The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-17

Roanoke az Richmond.
Petersburg at Norfolk.
Portsmouth at Lynchburg.


Petersburg al Norfolk.
Portsmouth at Lynchhurg.
Yea, the life OF an umpire is full OF
sritnIlatiOns. Just as the umpire HIM
self. is occasionally fun Of something that
now ana then gets him into trouble.
There are few men in the world who
have so many varied experiences as the
umpire the small boy jOies him from
time TO time according as the judgment
OF the gentleman with the tennis shoes
strikes the youngster. From away up
about the top of the bleacherios the big
ugly baseball crank. who has nothing
TO do hut purchase "A bag Of peanuts
and bet a coin on the result OF the
game. hurts an oath. coupled with n
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pire whenever that officials decisions are
at variance with his individual Judgment,
which Is itself Influenced by the value or
the coin Then the players look Cross
eyed st the umpire. turn ny their noses
and inform him I'm a quiet way that noun
ing but the probability OF beint hreo
from the league restraints them from
knocking him in the head with a bsse-odI
bat. ,..o,
sa,,sfactoriiv to a policeman. The po-
uceman doesn't draw enough salary 10
1us,ify him in listening respectfully. ne
,,mplre should write book. me uoaN
war artist OF a northern sensational udns
might illustrate II. Somebody else "esl".
inc umpirs Ia many cases Wouiu nav
vouch sor tht legends. else suoS0'
wound have t6eir doubts
A BAD DECISION.
so much fcA the umpire IN ge"e ,ar
~, for tho tAppre IN parucui"'
n,cTe1-po,t wore a small piack oap
tar3av. also pair OF tennis
tu,o-iays' beard. and few olne' '"'''e
besides his ightins clothes ne prI 80
a mask now and tnen' pun il, ao,,n his
e. ,,aver who Kicked. put down ms
Coo, bv way OF emphasis on announcing
hJs aec,sion. and pun MP blum III we
.,.ond inning. Doubtless McDerino'
,.o,,sht he was doing vight and 90 NOT
1,,est,on his intentions. They may nav
49,, ever so good. Some of his de-
ot,nons were pretty harsh on the Onai"-
pions. ..., q b,gh Nv ont
IN Fleming in the Becoed inning
Roanoke centre-felder seemed 10 pe W
tam of IT, and the general 'mpresSlo" We
-, he vould have no Grouole in reach
Co., u on a short run. He did. IL was
as plain as the nose On Roman soma
and then picked II up in flash 10 1901
,ha urnpi,e. NcDcrmott called hain out
The ruuaer kicked and so did Pcnd'r
and several other members OF the team
From the srand-stand and hleacheiics
came q loud protest. mingled with misses.
DR.. X. Fuller Gaskina deputy collector OF
laAernal revenue VINO occupied seat near
the front stepped, out on the catcher
territory a lew feey and protested against
H.Hs. Hs.f ont
Fleming drcrTet the ball II was the
general opinion that the decision was
warm roast for Richmond. From the
scorers box. on top of the grand-stand,
n could be plainly seen that Fleming
drcrped the ball The INDICATION among
tho spectators was at a high pitch. Nc
permott not only made a mistake IN
his decision. but followed it mp by try
Eng 10 Tit Dr. Gaskins off the grounds.
An umpire has no right 10 do this. lie
should summon a policeman. or other
officer. and have any outsider he thinks
proIcr removed. This is the rule in
the case.
LOOKED LIKE A BIG SCRAP"
But Mr.. McDermctt didn't do this. No
sooner did he advance towards DR. Gas
kns than that gentleman raised his UNI
brclla to strike the umpire. Half
dozen people stepped in and took hold
OF the two men, as II TO keep them from
getting together. Then another half
dozen thought proper 10 join the disturb
ance. Sergeant Epps. of the Third dis
trct. Officer Griffin two or three other
police officers. some bah players. the
score-card man. two lienrico constables
Sheriff John 4. Hughes. the park keeper
several vendors OF peanuts and pop. a
number OF spectators Sheriff Simon
Solomon. and some others all got mixed
up I'm the shuttle. and nobody knew on
actly why he took hand. or what his
grievance was. 1t required a good deal
OF discretion on the part of the officers
10 avoid an ugly general scrap which
threatened 10 terminate in a riot. Cool
heads and the appearance of clubs had
soothing influence upon the tempers
OF the crowd. and after some OF the
most obstreperous among them had been
persuaded TO get out Of the way. matters
were adjusted. and the grounds cleared
This closed up the deal and the pugilists
were soon seated complacently on the
bleacheries ready 60 resume the vocal
process Familiarity known as roofing
A PITCHERS BATTLE
The game was snappy and fun Of ginger
from start 10 finish. Every man worked
hard. There was a spirit anu dash about
the fielding that was refreshing. The
batting was slow. II may be said that
the battle ragged fierce between the
pitchers. Stocksdale pitched the game
OF his life for the Champions up TO the
ninth inning. Ills speed was noticeably
good. and he controlled the ball hand
somely. For eight innings the visitors
tried In vain 10 solve his delivery. In
the second inning Hi sent single across
the second bag. and McGann hit sharply
20 left field In the seventh. In the eighth
Williams sent hot one TO centre for one
base. These were the only three men
who touched the bow legged twirler until
the ninth inning. so well ala he handle
himself in the box. Three sharp singles
by Lynch Wrigley. and McGann in the
ninth were nicely punched and with the
assistance OF an error. permitted the visi-
tors TO score twice. and spare themselves
the humiliation OF a shut-out.
For Roanoke. kimball pitched bcauti-
ful game. holding the Champions down
10 I'VE scattered hits He sent only one
man 10 base on balls. and did not throw
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