The Bourbon news., 1909-07-23

team, mad with defeat staring them in
the face, made the most uncalled for
and cowardly attack upon Umpire Dun
bar that was ever witnessed on any
ball field. The language said to have
been used by Horn to Umpire Dunbar
should bar him from playing ball IN
any respectable community. The dis
graceful proceedings upon the ball
field at Winchester Wednesday disgust
ed some of their own people so mcuh
that they left the ground. One we
known that left is one of the most
prominent citizens and attorneys Of
your city.
Now, please Mr.. Editor Of the Win
chester News, when you commence to
throw stones at your brother editor
again remember the old saying, he
who lives in glass house should pull
down the blinds.
1t is said that the millionaire (?)
lumber king, MIR. w. r. Thomas, of
Winchester (useds to be the ordinary
Sonny Thomas when we let him
live here) has promised every member
of the Hustlers $50 suit of clothes
and 500 in gold if they win the pen
nant. Now if team outplays them,
like Paris did Wednesday, taking a
button or two off those suits, they get
mad enough to murder the umpire and
everybody else on the grounds.
Some base ball fans seem to think
that umpires are not human by the
way epithets are hurled at them dur
ing a game. 1t is not very pleasant
to be called a "thief,' ''robber, "
knock him in the head with a bat, /"
take him to the creek &C., &c. 1t
stopped. Roofing" of this kind is
distasteful to the majority Of the
patrons at the Paris games.
Three fast games are to be played
here today, tomorrow and Sunday with
the Shelbyville team, who is now
playing fast bali under the captiancy
of Eddie Glenn. The visitors have
three pitchers, each have been tried
out and each pitched shut out game.
They shut Lexington out twice and
Richmond once. So you can see that
their last three games were indeed fast
ones. With the Paris team linesup at
present these three games are likely to
be the fastest played here this season.
The Paris management was on We'd
nesday offered $500 by the Winchester
club for the release of Ochs the bril-
liant center fielder of the Paris club
The reply to the offer was this: "You
could not buy him for $1,000 and
Schmidt, your crack left fielder,
thrown in.
Catcher O'Mara and outfielder Allen
have been released by Manager Bar
nett.
Besides doing good work behind the
bat at Winchester Wednesday, catcher
Cunningham batted at 1000.
The Juniors from Winchester came
over Wednesday and played double
header with the Paris Juniors and
were defeated in both games. First
game, Winchester 5, Paris 10; second
game, Winchester l. Paris 10. Gilbert
Lytle pitched both games for the locals
and was invincible. They failed to get
hit in latter game.
"'I want to live while longer and
| am afraid that if ventured into the
wilds many more times that would
come to sudden end.
''There is only one town in this
league and that is Lexington. This
city of yours doesn't belong in this
brush league. You should be in a big
ger circuit next year. I'll tell you
that an umpire takes his life in his
hands when he goes into one of those
little country towns to handle the in.
dicator. I'm going home."~
So said umpire Welch yesterday y
morning to Lexington Leader report.
er at Lexington, after he had handed
in his resignation to President Ham.
mond. It's a pity he thinks this
league too small for that Lexington
bunch who are fighting to keep out OF
last place.