The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-15

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JOE coRBErT.
strained. Hurst followed Hawley and
Sugden under the grand stand after "a
game and punched both players in the
jaw" Umpire Troy Of the Atlantic
league assaulted n player while he was
umpiring. Frank Killen is the latest ad-
vocate of clicking" with his fists. His
recent assault upon Umpire Lally at Gin
cinnati because the latter called ball fair
which Killen thought was foul was TO say
the least, sensational But he caught
Tartar Lally was once pretty fair prize
fighter, and Killen's single blow was re-
turned threefold. Then Killen was arrest
ed and taken before a judge, who fined him
$25 and lectured the ground authorities for
not also bringing the umpire into court.
This was not Killen's first exhibition Of
ungovernable temper on the ballfield.
Last year, because Catcher Wilson, at the
Polo grounds, struck Killen's leg with his
spike in the act of sliding to the home
plate, the latter kicked tho catcher while
the latter was still on the ground. The
Pittsburg pitcher has reputation Of being
Ncfy tAClNuDlCt anu OtdtutIS lldNt ilktn uh-
vantage of this characteristic 70 impair his
pitching by taunting him till he would
lose his temper. To checkmate the game
killen has gone into the diamond having
both cars stuffed with cotton. Men who
provoke the wrath of an excitable person
are really moro guilty than their victim.
1t is possible that Umpire Lally said some
thing to Killen which aroused his anger to
h. ,,itoh hnfD Io ,olr
that blow. / am aware of the fact that
several National league ump,res, relying
on the protection of their official position,
frequently address language To objecting
players which is not only insulting, but ex-
ceedingly provoking.
Preceding the Killen-Lally scrap at Gin
cinnati by n week was another between
Second Base Man Childs of the Clevelands
and Left Fielder Burke of the local team,
which grew out OF Childs interference
with the lattcr's base running. Burke
lost his temper and assaulted Childs on the
base line. The result was disgraceful
fist fight in the presence of a large crowd
OF spectators. Last year, while Burke was
a member OF the New York team, he made
an assault upon Arson because he thought
the latter had touched him out" with
loiNtf bNb NliC blH SlliOuGp Niiltl
merely held tho Ii ghtweight at arms length
and laughed as Eddie tried to "land,"
first with his fists and then with bis feet.
Fighting on the field is not however,
confined To the big League Among the
latest outside tissues" were a sctto be-
tween Camp of the Grand Rapids and
Mcnefee Of rival club, in which the latter
was knocked down twice before he could
erot - ItyN, 90, tbn hot
doxical report Of the affair by writer who
was an eyewitness The very latest ex-
change of uppercuts among the stars came
of on the Chicago grounds when Catcher
Donohuo thumpod Clingman of the Louis
yilles because the latter ran into the
former ut the plate.
This now stylo Of playing the game will
not do, and the magnates can be depended
upon TO apply remedy at their next meet
ing People who 40 20 baseball games pay
TO SEQ the sport played according to the
rules of batting, fielding and base running
and not according to the rules of the Lon
don prize ring
Talking about fighting Is reminder
that Hanlon has plenty Of faith in Jim
Corbett's brother Joe as "A pitcher Though
the Baltimore club has not used young
SOAbciN lliilllbnFAiiD EhiAiNo
year, probably because tho supply Of sen
foned pitchers has been SO large. Inc has been
kept within calling distance on farm"
and has drawn his salary regularly from
tho Baltimore club lie may yet got
chance To show what he is worth as n ma
jor League pitcher He has no profession
vi experience save the little nc got under
Hanlon's guidance. There seems 10 be no
1f,taIf 10, al. a.ttg 20 mn
nger thinks Corhett will mako star with
littlo guidance and work.
a peculiar accident To- hall player was
that which bofcIl Pitcher Hunt OF Chi
rago amateur tenn While In the act of
delivering the ball he made a wild pitch.
At the samo time he fell to the ground
With "a cry OF pain, holding his right wrist
In his left hard. When lis fellow players
reached him, Hunt was insensiblo-had
tainted by reason of the pain. An exam
ination showed that Que OF the small bones
I'm the forearm had been fractured by the
motion or luIpe OF the delivery. Several
similar accidents are on record, the most
hotablo being that of Pitcher George
Winkcllnan ~ Cincinnati, who broke the
large bone Of his right arm while pitching
n ball 1t was such "A bad fracture that he
never fully recovered the use Of the mem.
bor.
The most notable deals In players dur
ing the last month wero those which
placed Jake Becklcy and Scrappy Joyce
with tho New York tenn. Had a predic-
tion been made last spring that those two
star players would &c members of the New
York team before tho season ended 10
would have been laughed at. Last ynr
the Now York clnh nade an effort TO pnr-