Evening journal., 1907-06-19

Umpire Bausewine's refusal TO arbltrate
the Trenton Wilmington series made it
necessary to use players as umpires. and
the outshot is that there is protested
game to be adjudicated, At the end of the
fifth inning Of Fridays game the score
was to 0. in Trenton's favor. and it
was raining The Trenton player called
the game while the wnliamsport repre-
sentatlyes insisted that it should continue.
Manager wolverton. when he did not get
his way filed a protest with President
Carpenter.
Williamsport Indignant.
The Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin
in its issue Of yesterday contains the fol-
lowing article relative TO the Woyerton
incident:
III President Carpenter could have
heard one-half of the things said in vii
Transport about him yesterday he would
have suspended the city for the balance
of the season and forbidden it to stay on
the map during that time
"His exceedingly severe penalty visited
upon Wolverton and his undigniiied let
ter in imposing it caused many hard
things 10 be said of him, and some of
them reflected upon him seriously.
president Carpenter has this year,
NNytupate in not making his pen
a. Few instan3,, when
teachers
Hattie and Celia Ellis, coloreciamond,
each fined $50 and costs in City he had
to-day for assaulting Mary PhillhiJ he
colored. The latter testified th When
was attacked by the two defendsrhe face
two others and was stabbed .i.-.4ie and a
week suspension. W hen WOlyertOn Is
charged with telling Bausewine he is
crooked he gets two weeks suspension
fine of 500 and very undignified and
3eyere letter by mail.
/ Punishment should be given when de-
! served. whether it hits Williamsport
Lancaster or Altoona, but justice de-
mands that the scale Of punishment tc
a Williamsport, a Lancaster or Viii
mington player should be on a par and
in the three cases cited this has not beer
done.
III the work Of Bausewine in Harris
burg favored the Harrisburg team as
Moran's work favored Heckert in the
three games just preceding IL certainly
was enough 10 make a manager lose hii
temper
"1he citizens of Williamsport ani
! other cities could tell Mr.. Carpenter o.
occas sions when other umpires were tolC
. by other teams much the same thing
! that made Bausewine squirm, but thel
did not rush of and resign nor were thu
offending players given any such pen
atty.
president Carpenter made anothe
mistake that he jumped in and acte'
hastily and without hearing both side
of the story The days of hanging
man and then trying him afterward
have passed Nothing would suit Man
ager Wolverton better than TO be con
fronted with his accusor and have hin
: then tell the story he appears TO hay
told President Carpenter.
"The directors of the Williamspor
: club were in communication with Nh
d Carpenter yesterday, relative TO his nm
Just action and pointed out severa
: things to them which he had APPARENT
3 overlooked. Manager Wolverton ais
, talked with him from Trenton and Nh
= Carpenter doubtless sees things nor
that did not occur to him before an
rmore viii be heard from it later
This thing Of Furnishing man an
then telling him To prove his innocenc
don't work in this age.
, And while Dir. Carpenter is in th
= Furnishing business it is recommends
, that he either disinfect the language Z
: ono or more Of his umpires or apply
- plaster Of the same character