The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-06-28
EIcK, DARLING ron, XIX!
. Won Dome Seem TO be Able to
Play s.a;I.

oangsturg p. nant P s1ers vert
ov. u D2fI K ooi1 last week and took
gs0o gamss from the team Of rba:
pown with ca. The fir & game, On
Thursday, was given to Darlington as
q kind Ut con oia.ion by score Of
5wu 10 one Tie second game IVA
played on Fcinay AMI WAS &9n by O.
.lgsburg oy q sc,re of sev.n to Il ie.
Oracg burg had to bs t tae uu ptr"
;. veil as ths Darlington team To d
ri game, out cur gallant boys ci
q hne suaps II It did rsks tua Innings
20 canpIate the %. Darlington n&r
hopes until Bslser . as taken out To.
o0x aau Bonno Was put in. TnnD D
lingJon and her umpira wilted, be
cause they knew IL was 3, csse ol
Katy b. T the door wit | hem.
Oraugehurg demanded anothsr uu1-
oirs, and Darlington selected D.. NJ
Gu shen, most excellent gentleman
30 umpire tte last game which was
played on SATURDAY. This game was
WOO b. O:angebnrg by a score Of f 20
| to ono. This WAS more than the Oar
lingtonians couidstand and they went
TO kicking instead OF taking their
medicine like men. We know, as tce
old woman said to the seal she was
,kinning, 1t was hard to bear but they
ought to have grinned and stood 1t.
Instead of following the old Woman's
advice they protested the game, which
amounts to nothiRg, as a game Is not
protestsble on an error OF judgment
on the part of the umpire. They did
not only protest the game, but they
put their press agent to work and be
sends up the following long and or
gan z!ng vail in Tae State. Here is
his wall:
''The third Darlington. o ,angeburg
game goes to protest. Darlington Is
furious over the result. AS rule, Dar
lington fans accept adverse decisions
philosophically, but the limit vas pass
ed Saturday afternoon when Umpire
McCutchen called a beautiful three
bageer bauted by Blackburn, foul
A righteous howl went up and for ssv
eral minutes the cry of 'robber,' rot
ten bought filled the air. For four
innings it was as fine an exhibition Of
ball as was ever witnessed on the local
field, the score standing to 0 In Oar
lington's favor. In the fifth, hit
and scratch placed Orangeburg on
frat and third, and wild throw by
Dunn of Darlington to third gave the
two runs TO OfangebUrg. Darlington
accepted this bitter dose with grim
ace, but made no kick till the radical
decision was made by the umpire. AL
most every one in the grand stand, in
Guiding many Oraugehurg supporters,
assert with all possible positiveness
that the ball batted by Blackburn was
as fair 8 three-bagger as was ever bat
ted on the local diamond. Many Oar
liugtonians, especially those who know
Umpire McCutchen, believe that he
made q cons G entious decision and an
honest mistake. Darlington Is conf
dent of winning in the protest"
This wall Is heartrend!ng and ex-
cites Jour sympathy. The calling OF
that beautiful thu o bsgger b. t ed
by Bl 1burn" "fou,' by the IN p re
G. used almost as much chagrlh In
D arlington as was caused in Mudville
when mighty Casey struck out"
When that beautiful three-bagser
batted BY Blackburn" WAS called
"foul'' somewhere In this favored
land the sun was shining bright, the
band was playing somewhere and some
where hearts were light, and some
where men were laughing and some.
where children shout" but there was
no Joy in Darlington when the
mighty" Blackburn lost out.