The Washington times., 1905-05-27

ST. LOUIS, No, May 2G.-A1F. ConnoI-
~ to the contrary Notwithstanding, the
Nationals became naughty again yes
terday and beat st. Louis by to 2
In the a-rbitration line Connolly was
about as successful as the arbitration
boards created by State Legislatures to
give good jobs to bum politicians. Up
to the present time there have been no
wires calling him to settle the Chicago
trouble His eyes were dim. but his
ears were. cooked forward all the time,
and while he could not see il man
were safe he could hear a mumbled i'm
precatiou from the players bench 10 the
box. This development of the sense of
hearing as the eyes fail is quito COM
mon, but it was SO marked in Connolly
yesterday that he should be corralied
and put in alcohol in the interests of
science. So bad was the work of the
alleged arbitrator that he was loudly
hooted by the ST. Louis elite in the
gyandstand while the great unwashed
IN the bleachers emitted many loud
squawks of infinite disgust. When
home crowd Is constantly letting out
whoops because of the raw deal handed
the visitors. 1t may be said that the UNI
pire is surely on the blitz.
Srahl Goes Out.
Jake StahI got the worst deal. Not
only was our boy manager called out
when everybody thought he was safe,
tut when Jake would have speech con-
corning the matter he was fired from
the game. It was the first inning, after
Stahl had singled and stolen second.
that Connolly astonished the audience
by calling him out. The manager tried
TO explain that he had been SAFE but
the umpire wanted to be real strong
with himself, and II was a case of
exit L. L, e to TOars of the angry mob
Many Of those present were there
especially to see Staki perform, and did
not take kindly to his punishment. They
protested loudly and Cnnneuy became
ratified. Just to show how strong he
was, he paused occasionally 10 call The
Nationals down for coaching from 2the
bench, and would threaten to make IL
q case OF Exeunt Ounnes If they did not
In the fifth round, after two out, Stone
attempted 10 steal second. He was
caught so clearly that the St. Louis
the Nationals had come half way 10 the
bench when everybody was dazed by
hearing Connolly declare Stone safe.
Even the st. Louis bunch laughed when
the decision was understood
Poor Decision.
HuelsTnan raped out q double in the
eighth round and tried to stretch it
into a triple. The consensus OF opinion
was that he got there, but Connolly
again Jared all hands by declaring him
out.
On balls and strikes he was just as
much of color. Men threw down their
bats. tn hiking they had famed, only to
find they had drawn a pass While
others had their gleefu1 shouts over
Supposed transportation changed into
speechless anazement when a wild one
was called as a strike.
I ana not much of q hand TO roast
uTnpires, and this conservatism would
naturally be increased by the fact that
Washington won out. Connolly was so
far off yesterday that he demanded es-
pecial treatment.
Washington won because it played as
II did earlier in the season, and did the
right thing at the right time.
Considering SJahrs absence and the
poor umpir1ng the team deserves q great
amount Of praise for its victory.
Scored in Second.
st, Louis got q run in the second in
ming On an error by Mullen, wild pitch,
error by NH and double steal by Wal
/ lace and Rockenfeld. Tho second tally
came IN the fifth round on a hit by
Gleason, error by Hughes on Weaver S
hot one, and Stones drive, forcing
Weaver.
| It might have been thought that after
losing four straight games in Chicago