Palisadian., 1915-06-19
Palisade Defeats
Methodists Club
From Leonia Saturday

them by score of Ia to H. But be-
cause the play was full of punk errors
on both sides, Palisade leading in this
regard, must not be understood as
meaning that the game was dull. Not
bit of it. 1t was fast and furious,
especially the latter, even if it was
shot full of holes through which the
ball went.
The Methodists brought along their
chronic crouch, and made things
rather uncomfortable for the Palisade
crowd, their peppery disposition being
imbued with the idea, somehow, that
Palisade always has a trick of some
kind up it's sleeve with which to put
over victory on them. And while
this may be true in a strict sense, so
far as playing the game under the
rules is concerned, it is not true in
the Leonia Interpretation of what a
baseball trick really means. Palisade,
SO far as this writer knows and be-
lieves, has never played what young
Thompson was pleased to announce
to the grand stand was "dirty ball."
This charge came during the game
when the visiting catcher, who is a
good player, was on third base which
Logan was guarding. Greer threw
the ball to third to trap Thompson,
which Logan could not get to on ac-
count of wild throw, and the ball
rolled back of the bag. Logan, whose
back was to Thompson, attempted to
go after the ball quickly, but in so
doing, managed to run against and
bowl over the runner. Thompson then,
getting up, raced out towards the UNI
pire and claimed interference, Logan,
in the meantime, not being idle, per-
formed the very mean "trick" of
tagging out the runner because he
was off the bag, and Mr.. Brady, the
umpire, promptly allowed the play.
This incensed the visiting team, and
they rushed to the aid of Thompson,
jabbering to beat the band about the
rotten deal, etc., Manager Logan,
however, merely brought out the book
of rules showing what an interference
really meant, and the game finally
went on. Young Mr.. Thompson should
curb himself on the diamond. He may
think he adds to the cheer and
sport of the game, but really does
not. Pitcher McClutchy also got
peeved at the umpiring, and was huffy
all the way through. "Mack" is a
good pitcher, but was off his feed that
day from sitting up late nights, work.
ing at electricity, his friends said, so
was not up to his true and usual
magnetic form. AS Palisade plays
the Methodists again, it might be we'll
for Mr.. McClucthy to sleep full week
before the next game, as he will need
all his skill and lighting to subdue
the Palisadians, which is not boasting,
but merely calling attention to fact
he would do well to remember, in
connection with those last eighteen
hits obtained off his delivery. He can
pitch a heap better ball than he did
in Palisade last Saturday and every
body knows it.
The Palisadians presented ten of
the eleven runs scored by the visitors,
only one being earned. But at that the
home boys played rings around the
Methodists, so far as batting and
pitching were concerned. OF Palisades
fourteen runs, ten were earned with fl
fourteen runs, ten were earned with
fine stick work. Logan had a clean
slate, with three runs, three hits, two
of which were home runs and one a
two bagger. He got sacrifice and
was hit once by the pitcher. Paul
Brady got four runs in four times
up, with two hits, besides pitching
several fine innings in relief of Greer
who was all to the merry, pitching a
fine article of ball, with six strike
outs. Brady who went in to pitch in
the sixth also pitched good ball, hav-
ing eight strike outs and yielding
only three hits. Beckmann was in
fine batting form, and got four hits
IN five advances to the plate, one a
double, and two runs.
The Leonia boys did not add a great
deal to their reputation by their atti-
tude on the field. There has long been
keen rivalry between the two teams,
and Leonia seems to take delight in
whipping Palisade, no less so than
Palisade enjoys wolloping Leonia. But
it is a noticeable fact that Leonia al
ways when losing charges Palisade
with unfair playing. Bernard Brady,
who is not in the habit of umpiring,
was covering the points at the bat,
and could not seem to satisfy the
Leonia pitcher in his calls on balls
and strikes. For this reason he was
numerically abused by young Thomp-
son behind the bat, and by McClutchy,
the pitcher. The thing they should
have done was to take their medicine,
because an umpire is the last word in
baseball game. Mr.. Brady is honest,
and would not wontonly rob a team
of a game for the sake of doing so.
Thompson deliberately stood up in
front of the grand stand and cried
DIRTY ball! dirty ball!" as he had
been doing behind the bat.
In the fourth inning young Cortez,
a spanish youth of impetuous temper,
lost his head and threw his bat at the
umpire because strike was called on
him. He was promptly put out of the
game, of course, and should have been
run off the grounds. 1t was as whelpy
deed as one ever saw on ball field.