Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-12
CHARMED.
Cleveland Cops
Also Delighted.
The Very, Very Best
Time Ever.
TheyWon the Ball Game,
But Who Cared?
A Permanent Mutual Admiration
Society Organized.

Seven to six was the score when the
Cleveland police and the Akron police
quit playing ball at Buchtel College
field. six and SIX was the score when
supper at the Buchtel hotel was over.
Nobody knew and nobody cared what
the old score was when the enter
tainmcnt at Conrad Hall was over.
Sergeant Anderson, a fat and jolly
Cleveland copper, expressed the feel
ings of all the visitors when he said to
Mayor Doyle: There is only one
thing we could wish; could you give
us all n job on the Akron force?'
To such an extent did brothorly love
and mutual admiration prevail. All
this and more made Thursday after
noon and evening time to be spoken
of with much joyful emotion for many
years to come in local police circles
The ball game was a remarkably
good one, owing in part to the tip top
playing of "Patrolman Smith," Cleve,
lands pitcher; "Patrolman Reddy,
Cleveland's catcher; "Officer Frank
Motz," "Officer Mike Hallinan" and
"Officer Billy Watts" who We're part
of Akron's team.
All through the game until the fourth
inning Akron was in the lead. Then
Cleveland tied the score to three and
three. In the fifth inning Hallinan,
Motz and Tom Nichols We're instru-
mental in making Akron's score 6 to
Cleveland's three. In the seventh was
where the visitors won. Hooper sent
hot one far into the right field, and
Trv France, thinking that Russell, at
second base, was after the ball, looked
around for a half minute before he
discovered just what was expected of
him. In the meantime three Cleveland
men OH bases had reached home and
several who were not on bases We're
on the point of starting around the
diamond Hooper reached third and
the very next dash out of the box adj
ded one more to the score. The teams
were made up as follows:
eveland-Reddy, c; Strict, Oh:
Hooper, 3b; Smith. p; Lawrence, rf;
Davis. IS; Souers, cf; Anderson, captain
and III: Holland. rf During the
game Nishon took Lawrence's place
when the latter was struck by pitch
ed ball, and Shank took Anderson's
position. the Sergeant having slightly
sprained his leg.
Akron-Pike, e: Irwin and Watts, p:
j. Wilson, lib; Russell, 2b; Hallinan,
ss Motz, 3b: Nichols and 1rv. France,
rf: Duffy, cf: Watts and Bolan, II.
Sergeant Fisher of Cleveland, and
Steese of Akron, We're the umpires.
The visitors accused Sergt. Fisher of
trying to give the game to Akron, but
the charge was unfounded on fact.
"Ofticer Frank Motz' was recognized
by number of the visitors, but the
Akron men recognized "Patrolman
Smith, who played in Chas. ] Hazens
team years ago, and Reddy, Cleveland's
catcher, who is so near IL professional
that he is no amateur. NOtwthstand-
ing it was a "standoff" and the
game was practically the same.
After supper at the Buchtel, Mayor
Doyle made happy little speech
welcoming the visitors at Conrad
Hall. Sergt. Anderson responded and
there was music and a general good
time. Capt. Archibald Bruce Macal,
lister, the prize bagpipe player, gave
several selections. The Summit City
quartette composed of Mcssrs. White,
Dunn, Bergman and Tobin, sang. The
visitors produced two or three singers
from their own number and everybody
unanimously elected everybody else n
good fellow by acclamatiou.
The Cleveland officers repeatedly
urged the Akron force to come to
Cleveland to visit them as they were
about to go home. Whether the en-
tertained or entertainers had the better
time, however, is open to dispute.