Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-24
SCHUMAN IN A RIOT.

New Britain, July 24.-Although Kid Fishers fine pitching and Hogan Yancy's home run drive were the playing features at Electric park yesterday, Hack Schuman was the headliner and he got mixed up in the worst row of the season. The small police force present did nobly, but visiting teams hereafter will ask for additional police protection Hartford won the game, 5 to i, but the game was lost sight of in the row that followed and it was with difficulty that the contest was. fin ished. The trouble started by q gang of kids jollying Schuman about his size, and they threw small stones at him. The big pitcher start ed after them and told them to cut it out and he put his arm around the neck of one boy to lead him away. Some of the bloodthirsty fans thought that Schuman hit the kid and they took the part of the little boys.
 Some bad language was used and then one of the ringleaders of the rowdies threw rotten lemon at Schuman, hitting him in the face Hack found the fellow and gave him two black eyes. A crowd collected about the Hartford players bench and an angry demonstration was made. The Plainville cops used their sticks with good effect, but the crowd grew in size until the few po- ltcemen were hemmed in and didn't have much of a show. One of the policemen threatened to draw his re- volver. The crowd about the play CTS was quickly augmented by men from the bleaehers and there were several hundred people in the cir. cle.
 The game was stopped and the cops attempted to put the crowd back. Schuman was the target of many uncomplimentary remarks and stones and bottles were thrown at him. Some in the crowd jollied the police and they started in to club again. One young fellow received a hard crack on the top of the head and he cried as he held his hands up to his head. He was crying mad and wouldn't leave and gave the officer some ugly talk. As the police did not make any headway by clubbing, they tried more peaceful means to disperse the people, The crowd was thoroughly enraged and it wouldn't have required much for a general at- tack upon the few police present.
 Schuman was followed at every turn he made. He went to the headquarters of the New Britain team and the gang followed him. He left the grounds with a cop on each side of him and jumped aboard a trolley car. A mob followed and the car was soon filled with angry parti- sans. At Central park bottle was thrown at the pitcher and 1t jared his nerve as 1t crashed on the pave ment. A crowd of several hundred followed the player down Church street to the Hotel Beloin, where the Hartford players stop when they play here and which is the headquar- ters of the local team. The crowd was not allowed inside the hotel aud Policeman English finally cleared the street. The score: R.H.E N. Britain 00000 00O1-1 6 I Hartford .. 0003002O 0-S $ O
 Batteries-Fisher and Casey; Brown, Padron and Rufiange.
 Two base hits, Fisher, Cabrera; home run. Yancey; hits. off Brown 6 in six and one-third innings: sacri- flee hits, Burns; stolen bases, Card ner. Waterman; double play, Almei- da to Bunyan to Almeida; left on bases, New Britain 5, Hartford 1: bases on balls, on Brown 3. of Pa dron 1; bases on errors. Hartford 2; struck out, by Brown ?, by Fisher g: time. In 45m; nmnire- Kennedy