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k»KILL THE UMPIRE.’That Was the dry Raised by the Shivering Audience at the Ball ParkSunday Afternoon.«An audience of about three hundred assembled at the ball park Sunday afternoon, to witness the game between the Dubuques and the colored nine which included Taylor* Miller and Graham. The audience was composed mainly of admirers of the three players namely, and their presence was in appreciation of the excellent playing done by the [colored hoys, since they became members of the Dubuques. ft was j very cold, but nevertheless the I audience braved the inclement weather and nearly all remained un- j til the game was over. It had been j 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 to J be from Cedar Kapids, was dug up j and aided very materially in steal-; ing the game from the colored boys, j He did not show up behind the plate j during the entire game but con- !c tented himself with a position behind : v the pitcher, appearing to be spiked ! to the ground. He did not run toll the liases so as to be sure that a run- | ner was either safe or out, but sim- j s ply called him one way or the other, just as it happened io strike him, and most of the time it struck him to the detriment of the opaque players. The audience became so angry over his decisions that they really became warm from excitement.Ij jTaylor knocked the first ball pitched j j by .Jess for two bases and Bthere was great cheering: but j , he and Miller were doubled up andGraham was put out atr first, TherlrDubuques were retired without a {tally* Miller striking out two men.; In the second Crawford muffed a i — high fly sent out by J. Green and the Splatter .»tole second, but the side was j retired without a tally. The same fate met the Dubuques. Ih this in- j ning Dude Christopher made a great j catch, lunning in from right field and scooping in a My back of second j base. He ran almost as far as Lange, jc* the center fielder for the Chicagoes, u when they played here. In the third ti Lee and Christopher were doubled, wTaylor made a base hit and stole second and came home amid greatcheering on Miller's hit. The twotlt;plVIreInraGreens and Morgan were struck out and in their half .of the fourth BobGee came home on Beal's hit, making r*the score even. From this on the T game was of the decayed order be- o cause of the decisions of the umpire r and the audience began to thin out. at Miller and Jess both pitched a good t): game. The former appeared lo be able to strike out bis former associ-1** ates whenever he wanted to, but seeing that he could not win the game, he gave up in disgust. The audi- ja ence yelled for Lee for umpire but be did not show up, and the game frlt; ended in favor of the Dubuques by ascore of C to 8. ] lt;-TIk corrected scori is 6 to 2« in * favor of the Dubuques. The two ^ runs earned by the colored boys were L.‘ made by Taylor—one of them being \\ a homer. The base hits were 8 oil m Miller and (i olT Jess, “Spike Brady jmade a good stop in center and threw J*the ball so as to make a double play. ! -*1At llellffvve. |Pk a 1 I €% u* wt 4 *0 n ♦' f k fta lt;»i f ir r\ 1 n t*oilK
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Dubuque Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Tue, Oct 09, 1894
Page 7
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Austin P.
MN, USA 07 Aug 2018
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