Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-09-01
STANDING OF THE CLUBS

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AS merry war as has been witness
ed ON Susquehanna league diamond
since the memorable fracas at Blooms
burg ON July 9TH, 1909, ended the game
between Berwick and Danville at the
former place on Saturday.
This time Danville left the field
with all the honors of war. The game
was forfeited to Danville by the score
of 8 to 0, and the face of Field Man
ager Eddie Foster, of the Berwick
team, bears the outward advisable
signs of a severe pummeling.
The events that transpired ON Fow-
ler Field during the half hour preced-
ing the forfeiture of the game to Dan
Vile form about as thrilling a chapter
as has been recorded in the history of
the Susquehanna league.
The trouble started in the last half
of the seventh with Berwick at bat.
In the first half of the seventh Dan
Vile had tied the score by tallying
twice. Umlauf made the last out by
tanning. Catcher Wager, of Berwick
sustained broken finger on the last
ball.
When Berwick came in the excite
meDt was running high. Patterson,
first up for Berwick, struck out.
O'Brien then drove a threeIbagger in
to center field. Wager was next to bat,
and Umpire Wilson announced that
Sharadin would bat in his place. Amid
the din of the roofing the Danville
players did not hear the announce
ment. Brennan delivered ball and
Captain Nipple and Brennan then ran
up to the plate to protest Sharadin' 5
batting out of order. Foster also came
up to take part in the argument
\ choice exchange of repartee fol-
lowed between Brennan and Foster, in
which both told each other in pretty
plain terms what they thought. Fost-
re struck Brennan, but the blow had
scarcely been delivered before Reds"
Ainsworth, who was standing at Fost-
er's side, sprang at the Berwick field
manager, and hit him terrific welt
on the nose the crack of which was
heard all over the field, and then fol-
lowed it with another. BY this time
Brennan was back into the fray and
got in a couple licks on the belliger-
eut Berwick player.
Ainsworth's blow on Foster was the
signal for the bleachers and part of
the grand stand TO get on the field.
The fighting players were dragged
apart
Things were pretty lively for II
while but nobody was seriously hurt.
In the excitement John Trowbridge, of
Danville, was arrested for fighting,
but was later released upon payment
of nominal fine.
Umpire Wilson at once declared
Players Foster and Brennan out of the
game for fighting. The retirement of
Foster, with Wager injured, left Ber-
wick with but eight men and unable,
on account of their depleted lineup
to continue the game.
After half an hours wait for Ber-
wick to prepare to continue the game
Umpire Wilson forfeited the contest
to Danville.
BLAME LIES WITH FOSTER
in investigating the affair to place
the blame the uusal obstacles are met
with in as many conflicting views as
| there are narrators. 1t seems pretty
clear, however, that Foster is getting
, nearly all the censure, not only in Dan
/ Vile but among the better class of
| base ball lovers in Berwick as well,
where he is not popular by any means.
The domineering attitude of this
man has been a source of strife in the
league since he has been playing on
| this circuit. He is extremely unpopu-
! lar among the players of his own team
and from expressions of opinion after
! the game among those directly back OF
base ball in Berwick, his actions are
not upheld by the people who should
be his radical supporters If he had any
shadow of right on his side.
The dispatches to the Philadelphia
papers yesterday, eminating from Ber.
wick, stated that Brennan started the
trouble by calling Foster "vile
name" But the Danville players tell
that the i'll feeling was engendered
much earlier in the game at the inst.
ance of Foster. who made ugly re.
marks to Brennan all during the con.
test and even suggested names to the
bleachers to call Brennan.
The players account of the fight,
indicate that it was not Brennan who
first used "vile name'' but Foster
himself who offered an insult to Bren,
nan.
After the fight for while small
mob of Berwick hot heads threatened