Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-20
ITEMS OF
TO THE SEMI-PROS

The Bloomfield Pirates will play on
Sunday at Memphis, Mo.
The Ottumwa Couriers will go to
Blakesburg Sunday for a game with
the team from that place. The Blakes-
burg team has not lost a game his
tumwa Red Sox and the Ottumwa Ath-
letes. The Red Sox team will play in
Cantril Sunday.
The Bloomfield Pitrates played two
games with the Tennessee Rats Tues
day and Wednesday,. The first game
was won by Bloomfield by the score Of
4 to 3 with Puder on the slab for the
Pirates. On Wednesday the game went
to the Rats, the score being 10 to l.,
with FRANKIE pitching for Bloomfield.
The Craven Point baseball team de-
feated Pulaski Sunday by the score osss
five to four. The Pulaski boys have
played several games his season, and
this is the first one for them to drop.
Burrows, pitching for Craven Point,
struck out ten and did not allow Il oace
on balls, while the Pulaski pitcher
struck out but three and issued several
passes.
ne AlDld union GldHtS QeIeGteU tHo
Hooking second team in one of the
fastest, and most interesting games
played at the City park in Abba this
season. The pitching Of Hope featured
the game. Whitehead and Robinson
formed the battery for Hooking while
Hope and Daniels worked for the Abba
Giants. Raymond Wilson is manage OF
the Abba team and they would like to
get games for Sundays and holidays.
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The following taken from the Bloom
field Democrat in their column Forty
Years Ago tells Of a game played
at that time. in which the big scores
are the remarkable feature: The
Star base ball club went to Troy Sat
urday, to play a match game with the
min of that place. The Stars were
badly defeated by a score of 40 to Is.
The local team expects to get revenge
when the Trogans play here next Sat
urday."
tablished himself as one Of the great
est pitchers in the Kitty league. He
is playing with the Owensboro, KY,
team, and recently pitched a no hit, no
run game. The Greensboro, KY, Mes,
senger prints a picture of Fitzpatrick
and refers to him as one Of the great
est pitchers in the Kitty league. His
AiSiiAS III LII ! plSoSCu ~ y
learn of his success there, m hope for
his rapid advancement to the big show.
The Memphis, MO-, Reveille contains
the following: 1.-THE local fans will be
glad to know that Boss Entler of
B%onaparte is now at Riverside, Calf,
enjoying a much deserved rest from
his trade. Cy Mason had a card from
the Boss recently, saying he was see
ing some good base ball. The Boss
and 'Cy' played ball at B~onaparte in
1902-03." Both Of the above mentioned
are well known to semi-pro players
in this territory. Boss" although 60
years Of age, umpired a game last sea-
son between the Courier team and
Bonaparte, in which both teams were
highly pleased with his work.
Interest now centers on the coming
Fourth Of July games. The Memphis.
Mo. team will play at Bloomfield. where
a big celebration is to be pulled off.
Charlton July 4th and 5th. where a
carnival will be held all week. ending
with a big celebration on the Fourth.
with John P. White as the principal
speaker. The game on the 4th will be
played in the City park, while the
game on Sunday following will be play
ed on the Charlton river diamond. The
q hwy ~ "hi pay IA
the 4th and 5th. The Old Tavern team
Of Des Moines will play in Centerville
on the 4th and 5th. The Blakesburg
team will play in Fremont, and nu-
merous other games are being booked
for these dates.
Anent the semi-pro umpire, who Oft
ten proves the stumbling block Of semi
pro baseball. To get away with this
difficult task a man needs the eyes of a
Lincoln Beachey and the nerve OF a
Pancho Villa. For on the umpire de-
ponds the success Of the ball club in
the unorganized towns that support a /,
ball team. Players are too often prone
to criticise the jumps when questionable
decisions are made. We have seen his
occur, and in about ten seconds 10Th
teams are gathered around the jumps
and all are trying to talk at once. This
does not get either team anything, and
often times caused bad feeling between
the two teams, and is disgusting to
all real fans. whose support makes
baseball possible. An umpire should be
selected who knows the game, n who
will be absolutely square to both teams.
Should anything arise then that ap-
pears to either captain unjust, let the
captains and jumps settle the matter
and the other players stay in their POI
%sitions. There is nothing as disgusting
to the real semi-pro fan as a rag
chewing match between the members
of the two teams.