The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-05-31
TURNED THE GAME
INTO LOW COMEDY;
A DISAP PPO|NT TMENT
Big Crowd at Athletic Park
Thursday Afternoon Treat
ed to a Yellow Exhibition
BY the Jessupites
HUGE ERROR COLUMN
GIVES CHIEF REASON.
In Addition the Visitors Touch
ed Up One Fisher for Eleven
Singles. - Meredith and
Fleming Were Not Stars.
(Ey Tort.)
Dayton Shilohs 2: Richmond ;.

Dayton Shilohs 7: Richmond ;.
Had the late lamented Mr.. Shakes
peare been on earth and among those
present at the alleged ball game played
Thursday afternoon between Jessup's
arnica squad and the Dayton Shilohs.
he would have found enough dope to
tack on an additional act To his pro-
duction "A Comedy of Errors The
30oo odd populaee who gazed awe
struck at the weird affair. were of the
opinion that the game was low comedy.
Twelve large. fat and fragrant mis-
cues were perpetrated by our demoral-
lied demons. Added TO this yellow
exhibition, Mr.. Fisher our new SOU
paw. was raped for eleven singles.
This sad, melancholy statement tells
the whole tale in abbreviated language.
Mr.. Fisher, despite the frazzled support
given him, pitched to win from start
TO finish. and at least three of the hits
secured off of him would have been
easy outs with good fielding.
Support Very Poor.
With ordinary support the gingery
and talkative side wheel pitcher could
also have won his game. OF the seven
runs made by Dayton not one of them
were OF the earned variety while two
of the locals three tallies were earn
ed. After accommodating enough err
rors early in the game to last any out
fit for at least week. our cripples set
tied down for a few minutes in the
fifth with the score to o against them
and on good solid swats by Fisher,
Meredith and Ritter. scored two runs.
This made things brighten up Even
Red Ireton, bat custodian, assumed an
optimistic attitude. But the hopes Of
the faithful S11 feet and smashed with
dull roar in the seventh when our
demons started a game of bean bag
with the official ball into which "A Day
ton man would occasionally ram with
his bat and push the ball beyond tho
confines of the infield so that the out
fielders could take hand ia the sport.
Any Richmond player accepting the
ball without dropping said ball was
it, So excited did we become over
this thrilling pastime that our error
column was neglected. We can only
offer II errors. While our athletes
were puttingon this comedy three Day
tonians paraded over the plate This
put the game on ice for Dayton and the
red flag was hung out in the Richmond
entry
To the Jail With Him.
Mr. L. Meredith. high sheriff OF
Wayne county. dynamite expert. retir-
ed third baseman on the Soldiers
Home team. and brother of Billy
Meredith, appeared At third base for
the locals. In an interview with our
selves he stated: This is the first time
have broken into the game since
'6S" After his third wobble some rude
individual shouted. ITO the Jail for
you. and send out in your place T.
Kelley
Mr. Fleming. circus solIy in the fore
noon game. got the clanking tinware
in the afternoon spasm. He covorted
about the entrance OF the cave in left
field for two innings. during which
time he let two get away from him.
One he lost while chasing it into the
cave Manager Jessup derricked
Fleming after this feat and replaced
him by Casey Horn who let his one
and only chance ooze through him j.
Cameron played his first off game OF
the season. being credited with three
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