The Cairo bulletin., 1905-06-30
THE CAIRO BULLETIN. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 30 1905

Powers decision was rank. be it said 4
IN vindication of the Fats. for he al {
lowed a man first base when he was
out by eleven feet and seven inches
by actual measurement.
The players objected TO Mr.. Ais J
thorpe's smoking a cigar on the job, ]
however, and the police were ordered
to remove the offensive weed from be
tween his teeth But his umps, much
TO the surprise of the cops. had come
prepared for them and drove them 10
rCut with a billy which he had con
eealed under his belt From that mo-
ment until about two innings later in
the game he was declared full master
OF the diamond, the billy being his
| little sceptre.
In the fifth Cochran was clouted to
the woods again and the clans ran
in q dark horse, formerly with the |
New York Nationals by the name Of
| Buchanan, now of Mound City. He
too. was given a sad dose of bumps
and the inning resulted in three more
scores for the big fellows
In the fifth that gaceful slab artist,
Eddie Werner. was sent out 10 relieve
Greaney. who di not wish all the
honors of the game, and the way he
had EN- looking at his spit ball would
have done t1e heart of the man who
Invented that ingenious base ball tor
ture a whole fist full of good One
= two-three they faded from sisnt AMI
J the most part OF them went back 10
/ their little bench VITA the knowledge
3 in their heads that they had chopped
! chunks ont Of the atmosphere THAI it
would take Dame Nature about fouf
r weeks 10 replace The lack OF cZone
Y was dietinctly felt on some occasions
{ by the people n the stand ald it is
e said thai one or two peopl tainted
4 from suffocation after Buchannon had
J. been to bat in the sixth In tha, part
Q of that inning a squabble arose as 10
d how many men had been put out the
& Leans declaring two and the Fats,
i. backed by the grand stand swearing
{ to three No desiring TO be piggish or
Il mean about il the big men went at
d It again and put out a couple more OF
d the little fellows just 10 show them
! that Their hearts were in the righl
n place.
In the first half Of the sixth, al
IS though three hits were secured by the
II Fats, nor a run was made The game
4. Al this point was sadly Interrupted by
4 lie off GERS who found II necessary
d for the en,iro detail Of them, four, K
I. 20 on the ground and get Mr. Ais
q. thorpe, whose awful decisions hat
- broken down the patience of the play
"A ers. Afrightful struggle took pjlac'
A. on the diamond before His Umps coult
at be removed and evea then il was no
n accomplished before they had pekei
:, him up bodily. Tne officers stat
i frankly taat ne could never have beel
n, taken from the diamond had Il no
been for the strength and tireless
IL ness OF Eddie Werner who was reall
IL the entire force used in subduaing tn
- uuruly man. Dummy Hughes Was the
~, sent in to finish the game as umpif
:, and although brutally assaulted 0
:, one or Two occasions by the Fats, o
~ both of which ne finally put them t
- Fout with bat, he gave great salts
faction to both teams and he has bee
W. recommended To President Brown. {
- he Kitty, In case he u III need Of
" GOOD man
The runs for Tho Leans were mad
~ d Their half Of thc ai3hth anins M
y a,lanl first man up saved OH
~ lachannon hi safa Cox lived ON d
ay ,sror ftis drive by first base ma
ce nd Will trying to throw himout q
ne attempt TO steal second the catca'
ng threw the bali wide and he went {
q 0 third while Buchannon scored The
OF followed such a general miX-up Of pla
NY ers and substitutes, hits, errors al
err tolen bases that until the dust raise
ne by them had cleared away the spect
ne tors mad not The fantest idea VIII
he had been doing, and they did not kno
led until the score was marked up on Il
an board showing that three runs HI
'od tbeen made.
ing The final two runs for the Fats we
ent made in the seventh inning and aft
to that time had never a chance TO scoi
loo the less so because the last half of t
ninta inning was not played
set An attempt at a box score Of t
al game would have driven even a M
Of Of the strongest mind TO strong
the drink and possibly 70 beetle house.
re. none. had the fortitude to underta
ose to keep one the best that can be fl
her nished is list Of the players and t
the information that every man on the !
irly had his share in the game and I'll
the some of them played seven posit.o
nan at different times.
/ q Look EN- over
Tor Fats.
oVe z. r. Fitzgerald, captain and cat
leu er; w. r, Greaney, pitcher O
nv Schiller, first base; Harry Dilts, $
ing ond base; Morris Trip, third has