The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-23
BOTTLE. SCORED ALDERMEN,
STATESMEN BAT TIE BALL AND
.LSO TAKE A FEW HIGH ONES.

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'ne ou'V GUY ~, ,,.as ..,ahina so. ~,
cigar J's' ,irns ,ho 1900 -, The a.s.t Al.
over ''a 800 -, hoaoh,II dovn NJ Nav
uer"'""'o 81. IT.. -, - 49,
''orl' se''o'u"' ,,s-., IL
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men against 'he n'uei , y, .ne o. .i'
"t hrook'yh p,'Neu h"es Do.h y. AVN
with o's ,eeu e .int SO, VIC
'N'c sp'T'' ran .As' al ...s o'seo 80
fnI' Inc s,ore etouu 10 W 10 'n '.e ',n'a
inning A'oeI'i'ah ~ tu ". was a' ','o u".
The de!ega.,oh from I"e nionA, heaoeu
by Eugene Meunre, were sun s'ucA ia tne
hotel bar at inc entrances 10 'ne srouius'
lh"' "s mean do "s .o
ever GOT 70 the game o.' eney "e,e seep
ing 'a'@ WIN ,u'',eie .'oni IN, .Ao ~ an"
keeping the otncial score win empty DOT
einched.
C,., Nocu;r, hs mid sor the oountar.
','as nuu, Nv NV w. ~ tra,,osd ooIa sn u
ana 'hryc"uie on w Vho ''ay ouo ooiu OIL -
sizzling. and the boys emptied the stun
out of them into their insides just fast
an,rgb 10 keen the scorer supplied with
hsIsad ono. to- morLen
Inc deau ohee 4oi ma Ne'o
Brooklyn was 1our aneao oy nghts ana
the score ought to have stood 50 to 4s. but
,".' so;,, t,s.ad into the n,nokiyn mar ~
ns oe'hs ''1 Se .ha, . .nv ~. ~. ~ W
the room 90 'hey 'ouh9eo 'neth out ana
made It an even score OF AZ TO ~.
That was when Alderman Haenleln
,,s,r.j third base SO fast that il emergency
10, n.o,ldn,t ho,d and no ron hv tho
oiaAe' nouA. NM 'o 10" ~
bag and got INTO some sou marsn lano.
But Alderman Bennett, at third, was of
hunting the ball in COW pasture, because
.,eeana-au ;nst.ad - 10 a-o,,nd.r 70
sRyscraper lhs"ao ~ ~" erouiioer y"
head Haenlein OIL. 80 Haenlein was safe
back at third and had good deal OF the
swamn mud CLEANED of his clothes when
ponna,t walked in from the country with
. ' .su
the ball.
That is where Manhattan began to forge
ahead. There was a dispute in the corps
Of urnpres and the decision was being put
to roll call vote when Haenlein took a
low advantage and walked in to home
Mate and scored be fore ANYBODY noticed
hat he had stopped picking the mud of
tus' clot has 'fp'N
Than while the umpires we're calling
the roll for a decision, three more Alder
ma, cot to first second and third while
,he catcher was off at the beer counter
in front Of the grand stand
csr, me-" 70 the hat The excitement Was
;n,anaa Tho ump;res forgot To vote
Tha do,is;nn M tha H.an,ein eycursion
10 "I the swamp was still watering in the
balance The rumor was started that
.nmehodv had tnld Alderman Bridges
That The bali WINS stuffed with the Enefish
iancuaoa and that ,John was tuned I'M for
swat at the sphere that would bust ali
the xsddino ont If if But Of "o,,r.e
this WASN'T true
Alderman BTidges did swat the bal and he
swatted it a swat that wasn't eoualed
during the day. But it was all in fun.
He never swats the En- rlish laneuae e when
he is dead in On rnest He swatted The ball
because it happened to get there Just at
which he had bean swinging The bat aver
since ha 20 me- r. the njate
The ha started skvward and sailed OF
toward riuht field alderman Marks
he was there He had inst struck a match
to light the butt of the New Dom perfect
he had in his teeth. II that ball had come
a half a minute later it. would have been
a lighted cigar end instead of Juicy stub
that Alderman Marks swallowed.
him he knew something had to be done.
Lightning decision and unerrinR Judgment
were the goods wanted and Alderman
Marks had the goods on him. He delivered
them. With all eyes fixed upon him he
dashed his LIGHTED match TO the ground,
lifted his RIGHT arm aIoft and inst at the
instant the ball whizzed by some thirty
feet over his head he swallowed his cigar
stub, ashes and all.
The air was split with a mighty shout.
Alderman Marks pale, but self-possesee,
started on a swift lone for the beer stand.
The three men on bases walked in and the
tlay was won for Manhattan b,t with
Marks OF Brooklyn easily the hero Of the
field.
mere was some more desultoly baliotlng'
nut the game from that time on was all one
.,uea. ~ was diso eonie"na' com lSed lToui
Ine laCU tlaG q ROOO many Oh lne PLAYERS