Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-15
BLUES HAD NO CHANCE TO WIN
CLhRk's ENmiHirioN or tMriuiy,;
WAS SOMETHING awful.
The Gnmc Fairly belonged to knusn>
city. hut clark HAD Made ir his
Mind to give n to Minuc-
nPoiis-othrr Unmcs.

Baseball. as the great national game. has
n strong hold on the people OF this coun
try. but II would not take many such
games as that Of yesterday to KIN It, Spec
tators OF ball game. even those who are
not bitter pattisans. like to see Nel
played and clean game Of ball. and, ahov,
all else, they like To see the home team win
when it is fairly ani justly entitled TO Dc
| so 10y honorable methods
No team OF nine bail players can win
| when opposed 10 the dcspotlc one-nan
power OF the umpire autocrat who. IL he IS
! Incompetent or dishonest. can throw tho
game either way II plsIscs him. The kan
sas city ball club could easily have won
yesterdays game from the Minneapolis
| team, bu, It had no earthly chance to beat
! Umpire Clark who for the past four days
| has been giving the most fearful exhibit
! iions OF how not TO umpire.
Dshone1 CLARK may not hc, but neon
| retunt and ignoran; he certainly is. Rs he
| stay In Kansas city. With fair on halfway
decent urpirinE the Blues would have won
Nesterdays game with ease, but because
who either could not see right or did not
wish 20 SEQ right. the game goes as a vice
tory Tor Minneapolis clean SIT for them,
while the fiehttul victufs, playing their
hardest to win "A game, and please their
home patrons. who are the support of the
teat. feat "' = '"'' ecu VII" an D,.-s'' 's' us
.Clark,s most serious error was mpde in
itIe MIN ItlllNht Nn't tte tAlAt~ were AZ
the bat one run WAS in and runners
were on second aud third, with two men
out when Nyce came to the bat, He sent
to the left Held fence for two bases driv-
ing in two runs and reaching second him
self, Tho crowd went wild with delight
but the delight was changed to disnsy and
Justly provoked anger when Clark called
the hit a foul. Nyce then went out on an
easy fly, and the Blues were robbed Of two
runs.
In the eighth inning. when the Blues
Clark MADE another terrible blunder which
cost several runs Callahan hit safely, and
eey nns Wa''tn M paegpy o, g . on Anisrsgn s. WIG
TED down TO tirst base, when CLARK called
him back, saying that he had only called
unjust decision Hines went back 20 bat.
ant the. next ball pitched was away over
who evidently had his min,a made IN what
TO do tn case the Blues got dangerous,
called It a strike. and he was out.
lose. when Victory should have becn theirs
ny such decisive nargtn. Mauagor Man
TO play hall With such incompetfut Great
ures as Clark to umpire them. Under such
cir uin stances the game be comes not one q
sEHl, eai o; chance, or OF the inclination Of
The hit,irs was about even. Lake and
Frank Leading The star fielding play was
which hea: the Blues out ct TWO OF three
The Mius-s scored frs, in the a-s, inn
!ns. CoaHo- making the c!rcu!; on + 10:
single. a wii- pitch and two sacrifices In {
The third they hit Esyis hard . hEse or
balls 10 Wiluict a scuhle " Wer4an and
Frank and a hit hy Euehre giving them
three more runs They further increased ]
the.- lead IN IN. tl:th. scoring -oEr rms on I
hits by S-hr1ver, kuehre and Ball, d sAC-l- ?
fes BY Hsa!y. a rru- hy Nsretee an RI, 4
By Laliy. Barnett Then ws-t !- - r.;th. .
sal the Nillsrs s-- tEt one r'cre rl-, .
scoring Il in the s.Eh;s or W-.r,o.s B.; .
--s seal and 4 s.-cIs by --A-k
The Ell-s Scored r-s- : --- So 5--l-E .
Tr.r Singles ty E4t1-,5. LzEs az- E--e- .
fee gave them orc TI- +- -t- seventh .
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