Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-07-08

Nanticoke, 6 Alden, ,.
ShiokshinDy, II; Benton, t
Berwick, s; Nescopeck, 0.
AFTERNOON GAMES.
Danville. 8; Bloomsbury, 0, forfeit.
Nanticoke, , Alden, 0.
Shickshinry, 10; Benton
Berwick, 8; Nascopeck, /.
In as pretty free for all scrap as
has been seen on base ball diamond
in this section for many day, the
same provoked by iusglra and robbery,
until fight was the only recourse left
open to bunch Of ruoters VITO were
unwilling to sit on the blsachers and
sea their team sandbagged, bound, gag
god and robbed, the game at Blooms.
burg Monday afternoon ended with
both sides claiming victory by forfeit.
Dauville gave BlooIasbarg a sound
tronnc'ng in the morning in this city,
the visitors kicking tbroughout the
game on decisions that we're as fair
and square as they could be made
They left, however, yowing verge.
ance, aud claiming they would have
the AFTERNOON game by fair means or
foul.
Ante. .pating that ths Dauyills team
would be mp against q proposition III
the afternoon that might require a lit
tie outside aid a contingent that nun
bersd near TO three hundred went M
to Bloomsbury to take in the game.
10 was IN the seventh innings that
the trouble reached d climax, after
Umpire Jim ReichaTd had consistent.
iy during the preceding six inuiuqs
beer giving Bloomsbury the benefit uf
every close decision aud number that
wereu close. With two on base and
two cut, Hine, Bloomsbury pitcher.
drove one toward third base that was
foul by a ward. EeicharI, from be
hind the ba judged the ball fair and
two runs sc1.ed. 1t was too much. In
an instant tue Danyilla rooters s1,rc5
unto the fell, followed BY few from
Bloomsburg Ii furnished an exciting
instant. The few cops were unable to
push the crowd oil the field aud even
when tho Bloomsburg officers were
Joined by the DauviIle players in an
effort 60 clear the diamond their com
bined efforts wers unayailing.
1t was clearly proposition that was
up TO tue Bloomsbury management
After tile jostlins and arguing Lao
gone Oh flr several minutes Umpire
Aius"or5h gave the Bloomsbury deld
manager time limit iu which TO clear
the field and have the game proceed,
Or he would forfeit the game 20 Dan
Vile. Tie Bloomshurc officials were
utterly incapable Of coping with the
crowd and at the end OF the specifec
time the game was declared iu favor
cf Dauyiue, 3 to O.
OF course Bloomsbury has its owr
story Of tie game They hsya it tLat
the Dsnville rcoters were bowling
. lliRb u Nt AIh7t " tti4e rs u matter
facr the only Jruuks at the game were
Bloomsbury drunss and they are tie
meaueal Gruuhs n the catalogue, be
cause, as was shown at Monday 5
game, while they are anxious 10 start
al! kinds of trouble they are not to be
found when the trouble comes. Blooms
burg also tells that tile Dauville team
put up their bats and left the field,
which is not true. It's a fact that they
put up their bats. which is always a
safe thing TO do when ruction starts,
but they didn't leave the field until d
half hour after the game was stopped.
Ii was a clear case Of premeditated
robbery. Bloomsbury fans before the
game openly expressed their intention
OF taking the game by force if neces.
sary.
UMPIRE ACKNOWLEDGE HE