Daily Republican., 1883-08-16
BASE BALL MATTERS.

BASE BALL MATTRRs.
The AnthSaciie Bitsss Against He.
CaneEiy-Whst the Papers Rsy.
On Tuesday the Reading Actives de-
feated the Anthracite, at Pottsville, by
q score of 8 to 2. McCafferty, of this
city, acted AZ umpire, and the Reading
Eagle Of yesterday, has the following:
"By superb fielding and superior work
at the bat the Actives won a game from
the Anthracites In Pottsville, yester-
day, by q score Of 3 to 2. All Schuyl-
kill County is terribly put out about it,
and as some one must always suffer
when its pets are defeated, poor McCaf-
ferty, the umpire, who already has a
heavy load to bear, Is blamsd. During
the past week the friends ofthe Anthra-
cites have been encouraging riot when
the two clubs met, and yesterday the
Actives were stoned by lot OF roughs !"
The paper then gives an account Of
the game a. published in the Pottsville
Journal, which IL not very compliment
tary to McCaferty. The difficulty, as
stated In the Journal, happened in the
eighth inning, when Carroll, Of the Ac-
tives, was given his base on balls. AT.
ter two nen were out, Carroll tried to
steal second, when the ball was prompt
ly thrown by Milligan to Mclaughlin,
and the latter caught Carroll two feet
away from his base. 80 palpable was
the put out that Mclaughlin rolled the
hall TO the pitchers box, and the side
shouted to come in hut McCatferty de-
cided that Carroll had made his base.
After considerable contention, the An
thracites resumed their places and the
game proceeded. Larkins hit weak
grOunder to Lang, and the ball was roll
ing into the latter's hand when he was
run down by Carroll, knocking him
away from the ball, which rolled over
the field and Carroll ran on to third.
Carroll WAS clearly out under the
rule, which says base runner Is out If
he fails to avoid or in any way obstructs
q fielder attempting to field a batted
ball but McCafferty decided that he
had made his third. Lang had two
chances, and as the ball was in his
hands he could have put the side out at
first or third, but McCafferty, though
demonstrated with, said he did not see
the interference, and Carroll held his
base. Miller then made wild throw
to Mclaughlin on Larkins' attempt to
steal second, and Carroll scored. By
these two and the latter at least most
outrageous decision, the Actives were
given lead of one. The last two in
nings were played under protest by the
Ahthracites.
Following the above notice, in base
ball notes, the Eagle says:
McCafferty will take back seat In
Pottsville to-day, wednesday, Grif.
fiths will umpire. Jack Holland is in
Trenton. McCafferty will be placed in
box and sent to Wilmington. If he
remains in Pottsville much longer it
may be coffin"
From the following telegram, clipped
from the Philadelphia Record this
morning in reference to yesterday 8
game, 1t will be observed that McCaf.
ferty did not take a back seat, but as
serted his authority, despite the actions
of the " coal cracker" and their unruly
gang:
"PoTTsvILLE, Pa, August 15.-The
base ball game announced for to-day
between the Active Club, of Reading
and the Anthracite Club of this city
was not played, the latter refusing Il
play with McCa fferty az umpire
McCafferty then decided the game ir
favor of the Acttves, by the score o.
nine to nothing"
GAMES YESTERDAY.
At New York-Metropolitan, 12
Staten Island, 5.
At Buffalo-Chicago, 8; Buffalo, 4.
At Providence-New York, 8; Provi
dence, II.
At Cleveland - Detroit, g.; Cleve
land, 4.
AT MISUNDERSTANDING, l3; AL
toona, 3.
AT Richmond, Vast. Louis, l3
Virginia, 5.
At Boston-Boston, 8; Philadel
phia, 4.
Householder, now of the Brooklyn
Club, has the best first base average II
the Inter. State Association.
Dunlap, of the Cleveland Club, is thu
second League player to reach his on,
hundredth base hit this season.
st. Lawrence and Henry, of th'
6pringfeld (Mass) Club, have signed
with the Quicksteps of Wilmington
De-.
The game at Trenton yesterday be
tween the Quickstep and Trenton clubs
did not come off, owing to the rain.
Chester Council, No. 36, Jr. o. L. A,
NJ, defeated Wilmington Council, a
Quickstep park On Tuesday by score
of to4.
In speaking of Tuesdays game Of bal
between the Harrisburg and Columbus
clubs, the Reading Eagle calls the for
mer the Harrisburg Gouls."