Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-08-08
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Base Ball.
The Westville Base Ball Club iourneyed
to Roxboro last Saturday with about one
hundred and fifty of their friends to cross
bats with the famous Roxboro Club They
were in high gIee when they started, but
when they returned they were the ssick-
est looking set Of youngsters that ever re-
turned from ball field. The grounds Of
than an ordinary back yard, and are very
comparatively level, but the centre field is
on hill, and stranger has to watch the
ball and also the ground under his feet or
he will tumble head-over-heels in his effort
to catch fiy.n
The grounds are enclosed by a high fence,
which give the field contracted appear
ance These points are all known to the
Roxboro boys, who are composed of about
one-half professionals, and have played
with the various League Clubs, and they
have neat little trick (Which is perfectly
fair) OF batting the ball over centre field
fence when the bases are full, and four
stalwart players come romping home with
broad smiles on their good natured coun-
tenances. Our boys were nervous and
scared before the game was called. They
never played before such an audience. The
grand stand and bleachers were crowded,
and upwards of three thousand people
were within the enclosure. Our pitcher,
yogeding, had been pitching for the Salem
club during the week, and was about played
out They made eighteen hits off him in
about six innings, and Shantz was put in
the box, and he was worse than "Voge, 7"
The best Of order prevailed, and there was
no guying or bulldozing on the part of the
audience, who looked on our little fellows
in pitying manner. | say little fellows
because our heaviest man was not as heavy
and as strong as the lightest Of our oppon-
ents. Our boys learned lesson that may
be useful to them in the future. Score
Roxboro A / 2 3 0 i 3 OLA
Westville 0 0 1 0 0 OIL
Next Saturday the Westville play the
Hamiltons, of Philadelphia, at Newbold.
Mr.. EDITOR
The communication of ssFair Play'' in
your issue of August |, is tissue of mis-
statements from start to finish, and it is
hardly worth while to consume your
valuable space to attempt to correct them
We do not hold the Glassboro Base Ball
Club responsible for the disgraceful pro-
ceedings, as there are a number of right
good fellows on their team, and we respect
them. 1t is the tough element that accom-
panies them that we dislike-the hood
lums and blaekguards who had possession
of the grand stand, who began the betting,
and when demonstrated with by the valen-
tine, who appealed to them on behalf of
fha ladiaS and told +1o4 Lok4
not allowed in the stand, they merely
laughed at him and kept it up.
Fair Play says: Gas to the people who
the game, they were some of Glassboros
best people" Well, well, if they repre-
sent Glassboro's best people (of which
have grave doubts) for goodness sake don't
come up to Westville with any of your
rowdy element-they must be perfect
terrorS.
Such fellows as those are no credit to the
Glassboro club, nor to themselves. Your
correspondent acknowledges that one of the
gang had $500, and offered to take any
and all bets" The assertion that the West
vile club invited the Glassboro to come up
and play, as they were short of funds is
absolutely false. The game had been ar
ranged some time previously, and nothing
was ever said about being short of funds.
John Cox, the umpire, has not played in
game the entire season. He was men,
Der OF the Westville club last year. The
row about the ball is more fiction. He
says Capt. Glenn is relative of the
manager of the Westville club Che is no
more relative than the imam in the
moon") and that he Glenn, "picked up
the new ball and threw it over into corn
field, there is not a corn field in sight of
the ball grounds. When White had the
row with Cox, and the game was stopped,
Cox told White that he would allow him
and Glenn ten minutes to settle their dis
pute. Fifteen minutes were consumed and
the wrangle was farther from settlement
than ever, and Cox called the game and as
White refused to allow his team to 90 on,
and threatened to leave the field, the game
was given to Westville. White had been
shown copy of the rules before playing,
wherein it is distinctly set forth that a team
refusing to play forfeits the guarantee.
The Westyille club offered to give the
players their supper at the hotel, and to
entertain them at their expense during the
evening, but they could not violate their
rules by paying them the guarantee after
they had refused to play
Last year when Westville played at
Alcyon Park, the Glassboro's did not even
furnish them with bucket of water to
wash themselves before taking the train for
home
The proposition to play game for the
North american Charity Fund is silly
bluff, and in keeping with the actions Of
the tOuphs and followers who had So00 tn
bet.
1t is hardly worth while to annoy your
readers and occupy your space with this
quarrel, as nine-tenths of them have no
interest whatever in the matter.
Respectfully,
WEsTVILLE.