The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-07-11
INFUR|ATED MOB
LEAVES STAND TO
Get UNP COOPER
Police Squad Protects Official but
Decisions are Rank
Throughout

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a double header, yesterday afternoon
when the first game was Cairo's,
to 3. and the second the same way
by l to 0.
Umpire Cooper was the center 3t
attraction and comment throughout
the game and in the second inning, |
when he called a Clarksville runner
out at home two hundred infuriatec
fans jumped over the railing anf
went out on the diamonds to nap
him. No one hit him and his jumps
backed off, white as ghost and
finally a squad of police came to MS
rescue and protected him for a
couple of minutes when Chief Egan
came d <vn from the grand stand anu
showed the leader of the mob off Of
the grounds
The leader told the umpire that
his decisions were SO rank it would
be best for him to leave the ground
and prevent possible riot. Th'
umpire was SO afraid he could NO
venture an answer.
Then about half of the spectators
went to the boz mice and demanded
their money back, which, of course,
was refused. ONE became infuriateo
and declared they would not attend
today's game unless assured at the
800 office that Cooper would NOT
work.
Before going out to the ball paris
Cooper boosted he would fine Man.
aaer Pace before the day was over
Because Suits and Taylor had al
ways played were strikes WEI"
strikes and not balls, each was fined
SIS and put out of the game, Thet
Cooper became afraid OF Manager
Pace and the shouting spectators and
quickly re-instated them after they
had taken seats on the bench.
His deciss 5l@ on both sides were
rank and cries of skunk" pole
cat" "robbtr," thief" lynch him, !"
well get him after the game, "
coward and the like were frequent
from the grand stand
The night riders went ahead in
the initial inning of the first gam
when Schlensker famed but his
jumps walked him, Woody forced hin
at second and Jolly famed. Hart
scored Woody on his two-bag liner
to left and crossed the pan, himself,
on Sam Jolly's double. Pfeifer was
an easy out, Smith to Hughes.
Umpire Cooper made a run in the
second when Goalby got one base on
his grounder to left, Basham sacri-
feed him and Coleman singled, they
attempted double steal, Taylor pur
Goalby out at the plate and Jumps
Cooper scored. Then the demonstrn
ton from the grand stand that
caused Cooper to lose ten pounds OF
beer-bloat came Schlens.-ar fouleo
to Gurley and Woody closed the in
ming when he famed
The locals began to tally in the
latter half of the same inning when
Hughes singled to right, Taylor fol-
lowing with double to center,
Weakley brought Dummy in on a
sacrifice fly and Kinser scored Miss
Lizzie on his beauty double to cen
ter garden Gurley flew to short
and Stults was out, Pfeifer to Sam
Jolly.
Cairo put two more across in tbs
third when Lewis was safe on Abra-
ham Jolly's error. Everett singled
but Lou was out at third, when
Sm.ithy got on in felder's choice
Dummy made the best hit OF the
day, triple to center, and botF
runners crossed the plate. Taylo,
was out Pfeifer to Sam Jolly ant
Weakley flew to Abraham, Samuel:
brother.
Cairo made another in the seventh
when Suits LED on with two bag.
ger to left cominng in on Lewis
single Everett was out, Goalby T.
Sam Jolly.
The remaining four came In the
eighth when Suits doubled again
Lewis sacrificed him to third anf
Everett scored him on single II
left, coming in himself on the Hon
orable George Herman Smiths
double. Hughes singled and Taylor
brought in the Honorable on sin
gle, Weakley scoring Dummy. on {
sacrifice fy to Abe Jolly in center
Kinser flew to Woody.
The features Of the first gam,
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