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Show -it - Ji,. v E . act'ef t'..e Tollce department Is jerf;:.s ent.rel In the "blotter." or vi a the n.c.i themselves term the "fciut-al toiX" This book is edited. by Chief Lyrh himself.. It Is a safe bet' that 1.: , a't tpiuvge himself or his men :th r in Jotting downline events cf ye y, when his rhen got a "h.ur ry call" fr Valk(r' Cold.k t was around the hour ot i p. m.'and o f :'..e, when th cops hiked for the l -l sard.- IUght-at therr. hee.ls came the r.. i'that camp in the hext building; whlh Tire Chief By'watqr rules. Once, a ye&r. Hke thFourth pt jury, fthe city, firemen, and jollcamen "get to-gether.". to-gether.". For pnee .all."slop talk'Ms barred and supremacy oa the athletic field Is he one deBlre. This is a sporting sport-ing tyent ot. the greatest . magnitude, and It came oT yesterday. . ... r Only rourteerj: t Nine- v : ! The result! - 6hhdes otold Cap Collier I and NlfTc Carter! We hate to tell it, but a ey-lct adherence to the truth compels com-pels us to say that the firemen not only i put out,: but tquelched the coppers to the tune of 14 to . f . In fact,i thV "light extinguishers" made as many runs. In. the first inning as there are corners to a triangle. They pread. their nets and had it on the cops berore the alarm was in.- Talk about a "still call," .w hy.1 the 6alt LRe firemen had their "pipes" awd lines laid before the water in the shape of the. orb was turned on. . r ' Who' Whs there? Why. son, there were as many people present as there' ar good people In town". Everybody wbo waa who Was there and then .some. j. .,M."u.-y' . ; T jofltloh of troceeda. r , -h.- h"e it is fitting that it should be stared-that . the proceeds are to go" to the.;' widow;1 and. orphans of George , dgar. a: fireman, who was kJUed a few days atra in a wreck at fark City. Ap r the box office shows, some 2000 pen paid, to get in, which means tK; i Mrs. -Edgar wHl be the better off to thee'nt of abdut, $500. ' . The "officials" -of the-game were as follows: Itodney WUcex acted as umpire, um-pire, sand 1. arm. alive, to. fell the tale. The tlmek per were W. J. Lynch and C. Gulbranaon. and they report .that it took Just 1:55 m. to find out who are the "best men'.. : .. -. '., . ' '., Policemen to. Bat.', . : The policemen went to bat first, and the line-up, showed the following In the-various, the-various, positions designated: ; -.Firemen. -'. 'I . !, Policemen." . VhHa .. r. .......... p..... t.-.i- .Barlow; . 'ding...., p .-.Morris.- Brown. 'I" -,- lstb.... Shannon .2nd Jv.... -Leaker, Parry-Andrew Parry-Andrew ..ard b... , Leaver Kerngten ss...M..;... Evans Price ,.;.l f.... Watson, Brown Williams. ,.e f.. .J.Parry, Leaker Bowen -,r -. Palmer Before we go any further it is right and fitting that the score should be mentioned, .so' here .It la by" Innlngp J" :. Score, by Innlngi: - - , , ' - - . "ii M(iitt . Firemen .. I 0 0 0 1 2 3 x 14 Policemen .. . .1 1 1 0 0 I t And so much fbr that. ' Now,' Home-thing Home-thing abput the Vgame." It is well that Bob Plnkerton and Sherlock Holmes and "Dick Deadeye" were not present ' to save the pain of humiliating defeat; But on the other hand It would hAVe delighted old HeHogabalus: Old "Hello" was the prise fireman of old Rome, and did such good work when Nero was present at the .time of the last "fire." Was a PitdierV Battle. The struggle of yesterday an be set down as a "pitcher' battle," .pure and simple. ' In fact, it Is a question whether wheth-er any-other -diamond' has-ever seen such twists and shoots and curves and - "benders" as were, tossed up yesterday. Among "those present" was Councilman Council-man .A. J. Davis. Mn fact, it was Mr. yavls who, on behalf of the city, pre- f. ,' , - sented the firemen with their t'rophy-uf Victory. It. was In the form of a bouquet, bou-quet, 'and consisted of about equal parts of garlic, celery, beets', squash, carrots,' lettuce, asparagus, rhubarb, cucumbers, onions and pie plant.- In fact, the ."makings" ."ma-kings" of a good boiled dinner were ttiere. , - .. . . " , This now adorns the front of police headquaclers, being nailed onto a board With the "mystic" letters "14 to V Tha police, however, fall to see. any huu.ur In this placard, and pass It by with the same avidity that an Equitable director passes a policy holder. , , Fli"emcn Are Pleased! ":. ' The firemen are particularly pleased with thejr victory of yesterday It appears., ap-pears., by a consultation with the same aforesaid "squeal book" that Just twelve months ago the policemen dusted dust-ed the firemen by a score of 36 to 27. So yesterday they were out to win, and win they did In a walk. ...-' They played ball with all the aplomb of the champion Hale .fire- fighters. They chased around the diamond and snapped up the ball with the gist of a Muggsy McQraw. . '. - As to costume! Well, candor jnuBt admit that they were Some shy, on this, but then the firemen' had the best bf the coppers In this respect. - The firemen fire-men Just played ball right in their blue Shirts and 'trouserettes. The coppers had to remove their paper collars and celluloid "dicky" shirt fronts, and had nothing but their avoirdupois to protect them. ,4 t Appreciated by Public. Arid don't forget but what the public in general appreciated' this 'game and Us purportv Not a "fire- bug" or a '.'strong arm man" did a lick of wbrk while the firemen and police were "away.1- - . ' "It would be takln' an unfair 'advantage 'advan-tage bf- the cops," said "Chloroforrd Pete." : "They're pretty, good as a lot. and none of us is goln' to double-cross 'em while they're gettln the worst of it as It stands." : Around town the hotels- and "retreats", "re-treats", were crowded with an anxious throng,, all -awaiting news from "the front." . Not since Fort Sumpter was fired on has anything so -moved the people. . In some places the interest was so great that the manipulators of the cash registers served refreshments and forgot to make the f'llttle.bell ring.'.' Chief Bywatefi Story. ' a But perhaps it is as well that the heads of .the departments tell their story. Chief Bywater was very enthusiastic enthu-siastic and fairly beamed good nature. "We .were off within twenty-eight Seconds atter1 the -gong," he said. "We were 'sdon fh' action. , We spread our nets and were prepared for all emergencies. emer-gencies. We played under forced draught all through. We-put on but one 'Siamese couplln'- (double play) all day. "At no stage were we In danger. We soon had the struggle well. in hand. It was unAr control at all -times. -The men worked willingly. But for the fact that I am raising my own salary today, I would see-that the men ,were substantially sub-stantially rewarded. .'"The result of yesterday simply shows what men can do properly directed. We had the steamer 'Roosevelt in reserve in case we were pressed, but at no time did we have to Increase our pressure." Lynch Uncommunicative. Chief Lynch was rather uncommunicative. uncommuni-cative. "They got a strangle hold on us at the. first fall." he said. "We couldn't use our clubs at all. -They gave us the pellet in the shape, of the 'K. O.' at the start .No amount of strong-arm work could pull us through. "We thought we had the "drag net so I fixed that there was no escape, but they got by us. But we'll get them yet They cant' escape U3. It may take another year, but we have 'clues' and are on 'theit trail,' and We'll bag them yet. We got them once, but they're a slip-, pery ,lot, and this time they "beat It ' while their. shoes wee good.' " I But it was a great game. Space will not admit of individual plays. If the runs had kept pace with the errors the result would have read like a section of a bank's report In flush times. Cops Are Discouraged. But the men with the hose are vlo-tors. vlo-tors. It is a case of a bas to. the man with the billy. The "Bobby" or the "Peeler." or the "Copper" Is a "dead one" today. Sorrowfully they creep along the street to their resting places termed "beats." ' They - are Jlsheart ened and discouraged.. All their fondest fond-est hopes dashed to atoms. And then the contrast! Like heroes they march. Heads well up and shoulders shoul-ders back. The fireman Is king today. And the worst of it all for he coppers is that they won't hear the "worst of it" until S65 more days roll around. At the rate they are pining away they will all be bantam-weights Instead of In Jeffries' class,' as they stand at the writing. How do the police feel? This morning, morn-ing, after much thought. Detective "Dick" Shannon ground out the following. follow-ing. It IS expressive of the way they all feel: We all feel "bum" and badly bent. As though we had gastritis. With punctured glands, the Jaundice and Perhaps appendicitis. |