The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-06
PORTLAND IS STILL MAD.
Her Bullies Could Not Bulldoxe Umpire
Ben Young.

Her BuIlies Could Not Bulldoxe Umpire
Ben Young.
Yesterdays Oregoni0n devotes over quarter
Of column to the abuse of Young, the
official umpire Of the League. After last Fridays
game q number Of Manager Harris friends
who had . pecuniary interest in seeing the
Portlands win telegraphed to Portland
that Umpire Young had robbed the
Orcgonian thereupon called the umpire . thief.
The article in yesterdays paper was based upon
the statements of Huiin, the big bully who
plays left field for Portland, and who ma IL him
self very objectionable last Friday by his un-
gentlemanly conduct He tells the Oregosion
that he threatened to whip Young after Fridays
then threatened to whip him. Secretary Van
Derbeck, of the Portlands, IL also bitter enemy
of Young'a He said to the Orssonian reporter:
"Young il not an umpire. He ID q barefaced
r0bber. one Of the worst ever signed BY league.
understand he Ii going into business in Seattle
soon, and he cheated us out Of our games to gain
favor with the Seattle people / do NOT think
there 10 one man who saw Fridays Rauabut
will substantiate my assertion that the Postf3nds
won IT, and Young stole It from them by the
most villainous decisionB ever made by man
clothed with the authority of an umpire He
did not err honestly. but deliberately robbed as
begged Manager Rockwell, Of she Eeattles to
take Ben Young OF the gr unds and putin some
one else a. umpire. offered to let him select
any one, no matter who it might be, II he would
bounce Young. bu- he would not do It know
1t to be fact that Young said to Seattle bat Or,
i hate to call balls on you, but I've got to do
It. Does that look like fair work? We can not
make any kick on Fridays game, as Young
il the regular scheduled umpire, and his
decision will stand. G. E. Maxneld, the
League umpire ought to resign. He Is out on
hy,v NJ ria hfa-n fnp fho
Pacific, and cannot give the business his at,en-
tion II he had been with us we doubtless
could have put YOUNG cut. OF course, there il
but $500 per year In the ofice, but can get .
hrst-class man to do the work for nothing, and
do 1t properly. too. ! have just wftten Max.
field pretty hot letter on the subject asking
him to give rs another umpire"
Several of the statements In the above are
known to be lies by everyone who saw the
game.
Umpire Young was shown the above last
evening. He said: 1.-THE hard part OF this thing
10 the cold-booded audacity of the people who
set up these claims. cannot see what they
can mean. Everyone who saw fridays game
can attest that was fair have no reason in
the world to give the Portlands. or any other
team, the worst of it There were
many close decisions in that game
and defy the Portands to demonstrate to me
wherein i was In the wrong. If Mr. Harris or
Mr.. Van Derbeck can ind IN umpire who Will
de better work than am now doing he can
have my unenviable position. This nan Hulin
has 1t In for me. In the Portland.
Tacoma game he refers to he came
to me before the game and
asked me to favor him, al he was new to the
town, and wanted a show to nj AXE reputation
did not favor him as he requested, and he has
been indignant ever since. ! really do not be-
lieve that had the better people of Portland any
idea Of how their team acted while here, that
there would be any feeling over this matter.
They would lose interest"
The Portland team while here acted in q man.
| ner that did not compare at all favorable with
the conduct OF the Spokane and Tacoma teams.
| and Manager Harris rather aided and abetted
| his men in their ungentlemanly work, such "a
stealing balls and creating disturbances, in
| stead OF Insisting upon God behavior.
| The people of Seattle will not soon forget that
| Manager Harris refused to pay fine and let
| Manager Rockwell pay it for him, and that he
| would have disappointed crowd rather than
! give up personal point.
| Tacoma Is ga fled with Umpire Young's work:
SO 10 spokane; so 10 Seattle Portland is not be-
cause 1t wishes some excuse for not playing
ball.