Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-21
THE CLUB BROUGHT HOME
TIE ATLANTA DIRECTORS SEEK
ING A COMPROMISE

They Want to Finish tho Series with
Merritt as Umpire-The savannah
Management Refuses to Return the
CIub-whAt Umpire McQuade Says
The Game Here To-Day.
six members of the Savannah team
reached here yesterday morning from
Atlanta. They were met at the depot and
escorted in carriages TO the Pulaski
House. The rest of the team will arrive
to-day.
Secretary Haas and Director Martin
say that the Grub was roughly treated in
Atlanta, and they considered it's with
drawal the best course to pursue. Their
action Is almost universally approved.
Arundel, Hotaling, Miller, sutcliffe and
O'Day, who were arrested on the train
just as they were leaving Atlanta, were
released yesterday and LETT for home last
night.
WHY THE MEN WERE ARRESTED.
They were charged with disorderly
conduct, but the real motive in causing
their arrest is believed to have
been to keep the club in At
lanta in the hope that they
could be induced 10 play the rest of the
games, or that series OF exhibition
games could be arranged. Secretary
Haas telegraphed Manager Hotallng UNI
der no circumstances to play. The club
will play here to-day and Monday, and
will then go to Macon.
WILL HOLD THEIR GROUND.
The savannah directors say that they
will adhere to the position they have
taken. The Atlanta directors are anx-
ions to settle the matter and baVe the
club return and finish the series. Tele-
grams we're received Yesterday by various
gentlemen here, who are not interest
ed in base ball, asking that the
club be sent back. Inc
directors, however, up to last night had
received no official communication from
the Atlanta management, and under no
circumstances will they recede from the
stand they have taken.
THE UMPIRE MATTER.
There is good deal of talk about UNI
pire McQuade. The Macon Telegraph
yesterday printed an interview with Nc
Quade in which he refers to the
Constitutions report about his leaving
Atlanta. He says:
sit is true | left there, but it is not true
that Mr.. Haas, OF Savannah, offered me
money to leave. Mr.. John Ryan did come
in the car and say TO me not to leave, but
ton to President Proudtt, and thought
| might as well come on to Macon"
"a detective followed yOu"
$50 the Cons litutiOn says, but that paper
or the detective fails TO say who got of
the train with me-"
"Who did get off the train with you"'
"Well, il the Constitution is anxious to
know I'll tell you, and the Telegraph can
publish it,
- Apnx toll 10 20 N Gen for ~
piring the games in Atlanta until you
shall be released Oficially?"
IL believe there is fine OF $25 for an
umpire not appearing at each game he is
assigned to umpire"
WHY M'QUADE LEFT ATLANTA.
The Telegraph adds that from what
could be gathered from McQuade, the
only people that could have wanted him
to leave were the Atlantas, for in his alb
sence they have the naming OF the UNI
plre. He left without being relieved,
leaving himself thereby liable to a fine of
$25 for each of the four games, besides
which he of course loses his sal
airy for the series. He must have
had some inducement, an inducement
that warranted him to pay 500 fine and
to lose his salary for the series. Either
ne was paid to leave or he was afraid to
remain. 1t was not to the interest of
Savannah to have him go and be subject
ed to a local umpire, and he could have
been in no danger from the Savannah peO-
pie. The alternative is no pleasant re-
Election on Atlanta, but it is absolute. A
M'QUADE's AFFIDAVIT.
A Macon special to the NEWS last
night says that MCQuade made an aft
davIt before Justice Freeman yesterday
that Director Haas, of the Savannah club,
had nothing to dc with the formers leav-
ing Atlanta and his failure to umpire the
Atlanta-Savannah series.
There is not the slightest doubt, from all
that can be learned, that the Atlanta d.
rectors got McQuade out OF the way IN
order that a local umpire could be put in.
PRESIDENT PROUDFIT CRITICISED.
President Proudnt is severely criticised
for appointing Whitlock, who is virtually
an Atlanta man, to succeed McQuade
and directing MIN to umpire the games.
The whole affair seems to have been ma
nipulated by the Atlanta directors. There
Is no credence put in Detective jones'
story, and the reports that have been CIR
culated IN regard to the Savannah d.
rectors having disposed of McQuade are
not believed by any one. The people here
stand by the directors In all that they
have done.
Charleston Wins in Macon,