor, second basi
James Riley, third base; Matt Raj
ZOO ton. left field George Black, cent
md field; James T. Scott, left field.
Inv East Side-Daniel Eakin, oatche
John ]. Welch. pitcher; George Luca
first base: Chris" Shields, secoI
)N base: Thomas Murphy, third bas
,on Eugene McDermOtt, shortstop; Charl
a.- H. Evans. left field, Simon Moran, ce
in tire field. william ScheH, right field.
raj Umpires-William Weldin and WI
ia lard Mears.
Mn The officials fer the day we're: Startt
g. Willard Mears; time-keepers, Har
the Taylor; judges. A. o. II. Grfer, OF Z
the Every Evening, and j. A. Roney, of {
or Evening Journal; clerk of the cour'
ed James F, McIvor. of the Daily Repu
- lican; assistant clerk, Ineodore Gro
oHe of the Every Evening: official score