The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-20
Jersey City Loses Another
Game on the Home
Grounds.
REFUSING TO CALL A BALK.
But the Gladiators Were 0uttielded
and Outbatted by the Men From
Detroit.

Jersey City lost the second game OF tne
year on the home grounds yesterday, the
game going to Detroit.
1t was a loosely played game, and no
one covered himself with any particular
amount of glory.
But Umpire James Clinton did.
When he called a foul tip by Kelly a
strike in Thursdays game with BOSTON, l
thought that MI. Clinton might be deal.
This belief was strengthened by the TACT
that he had already called "baD' nen
Kelly was hit by the pitcher.
In the light of his decisions yesterday IL
seems as If he did not know the difference
between a ball and a strike, an "out and
a safe" or a fairly pitched ball and q
Chalk"
There seems to be some imaginary spot,
sometimes on one side of the plate and
sometimes on the other, over which MI.
Clinton thinks the ball should go in order
to be called good.
And he seems to have some wild notion
of what 1t takes to put q man Il at nrst.
When Campau drove a ball down to Lang
in the third inning, yesterday, the nttie
short stop fumbled it, but recovered IL
and threw it to O'Brien so quickly that
there was a perceptible interval between
O'Brien's catching the ball and the subse-
Quent arrival Of Campau.
But Mr.. Clinton called Campau safe.
Why, no one could understand.
FAILING TO CAL BALKs.
Then Mr.. Clinton showed that n of
the rules which says that when the
pitcher makes any motion calculated to
deceive the -baserunner, the umpire snali
call a ssbalk," and every runner shau be
advanced a base.
In the sixth inning Burke made q base
hit and was playing well off first in read1-
ness to steal second. Anderson swung
back his arm to pitch, and Burke started
for second. Anderson didn't pitch the
ball, but wheeled about and threw the
BALTIC Higgins, who touched Burke.
Mr.. Clinton said tout" Why no one
could tell. Captain Gerhardt claimed the
balk, but it was not allowed. After this
both pitchers made balks whenever they
pleased. five times in all, making, all told,
six pa1pable balks in the game which
were not called by Mr.. Clinton.
HOW THE RUNS WERE MAD
Jersey City's one run was made in the
sixth inning when Daley lined out the
ball to left centre, and Rocks fumbled it
SO long that Daley got to third, coming
home on Burke's single. Tables were
apparently inevitable in the fourth and
fifth innings, but clever double plays pre-
vented them.
In the second inning Detroit scored
twice on Lang's wild throw after q SPLEEN
did stop Of Wissel's hot one, Wissell
going to second, a good single by Hig-
gins and Anderson, and a funny pop near
first base that O'Brien should have taken,
but dropped to the ground untouched.
Tom picked up the ball and threw Ander-
son out at second, but Higgins scored.
Then, in the fifth inning, Wheelock got
his base on balls, stole second, and came
was thrown out in an attempt to steal
second, making two out, for Wells had
died in the same way. McGlone got four
bad ones, stole second, and got home
when Lang let Virtues hot one pass him.
Virtue was left when Rocks flew out to
Lang. The scorer