The Washington times., 1906-05-16
Man Who Assaulted Umpire
Worth Watching.
SEVERE EXAMPLE NEEDED
Deadly and Vicious Attacks on Arbi-
traitors Should Be Given the
Limit-Some Comment.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

done with Outfielder Clark. who brutal
ly assaulted Umpire J. NJ. Shuster with
a bat because Shuster ordered him OUT
of the game and off the grounds in a
game between PUnXsUtawney and OIL
City III the Interstate League on Mon
day.
Reports have it that Clark walked Up
to Shuster, Knocked him down with a
bat. and then jumped on him and kick
ed him. Shuster was carried away TO a
hospital suffering from a fractured
skull and numerous other injuries. and
Clark was locked up The arbitrator re-
mained unconscious for two hours and
at last reports was in a dangerous con-
ditio1.
Penitentiary for Others.
If 4 man were TO commit a similar
vicious and deadly assault elsewhere
than on the diamond it might cost him
from three to eight years in the peni-
tentiary, therefore it viii be interesting
10 note the punishment meted out to
Clark
There has long been a tendency upon
the part Of police magistrates and other
law officers TO too greatly underrate as
saults OF this kind. and in many in
stances fines OF a few dollars are i'm
o1enses. OF course. II is generally un-
deTstood that fights between PLAYERS
themselves, and players and umpires.
are largely family matters puniShab BILE
under baseball law. but there is a limit
10 All thlnSs- When player deliberate
" tries to beat out an umpire'S brains
ne should be punished, and punished
severely, and this attitude should be
upheld by others in the game. for such
a crime IS a blot on the Cleanest and
most manly Of national games.
Assaults Among Outlaws.
On several occasions last wear 11m-
pires IN the Tristate and other indie
pendent leagues were manhandled and
even badly injured. It became almost a
joke 10 read how day after day the
man with the indicator was I'm DANGER
o. losing his life, and apparently the
same thing Is about TO break loose
again Already an umpire has been shot
ard Killed in Texas by a player who
disagreed with his decision
II is bad enough for a player 10
SmaSn an umpire with his fist, as
Clarke Griffith did Tim Hurst I'm New
York, but when he is so far lacking in
self-COntrOl and every SpOruSmaulfke
instinct a S TO knock the umpire down
with bat and then kick him while he
IS prostrate and defenSeless the as
sailant should be abandoned TO his fate
and an example made Of him when he
Is called before the bar Of justice.
Pat Dougherty is now said TO have
definitely jumped to the Tri-State
League. He and Griffith could not
come 20 terms on the salary question
this year. and DOuEherJy has been
holding off IN an effort 20 get more
money. He threatened 10 jump 70 the
outlaws. and when that did not work.
u ent back into his she'll and waited
for Griffith 10 coax him some more
Last week it was announced that
Dougherty had come off his perch, and
comes the outlaw story again.
Griffith did not cry himself 10 death
about DOugherty. and il is doubtful
whether the deScrtiOn Of the outielder
20 the independents will cause anybody
10 lose sleep. IN Ill games with New
York last season he bdtted .263 and was
next to last IN the list of outfieldeTs.
with twenty-one errors, for fielding
average Of -S97.
Ralph Glaze. the old Dartmouth
pitcher. is wondering wien he is gCing
10 get a chance 10 sLoy, what he can
do in fast company. Glaze made a
great record as a college twiTler. and
was signed by the Boston Americans
but Collins has prefer I'd to rely upon
his old stand-bys. and Glaze has had
little 10 do except hang around the
Copley Square Hotel. in Boston. and eat
rich food. He IS philosophical youth,
and says that 50 far -he baseball Job
suits him right down To the ground lie
realizes that it is a hard matter for a
y
company all at once. and is -.
wiling 70 work his way up from the
minors If Collins does not think he is
yet ready for the big league.
Dave DeshIer. who won q, hfteen-round
scrap from Kid Sullivan some weeks
ago because his manager and the club
officials insisted, as soon as thev found
Sullivan had left his articles behind.
that the fight should be without hitting
in Clinches. was Outpointed by Young
Erne In Philadelphia on Monday night
in one Of those cute little Siv-rOrDd
goes According to some accounts II
must have been typical Philadelphia
bout. Deshler seemed afraid to hit Erne
and when he did land on him il was
with mild, lady-liSe blows which. so
says one disguised newspaper critic.
would hardly have broken the she'll OF
an egg With in6ghtinE allowed SullI-
van should be able TO hand Deshler a
beating fifteen rounds. but the New
Englander Is consistent in shying of
from the Washingtonian when a match
In Baltimore Is proposed.