The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-08-27
BALL FIELD STORIES
Peculiar Incidents Not Covered
by the Rules.
PUZZLES FOR THE UMPIRE.
Treadway's Fowl Hit That Struck Fair
but Was Declared Foul - When
Tommy Tucker Saw Snakes "A
Batted Ball That Never Came Back.


but Was Declared Foul - Whel
Tommy Tucker Saw Snakes -
Hatted Ball That Never Came Back.
Baseball rules are supposed to cover
every possible emergency that may
arise during game, yet dozen times
a week In some nook or corner of the
world there arises situation over
which there are certain to be bitter
disputes and which the umpire alone
may judge.
Even in the big leagues these things
occur One did on the old Eastern
park grounds at Brooklyn in game
between Philadelphia and the Peram-
bulators
The decision of the umpire was up
held by President Nick Young, al
though it still is open to dispute.
1t happened that In the seventh in
ming, with two men on bases, Tread
way hit line drive down the left
field line. The ball beyond doubt was
going foul, for 1t was curving toward
the foul line rapidly Gaffney, who
was umpiring the game, was standing
at the plate squirting down the line
his eye following the ball.
Suddenly a flight of pigeons swept
along. The ball struck one of the pi
geons, knocking 1t to the earth, and the
ball itself swerved from its course and
struck the ground a foot inside the
foul line. The Brooklyn runners raced
around the bases, but Gaffney waved
them back and declared the bit foul
There was a long wrangle. which re
suited in Brooklyn protesting the
game, but Uncle Nick upheld Gaffney
Jiggers Donahue always had a ter
ror of all sorts of snakes, toads and
bugs. and this terror once nearly los
Chicago victory over Washington.
Joe Cantillon knew of this aversion
and when the Senators opened in Chi.
cago Cantillon spent the early after
noon digging fishing worms, grubs and
the like, and he arrived at the parh
with couple of pans filed with them
Joe waited several innings, and then
with one Of the Senators on first, be
began sprinkling worms around the
sack. Jiggers did not notice it for 6
minute, and, indeed, not until the
Washington player ran off the bag te
draw the throw. The ball came low,
and just before he stopped to catch
1t Jiggers saw the ground covered
with worms. He let out a yell and
jumped a foot in the air He managed
to block the ball. however. and sent
in a hurry-up call for John to SWEEP
the ground around the base.
All through the game Cantillon and
his men sprinkled worms and bugs
around Jiggers and kept him In a state
of terror, but with the aid of the broom
he managed to Illustrate his tormentors
and escape without an error, and the
following day he appealed to the un-
pire to make the Senators quit.
Tommy Tucker, however, was not SO
lucky as Jiggers. He lost a game for
Washington TO Chicago once and start
ed battle all because of a trick Bill
Dahlen and Bill Everett put up on him.
Tom never did like snakes. Indeed,
he held them In adherence, and in
some way Dahlen discovered this
Washington was to play Chicago that
afternoon, and during the morning
practice on the west side grounds Dab
Ian and Everett discovered a small
Gartersnake and treasured it up.