The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-06-13
The Description Of Game in a
London Paper.
Writer Failed to Get Right Dope On
Situation and Crowd Failed
10 Enthusc.
ATHLETE AND MAN IN AI,NIOR

Plumstead on Saturday; and II was
different game that IL watched.
When the "Gunners" step on to the
field on Saturdays, propelling foot
ball before them, a hoarse yell goes
up; and hardly ever ceases except to
alter its note all the afternoon; but
when eight slim young gentlemen
from the state (frsD and from Ok
ford university (second) took up
their position at the pavilion corner
of big diamond, chalked on the
field. the spectators. mostly pavilion
critics, welcomed them with sympa-
thy rather than enthusiasm.
The eight OxfordAmericans. who
were all credited with being Rhodes
scholars. were followed on to the
field by an umpire (who is. perhaps.
the most important figure in baseball
by man in armor. and slnewy ath-
lete, who was spoken of as the pitch
er. The duties of the pitcher were to
llurl missile little larger and a
little lighter than a cricket ball
at any Rhodes scholar who
stood on the plate at the home cor
ner of the diamond: the man in AZ
NOR caught the ball when the bats
man missed 1t; and the umpire adju-
dieated over cases when 1t did not
miss the batsman.
In such cases the ba,sman usually
walked TO first base, trying not 90
rub the place. If. on the contrary. the
batsman hit the ball with the blud
geon that he carried to defend hims
self, and hit it within the angle OF
the diamond, he started to run for
first base, and thence to second or
third. as the case might be. with all
the speed at his command.
We should, perhaps, have men
toned that the opposing side. con
sisting of seven players besides the
pitcher. had been distributed about
the diamond in order 10 hamper the
basic progress of the Rhodes schol.
airs as much as possible. When a
Rhodes scholar dumped the ball the
fieldsmen did their best TO intercept
1t, but. having fielded II. they did
not throw 1t at the flying batman, as
we used to do at school when play
ing FOUNDERS. but returned it to one
of the four bases at the corners of
the diamond. where a waiting wick
ct keeper. who is called a baseman,
tried to put the batsman's wicket
down before he reached il. The wick
ct consisted of bag, and many and
strange were the efforts OF the bats
men to reach ii.
II whole circuit of the four bas-
es was made by batsman. who selz-
ed opportunities to run offered him
when his colleagues were dealing
with the deliveries OF the pitcher,
then his side counted one run. There
are no centuries" IN baseball; ami
having thus described as well as we
are able what seem to be the leading
principles of the game, 1t will, per
haps cause small surprise when we
add that the Rhodes scholars In their
first inning did not score run.
That, however, caused their support
ers no dlsmay. for there were eight
more inning to come.
The fielding side. which consisted
OF the London team" OF the recent |
ly formed British Baseball assocla-
ton, then came in TO bat. and J. II. |
Winston, who came from the Univer-
sity Of North Carolina before he went
up to Christchurch. assumed the du- |
ties Of pitcher as well as OF captain. |
To every ones surprise-it is polite |
to except the striker-one of his A.
deliveries was hit with Resembling
emphasis by w. A. Give, who is |
normally a footballer, and the Lon |
don side scored one. But the Ameri- |
cans were now warming to their
work. They rapidly put three mem.
bers of the London side out and re-
sumed their position on the bats |
mans plate.
Mr.. Franklin, the Rhodes scholar;
Mr.. Van der Zee, of Iowa, and Mer- |
ton, and Mr.. Young. who came from
Dakota to adorn Orlel, got their
eyes in, and added four runs to |
Americas score. This form was kept |
up.
BY the end of the fifth inning |
America led by thirteen runs tO>fiye; |
and. though London by some credit
ably fielding and pitching, KEEP |
down the score during the succeed
ing four innings. oxford University's
American alumni added new leaf to
her athletic laurels by running out
easy winners with nineteen runs to
seven. The sides were;
Oxford Messrs. Van der Zee. |
Merton: p. NJ. Young, Oriel; ]. II.
Winston, Christchurch II. Tranth-