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fc»KILL THE UMPIRE.’That Was the dry Raised by the Shivering Audience at the Ball ParkSunday Afternoon.tirAn audience of about three hundred assembled at the ball park Sunday afternoon, to witness the game between the Dubuqucs and the colored nine which included Taylor, Miller and Graham. The audiencewas composed mainly of admirers of the three players namely, and their j presence was in appreciation of the excellent playing done by the colored hoys, since they became members of the Dubuques. It was i very cold, but nevertheless the ; audience braved the inclementweather and nearly ail remained until the game was over. It had been |published that Mr. John Lee—the only umpire in Dubuque—would act* j in that capacity, but for some reason,° he was absent, and a •‘kid,” said toscbe from Cedar Rapids, was dug up U and aided very materially in stealing the game from the colored boys, lie did not show up behind the plate during the entire game but contented himself with a position behind * the pitcher, appearing to be spiked ! to the ground. He did not run to the bases so as to be sure that a run-I,tier was either safe or out, but sim-| ply called him one way or the other, just as it happened to strike him, and most of the time it struck him toIIfthe detriment of the opaque players. The audience became so angry over his decisions that they really became warm from excitement.nca*,Taylor knocked the first ball pitched by Jess for two bases and ]there was great cheering: buthe and Miller were doubled up andGraham was put out ar tirst, The' ii roDubuqucs were retired without a ( tallv* Miller striking out two men.In the second Crawford muffed a high fly sent out by J. Green and the j latter stole seeond, but the side was retired without a tally. The samerfate met the Dubuqucs. Ih this inning Dude Christopher made a great catch, tunning in from right field and scooping in a fly back of second base. He ran almost as far as Lange, e the center fielder for the Chicagoes. t when they played here. In the third t Lee and Christopher were doubled, v Taylor made a base hit and stole ,, second and came home amid great! cheering on Miller's hit. The two Greens and Morgan were struck out and in their half ,t f the fourth Rob ( L,ee came home on Beal's hit, making { the score even. From this on the Tvgame was of the decayed order be- lt;cause of the decisions of the umpire y y and the audience began to thin out. a y Miller and Jess both pitched a good tJ game. The former appeared do beeit able to strike out his former associ-nb19y ates whenever he wanted to, but see-V0 ing that he could not win the game,t he gave up in disgust. The audi* f( ence yelled for Lee for umpire but he did not show up, and the game fi ended in favor of the Dubuques by ascore of G to J. *The corrected score is G to 2, in ^ favor of the Dubuques. The two runs earned by the colored boys weremade Gy Taylor-one of them being h a homer. T he base hits were 8 off \ Miller and G off Jess, “.Spike11 Brady jmade a good stop in center and threw Jthe ball so as to make a double play. ^* * KAt llelletut*. jThe llawkejes of this city played (j( the Bellevue club at Bellevue Sun- j) day and were defeated by a score of va 10 to x. lieinfried and Scharie were Cat the points for the llawkeyes and !j played a splendid game. The Hawk- ! 1 eves could have won easily if Everett, jAmbler and Sbelda, three old leagueplayers, had not been ran la on them. y\Everett played here with the De- j,] troits. IKp
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Dubuque Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Tue, Oct 09, 1894
Page 7
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Ricki K.
IA, USA 07 Jun 2023
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