Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-07

The umpire called It a home run and
we let 1t 60 at that
I'VE were stu far ahead Of the
home team, but I had forgotten that
We had but one more ball. In the
next inning there was another long
drive to left center, and once more
the broncho bounced on the ball.
The outnelders seized the animal
and tried to west the ball from it,
mouth, but the sphere had already
been well masticated and was beyond
redemption.
1.-The game had to be called before
five innings had been completed be-
cause there were no more balls.
"The fans demanded their money
back because they hadn't seen q full
game, but we afterwards learned that
this was Just little bit of stage play.
put on for the purpose of fooling us.
1.-THE umpire declared it no game
and we finally compromised by accept
ing $3.50 instead Of our $3.50 guarantee,
and our 500 extra money, and all be-
cause could find nothing in the book
of rules to prevent club owner from
pasturing a ball-eating broncho in his
own outfield."
1t was full year before had q
chance to get even partially even
Then, one Cay, we played the Nava-
sofas in TeXarkana. Our half Of the
ball park was in Texas and the other
half In Arkansas. One of Sheriff Mul-
lens players got rough with one Of
my men and was arrested. Mullen
tried to get his player acquitted on
the grounds that the assault was COM.
mitte cd in Texas and that there was no
law on the statute books of that state
making the assault misdemeanor
Il got surveyor to take measure
ments and he found that the assault
really occurred in Arkansas and Null
lin had to pay a SO fine"
Five times in the history of baseball
has first baseman gone through A.
game without having a put out. In
the contest between Pittsburg and Chi
cago recently, Holman Of the Cubs
did not have a put out. His only
chance was throw from Tinker and
he dropped that. It was the first time
in the history Of the game that that
record has been hung up. Here are
the other four marks:
July 81, 1S61-In New York City,.
First Baseman Mutuals in a game with
Alpine.
August 6, 1S91-McCauley first base
man of the Washington American a.
ISOLATION team, in q game with Colum-
bus, O., club.
May %, 19o6-Jiggs Donahue Of tho.
Chicago White sox, in game with
the New York Highlanders.
August IL, 1906-Emerson. first
baseman of the Monson. Mass, team
in a game with the Stamford, Conf,
club.
Bill Dinneen, who at one time was ..
star pitcher for the Boston club. moro.
recently with st. Louis, and now ono.
Of Ban Johnson's umpires, is making:
good at that Job. Dinneen is right
on top of all the plays, and there.
never will be any overruling of decd
sions while he is at work with Tom
Connolly. They both work together
very we'll. Dinneen has been going
along 80 well that the American
league has boosted his salary.
In view of the fact that the new
home Of the White Cox in Chicago ID
very large, and it will be possible to.
hit a home run to any field inside the
fences, it is believed that they viii
Le at a disadvantage, for it has been
some time since Chicago had a home
run hitter Of the caliber Of Harry
Davis, Sam Crawford, Stanage, Engle.
Jake Stah1 and others. Hughey Duffy,
however, says that he intends to rem
,edy that fault next season, having in
Atructed the scouts to sign up nothing
but hone-run mtters of the Home
Run Hasgertg"~ and. Swat Milligan"-
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