The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-09
THE ESCAPE OF
CASEY HORN
Indicator Man Beat II from City Yes
terday, Living Among Home
Folks at Quincy During
the Night.
MAD CROWD GATHERED
Mad Fans and Young urchins cIus.
tered About Street Corners Await
ing to Waylay Horn but They
Found Him Not.

QUINCY, Ill.,, Sept Casey Horn.
a member of President Justices staff
of umpires, came to Quincy last night
instead of remaining over In Hannibal
after having officiated at the game
yesterday between that city and Keo-
kuk. Not that Casey lost his goat;
he isn't of that stock However, he
does believe that wisdom is the better
part of valor. and he who runs away
may live to fight another day.
In the ninth inning of yesterdays
! fray between the Cans and Indians,
Danny Kerwin was On. third with two
/ out. One run was needed to tie the
count, the score being one to nothing
for the visitors. The man at bat hit
a slow one to Pennington and the
"Dago'' winged it to first It was
close decision, but Casey saw it as an
out for the batter, and that ended the
battle.
Hardly had Horn called his decision
when bunch of rowdy fans swarmed
upon the field and made for his ump-
ships. There was no police protec-
ton, but the Keoiuk players aided
some in keeping the mob away from
Horn. The latter rode back to the
hotel with the Keokuk bunch, and af-
ter they had boarded the hack were
kept busy lodging rocks. No one was
injured.
During the evening crowds gather
ed on every corner down town, and
there was talk of mobbing the indica-
tor holder. Casey hit a train oppor-
timely. however. and landed in Quin-
cy, where the fans sometimes talk
rather roughly to the jumps when they
think they get raw deal, but never
attempt physical violence.
Casey's decision should be a recon-
mendation, for no man will risk what
he knows that Hannibal bunch will do
if ne hasn't lot of nerve and is en-
tirely on the square. Casey Horn has
always had the reputation of having
/ both.
What Hannibal Papers Say.
This morning the Hannibal Morning
Journal contained 80 following story;
Some rotten un es have ruled at
Hannibal, but never was such down
right rank, rotten work on diamond
before witnessed in Hannibal as one
Casey Horn, former pitcher, handed
Hannibal yesterday. Horn has just
broken into the league as an umpire
and, to start things, he does not even
know the rules. He has the nerve to
try TO umpire game. but he knows
less about it than high school boy.
He works behind the pitcher all the
time and often forgets to run in the
direction of base when making
decision. He made rotten ones both
ways yesterday. On balls and strikes
blind man could have beaten him
and not half tried
Hannibal, as usual, got the worst of
it, and the way he called things
against the Cans made Pa Belts bunch
smile mp their sleeves The first thing
he did, which goes to show that he
knows nothing about the job he is try
ing TO FIJI. was to refuse to let Web
ster 20 to second base when Penning
ton threw wild to first and Miller
dropped the ball. The umpire himself
picked the ball up and returned it to
Miller The rules say that the runner
is entitled to an extra base, but Horn
would not listen TO it, He made Mike
stick to first The real theft-and theft
is putting it mildly-occurred in the
ninth inning. Kerwin got base on
balls and bowers laid perfect bunt
in front Of the plate TO sacrifice Ker
win to second. Cavanaugh saw a
chance to head Kerwin off and threw
TO second, but the fielder dropped the
throw and there we're two on the
bases with no one down. At least
there should have been, but Horn
called bowers bunt foul and forced
him TO bat over. bowers flied out to
center field and Kerwin stole second
Webster grounded out by way Of sec
ond To first and Hamilton hit a low
one down to short. Pennington field
ed the ball and threw to first, but
Hamilton had the throw beaten by
two feet. The umpire motioned with
his lands that Hamilton was safe and
then reversed his decision. calling him
cut That ended the game and when
Kerwin crossed the plate on Hamil-
tons grounder II tied the score. but
again the umpire banded it to the
Cans.
The first decision-the one on Dow
era buat-got the fans in bad hui
nor and they proceeded to roast Horn.
When he called Hannibal out at first,
that settled it. The people poured on
J 1rn field frnrra tho hlnnchnrn n,,a ....a