The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-08-20

The umpire called it "a home run and
we let it go at that.
We were still far ahead of the
home team, but I had forgotten that
we had but one more ball. In the
next inning there was another long
drive to left center, and once more
the broncho pounced on the ball.
The outfelders seized the animal
and tried to wrest the ball from its
mouth, but the sphere had ALREADY
been well masticated and was beyond
redemption.
The game had to be called before
five innings had been completed be-
cause there were no more balls.
The fans demanded their moEey
back because they hadn't seen a full
game, but we afterwards learned that
this was Just little bit of stage play
put on for the purpose of fooling us.
The umpire declared it no game
and we finally compromised by accept
ing $50 instead of our $3.50 guarantee
and our 500 extra money, and all be
cause I could find nothing in the book
of rules to prevent club owner from
pasturing a ball-eating broneho In bis
own outfield."
1t. was full year before I had
chance to get even partially even.
Then, one day, we played the NaYa.
sofas in Texarkana. Our half of the
ball park was in Texas and the other
half in Arkansas One of Sheriff Mul
lens players got rough with one of
my men and was arrested. Mullen
tried to get his player acquitted on
the grounds that the assault was com
mitted in, Texas and that there was no
law on the statute books of that state
making the assault a. misdemeanor.
II got a surveyor to take measure
ments and he found that the assault
really occurred in Arkansas and Mul.
lin had to pay a SO fine"
Five times in the history Of baseball
has a first baseman gone through a
game without having a put out. n
the contest between Pittsburg and Chi
cago recently, Holman of the Cubs
did not have a put out His only
chance was a throw from Tinker and
he dropped that. It was the first time
in the history of the game that that
record has been hung up. Here are
the other four marks:
July 81, 1861-In New York City
First Baseman Mutuals in game win
Alpine.
August 6, 1S91-McCauley, first base
man of the Washington American as
sociation team, in game with Colun'
bus, O., club.
May %, 1906-Jiggs Donahue Of the
Chicago White Sox, in game win
the New York Highlanders.
August II, 1906-Emerson first
baseman of the Monson, Mass, team
in a game with the Stamford, Conn.,
club.
Bill Dinneen, who at one time was
star pitcher for the Boston club, more
recently with st. Louis, and now ona
of Ban Johnson's umpires, is making
good at that Job. Dinneen is rigns
on top of all the plays, and there
never will be any overruling OF decl-
sions while he is at work with Tom
Connolly They both work together
very we1l Dinneen has been GONG
along so well that the American
league has boosted his salary.
In view of the fact that the new
home of the White Cox in Chicago IS
very large, and it will be possible 70
hit a home run to any field inside the
fences, It is believed that they VIII
Le at disadvantage, for 1t has been
some time since Chicago had home
run hitter of the caliber Of Harry
Davis, Sam Crawford, Stanage, Engis'
Jake Stahl and others. Hughey Duhys
however, says that he intends to rem
ady that fault next season, having tns
the scouts to sign up notnlns
but home-run hitters of the Hons
Run Haggerty'' and swat MiHigan
stripe.