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Show 36 to 5. x That's How thg Score Stood At the " Herald "-"Tribune" Base Ball Game, Yesterday, In Favor of the Employees of this Fa per. Yesterday, the base ball game on Washington square, between the Herald and Tribune nines, was witnessed wit-nessed by quite a large concourse of tbe friends of both combinations, who certainly had their money's worth in tun and excitement with the playing done. The toss for tbe choice of going to tbe bat or field waa won by the Irib. boys, when the Herald nine went in and did some excellent batting, coming com-ing out with a score of 8. The Trib. followed in and their three Grst strikers didn't get to the first base, because younis Lon Tay-sum Tay-sum was "on it," and they conse quenlly crept out with a duck egg on the tally sheet. In the Becond inning, some neat playing was done by "our boys," some sockdologers being driven out to where they would do tbe most good. This time 7 was the figure. In this inning of tbe Tribune's challengers chal-lengers the strikers did well excellently excel-lently well lifting the ball out of reach two or three times, and their friend's faces wore an UluminaLed tint. Their first three batters scored one run each, and they were all they made. Three for the Trib. With the close of the third inning for tbe Herald, the score book ahowed another figure 7, and faith in their winning became stronger. Third inning, Tribune nine, re-suited re-suited in a score for that triple trio of 2. They would bave got more that time, but The Herald's fourth innings was a succession of "daisies" baited, flies knocked and bases stolen, from commencement com-mencement to end, and as one after the other came in of tbe entire nine shouts and laughter and applauae from friends of both sides made the air resound again. Doubling up of runs began now, and five doubles were dotted down, making a total, that pop, of 14. What's the score? being answered by tbe figures as they stood, placed a serious cast upon the countenances of tbe side now going in for the fourth time. Their first three batters didn't get around, inconsequence of a little good play on tbe part of the fielder, and a whitewash was, of course, the result. Then they were discouraged; then they asked how's the score acain; then they were informed 36 to 5; then tbey resolved to quit; then they quit. And tbe challengers were vanquished, van-quished, scooped, badly beaten. But, as many on the grouud remarked, of course there's a cause for all things. The cause for this was attributed to lack of good players, or a plentifuiness of mufis, or a combination of both in the Trib. nine. Be tkat as it may, the victorious victo-rious boys can congratulate them selves on playing well in the field and at the bat. They did splendidly, for scrubs. The first base, catcher, pitcher and short-stop did good Bet-vice, Bet-vice, and with them and the Becond and third basemen and out fielders are a better team than tbey themselves them-selves thought they were. The next challenge from the Tribune hands to the com pa. on this paper ehould be one to play mumble-peg, marbles or pins. Base ball is evidently not their forte. Here's tbe score : 12 3 4 Hksald .. 8 7 7 14-3G Tribune ... 0 3 2 0 5 Mr. O. F. Reed, in the absence ot Mr. Mackintosh consented to aot as umpire, and did so in a manner that that waa folly satisfactory to all in teres ted. He baa our thanks. |