The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1921-06-02
SIDNEY CATCHER
GETS PEEVED.
AND QUITS GAM

Only a fair-sized crowd attend
the base ball game at the Sedgw
County fair grounds last Sunday
ternoOn. when the Julesburg Leagu{
defeated the Sidney team by the sc@
of Z TO &, upon the forfeiture of
game to Julesburg by Umpire FRI
Brian, on account of the Sidney Al
letes refusing to play the last inniN
at which time the score stood 6 I'd
The story of the game is like 4
ton. Sidney started in and during
first seven innings copped five SEQ
and in the meantime shut out the
calls. The home boys could not sol
the delivery of the Sidney twirler, Z
made things easy for the visitors.
addition to not being able to hit
pill" the locals did some ragged
erratic fieldino giving their 81
moundsmen Pep" Reynolds, who V
pitching good game, poor suppd
1t looked bad for Julesburg, VIII
in the first half of the eighth Sidn
secured another rum making a tov
of six. But the unexpected happen
in the last half Of this inning, VIII
the Julesburg batsmen pounded d
ball all over the lot, making it nee,
sary for Sidney to put in new pitd
er. who partially stopped the
slaught, but not until Julesburg h
secured six scores and tied the gan
Excitement was intense among
the fans at the beginning of the mini
frame. and the Sidney athletes we
retired without securing another ru
Then came the critical period wi
Julesburg at bat. Sidney's big catcl
er, who had demonstrated in the cal
ly part of the game that he did nd
like the decisions of the Sidney ad
Julesburg umpires, become more mel
vous and "peeved." Then Julesbud
got man on third base, with no oud
The game was slipping as far as Sid
ney was concerned, and the big Sid
ney catcher knew this as we'll if nd
better than anyone else. The thir
Sidney pitcher, all dolled up in blu
was in the box, but he evidently didn
show up very good to his teammat
and manager, the big catcher, VIII
clearly demonstrated just a little la
ter that he was anything but a goo
sport, and mighty poor loser.
The Sidney pitcher shot -one u
to the batter, and umpire Frank Bria
called it ball. Wow! Bim!! Bang.!
Something was happening. The bi
Sidney catcher and manager wa
pulling off his togs and hollering tina
he wasn't going to play with sue
naughty boys no more; the umpir
should have realized that the tim
was critical and should have called i
a strike, because Julesburg was abou
to turn defeat into victory, with n
man out and runner on third jus
itching to come running in home wit
the winning score, which would hav
probably been the result had the gam
continued.
But the game quit right at tina
point, because the big Sidney catche
seemed to be the whole cheese as ia
as the visiting team was concernet
And it was all because the umpir
called ball instead of strike. Jus
the same Julesburg is rightfully cree
tied with the victory, although tn
fans were disappointed as we'll as di.
gusted at the untimely ending of til
contest, which happened at the tim
the interest and excitement was at til
highest pitch.
Julesburg has now won two game
and lost one out Of three played. tt
local team will go to Chappell ne,
Sunday, where they will endeavor {
get revenge for the defeat receive
here two weeks ago at the hands {
the Chappell team. No doubt a nun
ber of the local fans will accompan
the team to Chappell.