The Newtown bee., 1901-08-16
. THE WOODBURY GAME.
ONE CONTINUOUS ROAST.

The NeWtOWn Baseball Association team reported in Woodbury on Satur- day last, for the games scheduled there. Before the game started it was rumored about that the Woodbury empire was an inveterate rOaster; so the manager of the Newtown team sought out the manager of the Wood- bury team and informed him in few words that the Newtown boys were in Woodbury that day to play ball, and not to be roasted by the umpire, and that they would therefore expect an impartial ruling throughout the game, and if such were not to be had, as manager he would be liable to call his men off the field at any time. He was informed that the Newtown boys would get fair ruling, but alas only another case of misplaced confidence, another form of bunco-game, and the story is told.
 The game started with the New towns at the bat. They failed to score, and then the Woodbury's went in for their half with no better luck. The nextI inning Patrick Keating reached first base, and Warner fol- lowed with a home run over the left field fence, and the score stood two to nothing in NewtOwn'S favor. Final ly WOOdbury came in for their half of the second inning, and then it was that the umpire came to the rescue of the WoOdbury team, and gave the first batter up his base on balls, when he was out, without the shadow of a doubt, according to the opinion of the the NewtOwn pitcher on strikes and balls for the balance of the game. Not satisfied with his fine work in this line, he made one of his grand stand decisions in the next inning, when he declared safe WOOdbury runner who was beaten by the ball to first base. He was here informed and warned by the Newtown manager that if he re- peated the dose the NewtoWn team would be called out of the game and he could then go and play marbles with himself, a warning he kept in mind until the seventh inning, al- though he still continued to roast on strikes and balls. In the seventh in- first; he then started for second; the ball was thrown by the catcher to Sec ond Baseman Wright, who caught it and stood waiting for the runner. Knowing the man was out, the New town boys started to come in, as it should have been the third out. But to their amaZement, the honorable Roberts called it safe. Immediately howl went up from the Newtown supporters, and the manager recogniz- ing that it was utterly useless for his men to continue the game against such decisions, notified the captain of the Newtowns to call in his men from the field and forfeit the game. In five minutes after the word was given the NewtoWn players were in the wagon and off the field, on their way home, fully resolved that when they again played ball in Woodbury there would be an umpire who at least knew some thing of fairness and the rules govern ing the game. His decisions were the means of simply spelling what would otherwise have been an exceptionally close and interesting contest, and one that would have been in absolute doubt until the last man was out.
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