Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1883 — And sun They Howl! [ARTICLE]

And sun They Howl!

Goodland iferaltD ’ , The Rensselaer basp-ballists,' those re doubtable boys who have had large ixpcrionce in the field now being niunopoiizetl by ‘"buxom girls,” are considerably exercised over the article in t he Herald, a few weeks ago, eritmis’lngiheiraelioffin, regard to the game of ball at the Remington fair, Angust tl'Jth. The last weakling viio rushes, id their defence is an ignisramus who signs and Hfs effusion appears in tl.e Sentinel. If his knowledge of base-ball is on par vita his knowledge of the •■English' lan .piage, it is little wonder that' liis !> cisious at the Remington fair were ..I verse io the Goodland cbib; ignorance recognizes no exility. This va’i.ui' who probably begins ter feel mt !;e mad? an ass < f him-clf at the Remington fair, says: “They (the Rens ~ yciaer chib) do not believe that the uroodlanU club indorse the ‘caterwauling* exhibition in the Herald oUkupD i<t.” Now, . yve want to say to this >ow-logged champion of Rensselaer, hat skepticism is-a bad tiling; it undermines the Messed hope of irnfttorrality, and makes truth and honor it farce; it " AiockTotirthe tthdcuTiwnteg"ofuirorMte ry, and loaves man a waif upon the sea )f human passion and inclination-;—te-Gvailowg up conscience, and removes uH necessity for Run or anti decenvy in base-ball matches. Read and repent:

(.:■ om.AXD, Sept. 12, ISSN. A. .1. Iv.'i t, ikliior it.-r.tl'!: 1 desire o say that, your arlidle in the Herald >f Sept. Ist, in regard to the action of .lie .R-m-s ■’ teße *i its (Tib. and :hc air eftfiacis; fit the match fiknie at the Icmington Fate, was instigated by us, t iat every allegation it contained was irue, and that we endorse every word ‘ of it. Henry Bitllk. Jin, Captain Goodhind.Base Ball Club. So much for the ib>ubts of the. elm mpirin .of.the„li' F.Ssel:ier buli-flczers. ~ “Umpire’’ holds Christian Henslcr up i- »ue of the shining lights of the Romtiglon fair association, who would atliet die than urong Goodhsn lite.-. Veil, this some Heusler informed tarry Butler, captain of the Goodland ■hib, that the winning chib would revive ?? 15 and the second best >?5, and he secretary pro tem.-Mt. Beck, raado the same statement. The Goodland ■bin rcvcived nothing, and the Rensse_..aer boys got Henslcr and Beck •ither misrepresented the matter to Butleiy or did not know wfant they were? alkir.g about; in either case they arc not entitled to any great amount of •onsideration. • 1 (.111 p 1 rc’ ’:h rc gtrange freak, ias~st tun bled upoiva trade doUsr; amt .is wild enthusiasm leads him to chalvnge.the Goodimid club to play a game or -V150! “Umpire’' is evidently r»: mlious hid, whose loose pan’s allows , Is brains to jingle foo much; .Lis challenge, like his trade dollar, is below par.

The Rt-’.i-i m.tcA’i, which lias a col--I.lllm In regard to the matter, Ims the oliov. ing challenge, signed by Ezra Vowels, president of that club, and entitled to consideration: “To the Goodland Base Bal! Club:' You are herbbv ehalienged m :e:iy a' game of base ball at Ilemiit. 0.1 f ; -..r ii oHmls, on the ! s t.h day of Srpl.', nrr anv amount Gbodkind buys inavuame.”

rrobably tbo Rensselaer club is aware of the fact that the challenged party has the right to name the ground, and not desiring to risk the Remington fair officials further, the Gpodiar.d club makes the following fair proposition: . “To tlje Rensselaer Base Ball Club: . “We will play. the. Rensselaer, Cliff), on our grounds in Goodland for at ary tinro named by the‘Rensselaer boy. str Harry Butler, Capt. Goodland Club.” Sidney being no object, and confident that they Can “down’’ the boastful opponents of “buxom school ma'ams,” the Goodland boys are ready for a fair test of skill, free from bulldozing. If Rensselaer is-earnest, now is their opportunity. Wo guarantee them fair and gentlemanly treatment. The great base ball imbroglio has already been worn pretty thin, but Wt give place to the above article, partly because we wish to give the Goodland ball club a full hearing in : Rensselaer, /which is more than Rensselaer can get in Goodland) and partly because it is interesting, reading; for its wit and for its folly; for its rant and tor its rancorcusnoss; for its cant and for its cantankerousness. ' The article though long, is decidedly "ihin” and requires no very extended comments. s > It will be seen, that the Goodland boys are willing' to play Rtm.-.se'aer, nndt-.r cor min cnmlilions;, but not in the Remington fair grounds, the reason given for their objections to that place being that they are afraid to ’“risk the Remington fair officials furth> er.’l / The objection is entirely without merit, as the Goodland Iboys must know that the fair of-

fleers xvauld have no more to do with 1 deciding,the game; than would the owner of a calf pasture) were lie to grant the use of so appropriate a site, for those vealy young men to exercise their muffing talents in. . “Monejy is no object” to the youthful Vailllerbilts of the Goodland ball club! and, yet, murk the bitterness bewailings, be-, cause thcir Bruised and battered spirits-received not. The solace, of five dollars, out; of that allmigh’fy twenty. Jus e figure on that a h ttle. Five equally divided, .would have given, to each and every member <■£ tlie club, fitly-live cents, Tn“ and left ah odd nickle to spend in peanuts for the crowd! “Money is po object!” say- these magnifcSnt and magniloquent youths, and if the Rensselaer, boys will go to the trouble and expense of coming to Gopdlund, we will ■puFui> our half of the vast sum or : twenty-five DOLLADs!! Twelve and one hairdlbnurs ~a si>te; ffdrtte tie more than one and one third dollars apiece clear gain, for tlte Rensselaer boys after they have Iwm mi ( hind!and.’ ~~~ “Money be-ing no object!” Beys, a make _us tired:-—-— —