The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-09-06
LAST GAME CALLED ON AC-
COUNT OF DARKNESS


With Score 4 to in Clos Favor
Stakeholder Refused to Give Win
ners the Money and Gave it to the
Robbers While Game was Under
Dispute. Clio Boys Played Clean
Ball while Opponents Showed
Yellow all through.
What may easily be termed the
rottenest deal that was ever perpe-
trated on any organization was the
one pulled off on Clio by the Mont
rose Base Ball management after
The Labor Day games. Clio had
easily given their opponents a dou-
bic drumming on the diamond and
were of course expecting the purse
to be turned over to them, but the
Montrose aggregation put up howl
and corralled the stakeholder who
coughed up the coin to the robbers.
There must surely have been some
thing wrong with his "bean," for
money under dispute belongs to no
one and if the funds in his charge
did not belong to Clio it's a cinch
they didn't belong to Montrose. But
then. Clio should have known better
than 10 associate with such bunch
in the first place. The Montrose
aggregation has anything but an
enyiable reputation; they have al
WAYS been crooked and Labor Days
demonstration showed that they had
,oade progress only along the line
developing few extra KINKS.
,Meone has said that civilization
ends with the Flint river on ne
4 west and under the circumstances
The accusation seems JuStlliaDle.
And then, TOO, ii is said that the
farther west you go The meaner
they oct and if one is to judge from
the representation that Chesanln8
had in The game, that town must De
an awful place. Where the local
management is at fault Is In ever
having lowered the dignity OF the
home team to the extent oil Drihs-
;n0 them in contact with a lot Oh
back-wood savagcs.
The trouble arose over the can
ino of the game in the eighth III
ming on account Of darkness. 1he
Games were scheduled to begin al
one O'Clock and the Clio team was
on the grounds. The Monirose
hunch didn't get around until after
two. and then they came on the dia'
mond without clubs, mits, mask Oh
mad and held the game up anothei
half hour. Well, the first contes'
was. more or less of a farce, Clt
having the best of the argument al
through and the finish was TO
n our favor. There was no dispute
over that and we got the money Du
when it got so dark that II wa'
next to impossible to see the Da'
and Umpire Mckenzie called th'
sccond game i'm the eighth the ire
works began to 90 up. The Deeier'
from Chesaning who made up
uoodly portion Of the Montrose ,eali
,ooether with the management o
that organization Of yellow Dacke'
craw-fishes said il wasn't q gam
h.c.use the nine innings hadn
hecn played-but the chance the!
had of wining in the dark was
,,;o,,tv slim one. Clio had tw'
cbances at bat to their one ana IN
SCORE was already A to III on
favor. A part of the Montrose tear
acknowledged defeat but The craD
md mixers hung out-the gall Q
a,ne people is pure. and unadul
yed. And the result was no'h
30 more nor less than a bold stea
Tbe final outcome Of the aliall
hoyyeyer. is not to be recorded, 10
n,x long alley that doesn't nav
- ash-barrcl. One thing may D
,alen as the final word and ihat
~ henceforth and forever, I'll
LIN refuse absolutely to have any
,h;ro more to do with such bunc
Of nuts and the warming IS :. sent o., o.
!, oll other teams to profit by on
experience and do likewise ..
Here's short history OF IN
games. eou,,,od n
battery for the home team ana M'
SON and Petrowski for the oppos
lion. The first inning found eac
side retiring in one-two-three oroe
The second paragraph read SONS
II -. .l:rrorn,t Eaoau failed