Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-06
BASE BALL NENS.
Hartford Forfeits a Game to the
 Local Team.

umpire W1lS0n OfQerS 1ruuy OuI VI
 the Game and On His Refusal to Go
 Gives the Game to Waterbury
 Exhibition Game After the Fourth
 Inning, So Says the Umpire Water
 bury Clearly outclassed Hartford at
 Every Point.
 It seems strange thing, yet fate must have decreed that Gene Wilson of the Republican should umpire that ball game yesterday at the Athletic field between Hartford and Water bury. It will be remembered that on May % Hartford and Waterbury played a game in this city and on a decision by Umpire Wilson the Hart ford management protested the game. The decision was one that any um= pire might have slipped up on and when the protest was taken before the meeting of the directors Hartford was declared in the right and the game was. ordered played over. Yesterday was the day for that game and through the kind forethought @ of the as- signer of umpiress there was no reg ular assignee here when it was time to begin the game. It was suggested by the captain of the Hartford team that two players umpire the game but to this Manager Harrington objected. MT Wilson agreed to umpire if it was satisfactory to both managers. Cap tain Truby sought out Manager Refs ling at the gate and in the presence of the writer he said that he had no ob- Jection to Wilson as an umpire but that his players said he did not under stand the game. Manager Reisling answered that he believed Wilson did know the game, that he was honest and would do what was right by both teams. Captain Truby then agreed to accept him as umpire and the game proceeded.
 Everything started off smoothly enough and while the umpire was clearly off in balls and strikes, one side did not suffer more than the other. His faulty decisions on balls and strikes were caused by reason of both the pitchers swinging in front Of him as the ball was delivered thus shut ting out his view of. the plate He was trying hard to please both sides but had his troubles before the first inning was oyer. There were a few
 
 several from the Hartford team, while the spectators were evenly divided, the more impartial saying that the um- pire should not be blamed, that he was doing his best, that he was not the regular umpire and that he was favor ing neither side. The enthusiastic cranks however were saying unpIeas- ant things about everybody in general and the man in charge of the umpires in particuplar
 The final blow came as the last man struck out for Hartford in the fourth inning. Edmondson was the man and he put up big kick on the calling of strikes. As the Hartford players were taking the field Captain Truby ap- preached Umpire Wilson and he said some things which were not heard by the spectators but evidently they must have been very unkind remarks for Captain Tfuby was fined and ordered from the game. As he did not move s from his position near the umpire watch was secured and the time taken on the obstreperous captain. It looked to the spectators as though Truby was refusing to play and that it was for such a reason the umpire held the watch on him. After the game it was learned that he had been ordered from ] the game. When the scheduled time was up Umpire Wilson gave the game to Waterbury on a forfeit and then there was a howl from all squarters. The spectators called for the game to proceed and Manager Reisling took a hand in the game and both managers agreed to play an exhibition game for the remaining innings At the period when the game ended in the declaring of the forfeit the score stood 6 to in favor of the home team. It was an unpleasant incident but while the um- pire might have been a bit hasty he was clearly right in his decision
 Waterbury was playing base ball up to that time however, while Hart ford was practicing ping pong or lawn tennis. Hartford started off with a rush on a base on balls and two sin- gles No more scoring came her way until the eighth when a single, a sto- len base and passed ball gave her another run. Another came in the ninth on two singles and an error by Fitzpatrick.
 Waterbury started scoring in the peeond inning on peculiar bunting. Luskey was the first man up and he hit safely. Then LindemanIl tried to sacrifice, but Edmondson fell down in trying to get the ball and threw the ball while he was sitting on the dia- mond- 1t went wild and when Har- disty recovered it he also threw wild and Luskey went over the plate while Iindemann stopped on third Short then tried to sacrifice and Kennefic fumb1ed it; Croughan tried a sacrifice and Hardisty made mess of it. That filled the bases and Scanlon who caught his first game since coming back from Norwich, hit the ball so hard to deep right center that the bases were cleared and Scanlon went to third. Kiernan sent him home with single and that was all the scoring done in that inning. Tn the third we took another on a miserable drop of Luskey's fly by McCallister and three base hit by Croughan. Three more came te us in the fourth on player being hit by the pitcher an error of Kennefic, two base hit by Slater and an error of the short stop. Our last two came in the sixth on single by McAndrews, an error by Miller, and two errors by Mylett who threw to first and the ball went. so far out of sight the first baseman would not chase it and the two run ners walked home. The score:
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