The Arlington Advocate, 5 June 1891
| Last Saturday witnessed two games of base ball on Russell Park. In the morning a club of young lads played a game with a team from Somerville, suffering defeat by a score of 20 to 4. In the afternoon the "barber" game occurred in the presence of a large crowd who enjoyed the playing, which abounded in good points. Ronco's team proved much the stronger of the two, winning by a score of 10 to 5. |
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The Arlington Advocate, 19 June 1891
| The base ball game between nines captained by Messrs. Ronco and Ahern arranged for last Wednesday afternoon, had a most unhappy termination. At the end of the first half of the third inning the score stood 7 to 4 in favor of Ronco. Before his team came to the field the pitcher was warned by umpire Siske about keeping his feet on the ground in delivering a ball, and when with the delivery of the second ball there was a glaring violation of the rule, the bats- man was ordered to first. Ronco demanded a reversal of the decision and when the umpire refused (and very properly under the circumstances) he called in his nine and left the field amid derisive shouts and insulting remarks of a hundred or more boys and young men that followed him out to Arlington avenue [now Massachusetts Ave.]. This last act was a disgraceful affair and one the police should have prevented. |
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