Evening star., 1909-06-27
0'L0UGHL|N'S WORK
CAUSE Of PROTEST
Umpire's Doings Has Given
Rise to Complaints From
Magnates.

The suspension OF Manager Cantil!on
and Player Tannehll BY President john
son Of the American League yesterday
vas the talk of the city and easily over
shaco"td the game between the Nation
ais and Boston. There is little doubt but
that tEe decisions OF the two umpires.
O!oaehlin and Perrine. In the three
games Ct thursday and Friday has hurt
III" attendance in this city. as the turn
oue Yesterday is about the poorest of the
seas for Saturday. The fans as a
rule. G's.ike to take refuge behind poor
deosIcns of the umpires when their fa-
Vorita club is defeated. and instead sim
ply stay away from the games. or the
Tour games played Washington would
Rave Won three with anything like an
even break from either O'Loughlin or
PeIIrc and yesterdays defeat can bs
dhcotl. traced to the fact that the local
PAYERS We're afraid to open their mouths.
ana Il. consequence all the ginger aad
spice We're eliminated from the rame
A careful perusal OF the records last
year VIII show that In an average of
thirty suspensions or Sanishments from
the games Umpire OLougt.in was the
man To issue the ukase IN fully twenty
ilVe rows This season this record Is be-
Ing paralleled. If not increased. Sheri-
dan. hurst, Connolly and Edwards are
away In the rear of O'Loughlin when il
comes down to suspensions
President Noyes up to late hour last
night had heard nothing from President
Johnson regarding the protest AGAINST
umpires O'Loushlin and Perrine filed by
the former yesterday afternoon. 1t Is
the intention OF the local management to
gather together affidavits OF the promi-
nent spectators who overheard the re-
marks of Perrine during the double
header Friday afternoon and forward
them TO President Johnson.
Silk Still Here.
There was report current early last
| evening that Umpire O'Loughlin had
| peen ordered away from Washingt on
Dy PRESIDENT Johnson. The arbit ratnr
was located over the telephone at the
Driscoll Hotel. and in reply to the
| query about the report said that re
was still in the city; that he had no
cause to leave, and that he would um
pire Mondays game
Manager Cantillon and Pitcher Tan
! nehill are taking their suspensions
with very good grace.
IF the owners of the club will stand
| for it, said Manager Joe last evening
Il don't see why 1 should XII *
O'Loughlin has hurt the game in New
York and Philadelphia. and today's at
tendance shows what he Is doing for
| this city
DO you mind telling the Washington
people what you did that brought
| about your suspension The Star re-
| porter asked.
Not a bit. Tannehill was down at
the clubhouse warming up, as in
tended to work him in the second game.
/ OLoughlin said I ordered him off the
bench in the first game and he will;
stay out of the second. and further
| more. want him put off the grounds
| altogether
"Perrine brought this report to mo,
| and l replied All right. take him off,
| and take a policeman with you, as you
| may need him. I used few warm
adtectives with 1t. I'll admit but moth
| ing out of the ordinary in a ball game
L was surely not going down to the
clubhouse to obey an order of OLough-
| Inns. and IL he wanted Tannehill chased
| off the grounds he should have done it
| himself.
Tannehill was suspended because he
| told Charley Street to let O'Loughlin
| pick up the balls himself Balls that
| had been fouled over the stand were
being thrown back. caught by Street
and handed to the umpire. which
brought on the remark. 1t would be 4
hard matter to determine the differe 1T
! lines drawn by O'Loughlin. If he sus-
pends player for remarks made by
Tannehill | suppose the death SEN
| tence would go out when a player gets
not and hands out something warm"