The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-05

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Poor luck and poor ball playing.
coupled with a little assistance on tIi,
part Of Umpire Marsh lost the ga.no
Tor Grand Forks yesterday by an s to
6 score. the Duluth Darbyites taking
the long end. Grand Forks played
poor ball n sc did Duluth for that
matter. but the locals managed to
break with the short end of tho score,
despite the fact that they made fifteen
hits. Marsh called a number Of baG
ones on the Forks. While we aren't
casting any insinuations on Presiden,
B'ume of the CT league. the fast re-
mains that he was in the g%randstand
watching h game and one cannot
but feel that this unconsciouslv inila-
enced Marsh's work. AS president of
the league Blume has charge OF the
umpfres Inc he also has the big end
OF the Duluth team in his DOS session.
Nobody thinks for a moment that the
president directly or indirectly tries t.
The umpires to give Darby and
his men the long end of it. but. as
glment. that he (Marsh) knew where,
his meal ticket is coming from. and
this causes the Forks and anv other
team in the league to get no close de-
cisions whet: playing Duluth. The on
~ way for tho CT league to do next
Year. is to have the president of the
league be r man not Interested in any
club. This is the only way to avoid
the suspicion that h unlpires will In
vor any one team. So much Cor tho
umpire phaze of Sundays game.
which. taken from a ball playing
standpoint was rotten.
Gave Three Runs.
In the very first inning Duluth wos
handed three runs on a platter. Nc
(.rluy chnf u orn1,nAor IN nnTTaNo,
who mufted It and let MctIraw On.
I'luhm sacrificed him to second and
Sours raised a fly to the right field
fence. which fell directly In Sewers
mitts and he muffed it. letting in Nc
GIaw. Lebor went out at frs. and
Sour basked on third. while Sammy
Foster by a heady play kept him
the line to get Leber out. Then
Meniece parked out a two-aagscr,
scoring SOUS and the lanky Duluth
fielder took third, when Hyzer let the
bail get by him. O'Brien's hit scored
Meriece. Three runs and noae If
them earned.
Grand Forks came up in her half
of the first ard Altman famed. De
Haven walked and Edmunds sent him
I. third with a single. YanDine
struck out and Foster singled. scoring
DeBaven. Bell then made q Texas
Lacquer and counted Edmunds.
Duluth made her lead better ny tall
lying twice more In the second. 'Tay-
Tor famed arc johnson singled. get
n:unds. McGraw went out at first AMI
I;luhm singled. scoring johnson. A
single by Soura and one by Leber put
Bluhm across the pan.
In the fourth Grand Forks added
two more, Hyzer walking. but being
caught at second on Bowers grounder.
Bowers taking first on the fielders
choice. Myers smashed one past sec
ond base sending Bowers to second.
Altman singled. letting Bowers over
the home plate and Edmunds did like
wise and Altman stretched it into a
run by some fast speeding. In the
fifth the locals added one more and
tied it UP. Foster struck out and Bell
singled. Hyzer advanced the local
shortstop to third with his safe one
and Morse's hit scored Bell.
Then the Rain Started.
Then the rain started. It drizzled
for a while and then j. Pluvius be-
came more and more generous. Du-
luth came up to bat in the sixth and
SO did the Dacotahs but no score. In
the seventh Duluth made three runs
Lohr and the 1000 fans beseeched,
begged and implored Mr.. Marsh to
call the game, as it was raining quite
hard at the time. But he was deaf to
their e%ntreaties. and the locals took
their bats in the seventh and left the
lead of three runs facing them. Then
Mr.. Marsh called time and a half
hours rest was taken. After that two
more innings We're played in which
neither side scored and the tally stay
ed at the SO mark. To our mind
there Is no question but Marsh would
have called the game in the sixth
when h rain had started II the eyes
of the magnates had not been resting
on him.. This of course is not meant
as an injustice to Marsh. for personal
ly he is a good fellow, but we simply
wish to call attention to the fact that
when the magnates are preparing for
next year they should fix 1t SO the
jumps would not be under the ban of
anybody interested in any club. The
box score:
Grand Forks ALB. r. H. Pc. A. L.