The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-10
POLICE PREVENT BALL GAME
AMERICANS AND RIDGEWOODS
NOT ALLOWED TO MEET.
Big Crowd Disappointed by Sunday OBJ
servatiOn Associations ActiOn-Eb-
belts Makes Eleventh Hour Protest
Arrests At Van Nest, but Game Goes.

DeINN MAKES EItNNuhA
Arrests at Van Nest, but Game Goes
Owing 20 police interference there was
no baseball game at Rdgewood Park yester-
day between the Bdgewoods and a team
OF players made up from the New York Ameri-
cans. II was announced that complaint
against the playing Of the game had been
made by the Sunday Observance Association
Hence the action Of the police. captain
Aloncle Of the seyenty-seventh precinct OF
Queens was on hand with big squad OF blue
coats. who saw to it that the game did not
take place.
A preliminary game between local teams
was stopped, and several hundred persons
who were watching II and waiting for the
main game we're told to leave the ball park.
The money that they had paid to see the game
was refunded at the gate. These and hun
dreds OF others who we're on their way TO the
grounds we're greatly disappointed over the
turn OF events, and the indications were
that several thousand persons would have
been on hand.
The preventing Of the game between the
Ridgewoods and New York players r iolloNed
closely on the heels OF the action OF PRESIDENT
Ebbets OF the Brooklyn National League
Club in protesting against the New 1oIk
teTday. That game had been arranged
for some time, but Ebbets came IN with an
eleventh hour protest CHARGING az n,II IIlzs
ment on territorial rights. President herr;
mann of the national commission ueclded
that the game would be in violation Of baseball
law, and President johnson OF the american
League advised that II be cancelied 49,,
Frank Farrell owner ofthe New lork Anefl-
can League Club, theTeupon cancellen lhs
game. and members Of the team arranged
10 90 over to Hollywood Park and play as
individuals against the ludgeWooah' ne
players we're 10 nave tu,i,En ,.II NanRger
Griffith of the New lorks was not al fudge-
wood Park yesterday. -. s.,,,ra.,. b,,
Farrell concerning Ehbets's protest. the
New York man SAID; LAST lbll Nht oi ~
lyus played an exhibition gang AZ Up iihIs
Field in Manhattan with the MHItsS, giiInn5s,
MANY OF my friends urged me az lhst uihhe IN
10 protest this game ~ retaHatlon i4I 'nt t
brooklyn Clubs opposition 10 our playlhs ~
RidgeWood but refused to consider such an
understandable movement Tor molnehl
The police also We're IN tNluSSn nTg Satio5sis
and the Emeralds Of the Catholic lTotect3Ty,
al the latter's grounds az van Nssstt, he
he sppearance or Capt. Burfeind and four
Detectives Of the West Chester ponce s,atlpn
Neal. substitute player oi ,ne ,N,fhN W,liis5
Cunuln CHAM aud Charles NuHHlhh, me n1t-
terry for the Emerslds. were placed uhoer
There we're about 5000 spectators present
and for a time IL looked as though mere Would
he "A riot, but the officials OF the Nationals
CsIUad The crowd with assurances that II
MAS an right and that the game would be
DELAYED only short time. ~ was tsia Dy
one Of the players That INC teams Iau Otel
Yarpad that there would be an arrest ana
tbst Neal was put in in place OF a regular
,is,sr i'm order TO run no danger OF Gripping
ne team. The men we're taken 20 the, Nest
Chesteh lion house an9 Ne,e ,s9 W., yts,S
street az On the return OF the players, after
n half hours delay, the game began again
and went the whole nine innings WITHOUT
further interruption.
can't Bnrfcind said that the arrest was
the result OF general order Eent ont by
tIHnU,,,Vissioner NcAdoo after the Saba IN
ooT,pi,teo had come 20 him with a COM
NIaipt Two weeks aro. When asked why
Sc did not prevent ne re9sIgnI4pi,on 80 OF me
bers 20 soc II they were playing after the
srrest and 7 knew nothing about 1t IL Is
,,,dors5tood that the arrest was made ne a
80 case No admission was charged but
tbose who wished could purchase score
Corda for 50 cents.