The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-03
Day Contest Between
PocateIIo and Idaho Falls
a Disgrace.
OF UMPIRE
IS FIERCELY RESENTED
FIRING Up of Ill-Feeling May
Affect Future of the Game
i'm Idaho.
BY g. E. ARNEY.

eciaI 10 The Tribune,
!. .PoCATEI.LO, Ida, June a game
~ baseball betweecn Pocatello and loaho
,.Slls. played on the grounds OF the 'a'-
- ON Decoration day, broke up In
INV. -. -,
|: IN the beginning of the last half OF
ninth inning, with score OF TO s.
s.s favor of PocatelIo, an Idaho Fails
lyer batted long fiy ball down the hne
fGst first, which, if called fair, gave hitn
e ird base. Umpire ONcil decided 1t a
ir bail and the batter ran to third.
q Managers Graham of Pocatello ana
\ az OF Idaho Falls met ON the dlanono;
Ne former Insisting ana .he ,uiro ,arJrt i,.d lad
kNuIy agreeing that the umpire nto 10
sbred. The latter manager wukeo 10 ,Ile
-Aace, where numerous idaho fallS men
rl0brc standing, who insisted that one OF
Aeir number had an umbrella STUCK ri
Asd Asd. ground where the 0"' was
The local manager changed his mind
id refused the entreaty OF The Yisi'lng
+. snager 10 either reverse the decision
z get a new umpire and let the man
main on third base. The uproar OIL
aA crowd then became disgraceful- Men
. lore at each other, challenged them 10
shit, and women from the two towns
sre Missed for their views as 10 the
rision OF the umpire.
. The game broke up in tho din OF this
81 Infusion by the Pocatellos refusing 10
f., kc the field. and the umpire exercised
rs alternative by calling the game 10
>. In favor Of Idaho Falls
Audience Disguised.
There were over 1000 people in at
ls ndance, They all left the ground IN
sgust,
. During the progress OF the game from
II e second inning the decision OF the UNI
o re was repeatedly challenged by all in
Id PLAYERS on both teams, and by the
enthusiastic audience. There was one
Sccision after another as To strikes and
Use plays. which players and spectators
iestioned. first against one and then
'aninst the other of these contesting
sans.
II the umpire was biased in his judg-
Nent in favor OF one or the other line
1 his decisions failed 10 show it, for he
" sadc as many decisions which were ques-
'@,ned Tor one as for the other club
There are some pertinent deductions to
Axe as a result OF this game. for "a
irit of I'll feeling has spread over the
e~wns OF all the contestants in this
Atuthern Idaho league. including Idaho
His. Blackfoot, Pocatelo and Twin
e inc. s; az q 1'' VIC ''''S" '''S
-pBasebalI is here. as elsewhere, the
leat national game and there arc as
Eny men and women who understand
W tHl'I lIlip lllS tIll appreciation OF lNs
r. points OF the game, here in this
pthern Idaho country, as any place
h,re the game is played
These towns are playing professional
yscball, with players either hired on
Eascd salaries or engaged on a percent
lde basis OF the gate and grandstand re-
ipts.
ssIn IFS final analysis. the lovers Of the
a. aort might be better pleased with en-
81 re local talent than with these paid
:. fn. for the most part shipped In from
r. four corners OF the country, where
, -ey played as more or less favorites in
Lser respective communities.
Isv Too Much DIRTY Ball.
ID AS result the tone OF the players IS
y elevated. and too often the attend
WITS are called upon TO witness dirty
iHll." This disgusts the lover of the
IN orr and usually-as In the case of this