Evening journal., 1906-07-24
did THE UMPIRE
ROBBROWNTOWN?''
According to Manager Gard
ner His Team Got All the
Worst Of 1t

Sporting Editor The Evening journal.
kindly Try ana md space in your valu-
able columns for the following.
in regard to the game played at New
Browntown and New Castle Clubs 1
would like TO say that the treatment re-
oeived at the hands of the umpire and
Manager Murphy was the worst The
Browntown Club has ever experienced
and II Saturdays game Is 10 be taken as
a criterion the New Caste Club should
not lose "a game In q life time and they
should not only claim the championship OF
Delaware, but OF the United States, the
Philippine Islands and every other pos
session of this country and Great Britain.
The Browntown club has been to New
Castle three times this season and was
beaten twice by one run and the other
game was an elevcn-inning tie. which
shows that the Browntown team played
tnem TO a seandstnl each time right IN
their own back yard.
That the New Castle Club Is not VIM
ming on their merits, but by robbing The
visiting clubs In the most shameful man
ner is even admitted by a very few (ail
who are left or who ever were) Of the
good sports In New Castle.
Umpire Dawson. the only arbitrator
who ever gave us a square shake was too
honest for Murphy and was quickly dis
missed. Eugene Schultz was then secured
and the game he ofhciatod in was said to
have robbed New Castle. Schultz barely
got out of the burg alive. Booth was next
secured and had full charge of last Sat
urday's game. Booth Is certainly the real
cheese and should be given tin medal
for as a high-class robber he can't be
beat. on Saturday he gave New Castle
two runs and many who witnessed the
game were frank TO admit that the score
should have been / to IN Browntowns 5
favor
Another great friend Of the New Castle
team is one Nose Fleming, official score
keeper. This fellow knows as much about
Keeping score as Adam and Eve knew
about electric lights. What he does know
would nh a thimble and what he does
not know would hlladelphia. The visiting
team never makes many errors because
Nose credits New Castle with hits, For
instance the time X-Bfandywine played N
New Castle Freddie Holt alone had 2 er-
rors. Three other errors were made max.
ing ten IN all. The score as published
credited Holt with an errorless game anc
the New Castle team was credited with .
hit for every one Of Froddie's misplays
on Saturday New Castle made flve hiu
a I.ttf
Castle eight They say Duncan got hi
bumps. Just look at the score and yoi
viii see that the Browntowns outnelderl
had two chances. Great hittingg'
want to announce to the baseball pub,
lie that Browntown will play New Castl,
on the Wilmington A. A, grounds for S5
a side and all the gate receipts. The UNI
pire to be selected by a Phnadelphi,
newspaper and not TO be known until h'
walks on the field. We don't want 10 play
New Castle on saturday, but ON any da,
4 that is suitable to Manager Murphy
Jimmy Kerrigan, Chauncey Holcomb
/ seldom Deemer, Alex. McCaughan OF
/ Peter Madden.
see that New Castle has arranged 4,
series of games with Dover and that they
intend making a trip through South Jer
sey, so they can't very well refuse {,
come to Wilmington and play us on'
game after we have shown our sporting
blood by playing them three games OF
their own grounds
If New Castle has the great team man
ager Murphy claims it 20 be here is hit
chance to show the people OF Delaware
It's hard 20 beat ten men and no one
knows 81 better than Browntown
What we want now is a chance 20 Try
our mottle against nine and we think will
odds even. We can win. Here is YOU
chance Manager Murphy to put up O.
shut up" Stop looking for the best Of &
all tho time. be a good sport, II that IL
possible, and give us a battle where TN
best team, composed Of nine players. an,
not ten, can win If il plays good clear
ball.
Michael Gardner.
Manager Browntown. Baseball Club
Wilmington, July "a