Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-20

many have been the fights between the
players and the Jumps which have
never appeared in print. If an umpire
stood for bluff of any description, it
was up to him to resign, and no one knew
1t better than that individual himself
Pat Tebeau of the Clevelands, who was
the worst umpire batter that ever lived
Vas the captain of the Blues when they
were struggling with the Baltimore team
for first place in the pennant race dozen
years ago. During a hot game in Bal
timore he took offense at something that
Tim Hurst did, and he ran across the
field from his position a third base, and
shouted to Tim that he would like to
fight him after the game.
Hurst who was then a little fellow
weighing 1875 pounds, grinned plea sanity
at Tebeau, who was big and powerful
and told him that he would see him after
the game all right.
That evening Tebeau and the rest of
his men were sitting out in front of the
Carrolton Hotel, when Tim came stroll
ing up. Stopping in front Of Tebeau he
measured him calmly with his eye and
said:
Get the key to your room. Pat. and
follow me-
whats the matter with you?" snorted
Tebeau.
Its just this" shot back Hurst. You
said you wanted to mix it up with me
after the game; now I'm here Kissed
Tim, as he put his face within a couple
of inches of the ball players own visage.
land my proposition is for us to finish
this thing right now: so l say get the key
20 your room and we'll lock ourselves in
and get this scrap over with
Tebeau hummed and hawed, yet re-
fused TO fight, claiming that he wouldn't
run the risk of hurting himself and
thereby running the teams chances of
taking the flag for that year. Upon
hearing this Hurst lit into him, and told
him few things; and from that day until
Tebeau quit base ball, he never attempted
to ma G Tim again.
Tebeau and his team of strenuous play
ers had the distinction of being mobbed
collectively at Louisville in 1899 Meal
lister, it was claimed, was the man who
hit little Dexter of the Colonels, and a
local middleweight prize fighter led the
mob on the field after the entire Cleve-
land bunch. they having been decidedly
unpopular for many years with the people
in the southern city.
The whole affair wound up in general
riot and it was necessary to call out all
the police in the city in order to suppress
| the rioters. Jack Warner and Hans Wag-
ner Of the Pittsburg club We're members
of the Louisville team during the time
| of the riot
For an umpire who hasn't been in the
, business for such a long period of time
| Tommy Connolly received more hard
knocks and had more exciting experiences
! than any of the men who broke into the
game since his entrance as an indicator
| handler.
| Tommy bears the distinction of being
the only living umpire, who, while offieiat-
| ing in his role, was surrounded by a cor
don of police for one week. This hap
pened over at Baltimore in the last days
of the McGraw reign there. Connolly then
was practically new to the business, and
such men as DOnlin. McGann. McGraw
and the others started right after the boy,
| but Tommy gave them a surprise, for the
pudgy lad couldn't be buffed
This aroused Mack and the rest of the
strenuous ones, and they resorted to their
| old tactics of getting the crowd after the
Jump" Still Tommy stood his ground
and then McGraw and the others started
| in to do him. 1t was the time that the
Detroits were playing the Baltimores, and
Kid E,lherfeld, who doesn't even speak to
an umpire off the field, sprang to Con-
nolly's side and helped him to protect
| himself from the assaults of the Balti-
more crew.
Time and again the writer saw Big Dan
Mccain hurl Elberfeld away, but each
time with his eyes flashing fire the game
| little shortstop would fight his way back
to the side of Connolly, and, indeed, it
was due largely to the bravery of Elber-
| field that Connolly was at last rescued
from the fury of the mob by the police.
1t was at Connolly's own request that
| he was kept in Baltimore that entire
week and SO great was the fury OF the
crowd that the chief of police over there
| had a special detail of police out on the
| field with the gritty young umpire dur
! ing the entire series. Each day would oc
| cur a riot. Of greater or less magnitude,
which was brought about by the Balti-
moro players themselves. but which failed
20 intimidate Umpire Connolly.
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