The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-21
In Game Yesterday City OFF,
ciaIs Were Beaten so Badly
That They Quit.
PUT UP A LAME EXCUSE
POLICEMEN LEAVE DIAMOND IN
SIXTH INNING, SAYING THEY
HAD TO GET READY FOR
THEIR WORK (O

Under the pretext that they had to
quit playing and go home to prepare
for work. Ca thing they were never
caught doing before) the members OF
the city official team left the diamond
in the sixth inning yesterday, in their
game with the newspaper men, and
could not be prevailed on to finish the
contest. The score at that time was
10 to 8 in favor of the journalists.
The newsies protested that it was
not right to quit the contest at this
point, as 1t might be possible for their
opponents to tie the score and posi-
bly, forge ahead.
They were not speaking their own
minds, however, when they said this
for they realized that the longer the
contest continued the farther ahead
they would get. The city officials
realized the same thing and they de-
cided they would wait and fight anoth
er day with a stronger team.
Newsies Played Well.
The game was good one on the
part of the newspaper men, especially
the infielders, who worked liked ma.
cry effort to win the game through the
assistance of the umpires. Ground
rules especially favorable to them had
been framed up. The newspaper
men filed a mild protest to this, but
seeing that 1t would do no good they
retired to their benches and gave the
spectators an example of obediently
obeying the decisions of the umpire
This show of good feeling and gentle
manliness was a matter of common
comment among the onlookers.
But for the game in detail: The
city officials had one man who was a
star, not only at playing the game, but
managing the umpire. Harry Hebble
is the player referred to. He
caught and such catching was never
seen outside of the league. Only the
fleet footedness of the newspaper run
ners enabled them to get from base
to base. But Hebble lacked support.
Scott Winters threw him down bad at
third. Scott didn't catch a ball. He
explained the matter by saying that he
was out Of his position there. Harry
Fee was the next worse, but he
wouldn't have been if the officials had
not so arranged it that Capt. John
Taggart was buried in center field,
where he didn't have much to do. Not
much can be said for Tate" Whelan,
aside from his suit. A suit of jeans
set off Tate's stately form in nice
manner in the left field garden. Roy
Edwards, the hero of the once famed
Riverside Reds, started in to pitch for
the officials, but the newsies fell to
his delivery in great style, and he was
asked by Capt. Taggart to trade places
with Jack. Coyle at short.
Jack had nice out shoot
which the batter could not
possibly hit by standing in the regu-
lar box, but which Hebble pulled over
The plate each time and persuaded
the umpire to call strike. That was
Hebble's forte, but he was also strong
at standing all over the running line
80 that the newsies could not get un-
der. over. or around and were COM
PEELED to be called out" Oscar Will
liams looked like a star as long as he
didn't have anything to do. but when
Ii came to running bases Williams
persisted in mapping. once so badly
that First Baseman Leeds of the
Journalists worked the old trick of
.76" on him, bringing the ball from
under his arm and tagging him out.
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