Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-06-10
Umpire Rorty Chased From the Field By a Mob of Angry
 Fans Other Results.

the club house. After he lad made
 a change of clothing, couple of | hundred kids and sprinkling of | grown-ups followed him to the street,
 hooting and jeering at his heels, but
 little violence was offered, as his l bodyguard stuck to him until he had
 boarded trolley for Springfield.
 Although the final score was to
 against the home team, a protest l will be filed by Holyoke, charging
 Umpire Rorty with inefficient work
 and alleging his purpose 10 even up
 for his fracas with Manager Jack ! Tighe last Saturday. The complaint
 will be based on Rorty's rulings in
 the eighth inning, when the visitors clinched the game and took all the
 ambition out of the home team, so
 that Waterbury might have scored
 double the number of runs had 1t
 cared. In this inning Rorty let one Waterburian get first on the claim
 that he had been hit by pitched
 ball, when the sphere struck the
 handle of his bat, according to the l Holyoke version. Then ne called
 balls on two players, forcing in two
 runs, when Hodge claimed he had
 sliced the dish on nearly every pitch. i Up to that time Hodge had pitched i in masterly style and Holyoke had
 the game locked up, to 0.
 Rorty's judgment on balls and
 strikes rufiied up the usually even temper of Catcher Ahearn, who
 voiced his feelings after the ump had missed ball that shot over the
 middle of the pan. Hardly had
 Ahearn opened his mouth when
 Rorty flashed a $5 fine at him, and
 when the backstop asked for an ex-
 planation and when he In isted that
 he was entitled to a hearing, Rorty
 motioned him to the bench. Before
 that Manager Tighe had questioned
 decision, and no sooner had he
 spoken than Rorty excused him from
 the field for the rest of the day. The
 banishment of Tighe and Ahearn
 worked the crowd up to high pitch. All interest in the contest passed and the umpire became the main attrac- tion. As soon as the last out had
 been made dozen hot-headed root CTS sprinted for Rorty, bent on tear ing him limb from limb.
 Anticipating some such attack, two plain clothes officers, Frank Metcalf and Peter Cullen, had stationed themselves close by, and they were at Rorty's side in an instant. Play CTS Baker, Hambacher and Dolan leaped into the surging mob and Manager Jack Tighe helped to break up the crowd and open up path for Rorty to the players quarters under the grandstaud. There, with the members of the Holyoke team, Rorty doffed his working garments and when he was ready to leave Ham, bacher, Stackpole and the police marched with him to the trolley line. Outside the park gate there was little crowd in waiting for the ump. and they greeted him with misses and oaths as he passed. One youngster barely missed bouncing board of his head. but police and players scat tered through the crowd checked any stone throwing. As Rorty departed he was given a stirring farewell" and was reminded that the next time | he came to town that there might be | a lynehing bee held for hIs amuse- ment.
 Hodge and Rogers had a pretty | pitching argument up to the eighth. Although Rogers had given but three hits. against four by Hodge, the Hol- yoker had one run the best or 1t. and this seemed large enough for the af- ternoon. the way the. box battle was going. Both pitchers had the bats men sending the ball skyward most of the time, and twenty pnt0uts went to the outfield. Swander had seven in left and Dolan five in right. while one of Hambaeher's quartette took the honors. being a long running catch near the left field b.eachers. Spudleis Murphy was 'spry as a crick- e around third for Waterbury and besides double play. unassisted. he did some polished scooping of and hit the ball hard. Baker had plenty to do around sec ond. and he did everything as 1t should be done.
 A hit by Rodgers in the first and double by Boucher in the second passed unnoticed. and it ras not un- iil the third that HoIyoke scored. Hodge had walked to second on Rodgers's sacrifice Four balls went Io Dolan. Hambaeher hammered through third for a base and Hodge scored. Massey's low drive sailed nto MHrphy's glove aud nu'an vas ioabled at third The nth vas cade memorable when Carson Hodge zot a safe pound to right field that .aIled for repeated cheering. Hodge rave himself a perfect batrfug mara y drawing a pass in the eighth. but <as doubled with RodgsT1 In the linth Massey singled. with one out. sWander put Perkins 1us. hut Mas eT scnrsd on a double by Boueher- tsksr singled ard Kerr csEed with | Iae t1 SuanEeT. ff
 Hodee sailed zte1x se-eEeir uniti a fei Rogty got lis goat Sad Mar | hy touched him for kifs fn fks sec- s I'd ard Hfth a1d Art Niehols had q ne in the third. bat the l0czi pitch 2 2 wzs never in danger. In ths ser ! {