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Show THREE COMMERCIAL fflECUIBS OUT Aftermath of Sunday's Dis-V pute Results in Whole-sale Whole-sale Withdrawal. As the result of a decision which was i;. made by President Len Scott of the Commercial league, three clubs of that organization have withdrawn from the -flag race and will play independent ball. The decision made by President Scott,,.' , was that the game played between the...-Salt the...-Salt Lake Iron & Steel and Pantages . nines last Sunday should be played over. During the meiee last Sunday, the two 1 . teams battled along at an evon basis until the eighth frame. In that inning the theater men staged a rally and had ' ' a man on third and a man on second, '; with one down, when Pitcher Dern of th . Steel' team was ordered to walk Gunn.; In throwing four balls, which would ; entitle Gunn to free transportation. Urn-pi Urn-pi re Reese called a balk and allowed " Kaufman to score from third, thus plac-, --: ing the theater' men in the lead by a-scoro a-scoro of 3 to 2. Umpire Reese was backed in his deoi-. sion by Umpire Beaumont. The fire- works then started, and when peace was finally restored his umps gave the " Steel men five minutes within which to Stake the field and resume play. At the . j end of that time he forfeited the game,, , I to the theater men by a score of 9 to 0.,.-,-'. The thenter men felt justified In with-i ., drawing from the league and, although; . they top the league standing, they will V; play independent ball. The Moose club, " Columbian Optica! and Rubber Products teams also withdrew from the league, leaving Keeloys, "Western Optlcals and I Salt Lake Imn in the percentage column; Tommy Fitzpa trick, manager of the ' J Salt Lake Iron team, in upholding his end of the protest against the umpire- -awarding the game to the theater men, stated t hat Grounrikeeper Thorn would'"-' not permit the contest to be resumed and therefore the theater men could not '' bp allowed the game by the 9-to-0 route. |