Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-03
UNJUST uMFlRe Fooled.
Sefent cs the HoandviIle Hummer,
by the Harding Lilncs

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by the HnrtiiaE Lines.
The baseball cranks were swanninc
stories TIE man with sunburned
neck had just finished telling how he
mad once made n triple play unassist-
Ell, when the man with the sandy
whiskers spoke up.
The remarkable play which the
man with the sunburned neck has de-
scrtbed. he said reminds me of n
singular game in which | myself once
participated. Ii took place out in Wis
consln- The team of which | was n
member was called the Hurting Lii
laos. and my regular position was
right field. The HoundvilIe bumpers.
the team that went up against us. was
made up of eX-cowboys, and they had
the reputation of getting burly on the
slightest proVocation. The umpire
was an extremely large man, who
knew about as much about baseball
as Adam did about the mechanism of
an automobile.
The game began. and the umpire's
decisions were so uniformity unjust
and idiotic that neither side suffered
more than the other, and for a time all
went well. But in the last half of the
eighth. the trouble began. The score
stood rs to 40 i'm favor Of the bumpers
Our side was at bat, and the first three
men up drew bases on balls. Then
the fourth man got four wide ones and
the umpire called him out. Our first
base man was justly enraged ut the
unfair decision and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION.
The bases are full.' said the UNI
pire, and there is no room for the
batter. Therefore he is out
why, you blankety blank chump,'
exclaimed tire first base man. don't
you see that II forces
No man can be scored unless the
ball is hit out. interrupted the umpire.
You may go to the bench for using
profane language
"Of course the opposing pitcher gave
the next man up four wide ones. and
the umpire again called an out. The
second base man was the one to protest
this time, and he in turn was sent to
the bench and put out of the game.
When the umpire called the third man
out on the fourth ball, the rage of our
bumpers prevented us from doing any
thing violent TO him. and we had to be
content with killing him with our
mouths. We threw out words and
epithets so vehemently that when our
opponents came to bat every one on
our side but myself had been ordered
out of the game.
Our adversaries were already pro-
claiming victory. but babe them cease
their cries and went i'm to contend
against them alone.
The first man up knocked n pop up
fly, which l easily gathered in. The
second man hit little grounder, which
L stopped, and by hard running beat
him down TO first. The third man was
disposed OF in like manner.
Il was the first man up in the next
inning, and | saw that. as there was
nobody TO follow me, IL would be nee
essary TO make home run. The first
ball pitched was wide one. but 1
leaped across the plate and landed into
deep center for four bases. | went TO
the bench and then came up In place
OF the second man. This time |
jumped high into the air and banged
the ball over right field fence. Nina
times came TO the bat and made nine
home runs. winning the game by the
score of 30 60 IS. The HoundvilIe
bumpers were crazy with rage. but
none OF them questioned the slight ir-
regularity OF my coming to bat nine
times in succession. as il was just that
| should take the place Of the absent
players. And then they take n good
many liberties with the national rules
out there."-New York Sun.