Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1909 — Praises Our Ball Team But Boasts Our Umpire. [ARTICLE]

Praises Our Ball Team But Boasts Our Umpire.

The life of an umpire is a hard one. Joe Hammond has broken into the class of undesirable indicators." The Francesville Tribune, after an account of the game played by the Wrens with the team of that town, sloughs into our referee with bitter terms, but it praises our ball players in the following language: "Rensselaer has a good ball team this year, made of fine gentlemanly fellows; they are a classy bunch ts ball tossers and entirely too speedy and crafty for an ordinary team. They belong in the semi-professional class.” As Joe was generous enough to make Francesville & present of the only score theygof, it shows hQW very hard It is for an umpire to keep at peace, with the world.