Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-29
SEXTON URGES
CALM ACTION
Advises People of Rock Island
and Davenport to Keep
Their Heads.
DURING PRESENT SERIES
Says Bush Showed Himself Unfit for
Umpire-May Not Get Another
Official at Once.
DURING PRESENT SERIES

President M. H. Sexton today issued |
the following statement on the trouble
of yesterday afternoon:
Umpire Bush has been released for
display of ungovernable temper
which clearly demonstrates to me that
he is untitled for the position to which
he aspired.
His work from the beginning of the
season and up to the fifth or sixth IN
ming of yesterdays game had been en-
tirely satisfactory to me in every way
and why any spectator should have
felt called upon to hurl aggravating
remarks at him from the stand / am
at lost to understand
HE made the fatal mistake of talk
ing back to the spectators, and from
that moment he lost his head and acted
like a man that was beside himself.
The crowd took the matter up and
kept him at fever heat and his decis-
ions thereafter were questionable and
unsatisfactory to both sides
Had Made Up His Mind.
| From the moment that he addressed
himself to the spectators had decided
mentally that l would replace him at
the earlist possible opportunity and
| my fervent hope was that the game
might be terminated without an out
break. / give no credence whatever 20
the reports that the man was under
the influence of liquor, on the contrary
l believe him to be a very moderate
drinker if he INDUCES at all
| ut is not often that a league execu-
tive is called upon to replace an UNI.
pire on such short notice as is given
me in this instance, and while | have
wired several men | am not sure that
| | will be able to replace him for sew
eral days In the meantime | call up
on the managers and players of both
clubs to cooperate in trying to give a
satisfactory exhibition of the game
with player umpires. | have an abid-
ing faith, in the common sense and
cool headed judgment OF the peop,e
of these two cities. and feel sure that
there will be no display of feeling and
lcause for. trouble from the audience in
/
ing the next four games
Has Only Verbal Protest.
Mr.. Sexton, when asked in regard "a
the status of yesterdays, game said
that he had received notice of a verbal
protest from the official scorer on the
part of the Rock Island management
and that he expected a written protest
to follow. When this is received he
will take the matter up formally.
Plass Claims Game
Manager Plass of Dubuque has filed
a claim TO yesterdays game with Pres
ident Sexton on the ground that The
crowd swarmed upon the field and pre-
vented resumption OF the game with
in Is minutes. If Manager Plass hell
watch upon the performance he prob
ably knows that the whole thing wa
over in much less than Is minutes an;
the crowd was well on its way dow
town.
Has Reputation as Scrapper.
Bush came to the Three-Eye leagu
last spring with reputation as
Iscrapper In the Central association
last year he beat up Manager Egan c
Burlington, and the year before in tn
Wisconsin league he had a fistic Ell
counter with the manager of the l.
Crosse team. Two years ago he worl
ed in the Western league. also. H
has had the reputation of a hot-heat
but was accounted temperate ma
land generally fair i'm his work Hi
home is in ST. Louis