The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-08

teams Ialiing TO hematn Within the bounds OF. bis po-
deprive tho captain OF either team from appealing TO
the umpire upon a question involving n legal inter
probation OF tho rules.
So that when II captain or player rushoa Mt an
umpire with the cry, He wasn't out!" whom tho
umpire says he was, n limo OF 50 or $40 can and
should bo inflicted. That kicking. goes for
nothing eau DO seen by sections 2 and 8 OF the
above rule. which read:
sEc. 9. No decision rendered by the umpire shall
be reversed by hlm In which the question OF an error
Of judgment Is alone involved.
sfc. :; should the umpire render any decisicn based
on an Illegal Interpretation 81 any rule OF the game,
the same shall he reversed ON the appeal OF either OF
the two captains. but not otherwise.
With these rules clearly understood by tho
players, umpircs, and magnates, the present sea-
hvi opened auspiciously on Monday. April 10.
Things went along smoothly until tho follow,
at Louisville. Burkett of The Clevelands. who
has been well educated by Tebeau, made a Wig
rulings and was put out Of tho game, although
no threatened to whip McDermott after the
Or April 90 at the Polo Grounds Umpire
Lynch had "a slight run in with Joyce, Lynch
declared Gleason out because he was hit by a
with him.. Lynch slapped on a $40 fine aud
threatened to make it S25, coupled with an ex-
pllsion from the game. Tho next day, at Gin.
left, his position in centre field and wrangled
with Umpire Sheridan over a base decision.
Ie was promptly fined SIS.
The New Works had q time with Umpire Sher.
idan in Louisville ON May 10. The Louisyillos
We're ahcad ana Joyce began obJccung 10 Sher-
idan's rulings. Then Davis Joined in, and as
he was not the Captain, Sheridan promptly
put him out of the game. Gleason and War.
ner also, Joined in the kick and were fined $25
each, all Of which penalties were according TO
The strict Interpretation OF the rulos. The next
HiSy; m .1asss sn Da Se.we from s1 bis %posit ana at S tirst
base, kicked. on IA strike called by Umpire
Hurst. for which he was fined $25. and when
no showed puglliStio tendencies, Hurst put him
Capt. GrffIn Of the Brooklyns, while playing
pirS o'Day because "a naf the ia iGene ea inait a BrooSlyn
base runner out. Griffin kicked so hard that he
got u so fine, and had TO leave the field; When
the New iorks got to Cincinnati for their first
Time. In running to third base, Pcitz, the big
of his pins, whoraupon the New York Captain
jumped to his feet and wanted to fight. They
Louisville was the next scene of disorder,
which occurred the next day. The philadel:
phias were playing there and the score was 7
over some of Umpire Sheridan's decisions. and
finally broke into the field, at the same time
i Mses saIi.SS u to mob no 1ot the umpire nrasr on Th t6s p sams
day Joyce had u run.in with Umpire Emslie In
CINCINNATI, and was put out of the game. -,
Umpire Sheridan's troubles seemed TO null
tiply, as the season progressed. His next
trouble was in Cincinnati on May l9. when
20 ennch InG biS f,r OF ca III ph} haioia oSt .e Mhen aF tse
ball. On May 20 sheridan put McGraw Of the
i'uiNiiho &C jill ihC htlu ~ " -.NOh
slant kicking and obscene language" There
was a long protest sent by Manager Hanlon TO
upon rpo2,p ths cincinnati hSins fe sIaS uific iais w Sassdl Y Yoens
that Sheridan was simply doing his duty In
suppress ling rowdyism. .,o
latter city on May %, Second Ba,eman O'Brien
and outfielder Lange had a fist fight, and both
These affairs were nothing compared to the
experience of Umpire Hurst in fittsburg on
May rs, The, Baltimores were playing there
npI n rlnsa laIisinn nv Hurst abnhlal than
70 win. After tho game the crowd surrounded
Hurst and several men grossly insulted him.
him down. A general row fol owed until ff-
teen policemen succeeded in getting Hurst out
Of the the S Sr,G oi bs a ho block KAY away az. a n man hit hurst h,d
ly sent his as sailant to grass. too. The mob
was closing in nov, and Hurst, breaking through,
out OF town. In Chicago on May 80 Hurst had
a little alteration with Jennings and Kelley
of tn Held. They we're we're a. also Si lined. "e'' 0f''f'o
The Pittshurgs brought their bulldozing
methods to the Polo Grounds on June /. The
umpire, called Holmes ost at second. Then
when Joyce kicked the umpire reversed his do
rounded II hi in' and he was r oan;ilsu handled for ora a
moment. Then he fined Paddon, killen. and
Donovan So apiece. put them out Of the game,
Pittsburgs then vented their wrath on the win
smashed to atoms. .McDermott had moro trou-
BILE with the Louisvilles, who followed the Pitts.
bnrgs. In tho game OF June 3 Pitcher Cum
throwing the ball over the fence and was re-
moved. from the game. On June 4 when the
knocked the ball out OF the Louisville short
stops hand, but McDermott said ne did not see
1 prSmp t1iSk calico eGas the um ahs L a arobber" e ena %as
fined $50. He shook his fist in McDermott's
face and was ordered from the field. Rogers
tried to punch him in the face, but was held by
the New York players. The Louisvilles were
Umpire Sheridan that same afternoon had a
row over at Eastern Park, when Manager Nicol
OF the st. Louis team. who was not in uni
idan ordered Nicol out Of the grounds. Over in
Philadelphia, also on that date, Umpire McFar-
p~rotiting ny their experience in this city a few
days previous. refused again to abide by the
ruling and forfeited another game. 8 to o.
Umpire Sheridan fined Monte Cross OF st.
Louis $25 in Washington on June IL, and
Cross WAS dragged out OF the grounds by tho
close game to the Baltimores and as they were
leaving the grounds they were ieered by the
crowd. Tebean showed fight and the police had
10 escort the Cleyelands to the hotel. On juno
10 Reilly of the Washingtons was fined $75 and
put off the field by Emslie for insulting Ian
Of The B9stons exchanged punches at Eastern
Park on June 81.
BecKley and Jack Boyle out Of the game pei for TI are
guing with him. Pitcher Damman OF Cincin-
natl and Pitcher Taylor of the Philadelphias
Ind a fight on the field. Hurst also had to put
Cooley out of the team on the day previous.
The first row OF any consequence IN Chicago
occurred on July .. when the .Bostons were
playing there, Lynch was umpiring. and when
he called a Chicago player safe at the plate
Catcher Lake of the Bostons protested. Anson
got into the arguInent and Lake tried to hit
MN. Lynch. In trying to separate, the belliger-
whercupon Anse squared off at him. Lynch
then grabbed the broom with which he swept
tho plate, and made IA swipe at the Chicago
out OF the game and also ordered Capt. Duffy
OF Boston out, too.
Sheridan mad a fierce time in st. Louis on
July, 10 during the Brooklyn game, as several
crankS. threw rotten eggs at him, as tokens Of
their dissatisfaction.
The New, Yorks had more trouble in Louis.
vile on July IL than any local team ever expe.
1 Tsn there before. They played two games.
UiiIi ,%o wen 3nr fairly In his contest George Davis
vile Capt in, had a smuggling match on second
base, and were both ordered off the field by
Lynch. The latter refused to umpire tho sec
ond game, SO the Louisville Club produced the
regular substitute umpire, James Wolf. When
the last half OF the ninth inning began the New