Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — PRIZE “BONE” IS UNNOTICED [ARTICLE]

PRIZE “BONE” IS UNNOTICED

“Red” Killifer Pull* One That Escape* Attention of Everybody Except Umpire*. Berle Casey, the umpire, who is wintering. In Portland, Ore., tells what he considers is the prize “boner” story of the coast league. It passed unnoticed. Ih the last series between the Angels and Tigers “Red” Killifer was playing third. The angels were in the field with two Vernon players on the sacks. Casey was umpiring behind the plate. The ball was tossed around the infield. When it came to Killifer he looked at it, and seeing that it was slightly roughened, tossed it to the Los Angeles bench, calling for another bait Casey waited a moment, then tossed another into play. Boles,- who was catching, turned around and said, “Did you call time?” He hadn’t, and the Vernon players could both have scored had they been “wise” to 1 the situation. ; Neither crowd nor players of either team noticed this lapse of memory on the part of Killifer. 1 ’» " -