The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-08-18
ITENDS IN ALLOW UP.
Peculiarities of Game are Lucidly Set
Forth by the Sporting Editor
of the Union.
Calhoun Commercial Club Team of
Minneapolis Will Tackle Manke's
Men Here on Sunday.

The Foley-Princeton ball game at
the community picnic last Sunday
blew up in the ninth inning with a
report like the explosion of 16-inch
gun. 1t happened thusly: For eight
full innings the two teams went to it
hammer and tongs and at the begin
ming of the ninth round the score was
standing to in favor Of the home
guards. For these eight full innings
it had been as pretty a contest as any
one would want to see and, while
Princeton had taken the lead right in
the first frame and held it up to the
ninth, Foley was always within strik-
ing distance and on several occasions
had the Princetonians in bad holes,
where, with men on bases, a home run
or a three-base smash would have
changed the whole complexion of the
ball game. When Foley came to bat
in the first half of the ninth the whole
Foley contingent was on it's toes, hol-
lering to the Foley players to do some
thing and do it quick. Brenny was
sent in as pinch hitter in Kasner's
place. He pasted out a single between
Grow and Cleve and the visitors let
out big whoop of joy to see the first
man up hit safe. Weis followed up
with another single in almost the same
place and the Foley cohorts increased
the noise about 1,700 per cent. Foley's
Indian pitcher was next up and
dropped high pop-up into the crowd
along the first base line. Galley tore
into the crowd to get the ball but his
desperate effort was unsuccessful and
the ball hit the ground. Joe Nutshell
of Foley was acting as umpire Lint chief
at the time and our own most honor
able mayor, Arthur R. Wood, was CALL
ing the base decisions. Joe's ruling
was that it was fair ball and Friend
Wood was of the opinion that it was
a foul by II feet, more or less, as the
law sharks would put it. Joe insisted
that he was right and that his decision
had to stand. If it did it put three
Foley runners on and nobody out.
Coming at this critical stage Of the
game it was mighty important de-
cision to both sides, and players, man.
ayers and goodly share of some of
the more vorciferous fans were right
out on the diamond arguing it out with
hands, feet and voices. After some
what heated debate Princeton decided
to give in to the umpire's decision,
whether it was right or wrong, sooner
than see an excellent ball game end
up in chewing match. Lefty Halvor-
son had been hurting them over for
Manke up to this stage Of the game
and Anderson was being held in re-
serve, playing out in the left sungar-
den. Anderson had been warming up
during all the time the big argument
was on and, when the game was re-
sumed, Andy took Halvorson's place
on the firing line. The next batter
hit an infield grounder, forcing a
runner at the plate for the first put
out. The next man up, Felix Nutshell,
hit hot grounder to Berg at second.
Bob scooped the ball up on the run and
played it to second for a double. Cleve
came in from the short stop position
to take the throW at the bag. Bob's
throw was trifle too fast for him to
handle-he let the ball get through
him and it rolled to left field while
two Foley runners rolled home in high.
Nutshell took second on the play and
the runner ahead of him wound up
safe at third in the excitement.
O'Leary hit to Andy, who juggled the
ball momentarily and then whipped it
home to Fischer to get MCGEE, who
was trying to score from third on the
play. The ball, runner and catcher all
came together at home at about the
same time and Nutshell called the run
ner safe. And here's where the lid
blew off. Crowds, players, managers,
bat boys, band men and the whole
works Immediately rushed into a jam
around the home plate. Arguments of
all kinds were advanced on both sides
and just as loudly counter argued on
the other side. For a time it looked
as if words were not strong enough
for the debaters and that they would
resort to fists to drive their points
home. For a good 20 minutes the
melee lasted, with the result that they
were all right in the same position as
when they started, each fully con-
WINGED that he was right and the other
fellow wrong. In the meanwhile the
members of the crowd who refused to
take part in the festivities wended
their way homeward, wondering where
and when it was all going to end.
Some of the players drifted out, the
umpires disappeared and, gradually,
the debating society down at the front
broke up and left, and finally the field
was cleared and the ball game was all
shot to pieces-just naturally talked
to death. There was no attempt, as
far. as we can learn, on the part of
either umpire, to declare the game