Evening journal., 1901-09-13
SHORT STOPS

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Chesterfield"
They were dreaming.
The game was disgraceful.
A continued wrangle from start to fin
ish
Schultz insists in adding TO his long list
of errors every game.
BY the way they played yesterday Will
mington needs a rest. It's shame to
work them too hard.
To FIJI the error column seemed to be
the idea Of the locals. At least they made
a great attempt and succeeded admirably.
Although Blouth puzzled the batters
his twirls could not be held responsible
to the exhibition of loose playing.
Walt Walker, the all-round player Of
Wilmington. ranks first in the club when
everything is taken into consideration.
He is a modest, Woodworking boy, al
ways ready to do anything asked of him,
even to driving the "kids" off the fence.
and plays the game for all that's in it.
Billy Day and Johnny McMahon must
have been thankful that they were not in
yesterdays push. 1t would not have
been a credit to either of them to have
been mixed up in it.
If he was not capable of doing so him
self there were patrolmen in the grounds
who were ready to assist him. The char
ter of the Wilmington Baseball Club may
be a Sweeping" one, but the public will
not stand for such exhibitions. 1t is a
| pity that after season free from any
strife that such a scene should be trans
acted almost at its close.
The Etna Baseball Club will play the
Highland team of this city, on the High
lands grounds tomorrow. The Altnas
will cross bats with the st. Anne club on
the 2lst
The Cosmopolitan team will play the
| Enas at Gordon Heights on September
| Cosmopolitan: Martin and Bowman.
The Altnas would like to receive chal-
lenges from any team in the city, Key
stone preferred. Address all communica-
tions to the Brandywine Library Asso-
citation.
George Prentiss. of this city, who has
been playing with the Albany team, of
the New York State League. has signed
with the Boston American League Club
and left for that city yesterday. Prentss
will arrive home about October 5, after
the League season closes.
The closing scene in yesterdays game
wds disgracefu as we'll as disgusting
J Disgraceful that the management of
either club should tolerate such actions
on a ball field for an instant. Disgusting
TO lovers of the game, who pay their adj
mission fee TO see ball playing and not a
wranglc between opposing players in
which personal differences are aired. No
matter who was in the right nor who was
in the wrong every one knows that there
is bad blood between Hoffman and Ag-
new, hut the Ball field is not the proper
Iplace TO settle such difficulties. Both the
men are supposed to be experienced ball
players and versed in the rules Of the
game. IL There is clause prohibiting
the use of such bat as Hoffman
handled. Agnew was right in insisting
that he should discontinue the use of it,
no matter how many times he had bat
ted with it before. Ii no such rule ex
lists then the Chester players were wrong
n insisting that ne should abandon it and
use another. At any rate it was the um
pirc's place To decide the question. il h,
is capable without hesitancy Dawson
was to blame for not clearing the fiel,
when the trouble arose. as his authorit,
ou the diamond is unQuestoned.