The Delta independent., 1916-06-16

for Delta"
And in the fourth paragraph is this
Startling announcement:
They won Sundays game by
punching their hits on Downey,
who outside of couple of innings
pitched a good game of ball"
Yin the first spasm:
There was redhot playing at
gan stages of the game. Montrose
made two errors, but only one
was costly, when Flower dropped
fly ball. Delta made four er-
rors, but none of them cost any
thing in runs, Montrose earning
all the runs she made, and WE
BELIEVE would have beat the
Delta team had the umpire been
on the square"
In direct conflict with this, note:
THE Delta boys have certainly
got a good ball team, and any
club will have to go some to beat
them"
They have fine team work and
hit the ball when hits mean runs.
Nimon, the big southpaw from
Red Cliff, is one fine pitcher.
Montrose had the bases loaded
once with no men out, and he
famed the first two batters COM
ing up, while the third was an
easy out at first He has all that
could be desired, in a pitcher;
control, a fast ball, slow ball
and all kinds of curves"
Did you ever read such a hetero-
geneous combination of dogerrel?
Looks as if someone had pied the
forms.
The time the Press refers to when
our umpire called Donovan out:
We concede he was clear over the
base, head on, with his proboscus
plowed into terra firma, but Donovan
knows, and both those reporters
K aw, and every halfway well inform
ed fan knows that he was out by vir-
tue of making slide at first. So there
you are.
From the Press again:
IF the people would just flock
from the grandstand to the field
and chase one or two of those
crooked umpires out of town, we
could have some good clean
games once in while
Certainly laudable ambition. If
Delta fans we're made of that kind of
pire hiking for the toolies from the To-
al diamond several times. We have
injustices in shape of UNI
pire's decisions, had to let them glom
the game and then had opprobrium
and contumely heaped upon us in
large doses from the newspaper of
what it means, but we wouldn't for
the world be such cad as to show
our long cared propensities by slop-
ping over through the press. You may
lake it from us, there is more than one
alleged newspaper reporter who would
be more at home with halter around
his neck, taking his meals in sty.
Judging from some experiences we
had in close contact with some alleg-
ed fans from surrounding towns, who
might more fittingly be called wind
mills, we presume it would be the
policy to flock from the grandstand,
etc" but we rise to explain that Delta
fans are composed of true ladies and
whose sole desire is to
see good clean exhibition of the ma
iional pastime, and when they accom-
pany their team, they always know
that in this regard they will not be dis
appointed, so far as Delta team is con-
cerned
Again Mr.. Press;
Delta fans are good rooters and
that helps any team win"
Now. we don't really know whether
il was the umpires decisions, the
pitching, the team work or the fans,
since in each instance one has been
credited with the glory. And apropos
of this subject we might suggest that
The Montrose papers could do vast
ieal of good by roofing" through the
press. for their own good team, which
isn't slow by any means, instead of
wasting so much valuable space by
heaping insults on the other fellow,
because 1t is so utterly patent that
the trouble Is merely disordered
liver.
Yes. Mr.. Press. Delta fans are good
rooters. loyal to the core, with one