The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-09-06
TWELVE HUNDRED
At BALL GROUNDS
=
Largest Crowd which Has
Ever Been Out to Park
in Brunswick
The GAME WAS A FlASCO
Pain Kept Pilots from Being Badly
Defeated by Waycross semi-Pro-
fessionals, Who had Scored
10 Runs in Innings.

The baseball season of 1894 is over
ih Brunswick!
It came to successful close-as
far as attendance is concerned.
The best and prettiest series played
had disastrous ending, and at least
twelve hundred fans. the largest
crowd that has attended baseball
game in Brunswick, were disgusted
surprised. and, we might say, indrg
Gant The article of oall put up by
the Pilots during the fodr half in.
ming of play was the poorest ,evel
seen here. 1t reminded he faD of
dhe game long ago when the more
men went around the diamond the
more the crowd enjoyed the ga me.
But then, after ALL the Pilots were
cot defeated. Fortunately the game
Was called before five innings of play
and as a result no game" was sinnounc
ed. The grand stand was relieved
and delighted, ard the many specta-
tcrs We're only too glad to see the
game end.
What was expected to be the great
est game of the season, between two
teams which had just played three
beautiful games, the scores being
40 0, and ! and and 2, respective
ly, turned out to be a fasco.
Five hundred fans came down from
Naycross and at least seven hundred
others were at the park. When
the umpire called play bail there was
q cheer for the two teams THE first
i Ining went alright, neither side scor
Jig. But the second and the third.
a.he record in the latter: Five runs
aor Waycross, three hits, five errors
end half dozen dumb plays. It was
the poorest attempt at baseball ever
witnessed by a local team. which has
ctfeated some Of the best clubs in
@h6 state. Two runs in the second,
tve in the third and three in hUo fifth
That's al Waycross made Bruins
WICK never got man ON third base.
The game vas begun in drizzine
rem. which continued during the en-
ure four innings. After the Waycross |
leam had played their half of the
dtth Umpire Mccullough was request |
81 TO call the game en- account OF |
cain. but he was willing to leave il
" the captains. A general mix up |
followed and citizens and fans crowd |
cd in the diamond. Those who were
betting on Waycross wanted the game
called. those who had placed their
money on the locals thought it was
raining to hard. Then fight started
J. the bleechers, the people in the
grand stand left and finally it begin,
ming to rain harder, Umpire McCnl
Tough announced that the game was
p stponed on account OF rain.
1t seemed difficult task 10 decide
about the bets, many claiming thaG1
four and half innings was consid-
sred game, but others thought both ]
siaes should have five inningse.before
il could be called a game. All sadsI
remained in the Shareholders handsS
uhtil the following rule was looked Il
up in Spalding's guide: No game I
shall be declared by the umpire if he |
terminated play on account OF rain, (
. darkness, fire, panic of any other !;
cause which puts the patrons or play
err in peril before five innings are
Completed by each team Provided. |
lCwever, that if the club second at
Jat shall have made more runs at the
End of its fourth inning than the club
1rst at bat in five completed innings
If a game so terminated, the umpire
sail award the game to the club
having made the greater number o.
runs, and It shall count as a lega
gvme IN the championship record.
Under the above rule no game
? as declared, and ali bets are called
III.
If the game had continued L would
have been a regular landslide for
Waycross. The visitors had already
Knocked Walker ont OF the bC'x, and
we're firing away at Kennedy, the en-
tire team seemed demoralized. The
helders would throw the bail over the
.nfielders heads, the basemen sue
ceeded III stopping one ball, a bali
thrown to first meant safe for the
runner and, in fact, the entire team
played like sci of ten-year old boys
Thanks th@t the season is over III
we were to nave been punished with J
any more games like the exhibition