| Show BASE BALL NE MEWS S tile tho game on june igla bo tween bountiful and an dLayton iLayton ar ranged for the entertaining of the black hawk war veterans and visitors was while it lasted played to tho dolight delight of the great crowd gathered g a the rod upon the grounds but at tho the celoso of the sixth inning their delight was changed to disgust when there arose one of those thoo mighty jangles which seem to have become it a part of all games be between diller diffor ont teams of this county and lit in this particular case it was a blow from which the contesting teams will not soon recover the blamo blame for which must bo be shouldered by both it was plainly soon seen by the spectators that umpire king manager of the layton nine was favoring his own team in his hii decisions and his removal was strenuously urged front from the grandstand but mr king refused to quit and herein is where the trouble began and where the local team through their cap tain made a most gravo mistake in i it going so far its as to call an ail officer to remove him from his position mr R reading may or may not have b been eon justilien justi lied in in his ac action bior but it would seem that a milder method might have been employed or lie hebe be allowed to remain chagrined by his own stubbornness ness rather than create a scene like that which followed the layton teana team soon became very sullen and the umpires rop stubbornness seemed to spread among thom it like a dread dreadful lul con coil dagion and hero here they made an equally great if not a greater mistake in refusing to accept accost the amends and conc concessions concepsio essio ns that were offered them that the ganie game 1 might gp go on it I 1 is s a fact that in bountiful especially the players and spectators alike are too prone to openly ly attack an umpire whore where afif hia decisions savor of unfairness to their side and from the tho grit stand and bleachers ble echers are it ha the anost absurd personal person almes lea bath to 0 umpire dy ers il this i latter offense n 66 Q come such simcha a habit that ou 01 de as well aboa as county t teanis ar ant about accepting a ame at bountiful athis his may may not bo be the case 1 in other t to ns of the county if so it like 0 applies X to them and should jpy y all means be curtailed s it appears apt hats same me fans have adopted this as a ava ode of r rooting butzko ing ng consist in any suet vi vituperation aeration pe ration but conversely it it id serve to applaud or one enc urge r go the players in the makin 0 good plays it is inde ln def deplorable that such dis ellor hould arise be tween our lo 10 hotl I 1 teams as they are be beyond onial d abt better matched than chaj the bority that come from the hutsi e and would draw larger crowd crowch to witness tb the games an and d it is to b be e hoped that they will let reason and good fellowship rule in ahli direction and assist rather than oppose the several social and commercial organizations that are wo working aking hard to bring the people orthis of this countes coun tys towns in closer touch with each other lot let bygones by gones be bygones by gones and let us see the base ball teams profit by the mistakes of the past and come to together ef in friendliness for a season of good base ball better and more satisfaction will result from having the umpire from a disinterested town othave or have two one from each of the contesting towns and lot let him be in full control of the game and all be subjected to his decisions the score in the above game stood 2 to 2 at the end of the sixth inning |
