Clipping:Brawling between the Mutuals and Haymakers
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| Date | Sunday, July 16, 1871 |
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| Text | It appears that on the occasion of the recent contest in Troy between the Mutual and Haymaker Clubs, quite a disturbance took place on the grounds, the gentlemanly secretary of the Mutual Club, Mr. Davidson, being one of the individuals who was insulted by the Troy mob at the end of the game. It is also alleged that Higham, one of the Mutual players, was struck by either a member of the nine–Flynn, it is said–or one of the members of the club. Be this as it may, it is unquestionable that considerable animosity was engendered between the partisans of the two organizations by what occurred at Troy, and so much so, indeed, that trouble was anticipated on the occasion of the return-game in this city. One result of this feeling was that a less reputable and more numerous assemblage of spectators were gathered on the Union Grounds on Thursday last than ordinarily, and as the crowd congregated in great force outside the inclosure, there was present just such an element of the mob spirit as was calculated to bring about a similar exhibition of brutality; however, when the spark was applied there were present sufficient number of courageous policemen to prevent any insults and to keep in awe the cowardly curs who would otherwise have severely, if not fatally, maltreated the visiting club. In fact, Captain Woglom and half a dozen policemen kept in check some hundreds of the vilest mob of roughs ever seen on the grounds–fellows who had jumped the fence like a pack of wolves which had scented helpless prey from far off. The fruits of the moral lesson taught in the streets of the city on Wednesday were, however, seen in the refusal of the crowd to brave the ugly locust clubs and the death-dealing revolvers of the preservers of the peace, which they well knew would have been used without mercy had the crowd made any further attacks on the Haymakers. The cause of the trouble was the personal assault committed on Mr. McDonald, of the Haymakers Club, by Wildey, of the Mutuals, and the attack made on Flynn, of the Haymkers nine, by Higham. The Troy Whig of Friday states also that Hatfield and Ferguson participated in the attack. But we have seen no statement substantiating this charge. But in regard to Higham’s assault, Flynn, in a card over his own signature, expressly says that Higham struck him in the face without the slightest provocation. Our reporter was not personally cognizant of the alleged assaults, as the first he knew of the trouble was the appearance of Flynn running through the crowd with a bleeding face, followed by two or three big fellows, and the sudden rush of the police to protect the Haymakers. The Brooklyn papers, however, expressly charge Wildey with the assault on McDonald, and there is very little doubt that both charges are correct. New York Sunday Mercury July 16, 1871 At the close of the game there was a disgraceful scene. Two members of the Mutuals, chagrined by defeat, assaulted some of the Haymakers, and the police were compelled to interfere to protect them. Great indignation is expressed in base ball circles. John Wildey, Ex-Coroner of New York city and Ex-President of the Mutual Club, made an attack on Secretary McDonald, of the Haymakers. An attack was also made on Clipper Flyyn and Umpire Bomeisler, and in both instances the police had to interfere to preserve the peace. Philadelphia Sunday Mercury July 16, 1871 |
| Source | New York Sunday Mercury |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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