The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-04
FEE LOST HIS temper
Took OienSe al Umpire WagHer'S Decision
and Made an Assault on Him.
WAS ORDERED OUT OF The GAME
Wagner Refused to Fine Him or Take
Action Against Him for the Assault.
Fee Pitched a Remarkable Game Up
to the Ninth lnning-We Lost the
Game in the Eleventh on Errors.
Hnzlston had the satisfaction of tax.

Hazlston had the satisfaction OF taxi
ing a second game from Scranton yes
tsrday. II took eleven innings 10 de.
eide the battle. hut the Mountain City
lads were in the game to the finish.
Manager Hanlon. who keeps an eye
on the Hazlston players and hquidates
their bills, was In former years a Sun
day school teacher, and when he took
his men out to the park yesterday at
terdsy afternoon be preached for them
y sermon. With the conduct Of Gus
Moran rising vividly before him hs
slcqusntly proclaimed the gospel Of
peace He told them that II an srring
brother smote them on the cheek they
should turn the other and not their
knuckles toward him.
They promised TO obey.
But man is perverse creature and
proue to give full rein 10 his temper
Thus il was with Jack Fee. and iad 10
relate, he fell. Fee was the visitors
pitcher, and encouraged by the plauiits
Of a delegation Of his neighhors from
Carbondale. hr pitched IA II his life de-
pended on the game. la the first eigHt
innings only twenty-sevcn mem bers
Of the home club we're at bat and not a
solitary run hal been scOrsl.
Fee smiled aud wSs jovial
Il was splendid satisfaction to him
TO thus administer defeat TO his old
managers team.
THEY LANDED on IRE.
AZ he stepped into the box at the
beginning Of the ninth he considered
the game won. smilel rajiantiy as
he faced S,al'z. the first Scranton bats
man For the first time Staltz sue
cseds1 in locating the bsll and knocked
ont a single. Hogan aud Patchen fol-
lowed with similar hits filling the bases
That is when Fee should have dis
played bis GOODNESS, but be didn't
Massey flew out TO Conroy aud Little
Wetzsl xt lined the ball out for
three bases In the meantime, assisted
by an error OF Moore's Staltz, Hogan
and Patchsn had crossed the marble.
and the official scorer credited them
with runs. WestlSke found the ball
with his willow and on Jordan's error
reached second, and WestlAKs scored
Doran struck out, bat the score had
been tied aud Manager Swift looked
pleased
Fee did not. There whs visible sign
Of heat about hiI collar.
Hazleton did not score in its half OF
the ninth and neither did Scranton in
the tenth, the side being retired in one,
two, three order.
When Fee went to the bat in the last
half Of the tenth two men had been re.
tired and Conroy was on frat. Fee
made two offers but failed to connect
with the ball, and the umpire called q
third strike on him. The decision wap
Just, bat it was plain to be seen that
Jack did not think 30.
ASSAULTED THR UMPIRE
He dropped his bat and started on q
run for Umpire Wagner. who was off
ciating behind the.pitchsr's box. Sew
eral players anticipated Fees action
and made q rush. grabbing him just ~
he made q vicious blow at Wagner
face The action undoubtedly saved
the umpire from injury
Manager Hanlon was on the field In
an lnbLhut anu tOOk Juo IeluoIhnt rec
from the scene of action. He was moi
allowed to continue in the game, but
the umpire declined to fine him or take
any action to have him punished. The
affray will probably be reported offic-
tally to Secretary Diddlebock tomor
row.
Jordan took Fees place In the bo,
and Pitcher John Ely succeeded Jordan
in right field The new pitcher has {
deceptive drop and had no difficulty IL
retiring the Scranton men In the elev-
snth without any runs being scored
In the last OF the eleventh on errors by
Massey and Westlaks and long drive
by Moore to left field. Hazen scored tn,
winning run when two men were out
The score: