Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-08-01
JEFFERSON, 9; WATERTGNN, O.
The Ball Game at Jefferson Ends in An
other Row-Watertown Quits This

other Row-WatertOwn Quits This
Time.
1t is now horse and horse. Water
town acted in the same unspOrtsman-
! like manner on the ball field at Jeffer-
son last Sunday as did Jefferson up
F., here a week before. We have no eX
cuse to offer for our team leaving the
| field and are free to say that in our
opinion they acted wrongly Rank
and unfair as was the umpire, the
game should have been proceeded
with. The spectators put up their
money to witness the sport. not to
hear lot of wrangling. But with a
continuance of the conditions that have
attended the last two contests, there
| seems no preventive. If the teams
are to meet again some very stringent
conditions ought to be imposed in or
! der to insure satisfactory termina-
ton of the game. What is most
needed is an umpire thoroughly posted
on the rules and who is willing to
officiate impartially.
The WatertOwn team was accom-
panied to Jefferson by about 400 ex-
cursionists, including the band. At
o'clock the game began, Mckinley,
of Janesville, being the umpire. Man
ager Schott had secured Eddie Bach,
of Milwaukee, the famous tWirler of
the Georgetown university team,
generally admitted to be the best col
lege aggregation in the country this
season, to pitch for Watertown. E.
Heimerl and Mills were the jefferson
battery. Much was expected Of Bach,
but he proved a sore disappointment.
| He either was wholly out of condition,
or else wasn't disposed to work, for
the Jefersons hit him all over the
field. While he seemed to have good
control, he lacked speed and his balls
came numbering up to the plate as big
as balloons Heimerl possessed his
usual steam and kept the batters guess
ing most of the time.
With this great disparity between
the pitchers noted, it was evident that
Jefferson must win, but the Water
town boys were not willing to give up
so easily and kept on saving wood
until they became thoroughly dis
couraged over the umpire's partiality.
Mr.. Mckinley may have intended to
do the square thing, but it was plain
that Watertown got the worst of near
~ all the important decisions. The
first fragrant error of the umpire came
in the third inning. Bach was on
second and Krebs on first when
Schaetzke hit an infeld fly. Buchta
muffed it squarely. but threw to third
to catch Bach. The player covering
third never touched Bach, but i'm
mediately threw to second in an effort
to catch Krt bs. On this play Bach
kept on running and crossed the home
plate in safety. The umpire decided
Bach to be out, but allowed Schaetzke
his base. Under the rules Schaetzke
was plainly out on an inield fly and
Bach, inasmuch as he was not tagged
out, should have been given cred t for
run. By making his queer decision
Mckinley showed an utter lack of
knowledge of the rules. In the first
half of the seventh, when Mills attempt
ed to score from second on a hit to cen
ter, he was caught at least three feet
from the plate by Schultz's throw to
Kleinow. but Mckinley called him
safe. This decision was so manifestly
unfair that Captain Kleinow decided
to quit playing rather than 60 on with
such umpiring, and the game was
forth with given to Jefferson, 9 to 0.
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