The daily sentinel., 1903-07-06

| VI a ldlkt Oh ancient
box cars of the narrow guage type
and which had been purposely set OH
fire by Foreman Irwin of the Rio
Grande, added to the brilliancy of the
scene. as the light from this source
Illuminated the whole field.
1t would be practically impossible
to give an extended review of the diff
erent pieces set off by the committee
in charge. There were the usual sky
rockets, sky bombs, huge spinning
wheels, showers of fire. flower pots,
varied colored fires. chasers and
enough fire crackers to give the idea
that battle was at issue and that a
constant roll of musketry was in pro-
gress.
The exhibition continued for over
an hour and was thoroughly enjoyed
| by everybody. The concluding piece
was good night" which was very
elaborate and taking production.
Those who were in charge of the
setting off of the fireworks were G.
Van Hoorebeke, G. H. Covey and
Charles p. McCary. with several as
sistants.
THE BALL GAME.
and wind jamming game at the
grounds in the southeastern portion
of the city the Fourth There were
probably fifteen hundred people on
the grounds and they were treated TO
fair game of ball and entirely too
much wind iamming.
When team has advanced suffi-
GENTLY far to restrain themselves from
disputing the decisions of umpires and
play ball and permit their captains
| or managers to do all the jaw work,
they approach more nearly the ideal
ball team.
The Palisade boys we're not nearly
$50 easy as the home boys anticipat-
ed. They played hard to win and
came very neary doing so. They
| were in the lead to the beginning of
| the eighth inning. but in this inning
they lost their tempers and the game
| There was some provocation for them
to register kick, but it was inexcus
able that they left the field. the game
unfinished.
At the beginning of the eighth in
ming the game stood 10 to IL. their
favor. but at the close Grand juno
| tion had gained a lead and the score
stood when they left the field 12 to IA
in favor of Grand Junction.
1t might as we'll be said here as it
may be the means of correcting the
| fault, that umpires have no business
to issue instructions to players Their
business is to guardedly and impair
TALLY render decisions and stand by
| them. In the third inning Dorsey
| then umpiring gave instructions to Il
runner as to what he should do. In
| this he was wrong. 1T players make
| errors or are violating the rules of
| the game. his province is to render a
decision upon their actions and not
\ 70 instruct them how to proceed. es-
pecially when in the act of running
bas ses. This precipitated sauabble
and Dorsey left the field. and later
DIR. Henderson's decisions were dis
puted and he was retired or refused to
act further.
The team playing was poor, but
| there We're individual players that
| were good At critical times, when
Grand functions pitcher should have
| been careful. he threw wildly, permit
| ing runs to be made on inexcusable
errors.
Grand Junction has plenty of good
material to make ball team, they
played Saturday in the game, but they
need one essential thing before they
will amount to much and that is to
learn to let the jangling be done by
others and play ball.
THE GRAFTON.
No genuine Fourth of July is with
out its oration. A Fourth of July
orator must be ordinarily a man of
nerve, as the annoyance he is subject
ed to while speaking is sufficient to
| disconcert any ordinary mortal But
| Grand Junction was peculiarly for
tunate in the selection of her orator
of the day. Hon. George W. Col
Inns is a man whom it requires more
than an ordinary disturbance in the
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