Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-12
BASE BALL
DAN O'NEIL HITS
 WITH BOTH HANDS
Has Entered a Protest Against That Forfeited Game and The Pro-
 test Looks Good.

| | protest against the action of Hugh
 Rorty in announcing as forfeited to l Hartford the ball game scheduled in Hartford last Saturday between the | Springfield and Hartford teams.
 MT O'Neil bases his protest on the | ground that Rorty was not legally | assigned to umpire the game and that he had no more right to pro- claim forfeit than any other spec tator on the grounds. The bylaws
 of the Connecticut league give the supervisor of umpires sole power to
 assign umpires to games, and MT O'Neil contends that President w.
 J.. Tracy exceeded his powers ,-. in designating Rorty as the umpire. Under the rules the managers are
 supposed to agree on an umpire if the man officially assigned to the game doesn't show up. Paul Stein-
 burg didn't appear Saturday and Charlie Kennedy declined to do the job alone. Consequently the Spring field manager declares Springfield had rights in the matter that were violated when President Tracy noti- fled Owner J. H. Clarkin of Hart ford that Rorty was to umpire. Springfield wasn't consulted in the ! matter. Manager O'Neil has con- suited Attorney c. J. Danaher of Meriden, and is told by him that his protest cannot be denied, as it
 has the right end of the issue, mor-
 ally and legally. The protest is
 couched as follows:
 w. J. Tracy, President, and James
 H: O'Rourke, Secretary, Esqs.
 Connecticut League of Baseball
 Clubs, Connecticut. ~
 %: You are hereby notified that the
 game of baseball scheduled for Sat
 urday, August 8, 1908, at 3:30
 nl., at Hartford, Conn, between the
 Springfield and the Hartford clubs,
 which was alleged to have been for
 feited to the Hartford club by one
 Hugh Rorty, is hereby protested be-
 cause of the following facts:
 For the several months preceding
 and until On or about. the 17th day
 Of July, 1908, the said Hugh Rorty,
 then regularly appointed and act-
 ing. umpire in the Connecticut league
 under the supervisor of umpires,
 John Kennedy, had been denied ad-
 mission to the Hartford baseball club
 grounds to officiate as umpire by the
 Hartford management for reasons
 best known to that management; That on or about July IT, 1908,
 the Hartford management caused to
 be. published in the. Hartford news
 papers that they would no longer refuse to permit Hugh Rorty to um-
 pire any league game on the Hart ford grounds, that subsequently and only few days later Rorty was as> signed to and did umpire at Hart. ford, and on said day he was pre-
 sented with a gold watch; that shortly thereafter he was assigned and did umpire at Springfield. and because of his obnoxious manner and belligerent behavior, the said Ror> ty precipitated a quarrel upon the grounds at Springfield, with the manager of the Springfield club, for which both the said Rorty and the said Springfield manager were sus- pended.
 That on the said Sth day of Au- gust, 1908, and until the tise of the occurrences hereinafter set forth the said Rorty and the said Springfield manager were under sus- pension; that On the said sth day of August, 1908, the Springfield club being upon the Hartford grounds to play the game scheduled for that day and at that place with one Sternberg and one Kennedy regu- larly assigned umpires for the game | by the supervisor of umpires, at about 3:25 D. m. t.. ....
 At, said time (3:25 D. m.) said manager was approached | by the Hartford owner, J. H. Clar- kin, and then informed for the first time that the said Hugh Rorty would umpire the game: no explanation was offered by said Owner Clarkin why Sternberg or Kennedy would not umpire and none offered why Rorty was substituted. for the um- pires regularly assigned by the su- peryisor of umpires; that said clarkin insisted that Rorty would umpire and that no one else would be permitted to do so, that said Owner Clarkin was informed by the Springfield owner that Springfield would not permit Rory to umpire, Rorty's suspension then being in 'orce, and that any other person or 'ersons might umpire the game;
 That said Springfield owner was hen, for the first time, informed that 2orty's suspension had just been aised by the president. that no off, ial notice of the action of the presi- lent had been given to the Spring. ield owner by any one. that Substi- ute Umpire Lawton was upon the rounds and could have umpired. hat said Kennedy could umpire the anne and that under the rules in the bsenee of the regularly assigned mpires at the hour appointed for he beginning of the game. it then ecame the duty of the club captains Q select substitute players of the op- Osing clubs, who should be the duly uthOrized umpires of the game.
 That in the absence of UmpIre who was the regularly as- igned umpire of said game. no one ould act as umpire under the rules Ncept with the consent of the club sptains. that Kennedy was not A aguiarly appointed and acting um- ire. as the president and supervisor
 ell knew. that the resignation Of lid Kennedy had been received be- suse of the protest of four of the 10 ubs' managers. that his resignation e 7d been announced and another ap- r ointed in his stead. and that the h rwTrrf7ofT rTrsh maz fts1f~- s-a@@ena r4