Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-04-20
WARM INNING
In Connection With Yesterdays
Ball Game at Gin.
ton.
TROUBLE WITH THE UMPIRE
Latter Makes Rank Decision
Rock Island Is Defeated
2 to 2.

Because he defended himself
against a threatened assault by the
umpire in the game at Clinton yester
lay afternoon, Jesse Ruby. left fielder
On the Rock Island Three-Eye league
team, was dragged out of the park by
a guard of policemen. and hustled be
fore police magistrate and assessed
81. and costs on a charge of assault
and battery.
1t appears that the Clintonites had
an old score to settle with Ruby. he
having had an alteration during a
visit of the Davenport team. of which
he then was a member. last season
and yesterday came the climax of
what had been the manifest DISPOSE
ton to get even since Ruby landed
there Tuesday morning. Beyond this
the aggravation of the trouble may
have been an Outcropping of
that same spirit that prompted Iowa
officers TO go across into Illinois and
Interfere during the removal of the
WOodmen head office from Fulton
Clinton, since those days. has nursed
trouble occurred in the sixth inning
while Rock Island was at bat RUBY
had three balls and two strikes.
Hit by Pitched Ball.
He was standing close to the plate.
expecting the pitcher TO split the plate
The ball struck him on the leg. He
threw aside his bat and started on a
trot for first base. Umpire Roberts
mOtioned him back, but Ruby. not see
ing him, continued towards the bag
Sweeney, the Rock Island shortstop,
interceded. and tried to reason it out
with the official. claiming that plainly
he saw the ball hit the batter. Ruby
and Sweeney walked towards the UNI
piTe. The latter told them to go to the
bench; that if they did not he would
force them to do so. The arguments
grew pretty warm between the UNI
pire and Ruby and when the former
made a start as if he was going to take
a handful of the Rock Islander Ruby
gTappled him by the throat. but did
not strike him. Rock Island players
interfered. and the men were separa-
ted before a blow was struck. Ruby
said that if he was not to be allowed !
to take his base he would insist on an
other chance to hit the bail. and pick
ing up his bat, he started for the
plate.
DO Not Listen to Explanation.
Officers who were standing around
evidently thought Ruby had shoulder
ed the hickory for another purpose,
and they surrounded him, and dragged |
him from the park, refusing to listen |
to him. or TO Manager Mcconnell, or |
even the Clinton players. who knew |
Ruby well enough to trust him at his |
word. Ruby was placed in a buggy
and conveyed to the justice shop. He |
a plea of guilty as the easiest |
means of getting out of the difficulty, |
and returned home last evening with
his teammates.
There was money on the game"
said Ruby this morning. and Clinton
had to win. There was no warrant for
the treatment | received. | simply de-
manded what any man who knows
baseball and saw the play will agree
with me l was entitled to. Umpire
Roberts would not listen to me or to
Sweeney when we tried to show him
hat he was not giving a square deal \
was not angry when | took him by
he neck, although his conduct was
most exasperating.
Put-Up job.
That looked like put up job to me.
Tor the trouble was over and | was
walking peacebly to the plate with
ny bat in hand when they grabbed
ne. They would not give me a chance
q explain; neither would they listen
o Manager Mcconnell Even the
Clinton players tried to induce them
o allow me to continue in the game,
'or they knew that l was in the right.
L was about the rawest deal | ever
saw handed out at a ball game"
Shortstop Sweeney says that the
Clinton officers have the widest vocab-
,lary when it comes to blasphemy of
my policemen that he has met in his
ime. He said that it was disgraceful the
way they cursed before the grandstand
Turing the trouble. calling both Ruby
nd himself all the filthy names
hey could lay their tongues on. Swee-
ey was so surprised with the conduct of {
he officers that he pleaded with them. I
ut of respect to the lady spectators.
o refrain from the use of such unbe-
oming language Doom played left .
ED after the sixth inning. He had II
cen loaned to Clinton for the two
ames. The work of Carlisle in the Il
utfield was a feature. The score of
game:
linton .O3O1OO3OO-7 g 2
ock Island .0OO20OOOO-2 3
Batteries-FIynn and Smith: Lundin
nd Cummings =,
At Cedar Rapids. 9,
edar Rapids0 OO3I2OO1I-S II 3 ;,