The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-09-21
BALL PLAYERS NOT.
GUILTY., IS JuRY'S
VERDICT
GAME HELD TO BE
WORK OF NECESSITY AND
cHARlTY"-wiLocATTERs FAIL
TO GET INJUNCTION.

A jury In Police Justice Stems
court, Saturday afternoon, found I'll,
Detroit ball team not guilty of play
ing ball on Sunday, Aug. 80. In viola
ton of the law. BY its verdict the
jury finds. as commended by the de
tense. that Sunday baseball Is work
of necessity and work OF Chart,
! and, therefore, does-pet come within
the pale OF the law. And this In spite
OF Assistant Prosecutor Crosses decla
ration that they could not acQuit the
defendants without violating their
oaths as Jurors. 1t was admitted. OF
course, that game was played ON
Aug 80. The only question was
whether II was work or necessity
or charity and the jury found that IL
was
The jurors are:
Jerry Ryan. No. 1906 Fourteenth
ave; F. A. Ulrich. No. ITS Michigan
ave. william Tissler, No. 279 Clinton
ave-; Gottfried Schied, No. SO Greu-
sel-ave.; John Sheppard. No. 1926
FOREST west, and Michael Lynch. No.
5l2 Brooklyn-ave.
y The verdict means that there will
be game in Bennett park Sunday
and every Sunday hereafter during
the season, when the team is at home.
The Jury was out about 20 minutes.
The trial of the case consumed the
entire morning In Justice STEMS
nd I'll 4 n In
afternoon.
Bali Players In Court
Manager Jennings and all the play
ers named In the information-Cobb
Crawford. Mcintyre, Schaefer, Ross
man, Schmidt. Coughhn, O'Leary.
Willett and Killian-were on deck and
occupied seats in the front row. They
were represented by the clubs attor-
neys. Navin. Sheahan & Bourke. The
attorneys waived their right to de-
mand separate trial for each de-
PENDANT and the cases were punched,
the club being tried as q whole.
Considerable difficulty was expert
enced In securing a jury because so
many of those called had fixed opin.
ions on the question OF Sunday base
ball. These opinions were both for
and against the proposition and In
either case the prospective juror was
excused for cause. The result was
that the panel was nearly exhausted
when both sides announced them
selves satisfied. Larry Dunn was
one OF those excused.
Larry" manifested but little respect
for the law. Asked IL he believed in
maintaining II he replied:
Il don't pay no attention to such a
thing. | don't bother me head about
it,"
Larry" declared that he would FOL
low his own conscience" in arriving
at verdict and was promptly excused
AFTER he had fnsulted the court by say
Ing that he would pay no more atten-
ton to the judge than to fanny other
witness"
Cop on the Stand.
Patrolman James T. Van Meter. OF
IrumDuli station, who swore out the
complaint at the instance of his SUI
perlors, was the first witness. He
testified TO the fact that a game was
played between Detroit and Cleveland
before crowd of 10000 people. On
cross-examination by Mr.. Bourke he
admitted that is was an orderly. we'll
behaved crowd
Would you object to your own chill.
dren attending game on Sunday?"
The question was ruled out
How often do you go to Bennett
park" Gueried Bourke.
AS often as | get chance" was
the smiling rejoinder.
Did you hear any noise to speak
OF that day?" put in Mr.. Crosse.
We'll. little applause now and
then"
But they weren't very enthusiasts
tic that particular Sunday"
Enough said" and Van Meter
stepped down.
Lieut.. Michael Kinney testified to
substantially the same effect. even to
the lack OF a demonstration. Attorney
Sheehan facetiously asked IL he had
not played ball himself on Sunday,
and witnessed admitted the corn.
Eyes, I've seen himg' added Col.
Sheehan.
Manager Jennings was then put on
for the defense, and after going brief
ly over his baseball career for 10
years as manager and player. said, in
answer TO a query, that he considered
Il necessary for the men to play every
day to keep them In proper condition.
This was the defense In nutshell