The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-07-15

Af'fA tft3 VIZ a III w. I'D
Chappelle comes in for great deal
of harsh censure over Saturday
game The locals don't want TO be
misunderstood they don't criticise
but censure Mr. Chappelle can um.
pire and umpire honestly He can
also umpire dishonesty. The local
management don I charge his actions
to his own initiative but TO senti-
ment in the Mountain which. when
committed TO writing, reads some
thing like this get the game honestly
IL you can but get it, Let alone
Chappelle is inclined 10 do right but
with the pressure that is brought to
bear upon him It's different.
We must repeat what we said TO the
Iron Mountain management year
ago viz IL they would quit search
ing for pitchers and get some batters
they might win game occasionally.
They have pitching st,ff that's good
enough for any team. What they
need are few men who can hit the
ball
Iron Mountain hasn improved its
initial corner very much hy the recent
change.
/ AZ the contest now stands, Crystal
Falls mas three games TO it's credit and
Iron Mountain one.
As an Iron Mountain fan expressed
it, we got the satisfaction OF win
ming a game Saturday bur il cost like
blazes They certainly did pay con
siderable for the whistle
About forty dollars were lost by local
hettors on the Saturday game but they
all got their money back Sunday with
/ interest The sum of $3.50 in Iron
Mountain coin has been accounted
for TO date a. having been won. some OF
( 10 at odds Of two 20 one
When Nemacheck kicks you can paste
/ il in your hat that there is n reason
for the kick
Several little tricks were tried 10y
the Iron Mountain players 20 cause the
/ locals 60 make errors Mason caught
Ed Lucas arm once when he WAS
returning Che bali 10 the pitcher.
Howe threw mis- cap ahead of the bah
at first and another player let his bat
slip three times in succession Those
lite things don't pay, boys. Play
The game
Bnt then. they were two good games
and the fellow who didn't get the
price Of admission has something the
matter with his liver
our friend of the Iron Mountain
Press asks us what we mean by our
recent roast u one Of the Iron
Mountain players and ia reply we
would ask our friend Of the Press If
the PLAYER in question di9u baye IT
coming We. too, endeayur % treat
our visitors with the utmost courtesy
/ bat we expect visitors t9 be gentlemen
wlcu ~ the city 90 play bail and NOT
$50 around on no.el leps aai throw
at tha iasal team a5 memt
ot h aNu team
Tbe Port Washing 7n base bali team
will play W.th the locals GA our
grounds ou Tau-day aud "Wednesday
next July 18th and 18th The Port
Washinghtou team is the strongest In
che Lake Shore league and Groth the
4 Chicago National pitcher who shut
ont the locals at iron Moutnain will do
the twirling
The best that the local management
could do for Il game tomorrow was to
take on the Claiming team II Il SUR
missed ;hat the railroad boys over there
nave made arrangements with some
strong battery and that there may be-
some surprises sprung II promises 70
I be- good game
Ishpeming plays here next Saturday
and Sunday The team will be great
~ ythened for these games and
will give the locals run for their