Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-11
DEFEATING THE UMPIRE.
How the Indianapolis Team Managed
to Get Yesterdays Game.

to Get Yesterdays Game.
THE SENATOR'S WIN ONLY TO Kkv. THE TABLES
TuRnp on rHKN II A CLAM OF DARxxEss-
HOW THE OTHER aAxEs REsuLrID-rHE CHAM
PIoNsHIP Rxoo1D-NoTIs OF THE BALL YIELD.
Umpire McQuaid, . young man who looks
somewhat like John Ward, was the central
figure Of yesterdays game between the Sem
ators and the Hoosiers, the close Of which can
best be characterized as disgraceful. Fortu-
nately enough President Young was present at
the game to see the inexcusab1e actions of his
umpire, which, no afterward declared, had
hurt base ball
McOuaid showed himself to be lacking in
Judgment even in knowledge, and he was very
ably bulldozed by that prince Of kickers, Jack
Glasscock. After the Statesmen had virtually
won the game in the eighth inning he sue
cumbed to the influence Of the foreign power
and finally consented to call the score back to
the seventh inning, where 1t rests. Tho game
will 60 on the books as having been won by In
dianapolis, 9 to 7, and it will also go down into
history a monument to the ineficiency of
McQuaid, the weakener. He received q scare
that will, 1t is hoped, prove wholesome to him,
for as soon as the crowd realized what he had
done the rougher part of it poured into the
field and, corralling the trembling little man
near the home club bench, they made some
hostile demonstrations which probably were no
more than good-natured bluff.
POLICE PROTECTION.
But McQuaid was scared, nevertheless, and
in minute he was surrounded by half q dozen
policemen waving their locust clubs and as
many black-suited players swinging their bats,
while the gray shirts Of the Hoosiers made
light streaks through the dark mass as their
owners broke for shelter. Glasscock barely
escaped rough handling and he finally left the
grounds with squad of protectors around
him. McQuaid was at last hustled into the
dressing room and the presence of burly po-
iceman was all that stood between him and a
mob of men now angered beyond the blufing
point, for in the first melee a superserviceable
special had made connection between
his club and the head of a man, thus
friends to fighting point. But the threaten
ing storm in the clouds and the presence in
the enclosure by the gate of a rapidly -increas-
ing number of policemen kept the peace until
the grounds were cleared. Then, under the
cover Of the twilight, small man and
in the darkness.
aLAsscocK's VICTORY.
Glasscock deserves credit for q double VIC
tory, for it must be acknowledged that he won
q very hard sort Of game from Washington,
and then to keep from losing his advantage,
he gained a most complete ascendancy over
Umpire McQuaid. The Senators deserve CEN
won the game, and Haddock should have q rap
over the knuckles for his work in the box in
the third and fourth innings. He and Mack
and Rusie and Buckley were the batteries.
Washington pounded Rusie almost at will and
should have won hands down. The Hoosiers
did not begin to bat until after the home team
had gained a strong lead and were showing
the carelessness Of confidence, and in the fifth
inning, after some decidedly saffron work by
almost the whole home team had enabled
them to tie the score, they batted out win
ming advantage.
HOW THE SCORES WERE MAZE.
Neither side could score in the first and in
the second Washington exhibited a fine streak
of batting and made four rum Arthur Irwin,
Mack and DAILY hit for base each, just out of
reach Of the fielders. and Haddock cleared the
bases with a neat double to the left field fence,
scoring on Brother Johns hard drive to the
other side. Hoy's hit scored John.
Glasscock made double into right and made
the circuit of the bases ON Days wild throw
in. McGeachy and Bassett each hit for a base
afterward, but the former was thrown out at
the plate. In the third a double by Seery,
almost caught by Wilmot, and muff by Hoy
gave the Hoosiers another run and they made
two more in the fourth. Rusie was hit and
stole second, making third on a passed ball,
which was not a passed ball. The wind was
blowing gale and Haddock could do no bet
ter for Seery, two men being out, than four
bad balls. Andrews then shot ball right
through Arthur Irwin and the scored was tied
Denny struck out.
Macks single, passed ball, and hit by
Haddock put the home team in the lead again
in the 9TH, but it was for a few minutes only,
for the Hoosiers did some batting in their half
Buckley's base on balls, singles by McGeachy
and Bassett, and Hines sacrifice did the busi-
ness. Bassett was put out at the plate trying
to score on q short passed ball
THE VISITORS INCREASED THEIR LEAD
and won the game in their half Of the 9Th by
making two runs by meang Of Andrews two
Dagger, Glasscock's single, Buckley's being hit
by the ball, this filling the bases. and then Nc
Geachy's single into right, and Beecher's bad
throw.
The Senators reduced the lead in the seventh
by some more pretty batting. Dewey's error
gave Wise base and after two were out DAILY
knocked a ball into the club house corner for
three bases, scoring himself on Haddock's Sec
ond double along the left line. Andrews made
a superb catch Of Brother Johns fly and ended
the inning.
wRANaLINa' WITH THE UMPIRE.
Then Giasscock began his wrangling with the
umpire" claiming that it was too dark to see
the ball. that the wind was too high and there
was too much dust in the air. The umpire
didn't believe him, but he made no effort to
have the game go on, as rule Sc of the book
orders MIN. he cOulQ nave com manded Glass
cock to 60 on with the play or forfeit the game,
and his decision would have received the sup
port Of every lover Of clean base ball in the
country. Instead, he stood arguing, playing
lawyer" until the crowd began to show its
teeth and he finally managed to get Hoosier
batsman at the plate. The side, after many
intervals Of talk. was put out, and then Jack the
Rustler, began his most scientific diatory tao
tics. More talk was the first course of the
eighth, and then a slice or two of returning rea-
son on the part Of the umpire quickly followed
by more weakness. For over fifteen minutes
of valuable time this man let Gasscock bulldoze
him. the latter making Roadway all the time for
the darkness was falling. 1t was still amply light
enough to play, but McQuaid did not have the
sand to enforce the rules. At last the play went
on and Hoy made single past Glasscock, who
Immediately put in another claim for darkness
Ten minutes more were wasted and then Will
mot dropped a safe ball into right field corner
for three bases. More valuable time was fritz
consented to 90 up to the bat again he man
taking about ten more minutes. Con. Daily
| stepped forward as soon as Buckley took off his
| glove, ready to take his place, but Glasscock,
| in a nice quiet, gentlemanly tone, ordered him
back. When Beecher finally had whack at
| the ball he sent it spinning past Denny, for
| two bases, and scored Wilmot with the tying
run. while he went home on a purposely
| bad throw by Seery. Wise easily made second
on q scratch hit that nobody tried to get and
scored on Arthur Twins little ball. Arthur
might have trotted around without hindrance,
| but, with two runs in the lead, he wanted his
| side out, SO he ran out of line and Was wonder