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Show 1 1 Quaint Reception Is Arranged for Umpire THREE RIVERS, Que , June 2. If Umpire Bruneau. who evidently has faith in his own convictions, is on the Job, today when Thrpe Rivers and Valley Field clubs of the Eastern Canada league meet, he may I expeel Lo step into a cauldron of boiling pitch when he leaves 'the Tield I at the end of the game Yesterday Mr Bruneau ivlle.l -,,IU.- iose ones' against Three Rivers. ! I result lug in the loas of the game by the one team and a close call for 1 j Mr Bruneau who nearly lost his neck A mob of wild eyed fans dangling 1 a rope with a neat noose waited for him outside the park. A squad 01 I poln e escorted him to his hotel. ; Harry Poules, proprietor oi the locaf club washed his hands of Mr Bruneau, telegraphing Presided! Jo. Page of the Eastern Canada league : that if the same arbiter officiates toda he will not be responsible for the I ' raob action" that he said ls sure to occur. ' |