Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-31
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1fnpire Donnie In the opcniup or IN,
hlhth inning ended tho baseball gam,
pe.wee the Newport News Eagles an,
me batteship Missouri's nine on In,
casino diamond yesterday afternoon
Captain Bagley. OF the Missouri foam
refused to abide by the decision and
"heh the coaXing and threatening of
about one hundred Missouri sailors
tailed to cause the umpire to reverse
MS decision, he called his team off fine
Hei'i, ana the Eagles were declared vic.
Tors by the score of 6 to5. A crowd of
nearly thousand people witnessed The
game.
When the ninth inning opened with
inc sailors at the bat. the score stood
to b In favor of The Eagles and Gun
NH, the first jackie up. struck out. lie
was followed by Mmett. who hit to
ueep icit Held Tor clean twnbaggcr.
w. Maloncy. of the Eagles, flcdcd the
pail and threw To second. The bail was
not hcldcd AT second, however AMI
Mltctt started on to third. Marcc tbr,
picked up the ball from the ground
threw IL to third and Foley iouchcd
Mihett, the umpire ruling that the base
runner WAS out. A crowd of iackirs
VINO were standing near the third base
INC, declared the jackie safe and told
MIN TO hold" his base, which MITctt
ana. Captain l,agley then walked into
the field and registered proies,
aea'hst inc decision. but the umpire |
refused to change his ruling. Tho
1ackies who had been watching thej
game from the side lines s,Irrcd ON
The field together with about n bun.
drcd of the local fans. The sailors
tricd to persuade Mr.. Donnie TO change
ms decision, but met with no success
ana threats were equally as vain.
& The local fans believe the Missouri
tes.hi came over here with the oxpcctn.
ti%n OF "buflng" the local ball PLAYERS
lnlQ giving them any point they might
aeHlahd. " was noticed ut the opening
~ tne game That the capital OF the
sailors rcfuscu 10 r"t-i.. ...--i-l l.
and at that time some OF the wise ones
among the local rootcrs predicted trou-
bic.
When the game started there were
about oneN, hundred whitc.uniiormcd
sailors on Tie field and whenever dis
pute arose over a decision Of the nin-
pire they crowded out OH the field and
assumed Il threatening attitude.
The jackics rooted strcnuonsly. for
sQiiah Of them had COW bell, Tin horns
and other paraphcrnalia.
There was very little sQuahhling dur
ing the first part Of the game and up
to the opening of the NTH inning the
contest was close ana exciting. In the
opening of the first inning the sailors |
failed to score, while the Eagles sent |
two men across the rubber. In the
second. however, the sailors scored one
run, thus making the score 2 TO | in (
favor of the Eagles. The jackics did
not score again until the fifth, when
they made four more tallics,
Clark was the first Jackie up In the
fifth inning and he passed TO first by
being struck with the ball. Clinniif,
the next up, smashed the sphere ont
for a single, advancing Clark to third.
When Mifctt followed at The bat, he
allowed Cunnff to steal second and
then sent the ball out for Il clean sin
gle scoring Clark and CunniT. 3agley,
the next sailor up. connected with the
sphere squarely, driving it into deep
left field for home. scoring both him
self and Mirfctt. That ended the run
getting in that inning, for the next
three men up were put out. The sail
ors did not score again during the
game.
III was i'm the ending Of the sixth in
ming That the Eagles piled up four. and
enough runs to win. j. Maloncy. the
first Eagle up. went to first on being
hit by pitched ball. W. Malnncy,
who followed at the bat, smashed out
twO.haggcr, scoring J, Maloncy.
Foley. the next Eagle up, was put out.
third base to first. lie was followed by
Robinson. who tapped The sphere for a
single. scoring Malnncy, and then Beck
es followed at the bat with IL thrcc-baG-
ger, scoring Robinson Hampton, the
next Eagle III the bat. flew out TO tho
Jackie pitcher. lie was followed by
Magec. who hit to second Dormicl;
fumblcd the ball. allowing Bcckcs tC
score and Magce TO take first base
Bcckcs' run ended the run getting OF
the Eagles. for the next two men VI
were put ont easily.
Both pitchers did good work and OK
ccpt In two innings both teams Shove,
up in excellent shape in the field. A