The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-26

| who objected to the game played at Flor
ence in which the latter team used Allen,
pitcher of Bristol, without his having
been released from that team.
Robert Gotham, on behalf of Florence,
stated that he understood that Bristol had
Withdrawn from the league, and conse-
quently considered he had right to en-
gage Allen, even though the latter did not
have written release as the rules of the
league require. Mr.. Gotham admitted that
he had not received legal notification of
the withdrawal of Bristol, but gained his
impression from newspaper article .
Charles Green, manager of Florence,
admitted that efforts had been made to Sc
cure Allen with the knowledge that he
had not been released by Bristol.
Moses Louder, manager of Bristol, had
also entered q protest in which he said
Allen had not been released and Mr. Lou
der objected to his playing in any league
game except With the Bristol team.
That was all there was to this case, and
under rule Is, the protest was sustained
and the game was declared forfeited by
Florence and given to Riverside.
The second protest came from Borden
town, who objected to Burlington holding
the game won on the formers grounds on
June 49, The grounds for protest were
that Stanton, of the White Hill club, and
Cook, released by Florence, were put in to
bat in the ninth inning, without being
properly uniformed, and for the express
purpose OF beating Burlington, which is
in direct violation of the rule which re-
quires men to be in uniform and which
also says a club shall not change its play
ers for the purpose of defeating another
club. The umpire sustained Burlingtons
objections and waited 10 minutes for Bor-
dentown to get man to bat. Not doing
this he declared the game forfeited.
Mr.. Barry, captain of Bordentown, sup
ported his protest by claiming that the
umpire has no Jurisdiction over who shall
play in a game, that being entirely in the
province of captain. He also said he
was not acquainted with the rules of the
league, never having seen copy. On
this point Mr.. Holzbaur, manager of the
team, was questioned, and acknowledged
familiarity with the rules. Mr.. Barry
said that Cook was regularly employed to !
play in the game, but as the club had
only nine uniforms he could not be given
one. Mr.. Barry admitted that notwith
standing he had Cook on the ground, he
called Stanton, whom he knew had not been
released by White Hill, to bat before call
ing Cook, and that the only regulation
uniform on the player was base ball cap
and shirt, the latter hurriedly thrust on
him as he stood at the plate There was
no denial that the crowd rushed on the !
field.
At the conclusion of this testimony the
committee decided that the protest would |
not be sustained, as Cook was not in |
proper uniform at the time he was called |
to bat; and that the umpire was justified |
in giving the game to Burlington under
the rule requiring order to be maintained |
on the grounds.
These decisions, while not entirely rel |
ished by those they were not favorable to,
were acquiesced in. The clubs have a
right to appeal to. the entire league but
have not yet signified their intention to do |
SO.