The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-22
DUCK BILLS
WIN EASILY
Lawyers Entirely OutclaSSed
from Start to Finish.
1t was Great Game, with Lots
of Fun Thrown In Ambulance
Corps Ably Assists the Legal
Iiohfs

The Duckbills'' covered themselves
with glory, and mud on Randolph
Field last Saturday afternoon The
glory was in defeating that far
famed bunch of ball tossers, known
as the Lawyers team, while the
mud was gathered in sliding bases
and doing other stunts of similar
nature.
1t was great game, one long to be
remembered, for it was hotly con-
tested from start to finish, and it did
not go the limit at that. The
Knickerbockers got tired running
bases, the Lawyers got tired chasing
passed balls, the umpire got tired
looking on and SO called the game
after seven and half innings, with
the score standing 81 to A, and sadly
in danger of getting more dispropor-
tionate than that.
And still it was a great game.
Carl Vogt pitched for the lawyers
and did great work He got better
and better, and had the game gone
five or six more innings might have
had things his own way. He was
we'll supported at times, Toms at
short stopping a grounder now and
then, if it was not too hot and Mott
pulling in every thing that came his
way Stilwell, on first, let few sky
scrappers by, but otherwise showed
professional style in his playing.
Benjamin acted as backstop, and his
length and breadth assisted material
ly in keeping the number of passed
balls within the limit
Mr.. McAllister did the twirling for
the "Duckbills - He handled the ball
in grandstand style, and when not
working in center of the diamond put
in pleasant hours explaining the mys-
teries of the game to some of the
fair sex. In this agreeable occupa-
tion he had the able assistance of Mr..
Byram. McAllister's support was
firstclass He did not need it be-
cause he pitched o. K ball, but when
ever the field was called on it was
always ON hand.
To describe the game at length,
and in particular would require sew
eral reams of paper But there are
features which should not be omitted.
For instance, in the fifth inning, Still
we'll came to bat and, after several
smashes at the air, started for first.
Half way down the line he stumbled
and fell. The ambulance corps, head
ed by Douglass Frapwell, came up on
q dead run. Stilwell was carried to
first and seated tenderly on the cush-
ion, while Frapwell continued the
run and reached second. He had not
been in the game before, but he ex-
planned that he was running for Still
we'll and it went.
Then there was Benjamin's run
which included his great slide to
third, in doing which he plowed a
deep furrow down the third base line.
Toms also attempted this trick once
with similar results, save that the
furrow was not as deep. Because,
while there is some dispute as to
which is the weightier man in court,
there is no comparison on the field.
Trowbridge went to sleep on third,
and Mott woke him up by gently
tapping him with the ball, which had
been rolled down by Benjamin.
Byram had the honor of making
the first hit for the Lawyers. 1t was
in the fourth inning, and was badly
needed at that time as. the game stood
6 to a hole, and was getting worse
every minute. Byram nearly dis
graced his team by making a sensa-
tional running catch in the last Of
the seventh. 1t was beauty, but had
no BUSINESS in the game they were
playing.
In the first of the seventh the
"Duckbills smashed things right
and left. They went to bat a cou-
pie times each, chased each other
around the bags, and sometimes were
so thick on the base line that they in
terferred with the fielding of the ball.
Ten runs resulted. 1t might have
been twenty or thirty, but they got
tired and refused to hustle any more.
1t would be hard matter to pick
out the individual good plays of the
Knickerbockers. They made some,
also few that were not so good.
But on the whole, they acquitted
themselves very creditably and it
was a good practice game for them.
Tomorrow they stack up against
the Brooksides That is a different
story, and will be chronicled next
week.
Kniokerbockers, 4oO2 8 0 10 x-21
Lawyers 0002 0 l. A
Bases on balls-Off Vogt, too many
to count. OFF McAllister, almost as
many. Two base hits-All the Duck
bills. Stilwell. Struck out-By Vogt
four. BY McAllister twelve. Wild
pitches-Dozens. Passed balls-Eigh-
ty-four. Lost balls--One peck.
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