Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-13
Salt Lake Fans Treated to an
Exhibition Of Chronic
Rowdyism.
MOB THREATENED VIOLENCE.
REM on Doing Bodily Harm and Pos
.lbly Murder to Umpire Jones--PO
lice and Players to the Rescue.
PACIFIC NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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,,.t.o ,...nu,..,n,,i0 "a IS 900
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r,,, above table Of figures has no par
,c,lar bearing upon most OF what Is to
,onow There is nothing new In the table,
anyway
rhs salt Lake baseball fans, and a largo
,,o,tion Of tho Salt Lake public that cam
NOT be classed as fans, were treated to
c,bibltlon Of rowdy baseball at Walk
o,s acld yesterday Sunday afternoon
mat would warm tho cookies Of the heart
Of gbe worst anarchist In Colorado
no saw that the scene was disgraceful
mad degrading Is but stating 1t mildly
when A bail game, or the unjust decls-
TONS of an umpire, If you please, causes
sirh an outbreak Of passion as tnat Wit
,essed Yesterday afternoon, and 30 an-
wv otherwise supposedly sane persons
IN ibe extent that their hearts are hlled
,eitb me spllit Of mob violence ana muir
der then. indeed, Is tho great national
game falling into evil days
some have tried TO justify their rowdy
actions by saving they have proof that
iones "lntendcd TO give salt Lake the
worst OF II" Granting all that to be true,
a mat any reason why the man should
he attacked by hundreds OF Infatuated
mon and be treated as though he were a
mad dog such a spectacle as mat Wit
npssad ON lower Nam street rs shame
and "A disgrace TO the community and 10
,verv person who took a hand in II, While
angry men and boys rushed upon the field
with the evident intention Of dealing sum
ma1lv with the defenseess Jones, men
and women sat IN the grand stand and
some laughed with glce while others urg-
ed ON the mob with cries of KIN him"
Puclabe citizens residing I'm the neigh
horhood were scandaized at the SOUNDS
emitted from the park Wen they might
have imaingcd they were living In the
seated In the circus shrieked ana howled
with delight at The sight OF mes blood
being spicd.
THE MOBs MAD RUSH
with rush and roar the mad mob
rushed upon the field toward Jones. /
took but Il second to realize the danger
of the situation, and to their credit be il
said the bail players, Boise and Salt Lake
alike rushed Ia. the rescue Of Jones,
Selling baseball bats and anything that
would serve MS weapon, they formed
ring about the unhappy indicator holder,
aud with the assistance OF few police
men, managed to save Jones from the
mobs clutches There were several lights
but they were stopped almost as soon as
they were started. While tho angry crowd
olamored Tor Jones he was hustled into
carriage and the driver of the vehicle
made a rush for the gate 10 head II on
Failing to head on the carriage. they con-
tented themselves with shoWcring rocks,
sticks and mud IN the hope OF nmrng
the object Of their fury. But he was In
the bottom Of the carriage, and SO far as
EfgtuHu aegQnaN I'D nj
drove south and returned Co town on
street west Of the drive, Another carriage
drove out Of the gates and started town
ward. Several Of the mob thought Jones
was in IT. and threw missiles at the yehi-
Gle,
WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES.
What happened to Jones?
lie was hurried up town and to the
Wilson hotel. lie had been stopping al
the Kenyon and a crowd Of probably 100
assembled there, expecting To see the UNI
pire drive up But he came not
me trouble began when MCkcyitt OF |
Boise was mt bat IN the ninth inning
Jones work all day had been bad, This
cannot be disputed, but the more conser- |
NauYc agree that the man simply does
not understand the game well enough to
act lu The capacity of umpire They do |
noI believe that he purposcly gave rank |
decisions but whether he intended It or |
crowd and there was large crowd pres |
rn' proudly 200 persons, His judgment !
ON bais and strikes were In nearly every |
instance erratlc. Balls he called strikes. |
snI strikes balls He gave Boise bad |
us sV,, y. nut SAT- Lake got the worst !
THE FUN WAS on.
Elmer Meredith pitched BAN to Nc |
NtVtl and the latter swung at ID and /
missed Jones called II a bail, Meredith |
"as Wild with rage. So was dad"
lalk and IN u second there was a rush |
ol Jones, all protesting vigorously, but
W. no purpose Jones fined Meredith s. 7
',l olafk SlQ During the hot words be-
N't4 Meredith aud Jones'. the former |
.W1ck the latter and thon MoCloskey
ushed ON to prevent further trouble. This
gg' Iuel To he signal for the bleacherltes
m'it was an angry roar and then "A rush
wv we ned Men fought and struggled
" ue lle ulst 20 lay violent hands on
Zones. McCloskey mounted a bench and
W. 10 make a speech, but the roar that
q ''ied marc Anthony when he uttered
ne ltst words Of his famous Grafton over
W. , p"T1E OF MS friend, were as the pipings
,roe,cI I compared with the howl that
''o'd john the Honest.
THREW WATER ON CROWD.
second Bascman o'Connoll tried 10 nour
w. on the troubled waters. bv throwing
,,"lgr on the crowd. and Il was reniiV
N.Y.. .i9l 10 behold the eject OF the AQUA
Hal , u1 "l we mob, or that portion OF
,I1l received the shower This created
n'oui pede toward McCloskey and he was
5owr' i,"hously dumped from his lofty
, ~ while some gay rooter ioyously
\, g C2nnell Kick that threatened to
r,,,nao payers spine.
W '.h shflek or rage O'Connoll took af |
the rooter-booter and smashed h e.
wa Upper All this time tho crowd
,b, Iellng Ike mad. No assemblare ~
fa' IIHs ever behaved 20 disgracofnuy |
5r pyICe rendered valuable aid i'm san.
~ Jones' but there was one of Tho ~
l,i5 VINO did about as crazy a thine ns
nlu be Imagined, ''''"s 90
m n,h we mob started for the field this
,c ,Li Pulled a revolver and ruehed INTO |
nm iiNh9Sl OF the fray. He carried mo |
sstorcd t hand until quiet was partly |
NV dhd then replaced Il I'm his monk. |
nay policeman should bo riyen abo,,t
Hafs 70 think over his folly. Witbout
.io5' W. TO shoot he might have shot ana |
- S''1 fS 1901 enthusiast, crazcd with de-
,r,s 90 something more than tbrnu,
WIS nigh have tried 10 v,rcncb ~, ,hIo TOW
,t,,, tno Policeman and-a funeral m
I" 't Iment followed. A dozen unfnr,,,n
,"ns' might have hapnened AMI
ay nan absolutely no need of a g,n
ga" po's ana clubs were sufficient
CHokED A POLICEMAN
~ goIHng athlete named Smith Thought
shea NeIs out OF place when thew
,portuSI,9f..o me Geld ana he took The
abbing ", oNpiessing HIS thoughts hy
Iotbtth sergeant Dick Eddmgton and
nd any, inecr In an afioctionate stranEl".
'cc"dcu, tried 20 hold them back uo
!. Was ar,d ior a time, hut for his foliy
d ne "Ilvsted ana taken To tho italian
~, Was released later " '"e S'a''oh'
p disrVssI,,oer mas been the principal topic
e moe s sa, ON the streets today. and
u soper minded pronounce The M.
va San that Jones fully intended a.
an n"1 lake the worst Of H. and seV'
sy boar1dp told the writer today TINT
n, ZONE team what was eoming " s've
sol for yiog', Jones was not fair Is no OK.
ucv Nv, plating the law OF order and do.
'' ~ was violated yesterday,
THE GAME PROPER