Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1910-07-07
PLENTY
ELLSWORTH DEFEATED ABB
LENE AND UMPIRE GOT HIS.
Much WrangIIng and Rough Conduct
During Game-Hoffman Also Re-
ceiyed a Gloomy Wick-m
Second Place Now.
IRON Fridays Daily.l

Reno would not have held canoie
stick in the excitement line that was
pulled off at the ball park yesterday
afternoon when Ellsworth defeated
Abilene 8 to /. Ellsworth punched
five hts in the second inning result
ing in three scores. Abilene secured
its lone run ON three errors. 'Conley
got to first on an error and contin-
ued to circle the diamond on two
more errors.
Then it was a tough struggle up 10
the seventh inning when a crowd OF
fans on the side line thought the
jumps was "rotten." Their anger was
muffled until the eighth inning when
Bechtold, first up, let the first ball
pass and Mythen cried out "streak
This made Bechtold angry. Bechtolo
claims Mythen has been giving him
the worst of it this week and ne I'M
mediately smote the jumps right
handed swipe giving him the gloomy
wick in the right eye. The fuse was
burning fast along the side lines and
when this stunt was pulled Off the
muffler exploded and the sideliners
swarmed out ON the field after the
jumps. However. with the help OF
the local ball team the officers OF
the Abilene baseball association
were able to keep back the crowd.
The fans then wanted Mythen ta-
ken out and went over to the judges
stand where President Hoffman was
sitting with that request. HOFFMAN
refused and was threatened with a
ducking in the creek. He told them
that it would take rs to do 1t and
had it not been for some level head
ed fans, Hoffman would undoubted-
" have received ducking. The game
continued, however, with much dis
sension ON the part Of the crowd.
Abilene nearly scored in the eigth
inning, but little hard luck put the
23 tag on Abilene's scoring.
The ninth inning proved no better
SO the game ended with a defeat tag
ged onto Abilene and the presenta-
ton of second place.
This ended the ball game but not
the excitement. When Hoffman
came down from the judges stand
Georse Snider awaited him with a
crowd Of 100 fans. "a ducking we
will CO." would have been very ap-
propriate song here had fans carried
out their intentions. But the duck
ing was postponed and a pugllistic
contest began. Snider and Hoffman
were the contestants. The judges
decision were overwhelmingly for
Snider, who knocked out his oppon-
ent in the first round.
snider claims that he heard Hoff-
man tell Mythen to give Ellsworth
the best of the decisions. Hoffman
denies such to be the case as well as
Mythen.
In an interview Mythen said: mo,
Hoffman did not have anything UP
ON the game as far as l know and he
did not tell me to give Abilene the
lemon. i might have given few bad
decisions as it was getting dark and
Fullwilder had lots Of smoke" When
asked IL he would resign he said. mo
/ am not going to resign. will not
give the fans the pleasure OF calling
me a ouitter. l don't see how 1t all
happened when there was not word
said against my umpiring with sa-
lima. 1t must have been because Abb
ilene lost its first game at home and
to Ellsworth.
1t is reported that Hoffman will
resign and It is said that he has ask
ed the salIna papers to hand Abb
lene a bunch" 1t is rumored that
Bechtold has been suspended for the
remainder of the season. When ask
ed II 1t was so he said: THAT is what
/ heard but that will not keep me-
from playing ball. It will keep out
of professional baseball but there are
many independent teams that I can
get on. l viii stay here probably q
week or maybe a month"