The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23

fairs, intend to stand by and allow
the Hannibal club to be counted out
OF the greatest race in the history of
minor league baseball, simply be-
cause he has petty grievance against
the club?" Does this same Mr.. JUS
tice believe that he can continue in
his unfair methods and escape criti-
cism?,
To be brief, Justice does not intend
to rob Hannibal or any other club
out of possible chance for the PEN
nant, nor does he want to count Han
nibal out, nor was he ever before &C
cused of using unfair methods
Here are the circumstances under
which Haines umpired that double
header and if Justice is held to blame
1t is hard to see how any league
president that ever lived can meet
the situations that arrive from day to
day in the history OF league base
ball season:
On Saturday last Quincy was at
Galesburg and Hannibal was at Ke-
vance. Schaeffer was the umpire at
Kewanee and Cleary and Eddinger
were at Galesburg. Early in the day
Cleary. who is chief of the umpire
staff. received word from Schaeffer
that he was sick and could not work.
Without any hesitation Cleary went
to Kewanee in an automobile. NO
sooner had he arrived there than
to- RI ~ Of
playing game However, before the
Sunday game Cleary received word
from Eddinger that he also was sick
Cleary was in pickle. as he called
It, However, 1t looAed as If he
Strengthened out matters when Direc-
tor Hill, Manager Price and Manager
Forney of Hannibal agreed to per-
nit Haines, an amateur from Galya,
town 2. short distance away, to umpire
the double bill Sunday. Cleary went
to Galesburg, thinking the game be-
HHeen the leaders of more Importance.
Where was no other way out OF 1T, with
two umpires on the hospital list. And
it was apparently all satisfactory to
the Kewanee and Hannibal associa-
tons. But now Hannibal protests on
| what are no grounds at all.
What Sport Writer Said.
Bert r. Johnson in story OF the
/ game published in the same issue OF
/ the Hannibal Courier-Post sums up
4 the umpire situation in the following
words:
Umpire Shaffer was too sick to
work here and down at Galesburg
/ Umpire Eddinger was afflicted. Head
Umpire Cleary appointed Eek
Haines who is Galva business man
and one Of our neighbor city's dads
as the umpire for the day. Before hos
i tilities Manager Forney and Manage
4 Price and Umpire Haines seemed V
understand each other, but no sooner
j had the visitors first batter gone te
q bat than the "ragging" began and
4 while Umpire Haines made mistakes
. and by the way, we would like to ash
If any of the Cannibals ever made
mistake, yet, they were not INTENTION
al and the best evidence that Mr.
Haines has for his defense is the boz
4 scores. which SHOWS that the visitors
a had by far the better of the strike
outs and the bases on balls and ever!
fan present will bear out the state
ment that Hannibal got everything
a that was coming to them, except viii
Il one or two exceptions and on the 9th
. err hand Kewanee could have been civ
en- a lot of things that went to Han
nibal.
The real trouble was Hanniba
couldn't solve pitchers Thomas an
Daniels in the pinches and then, toe
!. every error in the second game wa
costly Still, they are going TO protes
and II the two games yesterday vii
: do them any good, or If Presiden
:. Justice thinks they are JUSTIFIED. wei
, we will allow hem the games. but a.
here know to whom they belong.
The attack that appeared In tn
:. Courier is entirely unwarranted, an
the fact thatosuch petty methods c
protesting areiresorted to certain
must be discouraging to the leagu
president.
A Garnishee.
Jerry Eddinger the Central ASS
citation umpire, was made defendar
e in a suit filed in the district coul
$ today by Davi> Wolf, doing bushes
-. as Gibson the Tailor, in Chicago, II
*HThe suit is for $3.50 alleged to b
I due on a $3.50 bill of goods pu
chased by Eddinger on April !
Eddinger has been the best dresse
jumps in the league. 1t is suppose
that the suit referred to is that L-u
Norfolk. which is very becoming a
it hangs gracefully on the big re
lows we'll rounded figure.
President Justice received a lette
from Eddingers nurse today, Whic
states that the umpire has a sever
attack of tonsilitis and is unde
care at the Illinois hospital in Gale