The Washington times., 1906-06-22
RUBBER BALLS!!
OLD, OLD TRICK
Atlanta Claimed New Or
leans Used the Live
ly Ones.
BOUNDED INTO BLEACHERS
Blow to Outfeld Took Strange Course.
Pitcher Manuel Put 1t Over
the Fence.

NEW ORLEANS, June PIN a game
as full OF lurid incidents as a day in
Rushin' Russia or a chapter from the
most awful of the Deadwood Dick series.
Atlanta was defeated by New Orleans
6 to in eight innings. Atlanta refused
10 finish ouf the game, and It was there
upon awarded to New Orleans by Um-
pire Kennedy by the conventional score
of 8 to 0.
In the ruction which ensued. otto
Jordan, captain OF the Atlanta team.
was arrested on the charge of stealing
baseballs. and before the Incident was
done with it took a Gordon of police
to get him safely from the grounds, for
the New Orleans fans went after him,
bent on tearing him limb from limb.
Atlanta Quit.
Atlanta quit the game because the
players charged that Charley Frank or
some of his foxy cohorts had run into
the game balls which were too lively
for practical purposes.
Harley was pitching for Atlanta and
Manuel for the locals In the first
inning the Crackers dropped on Manuel,
beat the bail all around the incIosure
and scored five runs.
In the first New Orleans put one run
ner over. In the sixth It tailed two
more. Nothing happened II. the seventh
and then came the eruption.
Atlanta did nothing in her half and
next came the Pelicans to the bat
Bird. the first man up. was an easy
out. and then came O'Brien. The said
| O'Brien Is a notoriously weak batter
but he landed on the curves Of Harley
and smacked the ball way out into
L..
bound and went into the bleachers.
Remarkable Doings.
That was a phenomenon which could
not be explained except on the theory
that the ball was more lively than the
rules of the game allow. But this han
pening was tame compared with what
foilowed' Stratton got scratch hit
and Manuel came after him at bat
Now MoXie is one Of the languid
Arthur Herman" sort OF batters. and
| nothing more than an easy out is ever
expected Of him. And yet he walked TO
/ the bat and knocked the ball over the
fence for the second home run OF the
1 inning. He and StrattOn. of course
scored and that put the Pelicans in the
lead by one run.
Grabbed the Ball.
| Manager Smith had been ordered off
the field in the seventh inning for
/ throwing a ball over the fence. which.
he said. was punk and Otto Jordan
was in full charge. When the second
home run came Otto frothed at the
mouth. grabbed the ball that Umpire
| Kennedy had thrown out 10 play with
and declared that Atlanta was being
/ robbed by the use of balls too heavily
packed with rubber. AS Jordan re-
| fused to let the Atlanta team finish out
| the contest. no course was left Umpire
/ Kennedy except TO declare the game
| forfeited to New Orleans
As soon as this announcement was
| made and the crowd got up TO go out
| otto Jordan made a grab for the ball
| in hope of being able to use it as evi-
| dence against New Orleans. Manager
\ Frank made a suspiciously strenuous
| objection 20 this and finally had Jordan
/ arrested, charging him with petty lar
| Ceny.
Only the presence of a goodIy force OF
! police prevented a nasty row at this
stage Of the game. The local fans want
ed TO take Il out Of the Atlanta PLAYERS
and Atlanta players were ready to
/ fight most ANYBODY.