The mirror., 1919-07-03

defeat of May 81 at the hands of the M. S.
p. the Fort Smelling soldier team went
home the second time with the small end of
the score after putting up one of the stiffest
offensives the locals had to contend with
this season.
1t was an ideal day for baseball and,
taking advantage of the beautiful day, an
exceptionally large number of fans accom-
panied the soldiers to cheer them oD to
victory. And the combination nearly ac-
complished its purpose.
There was very much dissatisfaction
among the visiting players, however, over
the decisions on balls and strikes by the
umpires.
| Every player knows, or at least he had
ought to know, that to argue with an um-
pire's decision is strictly against the rules
regulating the game, and once an umpire S
decision is given it is impossible for him to
change it, be it right or wrong. Even the
most accurate judgment of an umpire on
balls and strikes does not always coincide
with the judgment of the batter.
In the first two innings of the game the
locals drew blanks. Eros in the third frame
was the first man up and he drove out a
high fly to right field and Gould let it slip
through his fingers allowing Fros to get
safely on. Gull got safe hit advancing
Fros to third. Ho drove out long fly to
left field and was out, Eros scoring on the
sacrifice and Gull going to second on the
same. Brad and Lohr both struck out.
Then in the fourth frame after two men
were out the locals scored again. Burn got
on by safe hit, he stole second and scored
on Tew's throw to Porter which went wild.
In the fifth inning on a combination OF
hits and errors the locals succeeded in get
ting three more scores. Eros again in this
frame was the first man to bat. After hav-
ing couple of strikes called upon him he
then struck at an extremely wide ball, one
that the catcher was unable to stop, thus
allowing the batter to walk to first on the
third strike. Gull struck out. Ho got a
safe hit, advancing Eros to third and Ho
going to second on the play to third base.
Brad got safe hit, scoring Frost and Ho,
Brad going to second on the throw to
home and as the ball went wild out among
the fans, he advanced another peg and a
moment later given pass to home plate on
account of pitcher Miller making balk in
delivering the ball to the batter Lohr and
Keeny were easy outs. retiring the side and
ending the scoring for the locals.
The visitors, however, were unable to
score until the fourth frame, although
they came dangerously near the scoring
point in the second chapter. In the latter
frame, Anderson, the first man up, got a
safe hit. Shultz got safe hit, advancing
Anderson to third. Shultz stole second.
Gould thrown out, Gull to Lohr. Tew
struck out. Kelsey was hit with pitched
ball, allowing him to walk, filling the
bases. Miller struck out retiring the side,
causing tremendous applause for the local
twirler. The visitors scoring in the fourth
was made after two men had been retired.
Anderson and Shultz were easy outs. But
Gould, who is right hand batter succeed.
ded in making scratch hit to left field
close to the fouling line for two stations.
Tew got safe hit, securing Gould. Tew
stole second. Then when Kelsey had three
balls and two strikes called upon him,
lew started to steal third on the last ball