The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-10
THIRD CAME Goes TO PROTEST
Trouble Over The Umpire the
Cause of Dispute.
Ono Umpire Declared il Forfeited tn
Chicago and Another Declared il
Forfeited fo New 1ork-Thc Ma
t5onai Comm sion VIII Have to
>~trai.htcn Matters Out.

New York. August ---Somsthiug
unique I'm baseball occurred here to-
day when The game which vas - have
been played - the third Of The present
series between the New York and
Chicago National League clubs did not
take place on the Polo Grounds Each
club claims that the other forfeited.
so III" national commission mus;
~Traignten L matters. and a lengthy
Wrans'e i bound 10 ensus. 80 FAR
a. tie National League can chonicle
the unpIayed game at present. Chicago
has been officially declared the win
ner 8 to 0, by forfeit.
At yesterdays game. the second u
the series. there Was ii good deal y:
III feeling shown on both sides on &C
oun oI decisions rendered by TIM
p.re johnstone. When Johnston. and
EmS!ie. the ump!res assigned Dy Pres
ident fuIl!am arrived al IN. entrance
10 the Polo Grounds today. JuhnSone
mas refused abundance and Emsl4e.
who accompanied him. declined 10
take any part in the game - long AZ
hi associate was not allowed 10 per-
form his official function. tombstone
then declared the game forfeited by
New YORK 10 Chicago. basiEg has de-
cl>Ion on the local clubs refusal 10
a1:T.t MN 10 the grounds.
t.lv crowd which numbered about
l1,000, wondered at the delay and
yelled pay ball. repeatedly while
Managers McGraw and Chance held
a consultation. McGraw called upon
his utility man, Strang, to ofnclate
as umpire. Chance refused 10 appoint
a raap Frnp1 his t.a =, .. y,ut.H j., ,,r-
junction with Strang. saying that the
game ha6 been forfeited under the
rules. President Charles Murphy. Of
the Chicago club, then took a hand
in the much mixed proceedings, and
after he had spoken Il few words To
chance, h Chicago players left the
grounds, il the belief that they were
perfectly justified in doing so.
\ few minutes later an announcer
jumped from the grand stan and said
that he had been requested by the
New York club TO make the following
statement:
Umpire tombstone was barred from
these grounds today by Police Inspec-
tor sweeney, who feared that the
presence of tombstone after yesterdays
tumult might incite q riot. Umpire
tombstone has declared the game for
feited by New York to Chicago Q to o.
Later on the again ad-
dressed the crowd which by this time
wass scattering over the diamond and
out field. saying: Il am instructed by
Manager McGraW, to say that he haV-
ing sent Strang out as an umpire, and
the Chicago team having ignored his
calling on them 10 play ball. the game.
under the rules Is forfeited by Strang
to New York . to 0, and the New
York club will protest the claim OF
the visiting club
Rain checks had been ISSUED prior
to the game. n the patrons OF the
club were informed that these checks
would be good for any other game on
these grounds during the present sea-
son.
Police Inspector Sweeney when seen
later on said that he had not taken
the initiative in preventing Umpire
tombstone from entering the grounds.
and added that ii was at the request
Of the gement Of the New York
club tina. he had acted az he did
Tonight the Associated Press reeeiv-
ed a dispatch from President Pulliam
of the National League, dated Sarato-
ga, regarding the forfeited game. Pres
ident Pulliam says hat the game was
legally forfeited TO Chicago, and that
he will stand by the action OF Umpire
tombstone to the finish. He adds that
50 long as he is president of the leaguc
he will sustain every forfeit made
where an umpire is refused admittancc
to any park, and that If this does not
SUIT the league, ii can have his resir-
nation at a minutes notice.