New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-08-01
Reverses His Decision and Gives
Place to Another.
Team From Springfield Wins Game
by Score of II to 6.

in the direction of base ball.
The game was advertised to be
played between Springfield and New
Ulm, though it appears there were a
number OF men in the Springfield team
who could not conscientiously be
called Springfield men. The pitcher,
Francois, especially being from Red
wood Falls and having a reputation
for pitching that is beyond any of the
amateurs in this part of the state.
However, this did not interfere with
the game and the home team opened
the game with Spaeth in the box. He
had nc control of the ball and soon
had the bases full on faults having hit
several of the men and passed some
up on balls, the result being that in
the opening play Springfield was able
to score twice.
Then the slaughter began and it was
as dirty as some of the Chicago houses
are reputed to have been. It was
fierce. The right arm movement of
Francois was something calculated to
strike terror to the hearts of the oppo-
sition and the bluff worked.
There were innings when it seemed
that every man would run his legs off
| and attempts to reach home made some
| of the runners cut corners like school
boy going swimming, but it didn't do
any good. If there was any appear
ance OF a possible score there was an
umpire playing the game for Spring
field who made it impossible for them
to be defeated.
This thing ran along like an auto
mobile with one tire punctured until it
was apparent that something was
wrong that needed fixing and the crowd
from the grand stand swarmed down
onto the diamond with whoop that
would have put to shame the Indians
who came in over the same place in
1862. and protested against the decision
OF the umpire in such a manner that
the scare was thrown into him so deep
that he had not recovered when the
train left at midnight.
He was scared, there was no doubt
of it and refused to get near the crowd
that had completely covered the dia-
mond but send word that he was will
ing to return the men to their bases
whom he had ruled out and the men
went back while the balance of the
crowd spent sometime in talkfest in
German and English that sounded like
roundup Of ranchmen on the frontier
| at Christmas time.
bill" Mather, umpire selected by
( the New Ulm team, refused to mingle
with the unholy element and retired
from the field to point in the grand
stand where he was able to watch the
struggle and escape any unwholesome
eggs that might be coming his way.
There was little criticism of his de-
cisions but he apparently was not
qualified to umpire a prize fight and
thinking of his wife and baby concluded
that discretion was the better part Of
valor and got out of the game.
This made a new opening in the vol
cano until a Minneapolis man stepped
ont of the crowd and taking his life in
his hands called ''play ball. When
the field was cleared and every body
ready for action it was found that
Mueller was IN the box with smile
on his face for the hope of the specta-
tors had returned and he was expected
to pull the team out of the rut in which
Spaeth had pitched it, and for time
it began to look as though he would
do it. Five scores we're run in, and
then there was nothing doing
Wind throws, failure to hold the ball
and inexcusable errors made it impos-
sible to make anything more until the
last half OF the ninth inning when one
score was run in and the game was I'm
ished the totals being IL to in favor
Of Springfield.
It was confidently asserted that the
Springfield umpire had put up money
that his team would completely shut
out the New Ulm team and it looked as
though he was playing to make his
money good and would have succeed
ed if things had not been taken out Of
his hands. Some OF the more aggres-
sive young fellows OF the crowd dug
up some eggs at the close OF the gama
and things were coming his way for 4