The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-01
HOME TEAM WAS
UP AGAINST It
the pROSSER-TOppEMISn UMPIRE
with His Little Indicator, Carried Ont
the Work He Was hired to
do i'm Good shape.
Yakima 4. "Prosser" 5.

The above score tells the defeat of
the Tigers Sunday afternoon at the
hands of an aggregation claiming to
hail from Prosser. but which was real
ly from Toppenish-that is, the play
ers responsible mainly for the defeat
hailed from that burg-although due
credit should be given Miller who did
the slab work for the visitors. He
was certainly at his best and held the
Tigers down to five hits and helped
further TO win his game by getting
next to Nelson for three hits. one for
two sacks.
But 1t was not all due to Prossers
good playing that they won. as they
were ably assisted by one Claude Ar
thurs. who officiated with the indicator
and who. as one of the visitors from
that town stated. was brought here to
win If the team could not. He Ger
tainly understood the game and had
the earmarks of one who could be an
excellent umpire were he inclined to
be fair, but this was not in his cate
CORY Sunday.
He compelled Nelson to cut the CEN
ter of the rubber in order to get a
the ball it was seldom a strike was
called. On the other hand, If Miller
came anywhere within a foot of the
plate 1t was a strike, whi.h nee, SSH
tated the Tigers hitting at almost auy
offering. The home team stood this
without Il perceptible murmur until
the last half of the ninth. which open
ed with the score TO 8 in favor of the
visitors. Kohls. the first man up,
reached first when Richards failed 10
hold throw. Read followed with
corking twobagger to right center on
which Kohls attempted to score but
was easily thrown out at the plate
Read going TO third on the play. Har-
mon was an easy out from pitcher to
first. Read scored on a passed ball
and then Nelson came to bat with the
bases empty and one run needed to tie
the score The first ball pitched was
fully foot outside the plate and the
umpire said strike one. There was
remonstrance from the srandstand, but
It did not keep his jumps from calling
the next one 4 strike-which was
right But It was on the next one
he called that the crowd arose and
howled about. Miller had pitched three
balls and was in 4 hole Nelson's eye
was good and waited The ball came
below his knees and was so close as
to almost hit him, but the umpire said
three strles and that settled 1T. But
his person was in danger for a few
moments and bur for the hasty action
Of thu visitors III securing a cab and
getting him out of the way it is hard
TO tell what might have happened.
After the first inning the game was
good one While it was almost de-
void Of features barring the work Of
Kruse, the Toppenish center fielder,
the contest was anyone's until the end
and this tended to keep the fans on
edge. II was in the first that the
visitors found Nelson to their liking,
hlttng him for three singles and
twohasger which, coupled with a wild
throw "a first by linking. who played
but half an inning. being replaced by
Kelly. netted fur runs. The wild throw
vas responsible for two of the runs.
The visitors scored once more in the
fourth on two singles and a wild
pitch
TIE Tigers commenced scoring in
the fourtb Wilgus was an easy out.
pitcher 10 FIRST. stanton singled 10
right hut was forced at second when
Eohls ait to third the latter beating
out nance for a double. Reed sin
sled end then Harmon lined out a nice
twos ker scoring Kohls and Read
Nelson went ont from catcher to first.
Dyer got ~ the way Of one of Millers
slow ones IN the eighth, stole second
and scored when wngus singled to
left
The Prosser bunch, assisted by the
1ornartsh rlavers. was the best team
seen on the local diamond this year
htit AZ that should have won and would
ad they been given a square deal by
she boss with the Indicator. There
has not been good blood between these
seams for some time and these strain
ga relations are now further strained,
and there is much talk of a game for
a purse of goodly size. The Tigers
are anxious 20 arrange such match
and will go into the purse to the ex-
tent Of their ability to prove their con-
hdence
The story of the game in detail is
as follows: