Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-07
PRESIDENT M'NEALus
Has Something to Say About Umpire
Bailey and other Matters.


Bailey and Other Matters.
President McNcalus OF the League
said today; "Thi3 mornings Fort
Worth Gazette prints the following In
It's report OF yesterdays baseball !
game:
"fn the fourth inning Mackey, Tor
having a strike called ON himself at
tempted to assault Umpire Bailey and
was promptly fined S25 and put out Of
the game This sort Of behavior should ]
not be tolerated here for "A minute, and
Manager Richards should not permit
t.. Mr. Bolluys work here last week
caused great dissatisfaction and there
was considerable ill-fccling displayed |
towards him all through the game yes
tcrduy. and his work did not do any
thing 10 alleviate IL. Mr. Bailey evil
IDENTIFY tries to be fair and conscientious
In mis- rulings, but he has lost the con-
ndencc OF the Fort Worth ball players
and people as an umpire, and his
further retention here Will only cause
bad blood. His being sent bnClS here
was IL serious blunder. The sooner Mr.
Bailey "a taken away from here, and
also kept out Of any game IN which the
pnnthors take part in the future, the
better for the league.
Manager Richards telerraphcd 10
President McNCaus last night, stating
that ne would not allow Bailey to
umpire on the local grounds.
After the game several outsiders
attempted to ugsnult Mr.. Bailey, but
they were promptly suppressed and
Jailed"
Manager Richards. President I,nsqi-
ter, nor any other person connected
! with tho Fort Worth baseball club.
has never made one word of complnint.
/ either verbally by wire or mail against
Mr.. Iniley's timplrlnr, A abatement TO
| the contrary. however, has twice boon
printed In the Gazette. nud the prcsi-
/ dent of tho league Wishes to cmuhntl-
| cally deny IT,
! An the information tho president OF
! tho league has ever had conccrnlnlr
| tho trouble OF Umpire Bailey I'm Fort
/ Worth he Inns guiupd from tho pub.
/ lshed rcpnrts; hut mo- o0lclnl Commune
[ uicatihn. OF any character, ng above
stated has over been made 10 him.
As regards the forfeiture or tho game
/ 10 sherman last week. ITn,nire HALEY
could do nothing else vitbout vinIn-
tlun of the rules. There As no dlscrc-
tluu left him Ia the tnnttrr The r,,lc
covering the case says he "ahnll" for
felt the game under such prurcedlnra
AZ took place Mt tho time Tho rule
docs NOT sny he may of he "can
but Il liz main 1nd mnpant,ry mo- H.,
"ahalr' forfeit n
Az to tho criticism nb,ut IN, nrceI-
don't sending trmpirp FINLEY 10 Is,rt
Worth. 1ie ana il brrntiss ~ th, r,n,.
pllmontary termg in which Tho lTnrt
Worth amusement and tho Fort
Worth newspapers spoke of MIR
pnilcy's work in tho enrIy ya,,,cs nrJ
for the further reason Tint tho t,innires'
,cho1,,,, ,.,, ,,,,I ~ ~ "lnpltun
OF Tho season and II wos nn ,I ulguii X
to make chnnrea vyIthnut cost,n,, tho
league heavy expenses OF railroad fnrc
I'm bringing n man nom sa,,tG 'ra,a,
and sending Umpire HALEY into thnt
division OF tho rlrcult ''''''
So far ns tho ,ynrl, az tl,nntr, pot.,.
IN couccrned-nnd for mat matter ia
work of the ontlre atnnf thn rr,si5,,,,
OF the league unhcgltntinriy inhnrans
IL. Thcre ls ma scuttr,s,f 1919, sut /,
baseball A strlct internretotior mn N
rigid enforcement OF tho rules. yvitho,tt
fear or favor 10 either tbc now, ~, ,,,
or tho visitors ia nIl maj shn,td ,,,,15.,
the umpire. Tho howIlnr ~ thn NM,
i've nor cont Of yybnn, ,or,,i,. 80,
read tho riles or know, ba,, a., ,,So,',,,,,,,
them-shouid have mo- weirbt m
piring TO nlenae tho i,o,,,a ,,,,.,,,
would be dlagracefui and V d,sho9 1FSwu !,
the rules had to be Violated In nr,lor ~
do so. ''NV' "
a Fort Worth afternoon pcvvan,no,
recently publighcd mo stnton,nnt No,
| Umpire Bailey did NOT viva Tho b,,t,,,
team the one minute reouircd Inv ths
I rules when he declared mo shcr,ren,
Fort Worth gnmc forfeited This stntc.
irnrl ,a,l Us mat tho x,-,Itar a., ts,,,s,,s
OF the rules. Tor no cone nlnniS" ~,
any other length OF time is nro,,i,' \,
In tho case. The rule--5e. section T..
. says;
, "The umpire ia the so,e ana ,h,oi,,,,
F.: judge OF play. In no Instance ami my,
person. excent tho rantnlr ~ ,h,.'.,' ~
, netting ten,na ~ ILL.,, " Wv .oul