The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-05
SENSATION IN THIRD

| sensational 1nClOSnl I1uhlOiluS PAofSN unable to restrain himself. Prior to | that outbreak he had suffered the 'taunts of his opponents, suffered in | practical silence even when, following
 a strike-out on his first appearance at
 bat the Indians sent to the plate q gigantic paddle-with which he might i have hit the oakland base drum,
 which might itself have proved more
 efficacious than bat
 In the third inning, with the Indians
 at the plate, Edmonds struggled under
 foul, and despite his clever boot
 movement, dropped the ball. Charlie
 Miller dressed in a pair of silk paJamas,
 which he claimed to have rented at the | low figure of $5, ran to the plate with i a basket. Edmonds, inclined to believe 1 that he didn't require a basket with which to catch, concluded to put the basket around the ample ears of Mill Ter This he deliberately did to the alarm of the ladies and the high glee of the men. First, Edmonds tripped Miller. Next he held him against the ground. Next. he put the basket on his head
 Tn the struggle, the pajamas which Miller had rented, were woefully spoiled. To enhance their sad appearance, Sid :. ney Lazarus bathed them In a pro- digal waste of water. Miller was so
  pospect of wholesale wrist skipping. But he controlled himself admirably and, though in high dudgeon, retired | from the field without resorting to par ticular violence. It is understood that he is convinced the rowdy Rotarians | went too far with him.
 ROTARIANS OFF FROM JUMP 1 From the jump. the Rotarians pre- pared to make monkeys of the Indians. i Johnston's blenders in the first inning l retired them in order. In their half at 1 bat, the Rotarians put two runs over the
 plate. Effective hitting by Crawford and
 Estes was responsible The victors would have scored additional runs but
 for the fact that Edmonds at stick in 1 the pinch struck out. The reporter of l the game at this juncture failed to catch i his language Judging from the energy 1 of his leg and arm movement, the vio- 1 Ience with which he threw his bat I against the grandstand, and the awful
 scowl he cast at the umpire, 1t must l have been forceful.
 l In the second inning, the Rotarians
 scored again. In the third the obstrepu-
 rous Edmonds caused another sensation. l In real college style, he went to bat l without his cap This was clearly
 against the rules, and Umpire Chesnutt l called him down. The player dashed
 into the field and the fans trembled
 for the sanctity of the umpire's sportiest l tie The umpire must also kSve trem-
 bled for his fashionable adoriY.nent, for l he didn't hesitate to implore the police
 men for protection. It required strenu-
 ous effort on the part of the officers, | handicapped by age, habits of life, and i an enviable embonpoint, to subdue the
 strenuous player, and but for the play 1 CTS thoughtfulness in handing the off, | cers some money-a dark transaction
 committed in the open and without ap- | parent shame-it is probable that they
 would have resorted to their clubs.
 EDMONDS HAS CROWD WITH HIM 1 Returning to the bat, Edmonds, prob-
 ably because of his recent reckless ex-
 penditure of money, scowled so terribly at Pitcher Arrant that the sharpshoot- | CT lost his nerve. Tn quick succession he threw four balls, which gave Ed
 monds pass to first. Walking two oth- CT batters the pitcher filled the bases ! The spectators could not judge why he did so, of what particular and insidious strategy his motive consisted. Surprise was unbounded. however, moment later
 when Arrant walked a fourth man which
 forced Edmonds to the home plate-a DO sition which he reached amid the cheers l of spectators by an audacious but Wltha I spectacular breast slide. The fact thai 1 spectators applauded despite the pre-
 vious questionable conduct of the play CT serves to illustrate the fickleness o1 | fandom and just how easily one forgets
 in sunshine, clouds which previously hov-
 cred The incident presented an inter | esting study for one of philosophical turr l of mind such as the writer is. As mat | ter of fact, the writer has often thought
 that in dispensing baseball dope he is
 buying his talent an act against Whicf | Holy Writ unmistakably proceeds.
 ! However that may be, Edmonds was