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ST. LAWRENCE REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1893.' . .LAWYERS AMD DOCTORSI=Play Bate Ball at the Fair Groundsvlngknee,Saturday.A5. H.THE DOCTORS WIN BY A SCOREoutOff 20 TO 15.ontsOIjftnThey Slugged the Ball and ChairedCOB*Each Other.SOBO_—loosA game of base ball between the lawyers andAnearthe doctors was organized for the benefit of the■Oita.public library fund and played Saturday. Thelatebenefit was not vory treat, as the attendance was quite small, but the participants were repaid for going into tho enterprise by the funargeduf atlightthey got out of It.HiendThe participants la the game were carried outyetheto the ball field In a largo carry-all draped witha]ims-buntfng and drawn by four horses. This wasMiwasfollowed by the ambulance containing the mastha torcot, etc. The players were In baseball uniformup□tor-nnd the teams were distinguished by the dootorsoilneyl-wearing the skull and oroesboces in red andfOPwh'to on their eblrt fronts.toshe*,Upon arriving at the ball field there was aTfci ft.brief time for prctlce while waiting for Counansellor O’Brlan.wbo name in a.apeclsi conveyance.toWhen he had been unloaded among the butter-8tlt;cups and made bia Way to the diamond, UmpireGLMieeVan Dusen called the game. The players intwDucktheir batting order were :TfclastLawyers—VanKenneo, first base; Houston,Spcen er field; O'Rrlan, right field; Dorwin, catchIftooker; Martin, pitcher; StroDg, seoond base; Wells,tbishort stop; Dodge, third base; Malby, left field.prgo.Doctors—Bel), first base ; Packer, third base ;la]aem-Brown, catcher ; Cook, second base ; Armstrong,Mia toshort stop ; Benton, center field ; Madill, left□oksfield ; Hanbidge, right field ; Daly, pitcher.asDrs.In the first inning nothing was made by eitherputeam. In the second inning the lawyers scoredSps Afour and the doctors six. For these inningsdoy forDaly and Brown were the battery for the doctors.tijladeThey were doing well but it seemed an opportunerutime to change and put in Armstrong and Packerthonalouldfrom the State Hospital and they did so. Thefii:lawyers scored four off the new battery and thew?doctors nothing In the third inning. In the fourthLbvir-inning the tide went effectually against the lawpllyers and they failed to score while the doctorsWfrs aran in six. After this the doctors continued to•o..pile up scores and the lawyers were almost invarot!newiably goose-egged, Counselor O’Brian becameS»ead-tired of trying to catch flies-and retired to thewliponrear of the fii Id and tried to catch horses whichatpn.were wandering around there.thaers,The interest of the lawyers revived somewhatabiderin the last inning. They found the ball and battedall■y toit wickedly and ran in five scores, but the doctorstalforhad 29 without playing the last half of the ninth.frlt;t isand the lawyers were defeated, but not inglori-thningouslv. They had tried their losiiig case withtotenacity and persistency, and when they lost8eiyingblamed the gpurt—the umpire. Throughout themintergame they questioned the justice of his decisionsreieetaand on several occasions called out to lynch him.8*rida,Even the little curly-headed score boy’s life washnDurgonce or twice in danger. The burly athletesho)11ED-surrounded him and threatened to mob him,a 'lastclaiming that he favored the lawyers on whomwche had bet cigarettes.W(is in theThe features of the game were the base slidlieing by Dr. Hanbidge, who introduced thefieinnovation of sliding in on the back of his bead,w a9fficeateshimanicDr Benton’s falling down, and the base stealingnoof Counselor Malby. Mr. Malby utilized his experience in taking advantage of the obtusenessonthof bis opponents, gained as Republican leader inCOthe last Assembly, and when he ran two basesken aflon a foul ball be went back only one.thCounselor Dorwin, the catcher and coach ofnebeenlawyers, distinguished himself by starting one of.8vlinethe dootors back to third base when Within tenmdackfeet of the home plate. Tbe dootor’a frieDdaIdforcaught and held him until the excitement of thebismoment was over, when he touched the hometaandplate Bafe and scored.PrhimThe score by innings was:af128456789inLawyers . . . . 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 6—15atk*mDoctors.....0 6 0 6 4 6 6 1 x—29rain■ ■wl
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Ogdensburg St Lawrence Republican and Ogdensburgh Weekly Journal
Ogdensburg, New York, US
Wed, Jun 21, 1893
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