The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-27

Was there ever a more exasperating
case OF favoritism than was shown yes
terday in the game at Rocky Point when
Umpire Finneran. one OF Taylor's new
impositions on the baseball public. did all
he could TO give the game TO the Bisons
and when he found that IL was not In his
power To do so allowed the game TO go as
a tie.
The patient baseball loving public OF
the city had all IL could do TO control
themselves on Saturday in the face OF the
rank injustice done the losing team, but
when the same work was carried TO the
point yesterday the explosive point was
reached and though no direct violence
was offered 10 the baseball pirate OF the
game the crowd several times was very
anxious to be at him and at the end of
the game Jostled him about with hope
Of provoking him TO something whereby
they might vent little OF their feeling
upon MIN.
II is not the intention OF the writer 10
encourage rowdyism at a game, but the
crowd that could refrain from tackling
Finneran yesterday deserves the greatest
OF praise. II the umpire's actions yes
terday were not enough 10 convince the
most narrow minded fan that he was
playing for the Buffalo team and for the
interest OF President Taylor. then he must
indeed have been blind.
When the game was about 10 be started
Il was agreed that IL should be called a.
5 o'clock, that the team might catch
trains for Buffalo. When that hour came
the Grays were ahead and when Dunn
asked that the game be called with in
structlons from Stalllngs, Finneran decid-
ed that the game should be played fur
ther. At the end OF the ninth inning
when the Grays had tied the score and
IL was too late for the Bisons 10 catch
the train, fearing that the Grays might
nose out a victory stallings bade his tool
10 call the game and despite the protests
OF Manager Dunn this was done.
But that was not all that made the
game so long 10 be remembered Pitcher
Bracket and Finneran had a nixup, ow-
Ing chiefly TO the fact that the umpire
was not giving him all the best Of the
work and calling everything he threw up
q strike whether II was or not. OF course,
Finneran had 10 make some kind of a
show for giving the home team justice,
even though he had orders ann was ex-
pected TO favor the visitors When Brack-
EFT could not have things his way he be-
gan calling the umpire names. Finneran
tolu MN 10 play hall or else get out OF
the game. The eplthets which the pitch
er then hurled at the umpire were such
as TO make his blood boil and before the
crowd was aware Of what was happening
the two were mixing things. StallinEs
went 20 the aid OF his pitcher and rescued
him. From then on the umpire was IA
the expression goes. cup in the air" lie
went completely blind as 90 balls and
strikes and when men went down 10 bases
he was simply unmcntionable. though Il
mus be said that In Il all he favored the
Bufalos as he has done during the entire
series here.
As 20 tho game itself and the bad de-
oisions OF the umpire they began with the
first ball pitched up. aud continued with
out surcease until the end. They were
always. however "a favor OF the Buf-
faloes. lie allowed Mattress 90 be safe
In the first inning when that player would
have been called out on strikes by "a man
half way fair lie favored Gettman on
first. This work continued with Hardy
getting the worst of 10 all the time. and
BrOckett being Favored until that worthy
thought that all he had 10 do was TO lob
them over and they would be called
strikes when things went contrary then
he went ugly and was banlshed.
The game fairly bristled with good and
bad plays. In which the Bisons were again
the worst offenders. They had i've errors
20 two by the Grays. and they were also
outhit just as fast as the umpire al
lowed the Bisons 20 corral runs the Grays
would take them back and 30 the game
was kept AZ fever heat AL the goinf. Po-
land, Crist and Selbach were tho men who
figured chiefly with the willow for the