Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-15
cUDwoRTH,s POOR UMPIRING.

POOR DNAFAhAN"' The Local Team Defeated by Bing- hamton Aided Materially by Umpire
 CudWorth - The Game Well Com
 tested From Start to Ftnish-GruDer
 Pitches an Excellent Game-Shan-
 non Still Unable to Play.
 The New Haven team did not legitimate Iy lose yesterdays game to the Binghamton club, although in tLe championship record it will count as victory for the latter club. Umpire Cudworth was judge of the play, and to him is the loss of the game ! by the local team due. In every instance l where there was close decision it was in- variably given against the home club. As a result the visitors were given the game. ! There have been 8 number of incompetent umpires sent to this city to umpire games, but as yet none has reached here more ab- .solutely incompetent than Cudworth proved himself to be yesterday. The staff of the league with one exception Dorescher) is composed of the poorest set of umpires that ever stepped upon ball field, and it is 8 crying disgrace to the league that such utterly incompetent men are allowed to remain upon the staff when there are plenty of capable men who could be secured. It is to this fact as much as to anything else that the small attendance in this oity is due. The public here are about discouraged at the poor exhibitions given by the umpires in the league, and are patiently waiting for the staff to be changed, after which the games will be better patronized.
 In yesterdays game Umpire Cudworth called Beecher out at the home plate when the catcher of the Binghamton club know ing that he had not touched the player made second attempt and finally did suc- ceed in touching second after he had crossed the plate. This decision took away one run from the home team, and as was eventually proved, the game also. This decision excited loud protests from both spectators and players, but the protests were of no avail and the decision went. In the eighth inning Townsend was given his first base on very close decision and one l which to the majority of the spectators
 seemed erroneous, but in this instance the umpire was right and the player was clear | ly safe Townsend finally scored the run | which tied the score. In the last half of l the ninth inning after two men were out
 Moran was given his base on balls and l eventually scored the winning run on 8
 two-base hit by Townsend. The decision
 of the umpire in giving Moran his base on
 balls was palpably unfair, as three of the
 balls pitched by Gruber were as clearly
 strikes as were ever sent over the plate, | and the man should have been called out
 and the side retired with the score tie: On one of the cars coming in from the game Cudworth was passenger. Here he
 seemed to be the target for a hot outburst ! of words of disapproval from many of the
 passengers, and it is safe to say that in
 consequence his trip in was not very much
 enjoyed by him. In fact, though the
 weather was warm, the words that passed
 between the passengers and the umpire
 were decidedly warmer, and Cudworth was
 the car in front of the Pavilion hotel amid
 misses from the by this time thoroughly
 incensed passengers. Verify an umpire'e
 lot is not happy one.
 l THE GAME.
 First inning-Mr. Cudworth twirled his
 mustache and called strike on Griffin.
 Then "Sandy" took courage and sent g
 grounder to second. Beecher hit hard
 one to short. Keeler fielded it well, but
 threw wild to first. Fitzgerald felded
 it and got him out at second. Flanagan
 and Donnelly made hits, getting respect.
 ively to second and third, but Cassian
 flied out to left field.
 Keeler made hit. The ball was thrown
 to first. Flanagan held it and wher
 Keeler took Ia lead off Flanagan put il
 on him. An old trick, but it worked
 Irwin flied out to Griffin and Slat>ery te
 Cassian.
 Second inning-Blansfeld flied out te
 Moran. Cross made hit and stole second
 Wells made hit which would have ad
 vanced Cross base, but by idiotic coach
 ing he tried to get home. Gruber wal felded out at first. Wells caught diff
 cult foul by Wilbur. Staltz struck out
 Lehane hit to Cross, put Flanagan muffet the thrown ball. Moran struck out Third inning-Griffin hit fly down tt his old stand. Beecher was felded out a first. MT. Cudworth, the gentlemanly umpire, struck Flanagan out. Townsend made hit. Fitzgerald struck out. Keele hit to Donnelly, who started to throw tt second, but Blansfeid didn't cover th bag. The delay was dangerous and Keele got first. Irwin sacrificed, but Slater, was felded out at first
 at first. Cassian made hit, but went ou on trying to steal second. Blansfeld got base on balls. Cross made two -bagger : but MT. Cudworth called it foul. Thel Cross hit to the pitcher and was feldet , out. Wilbur hit high foul towards Jeff field. Cassian made beautiful runnin Z catch and clawed it down. Gruber feldet Staltz out. Lehane hit two fouls ou towards Donnelly; the next one was ii , Wells territory, and that settled his foul making for that inning.
 8 flied out to Staltz; Griffin did likewise Moran made a hard drive to Donnelly Townsend hit the same quarter, only witt @ less force. Fitzgerald struck out. !; Sixth inning-Mr. Cudworth started o1 the sixth by brushing off the plate. H : did it with his bare hands, too. Beeche flied out to third, Flanagan was felde a out at first; Donnelly made a two-bagge, :, but Cassian flied out to Wilbur. Mr.Cud worth started off the second half by clear ing off the plate with broom. Keele @ flied to Donnelly; Irwin made his first, bu @ was forced off. Blansfeld made 8 poo throw to Flanagan. An easy double pla B was spoiled and Slattery got second. Wi 'l bur hit to Flanagan and ended the ir y ming.
 Seventh inning-Moran made beaut
 full catch of Blnnsield's fly. Cross we
 fielded out at first. Mir. Cudworth twirle r. his mustache and struck Wells out. Cru @ Der felded Staltz out at first Lehan 7. fouled out again to Wells. Wells thre, t.rr Moran out at first.
 Eighth inning-Gruber flied out t
 Keeler. Griffin and Beecher made hit
 Flanagan sacrificed. Donnelly hit t g. l short, who tumbled 1t, letting Griffin 1T a- Beecher slid in. When he got up th a. catcher touched him and Cudworth rule
 that Beecher didn't touch the base. Th T. decision was one of the rankest ever mad B. on the New Haven grounds and Beeche " told him so. Townsend hit hard one | F. Blansfeld, who made pretty stop an threw him out at first, but MT. Cudwort 'd called him safe. So accurate and fair a le umpire as MT. Cudworth couldn B. have made 8 mistake. Fitzgeral struck to Gruber, who thre U: wildly to second and both men were safe B. Keeler made hit and TownEend scored G. Irwin sacrificed and advanced Fitzgeral in to third. Slattery hit to Gruber, wh ! caught Fitzgerald between third and hom u Gruber felded Wilbur out at first. Seor lg New Haven 1, Binghamton 1.
 le Ninth inning-Cassian hit to first. I'll B. first baeeman and the pitcher juggled u
 ball and Cassian was safe. Blansfield sa 10 rificed and Cassian was safe on secon, ar The former was retired from short to frs ul Cross flied out to Keeler. Wells a oronndar fo Tahspa and fha air