Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-08-05
Brunswick FOOTED" Out.

The following report of the baseball
game between Brunswick and Shepherds
town on the latter's grounds, Tuesday af-
ternoon. appeared in the Baltimore Sun
the next morning:
"The home team nosed out Brunswick
today by the score of to T. In its last
session Shepherdstown scored one run
all that was needed to land the bacon"
From pretty reliable sources the MEM
bers of the Shepherdstown team and their
"rooters" not only stole the bacon, but
their conduct was so hot that they could
have cooked it to frizzle. The truth OF
the matter, as reported by men whose
reputation for truth and candor is I'M
questionable, who went to Shepherds
town with the Brunswick team expecting
to witness good game, was that if the
visitors would have been treated fairly
and courteously by the Shepherdstown
team and their "rooters" the score would
have been to 6 in favor of Brunswick.
According to one gentleman who went
to Shepherdstown from Brunswick to
witness the game, the treatment that
Brunswick received was anything but
pleasant. He said that the score stood 6
to up to the 9Th inning, when Shepherds
town scored man who had been caught
out and which score was allowed to stand
by Brunswick without much protest. This
one unfair run made the score a tie, 7 to
7, at the close of the 9Th inning.
In the 9th inning Brunswick went to
the bat, but was unable to score. In
Shepherdstown's half of the 9th inning,
the gentleman says, trouble for the Bruins
wick people was made almost unbearable.
The Shepherdstown team had one out
and had not succeeded in scoring any run
in this inning, but had one man on third
base and in endeavoring to score was
caught at the home plate. Mr.. c. J. Stultz,
who was umpiring for Brunswick, called
the Shepherdstown man out, as it was
plain TO be seen that he was touched with
the ball before he reached the plate.
The decision, which was fair one,
was met with strong protests and derision
by the Shepherdstown team and their
"rooters," and, after much wrangling, the
captain OF the ShepherdStown team
walked into the field and informed the
captain of the Brunswick team that they
would not finish the game, and then the
Shepherdstown team left the field, by
which action, according to baseball rules,
they practically forfeited the game to
Brunswick. According to our informa-
ton, the way they rooted the grounds
and the air with their cries and indecent
language, they seemed to want the whole
hog instead of the bacon. The gentle
man told us that during the progress of
the game, whenever the Brunswick boys
came to the bat, the running line in front
of the players bench would be taken pos
session of by some of the Shepherdstown
rooters, who would endeavor to make
things very uncomfortable for the visitors.
Even the dogs wanted slice OF the ''ba-
CON-" and our informant told us that he
had to tie one to the fence to keep him
from roofing" for his home team.
ShepherdstoWn was scheduled to play
Brunswick at Athletic Park on Friday,
August 6, but cancelled the game, inform
ing the management of the Brunswick
Association that they were done playing
with our team. They are, no doubt, sat-
isfed with the bacon" they stole and
will not attempt to pifer the whole "pork-
er."-BrunSwick Herald.
We take the above item from the Bruins
wick paper to show how Shepherdstown
is regarded by our visitors. We think
that it is time for our local management
to put an end to the improper and I'M
sportsmanlike behavior on our home
grounds, and this is the opinion of most
persons who enjoy seeing good game
of baseball. No one objects to the proper
sort of roofing" but decent persons are
protesting strongly against the objection
able personalities and unmannerly con-
duct OF a certain class who make nuisances
of themselves on the ball grounds. Our
visitors are entitled to fair and decent
treatment, and we must acknowledge that
they haven't been treated at all times as
we wish to be treated ourselves. 1t is
unsportsmanlike TO be Extensively per-
sonal, and we are sorry to see Shepherds
town getting reputation for rowdyism
and unfairness. We hope that the man
agement will forthwith put an end to i'm
proper behavior on the ball grounds, and
we further suggest that it is better to give
our visitors the preference in certain con-
tingencies than to contend for questionable
advantages.