Waterbury Democrat., 1902-06-06
RASE BALL NEVIS
Two Riots Were Almost Started
 on Two Ball Fields.


 Ramon Ordered from the Game Here
 for Insulting Language-Jimmy Can-
 avan Makes a Big Kick and. the
 Game is Forfeited to Waterbury,
 Roger Connor and Tom Tucker Have
 a Scrap in Meriden and Both are Put
 Out of the Game-Resuits of Games
 Yesterday.
 There were many things doing down at the Athletic field yesterday after noon and the game between New Ha- Een and Waterbury was exciting enough to satisfy the most ardent crank. It did not start off like an exciting game for Charley Clancy had one of his off days and was inclined to be a little wild. The spectators sat in listless manner watching the game after New Haven had scored five runs in the third inning, but were awakened to the fact that Waterbury was in the game with both feet when her players tied the score in the fifth inning. From that time until the eighth in- ning the interest was at fever heat and then came a decision of the umpire which sent Jimmy Canavan into the air and sent the New Haven team home defeated with a. forfeited game to her discredit.
 And all the trouble was caused over another of the Bannon family. There are four of the BannonS and two of them know how to act as gentlemen and two others do not The two 1n- gent1emanly players of that name are the one in New London and the one here yesterday with New Haven. Ban non was called out on strikes in the eighth inning and immediately after his filthy tongue began to get ill its work. He had been reprimanded sew eral times during the game by the um- pire but this time his language was so insulting that the umpire ordered him out of the game. When New Haven started to take the field Bannon started to take his position but the umpire ordered him off the diamond. Mama ger Canavan even tried to induce Ban- non to remain out of the game, but Bannon stubbornly refused. The um- pire then drew his watch and gave Manager Canavan just five minutes to get ready to play with Ramon out of the game, but before that time expired he gave the game to Waterbury as forfeit Manager Canavan kicked anal said that the umpire was not regular man and could not forfeit tie game. Manager Harrington showed a dispatch from Secretary O'Rourkn stating tllat : he could not send regular umpire and for the local manager to use his sub- stitute. This is just what Manager Harrington did do for Riley who um- pired is the regular substitute. He did perfectly right too in removing Ramon from the game and like his brother the other day he should have been taken off the field as well.
 To say that Manager Canavan was wild is putting it very mildly. He claimed that the umpire made mis- take in giving the New Ravens five minutes in which to get ready. to play. He should have given them only min- ute. The rules of course say one min ute, but as the New Havens were given a much longer time it looks as if a kick of this kind would not amount to much. Several of the spectators took a hand in the argument which was go- ing on and but for the interference of the officers it is more than likely there would have been few scraps. The lie was passed between Manager Canavan and one of the spectators. but finally all were ordered from the field and what looked ike trouble of more serious nature ended in a wordy war.
 New Haven began scoring in the first inning when with a base on balls, a sacrifice and a long fly to left O'Brien scored. Waterbury went her two bet ter in her half by getting three men across the plate on three singles, sac rifice hit and a base on balls New Haven jumped away to the front in the third when Clancy gave four bases on balls, Henry dropped q fly and q sim gle and a triple sent five men over the plate. Waterbury tied the score in the fifth on four singles and a double. New Haven took the lead in the sixth on two singles, triple and home run. Waterbury made one more in the sixth and thus stood the score eight to seven, in New Haven's favor when the eighth inning came in which was all the trou- ble. The score and summary.
 NEV HAVEN