Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-05-27
POLICE
Won Annual Ball
1 Game.
Refused to Play Full
Nine innings.
Luck Was All With the
Coppsrs.
BuchteI Defeated by Hiram
Local Sporting News.
Buchtel Defeated by Hiram
Local Sporting News.
Police, 15; Reporters, 8.

mare over again. i ne pOllCc hhNlh5
made some reckless bets and having
no money to pay them in case of de-
feat, had to play for their lives, while
the reporters were playing merely for
fun.
Both sides were also playing for the
Bruner benefit fund.
To be plain the reporters attribute
their defeat to the police, the inclement
weather, lack of training intimidation
of their players by the police "rootcrs,"
the stand-n the officers had with the
official umpire the giving Of facts by
the Sunday Star, and a half-dozen
errors contributed by each reporter
in the game
The police went to bat first, and
succeeded in scoring n couple of runs.
The reporters also made two runs In
the first inning. Their doing so Is yet
an open question for discussion. one
theory Is that Policeman VIII Irwin,
who has long been II member of the
police force, and whose beat Is in the
Mayors office pitched with his over
coat on during the first inning, and
for that reason failed to give the ncccs-
sary force to his curves. Ordinarily
Officer Irwin carries a series of ii
curves, IL drops, and 13 upshotS
around in his sleeve, but he failed to
let them down so long as he wore his
overcoat Captain Russell ordered
Policeman Irwin to remove his over
coat In the second inning. He did 80,
and thereby let himself .out II few
links and pitched the police to victory.
An unbiased on-lookcr would say that
Kelly, for the reporters, didnt pitch
In his usual good form, and Vorder-
man. the catcher, missed u few hot
ones while runners were on bases, and
he also muffed some third strikes.
The brilliant features Of tho game,
however, were all on the side of the
reporters. The grandstand went Wild
with enthusiasm when A. G. Johnson
In center-field stopped swift grounder
and with lightning speed threw the
ball to n policeman standing on the
coachers' line near first base. Mr..
Johnson's brllllancy In making the
stop, and in two seconds later deliver
ing the ball to n coachcr on the OPP
poslte side, made him the lion of the
day. Qune's overtaking ball that
gave his hands the slip was another
good play. He saw 1t coming, side
stepped 1t gracefully and
. caught the runaway four feet
this side of the fence, Beckwith's
home.run wns good and much apprc-
ciated as II chcckmnted one made by
Officer Russell All the officers who
didn't hit the ball We're struck out
by Kelly, and Norderman's freezing
onto third strike was given meritec
applause.
Just when the reporters We're getting
ready TO play, the policemen with rare
sagacIty decided to quit, and wer,
given the game.
The teams lined up as follows: Po
llce-Wilson, So; Duffy H.; France
d H.: Conway, RI; Russell, 2b,; Steesc
Oh; Irwin, p.; Nichols, cf.; Book, @.
Reporters -Vordcr'man, c.; Bcckwlth
ab.; Anderson. H.; II. Johnson, ss
c. Kelly, 2b; A. Johnson, cf.; NJ
Kelley, p.; Marvin, RI, Quine, II.
II was noticed that Policemen Steese
on third base, and catcher Book didn't
play with their uniforms on, and II
was also hlnted they We're ringers
and that their appointments 10 the
force had not been made public.
Three cheers for the policemen!
Score by innings.
/ . s As
Police .,............l 3-ls
Reporters .........2 3 . 81 3
y BREWSTER WAS IN IT.
Cornell was defeated Saturday by
Pennsylvania by IA score of IA 10 4
Brewster headed the Cornell batting
list. He was In left field. He mad,
one hit, and had two put outs, one as
eist and one error
BARBERTON AND SOUTH ENDS
The Barbertons and South Ends will
play at Silver Lake Memorial Day
The South Ends will wear their new
uniforms for the first time on that oc
casion. The uniforms are black with
orange trimmings.
NEWS TO SIMMS.
"Artle Simms, OF Akron, says that
he will shortly leave for Frisco &c
try TO induce Frank Erne to fight him
Cincinnati Enquirer
When this WAS read 10 Simms hs
said that IL was the first he had heard
OF IT, He has no intention of goinl
10 the coast. Art Is willing to NEE
Erne or any other 100 pound man II
the world, but he does not propose /,
60 TO San Francisco in order to &c
on a match. A letter from Simms
manager explains the calling off o
the Flaherty match. Art asked 70
transportation for two men from thl
city to Lowell, Mass. The club wa
considering this proposition when /
New York fighter stepped in and agree'
to furnish his own transportation Il
case he was matched with Flahert
ana his proposition was accepted.
TEAMS CONSOLIDATE.
Doylestown and Wadsworth hay,