The Alaska citizen., 1916-09-04
FAIRBANKS AND
 NENAkA MIX II
 ON THE DIAMOND
UMPIRE TROUBLES CAUSE UN- NESS-ANOTH
 ER GAME ON TODAY.

The long awaited game between Nenana and Fairbanks came off yesterday afternoon at Exposition park with Nenana on the long end of the score at the finish. The final score was fourteen to two, but the game was much better one than the score would indicate. Consider able excitement was caused during umpires and at one time it looked as if it might end in a riot. But all was finally settled.
 When the game was ready to be called no regular umpire was to be found. and the Fairbanks boys called on Henry Gohres to serve for them Now this was Henry's first attempt at umpiring, but he was game and went out to help the boys. How ever, he was not as quick on see ing close plays as he should have been, and as a result he made seV- eral bad decisions, eliminating in one where he called Rickert out at first on a double play, when it was evident to all that the Nenana man was safe by a large margin. Henry was turned toward second base and therefore missed the play on first, so he had good excuse for net getting the play there, but that did not help matters out.
 The Nenana boys, accompanied by most of the audience protested. and the Fairbanks boys asked Henry to resign his job. But he, think ing that he was doing the best he could, refused to do so for an inn ing or so. but fina1y when he saw that the best interests of the Fair banks team would be gained by his quitting he withdrew. and Um- pire Abbey continued the game without assistance. To an unbiased doing the best he could, for um- piring is no easy job. There is no question about Henry trying to do right by all for he refused to give Frank Wood a base on balls at one stage, saying that Frank only had three balls called, when he really had four This incident alone would show that Henry was trying to give both sides fair deal
 The game was a close one until the eighth inning, when the row over the decisions broke out, and then the Fairbanks boys went to pieces and let the Nenana team score thirteen runs in the next two innings, while they only scored two runs It is evident that the Fair banks team needs a little hitting
 
 time and time again yesterday a man came up with two on bases and played the grand old game of watchful waiting while the umpire called three strikes on him.
 A couple of new boys were tried out by Fairbanks, Larsen and Brown. Larsen had a chance in left field and muffed it, and then stood up and had three strikes called on him without making an effort to hit, so the anvil chorus got busy, and demanded the bench for him. The next time at bat he hit to first, but was out. The boy had not played for some time, so he should be given a show.
 Brown replaced Larsen in the elSulH, dIu ulu uOl uO HluCll Dtl- ter He is a Juneau boy and they play good ball down there, so he might turn out well yet though he did not set the world on fire yes terday.
 The batteries for the two teams were as follows: Hansen and Woods for Fairbanks, Watson, Taylor and Worth for Nenana. Taylor went in for Watson in the eighth so the latter could save his arm for to- days game.
 The feature of the game was Momb's circus catches on first, as he stopped several seemingly i'm possible throws.
 The lineup of the two teams was as follows:
 Nenana-Ward ss. Hanover of. Momb 1b, Worth c; Taylor If and p; Meagher 3b; Worster 2b; Reich ert If; Mattson p and If.
 administration 2b; Bidweli 3b Wood c; Woody ss; Snyder 1h Nevarc rf IudkinS If. Larsen