El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-18

A souAeze NAV. amateurfsh umpiring |
by an amateur umpire, and even mort
actions on the part OF ootn !
the members of the visiting and nome |
clubs was the offering at the park sun
day afternoon in a baseball way
The squeeze play came in the e1gnth !
when the score was tied up IN haru !
knot five to five and with no lmme-
date prospect OF 1t becoming untan- |
gled before darkness fell 1t was Doug !
lass time to bat in this inning. Carrie
son had scored on hit TO right field /
back OF first base which Herman failed /
to field on the backup, allowing Care
son to advance to second A wild pitch
by Wylie sent him TO third and an I
awful wallop by Pitts. who was pitted
against Wylie after Hank Matthewson
had failed to connect in the first hVe
innings. scored him for the time Ihen
the squeeze Pitts was on third by the
grace Of his screamer over Duck Cow
ans head and when Smith laid one
down the third base line Pittsy old
sport was away on his toes and had
scored before the ball was retrieved
The next inning for Ell Paso was vain
endeavor with all drawing easy outs
around second and short
Poor Umpiring.
The umpiring was general through
out the game and was generally poor
Jacobs is an amateur umpire and as
professional he is out Of his class, and,
although each of his decisions was made
in the best of faith, they often missed
a foot or more of the faces in the
facts of the case The failure of the
managers of the Cactus league teams
to get together on unlpires until the
season had opened is responsible for
the appearance of the amateur, al
though the local club owes 1t TO Its
patrons to provide hrstclass unpiring
at any cost rather than make mess
of things as was done Sunday One
decision OF Jacobs when he called
ball which struck the third bag
foul in the seventh prevented Ell Paso
from scoring two runs, or rather from
the runs counting, as they were scored
from first and second bases, but the
runners were sent back TO their re-
spective stations by his jumps
Players Chew Rag.
The action of the players on both
teams in disputing and Tagging" with
the umpire Disguised the grand stand
crowd and there were continual calls
for the game TO progress. Little LIE
Brandt, the clever catcher for Douglas,
seemed to be the only one who did not
lose his thinking powers and he con-
tinued to urge the Douglas players TO
get back into the game
Ell Paso scored first in the second.
when Earthman and Merritt. starting
on their way with a base on balls each,
went all the way on Duck Gowan's
double to left out of reach OF any
one Gowan added his mite to the
score board collection in the fourth with
score which was cashed in from a
the same place, and a sacrifice hit by
McCarty and error by Matty No ?,
when he threw the ball away in an
effort to cut of Ducks life AT third
Herman scored on his single to right
center in the same inning and Fat wy
lies infeld hit, coupled with Gowan's
customary single. With these few well
chosen runs FL Paso closed the after
moons scoring abruptly
How Douglas Scored.
Douglas scored first In the third
again in the fifth in one, two three
order and made 1t the two winning
ones in the fatal eighth. Smith slapped
one where Gowan could not field 1t from
center and went to second on an at
tempted steal with Flick dropping the
throw. The shifty Smith shortstop stole
third and was scored on Redford's put
out at first by Earthman, Flick and
Jackson. Smith added the second score
in the fifth on an infeld hit, a base on
balls issued 10 Harper, a thump in the
ribs, Wylie TO Names, who was at bat
| and another base on balls which forced