The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-28
HALL VICTIM
OF NIGHTMARE
Hall Makes Bad Break Shortly After
Midnight. Telling Bennett
That He Has Nothing
to Expect.
DOES A QUEER STUNT
Sets the Pace and Act. Menace
to Legitimate Sport Accord
ing to Today's Quincy
Wing.

A story eminates from Quincy
which If it is true would lead fans to
believe that Umpire Hall was victim
of hallucinaticns in his sleep. or of
Nightmares as it is commonly known
The other day long after midnight
Hall visited the Quincy manager and
went through a stunt which is worhy
OF investigation The Wing gives the
following account of the affair.
It has remained for the Central as
ISOLATION OF baseball clubs to develop
al epoch in the history OF the sport
through one OF its un1pires. Tee
Hall, who umpired the games in
this city last Sunday and later went
with the local team to Kewauee, &C
cording to the statement made By
manager Bennett to the Wing yester-
day morning and later in the day to
President u. E Justice of the asso-
citation at keokuk. aroused him after
midnight Tuesday at the hotel In Ke-
vance. and told him in so many words
that the Quincy team had nothing to
expect" from him. II was the day he
rut seTeral Quincy players out OF the
game ar kewanee. But just why be
aited until after midnight to go to
the room Of the Quincy manager and
inform him that he (Hall) would rule
against the Quineys, is inexplicable-
Manager Bennett left yesterday after
noon TO lay the matter before Presi-
cent Justice. and said he was prepar-
ed TO furnish ahdavits If necessary,
! TO prove his assertions
The whole thing was q surprise
TO me-" said Bennett when seen res.
tersiaF morning IT was between u
/ and O'Clock in the morning that !
vas reused by q loud rappsng on nv
door, was awakened and asked
/. who vas there
It's Hall, the umpire was the an
sver
I What do ron ~ans.- Bennett says
i he asked him
Z want to see you came the re
ply
Bennett says he arose. lii the gas
and unlocked the door There be
found Hall. Who said that he had
come TO tell him that the ouiucy team
had nothing 10 expect from him
Bennett says ne told Hall that he
! should further consider the matte,
iatl dzyligae seen his judgment
might be clearer Rut Hall told hin
.hst he had il IN for the Quinc,
-eam. il -diint amount TO a d
and he proposed TO hand it ont tc
them a. sve-~ o. rortuaitv.
Bennett Eavs tat the NEXT rno-ufns
Re called M President Justice oye,
the long distance telephone, and told
aEm Of the essarelce Of the nigh,
asc that 50 long as be had had the
assurance Of Ihr unlrsre there TO O.
tctate. he ws9Id not get 2 square
ss@zi. there wc1lG be no necessity o.
iayi1g- President Justice, he said
Questioned thr matter at first. bur
said e such gas lie case he woult
EBe Hail not .n Eciare and for hin
q come TO Ferhck However, ths
-resssEe vas deIesed N some manner
and Hall Dictated. and he made hi;
word OF the night before good Il
shO1iG b stated in behalf Of Manage,
Bennett that es is no. discreditins
the strength OF the Kewanee tear,
What he i oosecttEg TO is the actor
Of tire umpire the Eight before ths
game
Il Bennett can prove his charge
against Umpire Hall the matter
should be ore for the national com
mission. and II guilty he would not
he eligible either as an umpire 0,
PLAYER under the national agreement
Of baseball clubs The agreement was
designed primarily to prevent iusi
such cases as this and to keep the
sport clean and legitimate. Halls
| action would seem 10 place him ont
side TIE pale OF clean sport so far q:
baseball is concerned