South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-05
JUMPS BRIGHTER
IN BAD WITH FANS
FTER TIE CAME
Smith Protests Game When
Umpire Starts Play After
Time Expired According to
RuIeS-EndS in Eighth 80.

Rule 74.-The umpire shall sus-
pend play for the following
CAUSES:
If rain fall 20 heavily "a i'm
the judgment OF the umpire to
prevent continuing the game. i'm
which case lac will note the time
of suspension, snd if rain fall for
thirty minutes thereafter ne shall
terminate the game.
II this rule had been followed in
yesterdays game. according 10 fans
who noted the time the Benders
would have won another game from
the Saginaw Ducks by a score Of
TO ?. The game was called at the
end Of the first half OF the sixth with
the score standing three L. three. the
Ducks having pushed across "a COun-
ter in that half-frame. His majesty.
the jumps. could not see II that way
however, and after what is alleged as
35 minutes, started the play again.
The game went two more innings un-
der the protest Of Pilot Ed Smith. 10
a TO tie.
At the end Of the fifth inning the
Benders led by one tally. They
started i'm the first with one when
Foley raped out a triple TO left
after Layden died on a fly TO right.
Patterson walked and started "a double
steal that put Foley over the rubber
for the first counter. although Pat
was caught at second after all the
gardeners and the basemen had taken
part in trapping him between the
bases.
Iandick Lifts Single.
The second frame went one-two-
three for the Benders. but in the third
Iandick boosted his batting average
with hot single over the third sack.
but was caught at second when SChorr
dumped a little one into Braimer's
glove. Stoop bobbled Layden's fast
bounder. and Foley scored SchOrr
with a hot drive into the left garden.
which Melted him two bases. With
Layden on third and Foley on sec
ond, Patterson went down. StoOp to
Tate, and Arndt was killed, BTaimer
TO Tate.
teeenson scored the third and
last counter for the Benders in the
fourth when he started the frame
with a walk. Beall advanced him a
notch with a sacrifice and ne took
third on Sacks slow one TO short.
Landick surprised the fans with an
other single that scored Stevie from
third.
1t was straight time for the Ducks
until the fourth session. Bashang
started that inning with a single over
first and was advanced TO second by
Lape's grOunder To Stevenson. Jansen
showed Bashang across the pan with
a single To center, and took second
on the thrown in. Tate went out To
Foley ami Leber scored Jansen with
a single TO right. He stole second but
died there when Manning struck out.
The Ducks waddled out in straight
time again i'm the fifth, hut pushed
across a marker in the sixth. Bash
ang led off with "a walk. stole second
and raced across the plate when jan
sen doubled TO right center after Lape
had flown out 10 Layden. Pilot Smith
removed SchOrr from the mill at this
point and Johnnie Jones was let down
easy when Tate and LebeT both gave
Hermie Sack easy pop flies.
DOwnpOur Stops Game.
Then a misty rain set into steady
downpOur Umpire BRIGHTER called
the game and after the athletes had
period Of time Ducky Holmes stated
that he was ready TO play ball. The
rain had not ceased although It had
developed into a heavy mist Pilot
Smith at first refused 10 allow the
Benders to go on the field. alleging
that the game had been DELAYED 50
minutes. five minutes more than is
allowed b. rule. However BRIGHTER
got in bad with Bender fans when he
ordered the tilt To proceed. Pilot
Smith finally allowed his men to go
on, only after he had filed a written
protest with the official scorer If
the game had been called at the end
of the first half of the sixth and had
not started again. the score would