Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-18
JUST LIKE THE KIDS.
Newspaper Men and Lawyers
 Chewed the Rag.

Broke Up in a Row-Lawyers Dis
 puted the Umpire and the Reporters
 Disputed With the Lawyers-The
 Umpire Brought Order Out or
 Chaos By Calling the Game, Giving
 the Victory to the Side With the
 Lowest Score.
 The 1Tth day of July, 1901, will go down in the local annals of base ball history as the date on which fame Ecrolied upon the tablet of perpetuity the score of to 0 in contest between a mighty band of newspaper men ana a horde of lawyers, in which the knights of printers ink came off with the laurels-
 Although the weather man had re corded line fact that rain was to fah all day yesterday by persistent eHofts on the part of the ScribeS the water spOut was chOked time enough in the day to have old Sol get the field of pat tie iii fine condition for the battle royal. Sc. when the game was called about 4:15 o'clock the weather condl- tions could not have been improved upon and the audience of something less IUtlu z. lOS DGESOlS. AAleiAS VI were ladies. settled comIortaDly III their seats and waited.
 Previous to the game a photogra- pher took chances enough with ms camera to take picture or two or the contestants It was indeed q pretty sight-his setting. The. handsome, we'll fed, jovial, unsuspecting faces or the newspaper men shone out in bold relief. strikingly in contrast With the ghostly blushes on the graveyard vls- ages of the disciples of law. One or the pictures will be sent to the Bunalo exposition, to go on the Midway A small boy almost lost this attractive feature for the exposition by inqulr- jne. inst as the artist was about to lift the cap: Hey, is dat false-face factory sign?
 Of the game itself the least said the better. and silence is all the more requisite on account of the fact that the game ended in a brawl. Because umpire No 2. J. o. BrZeZinski, man who by his uprightness and stolidity in yesterdays game has endeared him. self forever to the newspaper craft, because he would not allow the law yers to bunco one of the newspaper men out of another chance at the ball after two strikes. the legal lights roared about him like babies and re- fused to go on. In vain did they cite references in law. file demurrerS. argue enter plea in abatements and bluff It did not go with the umpire. and the only way the lawyers could ever hope to make him sway would be to have writ of habeas corpus ls- sued. take him down to the river and sand-bag him until he cOincided with their views. This. however. they oyer- , looked and wound up the fray by hllng notice of an appeal.
 The newspaper men were somewhat disappointed at the nine that met them to represent the legal side of Water bury. Not a lawyer with reputation of knowing anything about the game (posSibly excepting Judge" HolOhanl, was present. John O'Neill, Judge Webster. Judge Lowe. Judge Burpee and other well known members of the bar who have records yards long for base ball ability. were conspicuous by their absence. In their place were q lOt of juvenile barristers. who proved so easy for the scribes at the start that they did not find it necessary to put up enough energy to keep warm It was very disappointing, was the game, in this respect.
 The newspaper chaps started right into the game in the first inning. and before Pitcher Slavin. resplendent Tn smiles and crimson hose. recovered from his surprise. two taIiics ere on the score board. In their half tie law yers almost broke their backs reach ing out for the Out-shOOts offered by Pitcher Dan Sullivan. but managed to eke out one run. The batting of the lawyers was so fierce to gaze on that the matrOn up at the hospital took all the patients inside. fearing an epidem- ic of paresis. Just to jolly things along the paper men let up for two in nings and allowed the Blackstonians to get six runs. Then the word was passed along to let the fireworks off. and in the fourth inning the scribes scored two more. during a spasm of 1ollity Then it was that the lawyers got "cOld feet and quit. for in the new inning with the bases filled and Mur- ray at the bat, they insisted that two made three and the umpire had 10 present the game to the Dailies with out giving them the satisfaction of bat ting for it.
 Some of the excuses offered for the errors of the lawyers were original to the finish. For instance. after missing a fly in deep center. Harry Durant, better known as "Chesty sam" came limping in. saying that he had cut his foot on a blade or grass Anu not 10 be Outdone for an excuse Rightfielder HoIOhan submitted that he had prac- tIced with fOrty-ounce gloves and found the ones he had too light. Wouldn't that knock off your derby? But Judge did make two-bagger. Frank Guilfoile was easily the Appoll0 and Beau Brummel of the lawyers team but when a fly came his way he took on a Far ROckaway look and took to the high grass Charley Bauby GOV cred the third sack with as much fa- miIiarity as though it were sack of peanuts. and McGrath at short struck many as being a ringer" so familiar did he become with the ball when it came within his range. Phelan at sec ond had little opportunity to show himself. and that Is a source of joy to the vIctors. who looked askance at the big second baseman. especially when he came to the bat. Rogers at first did nothing to win memorials for him. although he refused to let the ball pass him. even though he stopped it with his bhead basket. Slavin, the pitcher, got his bumps good and often He started In at practice a Ia Nafthewson and came out hotel de carte Bacon Brown Were 1t not for fhe fact that he has had considerable practice on the second team of the T.r- &Ts-&