Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-18
Standing of Teams

While Rome burned and Nero
fiddled. the story goes, a valorous
Roman bent on doing things detected
discordant note in the fiddler's play
ing. The unharmonious sound dis
concerted the purposeful citizen so
greatly that he thereafter failed in
what he had set out so earnestly to
accomplish, whatever it may have
been. So it happend that when
Harry Biever, the Engineers and Fire
men hurler, determined to shoe the
jinX away from the railroaders at
West End Park last evening it SEEM
ed that after Umpire Henry had call
ed what seemed to be a perfect strike
ball he lost the cunning he meant to
employ to discomfit the West End
team. 1t was his first slant across
plate. William Euker was at the bat.
In spite of all he could do Biever
could not get the sphere to cut the
rubber but once while Euker waited
and the shortstop drew pass. He
was followed by Shafer. The hr=t
ball delivered was a strike. the next
one a ball. The third one Shafer wal
loped for three bases and Euker came
home with the first tally. To make
matters worse. Embick, third man up,
raped out a single and Shafer tailed.
Palmer cotton first when he banged
out the third West End hit. Embick
advanced on the play. Timothy Nc
Keever, fast felt fielder drew the sec
ond pass of the inning, filling the
sacks. Timothy Euker followed with
a clout, sending both Embick and
Palmer home. making the total ac-
cumulation of runs four. Bell, Knight
and Stricken went out in order leav-
ing Mckeever on base. 1t was a bad
start for Biever. but he recovered his
nerve and the West Enders were able
to collect but one run after that, Bell
scoring on Strickers three base hit.
Stricken was caught between third
and the home plate. That ended the
run getting for the victors.
The Engineers and Firemen made
their two runs in their half of the
fourth inning. Madden started off
with a single. He was resting quiet
ly near first base awaiting develop
ments when Wagner, who was cover
ing left garden, swung on an easy
one Stricken handed over and mauled
it far into right field Before the ball
was returned to the infield both Mad
den and Wagner had crossed the rub
Der.
Stricken pitched good ball He
struck out seven men and passed but
three, while Biever gave four passes
gineers and Firemen had six hits off
Stricken they were not punched and
in spite of the topnotch base steal
ing of Rote and the splendid rally
of the Engineer and Firemen they
could get no more than the two runs
scored in the fourth inning. Five of
their batters were left in the paths.
The crowd was one of the largest
of the season and it was hilariously
enthusiastic. There was only one
fault to be found with its conduct
through the seven innings played. 1t
had the bad manners to hoot and
jeer at the work of the umpire. 1t
may be true that Henry transgressed
at times, but the odds are that he
umpired a splendid game. He had
several difficult decisions to give and
there We're those in the crowd who
admired his pluck in sticking up for
what he believed to be right. The,
sooner the officials of the West End
League determine that their players
shall cease abusing and wrangling
with the arbiter the better it Will be
for the game at West End Park.
While the public is a tickle aggrega-
ton, according to one Phineas t.
Barnum, there are sensible citizens