Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-20
"Donovan, get away from there" he

.Donovap. get away from there" nc
said
So Bill got away. But Mullin had re-
gained his form and won out
An Hurst had to do was to pull his
,,,o,ch and Donovan would have ducked
away for fear Of Il forfeit game. But
Tins weakness is to argue. The Iig-
orc krew il. So the Detroit players,
who had utterly no right to JOIN IN an
argument kept Hurst busy for I'VE
minutes. u,o T.,
~ another time in the same series Ed
aie Hahn ad Walsh were KICKED from
rho aame bv Hurst Welday was sent TO
,bo ,u,6eld ia take Habn's place. George
I,avie wanted to give Doc White. VINO
had gone into the box Il hi'ic iiioi ''''''
m warm No SD he went 10 Hurst
n. II mo pa: q few flies 10 Neliay' ne
said He wants TO get warmed up.
And he had nerve to stand at me
Mate and bat flies TO an outhcldef !"
yarn" rim up While White was WORK
ing out EXTRA time. he got away WIN
/, TOO for as soon as the 1lSefS stdrl1u
ID kick burst wanted ~ Will GA
ment- , .,.+ On
| outtelder had 20 have special nfac'ic"
! 70 gel cCntfoI ..,
ram Connolly is called the wh.tes'
utt,e man i'm baseball" He deserves the
! titl. Connolly VAS never known 10 SLY
an unkind an unclean thlns. MaIN q
roWt!v ball player mas been stopped IN Il
| torrent Of vile language by Tommy anu
! toid Ia en- il ort. not because of the ball
| r.tr.c BAT n..cauSs: of the tinn;titliieSS nl
| il, Every bah player knows tommy :"
| good life and they respect nm Tor IL ne
| has less trouble than any umpire, Tor inc
/ n =
| ianI and decent toward them they reinS"
10 take advantage Of their 'pp"it uii'''S'
! Baseball IlayerS are not lai!-bao !l'iiIhii
beings after all Tommy Connolly says
they +. not.
SILK - I.oug,in is the most disliked Of
u,rpires hv the players, while Jack Sheri-
dan is he most respected IN" pan pa
ers do not like O'l.Oushin because ne
! a., :.ct1r Grow dS go out 10 see nm Work.
| watch his actions, and hear hIil Shllek
lis decisions His acting adds To the
amusement of the crowds, bit II makes
tine player look like a subordinate atlfar
ton, espo cially as SILK is not NJ all fell
cent in calling a player 50 mat every
! body can hear him.
| That ne is absolutely fearless and hon
est is shown by his record. 1t WAS ne
vino broke up the old Baltimore fo"uy
tactics and started the American League
ON its can. paign for clean baseball Silk
was one of the sturdy pioneers IN IN.
ngEt for a clean pastine. His decisions II
the seventeen inning game IN fllitd"i-
rhia this year stand without parallel II
baseball for clear, downright nerve
Never was there SO much at stake ano
never was there n decision TO max: th:i'
REQUIRED more nerve. Thousands of fans
swarmed over that field, but Silk hat OIL
fists clcnt he'd. and hair sadly mussed
eyed them without tiinching as they
svarmed toward him. That he vas not
mohbed is remarkable He would nave
been, undouhtly, if TIE game had end"o
just about there and Detroit had won.
Sheridan is far more of a car on the
diamond than o LougElin Only he is al
ways the umpire and never the actor. lie
saws n thing once There is no argument
His whole manner shows that Jack Sheri
dar, IN. pire, has spoken If they kic', h'
crosses his arms. Il In Napoleon, look:
down at them and emits a groWl of Scorl
1t is like q giant maStiff looking down q
q barking pup dog.