The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-11
HEAR MONTGOMERY HOWL.
She CyS Robbery and Also Jumps on
the Schedule.

Poor Petty Given a Roast on a
Trumped-Up Charge of Interfering
With the Ball-Umpire Baker Also
Given Down the Banks-savannah's
@ Capture of the odd Game All That
Ais the Alabama Capital.
Montgomery, Ala, July 1O-Montgom-
cry was deliberately robbed out of to-
days game, and a strong protest has been
entered against it. The score was tied in
the ninth inning, and two men were out
for Savannah. Petty was on second, when
McGarr hit toward third base. Petty
saw that the ball was going directly into
Raymond's hands, and he deliberately
ran into it, knocking it out into left field.
Petty scored on it, and Baker called it
safe. There was general howl from the
bleachers, and it was only through the
most stringent efforts that Baker was
kept from bodily harm He had
to be sent TO town in a carriage under
police protection IL was a barefaced
piece of robbery and Baker should not be
allowed to umpire another game of ball
in the Southern League. He was heard
TO say in Mobile that he intended to give
it to McClosky when he met him and to-
day after the game he said thathe would
umpire the games in Augusta and would
roast the Montgomery team for all he
was worth Petty did the same trick
last year. He was then with the Birm-
ingham team, and was on third base with
two men out and Montgomery one ahead
in the ninth inning. A bail was hit and
Petty tried to score and the ball was
fielded to the plate in time. Petty saw
il and knocked the ball into the grand
stand before Land, who was catching for
Montgomery, could get his hands on it.
Petty has done this several
times Baker said after the
game that his decision was
given too quick, and if he had been given
chance he would have reversed it.
Armstrong and Billy George were re-
instated by Montgomery to-day Augusta
will play the two games that were post
poned here Monday aud Tuesday.
A KICK ON THE SCHEDULE.
There is a probability that an
entirely new schedule will have
to be made for the second sea-
son if Birmingham drops out of the
league and Columbus takes her place. OF
course the schedule that Birmingham
is going by now will not do for Columbus.
Not only would that city suffer, but the
entire league would be hurt by it, for the
jumps that have been made for Birming
ham would not do for Columbus and the
schedule would be all mixed up. Now
every one sincerely hopes that Birm-
iLgham will not leave the league,
but it would be the best
thing that could happen to the league if
this wretched attempt at schedule
could be reInodeled. 1t is without doubt
the most miserably arranged piece of
work of the kind that was ever given to a
long-suffering public and it has worked
more harm to the Southern League this
year than anything did during the whole
of last years season. The schedule that
Charlie Hart and Ted Sullivan furnished
last year was perfectly satisfactory to
everybody and if these gentlemen would
make another it would be confer
ring a favor on. the league.
Just look at the Jumps the
colts are making on this trip, for instance
They go from here to Augusta then to
Savannah, then to Charleston, then way
back to Macon, then to Atlanta, then way
over to Chattanooga, then way back to
Birmingham and then home The colts
leave Tuesday for trip that will last just
one month. They play the dudes in their
own city by the canal on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Monday and Tues
day being off days. Lots of interest will
Augusta team viii treat the colts as they
were treated over here, This is the first
lengthy trip of the colts this season, and
they will play all of their games on I'M
tried grounds They play twenty-one
games on the trip, and if they win nine
of them the home people will all be sat
isfed, as that is big percentage.
THE OFFICIAL SCORE.