Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-29
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Umpire Earle has departed in
person, but continues with us in
spirit as now demonstrated by Jumps
Fred Marks. Marks made some aw-
full decisions in yesterdays game
at Hanover, and also elected Virgil
Clark. our right fielder from the
park, because of a few caustic re
marks made about his balk decis-
ion that permitted Hanover to
score the winning run.
Red" HerrelI had hard luck day
OF it-only one earned run was
pushed across and yet he lost the
game by to 8 score.
Bert Weeden has almost lost his
usefulness as ball player but as
umpire nagger he's got 'em all bluff
fed. In fact, it's getting so, in Han
over that before long the Jumps
will be asking him for his opinion
on every play, before calling it.
Hanover has a queer mixture OF
rooter9-one faction hollers sore
heads nd hurls every malediction
at the Yisitors-the other, Hope
you win today from that bunch of
Grabs, referring to their Hanover
team"
Robinson got ~ with murder
nobody judging by his pitching
could see how he won that game
but the scores what counts.
Tommy Mcclure made one of the
most spectacular catches ever pull.
ed off in the B. r /. when he
dashed back to the very deepest
part of center field and pulled down
Feds long drive. Unable to etop
himself he ran into an auto and
pushed out the headlight with his
left hand. cutting it painfully but
not seriously. The Hanover fans, for
the time, forgot their partially and
applauded his feat
Gladden. the Raider second base
man, didn't think so much of it, for
it vas understood that he remarked
that he ought to have cut his
damn arm of. We can't express, in
print, our Onion Of such short.
cut bird.
Johnny Nouns fieetness got him
a homer. Johnny was helping 20
bandage UP Mes hand when he was
called to the bat, so TO hurry it up,
he hit the first one to deep center
and beat it around the bags before
the ball could be returned to the
lnheld. He wanted to get back and
finish UP his frst-aid job.
Only four more days and we'll
know who IS Kiuk of the Univer.
sep-so far as the Pugalistic realm
reaches
Here's a new one-an umpire has
jurisdiction off the ball field. 1t
seems as il one or two of the Mar.
tinsburg players made some remark
to Marks, who was sitting in front
of a Hanover hotel as the bus was
leaving, and this morning Manager
Rawlings receives a telephone mes
sage from the president of the lea
que, Jamison, stating that two men
were fined ten dollars each, unless
one of them admitted the remark
and then he was to pay the ten
Marks didn't know which one il
was, but from disputes on the ball
field, decided it must have been one
OF two players
The whole thing arose over a de-
cision by Marks. who ruled that
Herrell had made a balk and that
the man who was caught between
third and home was entitled to the
base and that the run counted
Marks did not make this decision
until the play was over, and prob.
ably would have let it go as out,
had he not been out-bluffed by
Weeden, who assisted him on the
decision.
Martinsburg fans will not see
Umpire Marks for some time. After
yesterdays game, we doubt if he
has the nerve to make an appear
ance here.
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