The Glenwood post., 1907-09-07
GLENWOOD ROB.
BED OF THE GAME

handle is the baseball game which took
place between the Glenwood and Aspen
baseball teams on Aspen grounds last
Sunday afternoon. 1t is distasteful
and undesired task to the reporter and
is made so by the cold -blooded steal Of
the game which was attempted by Um.
pire 'Dirty Art' Hull Of Aspen and q
few dozen hoodlums. The game itself
would have proved magnificent exh:
bition except for manifest and ex-
pressed desire of Hull to give Aspen
the game at all costs.
The double umpire system was used,
Umpire Ernest Barlow officiating for
Glenwood. Hull worked behind the bat
as arbiter Of balls and strikes for the
"rst two innings and his decisions
against Glenwood batsmen were SO
rank that Manager Richardson de.
manded change which was grant ID,
and Barlow alternated' with Hull for
the remainder of the game as the rules
required. This 80 enraged Hull that ne
went off half-cocked and belligerently
shouted with string of oaths that
Glenwood would never be allowed t.
score.
Hull certainly lived up to his prom
Use at every opportunity. Spillane, the
Aspen twirler, was in good form, and
with Hull's assistance held Glenwood
safe until the ninth, while OH the other
hand, Aspen's two runs were due solely
to unjustifable decisions of the Hon.
orable Arthur Hull. Aspen's better
element will agree with this aud no one
regrets Sundays occurrence more bit.
terly than they.
In the ninth came rally that Hull
could not stop by ordinary methods of
larceny and he resorted to the high.
way robbery methods described below:
The score was to in favor of AS.
pen. Burgess, the first man up for
Glenwood was put out, Hopely to Ho.
gart, on the finest kind of chance
Mangnall then secured clean drive
between third and short and Ed Ewing
followed with safe hit into left field
Ballinger was given base on balls.
The bases were now full and only one
man out. Matthews gave Hogart
chance and two men were retired.
Frank Ewing was at bat with three
balls and two strikes declared on him.
Umpire Barlow called the next ball
thrown ball, and Ewing walked,
forcing in run. Then came the hood
lums. In less than ten seconds tine
Barlow was surrounded twenty deep
with frantic fans who threatened to
mob him. Taking advantage Of the
excitement and the fact that time had
not been called, Ed Ewing and Ballin.
ger crossed the plate, but after talking
it over walked back to their bases and
sat down until play could be resumed.
Captain Ballinger then requested Hull
who was officiating on the bases to call
time as the rules require, but he re-
fused to do SO. The fracas had been
in progress for several minutes when
pitcher Spillane of Aspen held a con.
ference with Hull, in the course Of
which Hull handed the ball not in play
to Spillane. Spillane walked over TO
first base and started up conversation
with Frank Ewing who was occupying
the bag He opened an argument in
the course of which he called to Hull,
ostensibly for an opinion as to whether
the last ball pitched was ball or
strike. AS soon as Hull g attention
was secured, Spillane touched Ewing
again and again with the ball. saying:
"How's that, 'Umps'?" Hull, with
grandiloquent sweep of the arm an
: nounced, "The runner on first base is
out" Ewing, who had been standing
on the bag for several minutes, was
completely nonplussed Off moment
Realizing in an instant the tenor of the
decision he said, "My foot is on the
base" Hull replied, "Damn the base!
II show you - - how to
give decisions Not half dozen peo-
pie in the crowd realized what had been
done, so thick was the mob on the
diamond. Barlow, on being told what
had happened, declared that E. Ew'
ing's and Ballinger's runs counted and
gave Glenwood the lead 3 to 2. And he
was right. If Frank Ewing was not
on first, that was proof positive that
time had not been called and Ed Ew-
ing and Ballinger both crossed the
plate several seconds before the first
base decision came up. And so ended
the game. Barlow declared it was
Glenwood 3, Aspen 2, and Aspen with
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