Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-06-23
Farmer Shoots Wife and Self
L1NToN-PoLLoCK GAME. A FIGHT

e.
bing Linton On Decisions, But
Tries to Bluff Other Umpire Out,
Too.
The Linton ball team went to Pol
lock Thursday for return game with
that team, after Pollock had won a
victory here Sunday by score Of to
i4. The Lintonites had practically no
fans with them, and ran into a regular
hornets nest in the South Dakota
town. At no time did the Pollock
management nor many Of the Pollock
fans show any indication Of trying to
shoot square, or give the visitors any
thing like the courteous treatment
they had q right to expect.
Dissatisfaction began before the
game. Steele, the new Pollock twirl-
er, had gone over to the reservation
for visit, and Pollock was afraid to
start the game with Rierson, who has
been batted out of the box in several
of his games this year. They turned
i, their lineup to the score keeper
promptly with Rierson listed to pitch.
But it was impossible to get the game
started. Linton took it's, turn a
field practice and relinquished the dia-
mond to Pollock. They spent some
time, however, before their men took
the diamond for practice. Then, they
stalled along until after four o'clock.
Finally, little after a p. M, Gran
ston, the Pollock manager, arrived
from a trip to the river and informed
his men that Steele would be unable to
get aross the river. Then they
started the game with Rierson in the
box. A man by the name of Parrot
was put forward by Pollock as their
umpire. He had umpired game at
Linton the week before, and several
of the Linton players objected to
starting the game at all with PARROT
for an umpire. Linton picked Stras-
burg player, Eugene Klein, to umpire,
he having come to, watch the game.
From the very start of the contest
there was trouble over umpire de-
cisions. For instance, with Linton
men ON second and third and two
down, Alton Junge struck out. The
Pollock catcher fumbled the third
strike, rushed to get the ball and at
tempted to throw the runner out at
third. He threw about twenty feet
over first base and two Linton runs
scored. Klein umpired the play, and
Pollock contended that the third strike
was tick foul. Klein, in doubt, put
it up to the Pollock catcher. Dorm
bush, catching for Pollock, then stated
that he didn't know whether it was
foul or not, but his actions in chasing
the ball and making the throw to first
indicated he didn't think it was foul,
and Klein declared Junge safe on
first. The argument between bunch
Of Pollock players, and fans, and the
umpire waxed hot and heavy for ten
Or fifteen minutes. Finally, the ar
gument subsidized and the game ap-
peared to be about to begin again
when Parrot, the Pollock umpire, be-
gan campaign on Klein to get him
to change his decision. But finally
that argument wore itself out. In
the next inning or two, Megorden,
the Pollock captain, attempted to
score on a hit ball. The catcher had
the ball so far ahead of Megorden
that the runner, instead Of trying to
reach home, circled SO far around
the catcher that the Linton backstop.
couldn't reach him and continued on
to the players bench. The Linton
catcher threw the ball back to the
pitcher, and the. umpire called the
runner out. Then the Pollock man
agement, including Megorden, began
fight to claim the runner safe be-
cause the catcher had never touched
him. Suddenly Megorden dove out
from the players bench and touched
the home plate, and then claimed that
he had never been touched by the
catcher. Running four or five feet
out Of the linessdidn't seem to worry
him in the least. And thus the game
continued, an unceasing Raging
match Finally, about the sixth or
seventh inning, a fly ball was hit by a
Pollock man To short left with men