The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-06-15
PRAIRIE BASE
BALL DOINGS
Some Good Playing on Prairie
and Some Exciting Events
and Changes.
Next Sundays Games.

Grangeville at Cottonwood.
Nezperce at lo-Vollmer.
Reubens at Winchester.
Results Last Sunday.
Grangeville 10; Ilo-Vollmer 6.
Cottonwood 6; Winchester 4.
Nezperce 8; Reubens 5.
Grangeville won from Ilo-Vol-
liner last Sunday what was term
ed an exhibition game by a score
of 10 to 6, before an excellent at
tendance at the local park. The
reason given by the officials for
calling it an exhibition instead
of league game, as it was sched-
uled to be, was that the Grange
vile team entered too vigorous
a protest against Tommie Ran
dali as umpire.
The circumstances were as fol
lows: The managers Of the lea
que teams with the exception of
Perry Miller, of Nez Perez, met
in Grangeville on the Saturday
night before the game on Sunday
with President Slusser and Sc
lected three travelling umpires,
one to each two teams, to take
the place of the six home umpires
who had been previously select
ed to do the work at the same
time the rule was adopted that
the president should assign the
umpires to their different fields
of work. Tommie Randall, of
Cottonwood was appointed to um
pire for Grangeville and Ilo-Voll-
mer. When this news came to
the ears of the local ball team the
next day-the day of the game
they at once entered an emphatic
protest, stating to both the presi-
dent and manager that they had
had trouble with Randall on sew
eral occasions; that he was an
unfair and incompetent umpire,
and that they would not under
any circumstances play another
game under his umpiring. They
were told that they would have
it to do. They then informed the
president that they would not go
on the grounds at all, not even
if they had to forfeit the game
and be expelled from the league,
for if they did go out and Ran
dali was put i'm as umpire they
would put him off the ground,
and some of the team announced
that they were ready to turn their
suits over to their manager and
one of the number started to his
room to take off his suit. How
ever, he was prevailed upon to
come back, the manager stating
to the boys that on the street
was no place to discuss such mat
ters, but if they would go out to
the grounds the differences could
be adjusted and the game pulled
off. They still refused, but al
last, under pressure, went.
When it was finally shown tC
them that the matter had not
been adjusted, and Randall walk
ed out in front of the grandstano
and begun to make what was
supposed to be the announcement
of the game with himself as um
pire, the boys rushed him anC
picking him up bodily carried
him off the ground and out a
the big side gate. While the yer.
fact that the boys forced the um
pire off the grounds may, ant
no doubt will, be construed al
an act of violence by many wht
do not know the circumstances
Randall was not maltreated, ant
there are many extenuating cir
cumstances surrounding the case
The citizens of Grangeville
and the base ball boys as well, re
gret the occurrence, and the.
want it distinctly understood tha
the act was not intended as
thrust at Cottonwood or an ex
preston of ill-feeling toward th
citizens of that town, but wa
simply a protest against wha
they consider unfair treatment o
themselves. The Grangevill
team is made up of home play
ers, a majority Of whom are draw
4 ing no salaries, but are makin'
considerable sacrifice to maintain
the team here and give the peopl
a good exhibition of the nation
al game, and their rights and fee
ings are just as much to be re