The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-05
Federal LEAGUE.
GlintS From the Diamond

Superior, Wis, Aug. Skid" Taylor,
manager of the Superior team reached
home after his suspension by President
Burmeister of the Northern league. The
Superior manager would say little con-
corning Burmeister's action. Taylor
declares he knows of no reason why
Burmeister should take such drastic
action. In ~suspending Taylor the
league president said that the indefinite
suspension would probably mean Tay-
lor's retirement from the league for
the rest of the season.
Burmeister would give Schroeder lit
tie satisfaction regarding the suspen-
sion except to say that it was done for
the good of the service" Just why
Burmeister should be SO strict in Tay-
lor's case is a mystery to the officers
of the local club n the fans in gener-
al.
Taylor's suspension by the president
followed a run in with Umpire Elliott
at Fargo.
Virginia, Mimi, Aug. 5.-Dave Camp
bell, second baseman Of the Ore Diggers
has been suspended for the remainder
Of the season, at his own request. Since
several weeks age, Campbell has not
been playing the class of ball of which
he Is capable. He has frequently been
embarrassed by errors which he made
and asked Manager Sundheim for his
release. This was refused, but he was,
instead, suspended.
Campbell has just been going bad
and couldn't stop" said Manager
got of his tribe. I would have kept
him a little while longer on account of
the serious condition of Outfielder
Brokaw's knee which Is giving him a
Join the squad again next spring when
he will probably show to great ad-
vantage"
Campbell left for his home city. near
Chicago. ..s.H.
A Port Arthur paper says of the at
tack on Umpire Carney by Second
Stacker Fortman of Fort William: "A
fight was also staged right at the start
of the inning between Umpire Carney
and Second Baseman Fortman. 1t APP
pears that a decision rendered by Car
ney in the earlier part of the game
did not entirely suit Fortman. When
the latter went to the plate to bat in
the third the jumps and Fortman had a
discussion during which Dutch called
Carney some names that are not clas-
sified by Webster as complimentary
remarks" Thereupon Carney fined
Fortman S.. This SO peeved the second
baseman that he threw down his bat
and started after Carney.
eFortman entered the contest under
catch-as-catch-can rules and grabbing
Carney round the neck with his left
arm, applied the trip hammer move
ment with his right on Carney's jaw.
All this happened before the fans
realized that there was any trouble.
The police and players soon separated
the fighters without much trouble.
Fortman was ordered out of the game.
His place at second was taken by
Foster while the old reliable NJ. Kram-
er took the center garden"
Duluth Herald: John Burmeister of
the Northern league is strong for rigid
discipline and the happy and felicitous
harmony that should rule In families,
large corporations and baseball leag-
ues. With this idea struggling for
existence in the back of his head, the
rotund president of the league has TAX
en- harsh measures in the case of Kid
Taylor of the Superior team. Burmeis-
ter is recognized assthe ablest exeeu-
tive that has ever ruled the Northern
league.
Minneapolis Tribune: curbstone
baseball fans had 1t that Otis Clymer