The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-07-12
ARCANUMITES AT MADISON.
Home Team Trounces Hosts-Toms
Loses His Stockings.

Home Team Trounees Hosts-Toma
Loses His Stockings.
A base ball team composed of mem
bers Of Loantaka Council, No, 93S,
Royal Arcanum, of this city, jour
neyed to Madison last Wednesday and
gave nine representing North Jer-
sey Council, Royal Aroanum. few
points in the national game, Both
teams played good ball, but the visi-
tors had the game safe all through
and were never pushed. Brown
pitched an excellent game. He had
all kinds of speed in the bender line
and made his drop curves look like a
pretzel He worked IN some slow
balls, too, which caused the Madison
players only to rubberneok like os.
triches. Rodler supported him in
grand style.
There was plenty of fun throughout
the game. In the very first inning,
Nate Toms, he of the piano legs and
sturdy frame, swung his ash bludgeon
and rattling hit to centre resulted.
Toms pedalled his way lumberingly
but jubilantly to first. and after the
fielder had caught the ball ambled
his way to second. Somebody, in a
spirit of fun, yelled ''Hurry'' and
Toms became an awesome sight. As
he started for home, his stockings fell
down. He crossed the plate out of
breath, only to be informed that he
was out and liable to be arrested for
indecent exposure. That was Nate S
finish. He was mad clear through
and retired from the game. Later he
was seen accepting words of comfort
from pretty girl in the grand stand
who famed him with her score card.
George MCGOWAN, the old Morris.
town A. @. second baseman, played
the initial bag for Madison.
Then there was Arthur Pierson. He
looked like living skeleton from the
grand stand and nearly threw" fit
when he managed to make base hit.
Barkman, in right field, also surprised
himself. A line hit was sent out into
his territory and he went after it..
Now Barkman evidently knows more
about legal lore than base ball but
the manner in which he caught that
ball would cause even Van Haltren to
applaud. Charlie Day, of Brookside,
distinguished himself by brilliant
work, and Trowbridge demonstrated
to those present how easy it is to go
out on strikes every time one goes to
the bat.
Jim Burnett who looks like six
horned Diuotherium, or whatever it
was that sat on the ground and ate
its dinner off the tree tops in prehis-
toric times, played right field for
Madison. Jim has disposition
like an alarm clock. When he starts
around the diamond nothing can STOP
him but heart disease or an axe. He
to third base on fouls But Jim" is
a hustler and played fue game.
Once he rammed one of Browns swift
inshoots for safe hit and Harry Sturgis
didn't see it until it was near enough to
ask" him for piece of tutti frutti
As "Jim" reached third ne slid and tore
up the base and Fighter and everything
else by the roots. But he got there and
laughed in great glee.
Rufus Whitehead played finely. He
made three runs, two long hits, quar-
relied with the umpire six times, ,chewed
five cents worth of gum and made
himself hated by every pretty girl on
the grounds.
There was one other feature of the
game, McGrath, who failed to make a
bit, also failed to sustain his reputation
as kicker.
The score: