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Show NORTHERN UTAH LEAGUE IMPS I ATTACKED BY BRIGHAM FANS J Bruce Stevens, of Ogden. umpire in the Northern Utah league, tendered his resignation to President Angus Kennedy following the game between Loga-i und Brigham at Brigham Sat-urday Sat-urday afternoon, it was announced last night. Stevens was threatened no less than ten times during the game at Brigham by players of the two teams due to his alleged poor decisions, deci-sions, it is stated. Two of the players finally attacked Stevens for his alleged unfairness. At the close of the eighth Inning when Brigham appeared to have a chance to tie the score a decision made Umpire Stevens angered the crowd, scores of the fans rushing to the field nnd threatening to throw the arbitrator into a lake, which adjoins ad-joins tho baseball field. Two police officers ew ortcd Stevens to an automobile, while hundreds of angry fans shook their fists at him. The police officers accompanied thc-nutomoblio thc-nutomoblio in which Stevens was placed for three miles, during which time angry fans in automobiles attempted at-tempted to stop the progress of the machine. A large truek with more than 15 angry fans aboard followed the automobile for more than two miles. After getting three miles out of Brigham the angry fans returned to Brigham. Ogdenltes who attended the contest announced that the decisions rendered by Stevens' were fair to both Lde.s. lie erabblng of the players being one of the bad features of the game, i President Kennedy announced last night that Harry Stoney of Logan, n veteran baseball player, would replace Stevens as one of the t , o umpires for the league. ! Baseball clubs of the league were ' notified three weeks ago that COU-1 COU-1 tinual crabbing anil anl eoi ilmr on- duct of players would .-csitlt In sys-I sys-I pension and fines to the players. Joe Slattery was the first player to I draw a fine "Umpires Zimmerman and Stoney I have been informed that any players ' violating the rules, delaying grimes and 'crabbing' will be fined and re-I re-I moved from the game." said President Presi-dent Kennedy last night 'These tactics have been used by all of the clubs of the league and any umpire now employed who falls j to carry out those instructions will be ; released from duty The Northern Utah league will be run as other Loops and 'bush' tactics by some of I the players will cease." no A real star radiates heat and as I it cools it shrinks. |