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Show SKYSCRAPERS WIN DESPITE BAD UMPIRE Rasty Wright Was Nasty Wrong at Missoula Yesterday. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 BOASTS PMTOB. I (Special to Th Tewgrem.) MISSOCLA Mont., Aug. 11.. Thia .morning' Miaaoulau in commenting on some of tb on- t fair decision that bar been i handed Salt Lak by Umpire Rasty Wright, ay: "Umpire Wright again got away with two rotten derision at th plat VMtcrdaT. They rut down Sett Lake' run, but thy wr o obviouslr unfair that th fan howled. " Perkins had slid aero the plate and was on his feet when Vennell touched him in the eighth, but Kasty called him out. That decision and when Rpncer slid home looked awful- ly bad." Tl I I I H I 1 I I 11"! I I t 1 1 I I 1 I H-i BY W. D. BEATZ, Tb Evening Telegram's Sporting Editor, Edi-tor, Traveling With Bait Lak Team. MISSOULA. Mont.. Aug. 11 if Basty Wright umpired a unfairly against the skyscrapers on their last trip around the circuit as he did yesterday and they complained bitterly before their sxcuses for some losses wre well founded. His work yesterday was the rankest I have seen this season. One Salt lk player beat the hall home and was on his way to the bench before Fennell trie to tea hlAnd Ran Wright nailed ths sky- K : WhTls McCsfferty was Juggling the ball In the air at flrat In the third Inning Wright called tordu out when he was eafe by a big margin. . . Blankenshlp protested and was ordered from tit grounds. salt Lake defeated MlMOula. I to t vestcrday afternoon, hut I am rrompteo to bellev thl If the gm hsd bn rlos 8alt Lak would have been on the hVrlghts bnner decision nf th dy. however, occurred In th eighth. rr-kine rr-kine had got to flrat on a walk and had stolen second. Dresesn hit for lean two-sacker. Thompson fielded tlie i ball nd ahot it home to ths puue. , ro""" went Into the lr to get th throw-In when Perkln slid under b'm, nd It fact that Perkln ws actual y on hi, wav to th bench when Fennell made a lung or him and lagged him. Thn Wright called him out. . Missoula, fans and th member of the Salt Lake team alls, burst, out In yells of derision, for the declaion was sbso-' sbso-' lutely rldi.-uious. Wright cpuld have given but on. .xcus. or making .uch a k decision, and that I that , he might . not hv aeen the play at all. Drsssan WU Banportad. Both pitch wer hit hard but Salt Lake played an Improved artlrj of W and at time plyd nMtlonally behind "Ta""' wa. again wild snd the Sky. srrapera also took kindly to hla offerings when there wsie men on ths bases. Sslt Lake drew flrat blood. In the ond Orr wa given a If otrat when Thompson dropped his long fly snd tbs Sslt Lake shortstop scored when Dever-esux Dever-esux hit for s single over ond- Bui",1" bv Orr nd Pendleton gave Salt Lak holher In th fourth. -a Van walked In the lxth, gtol second, took third on Wlsh' hoot of Orr grounder nd cored on a pratty hit ana run with Devereaux. In the aeventh Dnnan slnglad and romped horns when Spencer hit for two baseV aglnst th left Bald fenc. Not until, th eighth did Slt Lk put th gam away for saf keepmg. but In that spaam Johnny Pendleton relieved the anxiety ft Manager Blankenshlp. who ws now witching th game through a hole In th fenoe. After Devereaux had hit for a double over Murray hd. Pndlton urpriaad nd outgued Jach by taking three ball and no .trlk and picking out th fourth one, which . Was right In th groove, and driving It far ovr Thomp-son's Thomp-son's hea In what I locally known as Hell Oat canyon. . Parkin went to flrat oil a walk and Dreeeen hit for twe sacks, but Umpire , Wright called Perkln out t th plate. f4pencr ales walked and (tola ascand. ' Both Dreaaan and Spencer scored when Daahbaugh fumble- Abbotts drlvs and later threw badly to flrat. Missoula's flrat run was an earned one. ' McCafferty opesed up with a two . acker over Sasncer's garden and Moxer Manuel sent in hie new msnager, with a singls over eond. Mnul rook first In the ' seventh when Devervaux failed to. handle , hi tantalising bounder nd rorad on - single by Fennell nd. a secrlflo fly by JScha , ; ' Podlton Hist Homsr. . Asht from Pendhiton' horns-run drtv eh of th bright feeturea of th game was th hitting and base running of Leo - rressnn Drsssan hit ths bell on th noee every tint up nd ran Ilk a Ty Cobb. " ' Perkins, after a reef f severe! days, caught an' elegant gam and Orr snd Pendleton played as Bait Lak fan have seen them on their best days. The team as a whole played much better than yee-terdsv yee-terdsv nd th Inflelrlera have accustomed accus-tomed themselves to the Mfwoula Infield. Brick Devereaux. whom Mlseoulans have dubbed "Brlgham Toung," made a brg hit with th fans. Brick wa In a Joshing mood today and caused many a lsugh from the stands. - In th eighth h opened the Inning by hitting the bsll almost to the club hones In renter field. While rounding first Jach began to kid Brick bv Informing him that h "wss pretty lucky." Brick came beck with ths reply. "That keeping vour hits scattered. Jim; some outeide and some inalde of ths fence." George Hummell le elated to pitch tomorrow to-morrow game for Salt Lake while either Manuel or Chevalier Is likely to pitch for Mieseula- Tbe official score: SALT LAKE. AB. R. H. PO. A. E. Spencer, b 4 1114 4 Abbott, lb t . J 1 J 4 Cordta. cf. 4 4 I 1 J Van. rf. 4 1 J 4 4 4 Orr, sa 4 11111 Devereaux. tb. .... 4 1 1 I 11 Pendleton, tb. I fit I 1 Perkins, e. I f t. 4 4 1 Drssssn. p. ........ 4 I .1 1 4 Totals'.. 14 1 "i 17 14 i MISSOULA. -. AB. B. H- JWX A. E. Murray, cf. 4 4.4 4 1 Walsh' th. ., t 4 . 1 1 I Thompson. If. ...... 4 1 1,1 Dsschbsch. sa. 4 4 1111 Roberts, lb. 4 I 4 t 1 McCafferty. lb. .... 4 1 1 It 1 4 Mauri, rf. 4 1114 4 Fennell, . 4 t t 1 4 -Ja. ha. s. J J I 1 Chevalier, p. ....... 1 4 4 4 4 .- Totals .. , ...14 t t ' It 1 - ' . t . Score by tnntnga . . Salt Lak. 1 1 1 I 4 J-4 Missoula .. '.....:-.. I 41 Summary: Left on bsa Salt Lake I. Mlaaoujs s. Stolen beee. Van. Ferkins. Saerlfle fly Jachs. Run bttd hi Devereaux, Ptndleton (1). Spsncer. Dreaaan Drea-aan Manuel. Two-baa bits McCsfferty. Walsh, Spenser. Home run Pendleton. Double ' play Dsschbsch to McCsfferty. Inning pitched By Jach I. by Chevalier Chev-alier 1. Struck out By Dreaaan 4. by Jachs 4, by Cnevsiler I. Bases en ball Off Jachs 4. off Chviir 1. Hit try pt t char Murray. - Passed be Tl Fennell. Tims of game 1 hour and U minute. Cmpire Wright. |