Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-24


Andrews does not warrant such libel by
comparison.
CsptilIon's Version OF the AHaIr.
Here is clipping from the Des Moines
Register and Leader that gives Cantillons
version Of the dsgrscefGl scene at the
Omaha ball grounds on Tuesday after
noon:
NJ. r. CantiUon, secretary OF the Dies
Moines club sends the Register and Leader
the following story OF the game and the
trouble incident thereto; -, g.
Des Moines beat Omaha in an eleventh
nh In he nf irs Guj 81 the ninth inning. with
the score 10 against the Champions
Manager Rourke sent his secretary in front
OF the grandstand and each Of the bleach
ers to announce TO the audience that this
victory would put Omaha In first place,
This aroused the lighting spirit Of my
bunch and they Immediately went to work
on Pitcher Dodge Mckay walked, Caffyn
singled and Schipke sacrifced. At this
stage Of the game Manager Rourke coerced
Umpire Keefe into sending three policemen
on the Des Moines bench TO quiet the
players who, in their Joy of probable VIC
tory, we're roofing with might and main.
I Immediately informed Umpire Keefe
that unless the policemen were removed
from the playing ground would take the
Des Moines team from the field After. a
hasty consultation we had our way and the
game was continued Rourke's action In
sending police after the Champions is with
out a precedent in base ball q big police
sergeant and two assistants immediately
grabbed the Des Moines players who had
arisen at their entrance and showed them
around the diamond Inasmuch as no
or rules broken this action was without
justification. Even the Omaha rooters
turned on the Omaha team and Manager
Rourke and cheered for the Champions.
Umpire Keefe favored the Omaha team
from start to finish and his withdrawal of
the police was not voluntary but infiu-
enced by the spectators
Rain Prevents Game.
Rain Wednesday afternoon made the dia-
mond at vinton Street park so soggy that
after waiting until O'Clock in the hope
of playing Manager Rourke decided to call
of the second game Of the present series
with Des Moines. Des Moines men had
warmed up and the time had come to call
out the Omaha team when rain came down
in torrents for time. Cantillon was on
hand, but did not take tickets as usual,
preferring to sit in one corner of the
grandstand with his man Friday, Doyle.
Holmes Is FOrcibIe.
LINCOLN, May %. - Especial Telegram.)
To a correspondent OF The Bee this morn
| ing Ducky Holmes, manager Of the Lin
coin team, expressed the greatest disgust
at the conduct of Cantillon and his Des
Moines team in Omaha yesterday, by
which they, using the umpire as their tool,
stole the game from Omaha and disgraced
the game.
II have wired Rourke that l am with
! him as far as he wants to go. We cannot
afford to let rowdyism rule in this league
| and we won't do it. At the first of the
season felt myself somewhat under obli-
cations TO Cantillon, for he was generous
| with me in letting me have a player or
| two, but I do not consider and Cantillon
cannot expect me to allow that obligation
to extend to the limit of countenancinR
outlawry on the part of him or any Of his
team. 1 won't do it. / am for clean base
ball and l will do everything in my; power
TO have clean base ball for the patrons OF
| the Western league. 1 have my own inter
ests and the interests of the people who
are supporting this league in every city
on the circuit to look out for. Mr.. Cantil-
lon must understand now that he cannot
| persist in such depredations,
| When Des Moines was at Lincoln things
were little better than at Omaha. Can
| tillon put his men up TO a plot deliberately
of putting Jack Thomas out of the
game" The scheme was 10 spike him
and it was tried several times, but Thomas
was onto it and escaped. They had it in
| for him for something or other.
Duncan Declares HiInseIE
SIOUX CITY,. Ia. May 2S.-Ppesident
Duncan OF the local Western League clut
tonight expressed himself as being ir
| sympathy with the proposed shake-up In
the league advertised by Manager Rourkt
of Omaha "a
81 will make haste to attend any meet
ing that may be called to get rid of Can.
tillon. or of O'Neill IL he is at fault and