The morning times., 1896-07-24
BUREAUS TIED THE SCORE
Then the Game Was Called
on Account of Darkness.
COMMISSIONERS HAD IT s TO
District Boys Had the Game at the
End of tiie Eighth, but Failed to
the Tying Run and the Umpire
Called the Game.

The District Commissioners and "Cy''
Cummings pla yed tile champion bureau uf
Engraving ana Printing ballteaIn To a stand
still yesterday at National Park, in one OF
the most PRETTY pla yed and clUsely-con
tested games or the league clubs this
season.
There is every proba bility, however,
that the game VIII lie protested; still there
can be no doubt what the decision or the
board Of arbitration Will be il The matter is
broush before il for fina iudicatioD. The
trouble arose over the fact that the Com
mission ers objected tOgive the Money Ma kers
their turn at the bat IN the ninth inning i'll
tbcuark. That il was too dark TO play even
before the beginning of the last inning, WIS
evident 10 every one. Still there were
largenumber or Bureau rOoters who claimed
that their faforites were as much entitled
to their turn a [ bat as the Commissioners
This theory or fairness does not take
into coBsideratiO ion the fact that II was grow
ing dark very rapidly and was much darker
when the printers cainc 10 the bat for their
last turn than when they were retiring the
District boys.
SHOULD HAVE CALLED 1T.
The fact or the case is tnat the umpire
should have called tneglme at the end oithe
eighth inning Mr.. Roth, who umrired.
was no doubt doing what lie thought bcstin
giving the teams all possible chance To
play. Throughout the game his decisions
were fair and impartial, and If in error il
was error OF Judgment. In tcis counec-
zion, and in it all fairness to the umpire,
the players and spectators, there were
two Instances in winch Mr.. Roth was sadly
in error.
As these errors were divided between the
teams, it showed tn his intention was not
To he partial TO either.
The circumstances pertaining 20 the ter
nination OF the game, which ma y leave the
result in doubt, are as follows: At the end
OF the eighth inning the score was 6 to . in
favor OF the Commissioners, who, in their
half of the ninth, failed to score. 1t WAS
growing very dark during the play OF this
half of the inning, SO when the Bureaus
came TO hat the Districts protested
People i'll the grand stand tcgan shout
ing: Cali the game; it's too dark" while
others called out: Make them play it cut
To impress uTon the umpire that II was
very dark memters OF the Treasury and
Washington Il ght Infantry teams tore up
newspapers and lighted them. All this did
not influence Nr. Roth. He ordered the
game ro 20 Oh until the Bureaus had scored
one run.
TWO WERE OUT.
There were two men out: still the nm
pire said play Oh. The next man up hit d
foul hall, which the umpire failed 10 see,
ana IL is SaIe 10 say not al player On ITe
field or = spectator in the stand had the
slightest idea what direction 1t went. He
then called the game ''on account Of dark
ness
While all this was going on in the field
pandeGIunium reigned supreme in that
part OF the stand where the Bureau rOoters
sat. An idea OF the whole situation can
be pretty well gathered by netting how
much light there will be his afternoon at
T:35 O'Clock, the time the game was
called.
ICY" Cummings was in the box for the
Comm issioners, and as was limited In eht.
Times yesterday lie proved a Chimes.
puzzle. The Bureaus got only twelv,.
hits. but they were so scattering as to Zee
Ineffective so far as run getting was
concerned.
He received excellent support. the team
only making three errors. only one Of which
was costly.
winklcman. who was in the box for the
Money Makers was at his best. only al
lowing eight hits, one of which was Tor
two bases.
Both teams scored in the third inning. the
Comm lssioners maxim. one and the Bureaus
two. none of which were earned The
Bureaus scored two again in the fifth one
in the seventh and one In the ninth. while
the District BOYS scored two earned runs
in the seventh and two gain in the eighth.
The following is The score.