The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-29
WRIGHT AIDS BLANK,
BUT ZION LEADS YET
Umpire Makes "Iron Man"
Bittrolff Split Plate or Calls
1t a Ball.
BREAK EVEN IN DOUBLE
MiSsoula Captures First in Ten
Innings, but Salt Lake
Gets Second in Six.
EVEN IN DOUBLE

Playing under % per cent handicap
Salt Lake broke even with Mlssoula yes
t,erday and retained leadership OF the
Wr1ehi's decisions With that advantage
Missoula won only to 4 and nine out
OF ten fans believed Salt Lake would
have Won both games with square deal
from Wright. Butte comes Tuesday, and
although Dell is with the team, Salt Lake
ought To remain in first place.
One decision that made the fans angry
was when Dressan stopped hot liner
and standing OH the first base line touched
the runner with the ball Dressan held
the ball IN both hands and touched the
ing directly at the play, yet ne called
the runner safe despite the fact that
Dressan touched him while he was six
feet or more from the base.
Flagrant as that decision was, IL was
less harmful than the balls he called on
Bittroln. The Iron man" simply had to
he hoped to have a strike called. Bit
trolf was wild at times and Wright's
work had 2 great deal TO do with his
wildness. Always at critical times Mis-
soula got the decision, but when II was
not apt TO harm Missoula Wright gave
Salt Lake the better of II occasionally.
This was always when Salt Lake had
no probable chance TO score. II failed
TO convince the fans that Wright's nu-
merous errors were merely mistakes.
Wright has an eye Ike an eagle and is
one OF the best umpires in the west when
he is not hampered by instructions or
letting his sympathy influence him.
Team Is Victim.
Lucas and Wright have feud on with
Dick Cooley and the Salt Lake baseball
team Is the victim. To say so is not
revealing any secret, for every fan pres
ent at yesterdays game knows that Mis-
soula had 20 per cent the better OF II
in close decisions.
,stie,
at times. Bankenship is sportsman
and does not want an umpire's favor
although he is crazy TO win the pen
nant.
Carl Druhot's marvellous drop made
Wrights decisions on balls and strikes
look worse than they really were and
they were bad enough In all truth.
Druhot may have pitched as good
since he has been with the Union asso-
citation. oftentimes Carl has been
classy pitcher for. from two to five in
nings. but then the batters always got
10 him. Yesterday with three balls on
him he curved them over the plate with
an accuracy that was big league style
looked at first TO he too far for the
catcher to reach, and made II drop be-
low the batter's shoulder Hc had an
out drop that was wonder. but when
he was in a hole he threw an inshoot
that most of the boys struck at and
when they hit II the ball struck the bat
so close to their hands that II simply
rolled % some nfielder. Carl was surely
a revelation yesterday. He needed no
umpire TO help him. and II Wright had
not insisted on Bittrolff cutting the CEN
ter OF the plate fans would not have
minded the first base decision so much
Druhot also go the hit that won the
game.
Thrilling Game.
Despite all this, the first game yester-
day was thrilling contest The grand
stand and bleachers were just comfor-
tably filled and the fans never had a
all the time
In the second inning Bittrolfr got a
hit, scoring Davis. Spencer got two
oagger and Foruer single. both to left.