Holds Warrant Till Pitcher Wins Game, Then Places Him Under Arrest.
MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 16.– Deputy Sheriff Harwood Burkhart, of Jefferson county, is a good officer—but a better fan.
He went to a baseball game Sunday with a warrant in his pocket for the arrest of James Dopson, of Bakerton. Dopson was pitching for the home team. The deputy watched the game. Dopson pitched his team to victory. As he struck out the last man, the warrant was served on him. It charged him with nonsupport– but not the baseball kind. The complaint was made by his wife in Hagerstown, Md.