Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-17
BALTIMORE FANS
HAVE YOUNG RIOT
AT HARRIS DECISION

Umpire Bob Hart was brutally as
saulted after he reversed d decision in
the tenth inning of the Rochester
Baltimore game at Baltimore yester-
day. The 5000 fam doped it out that
1t gave the champions the game n
Hart was set on and pummeled from
all sides. One fan hit him in the head
with a pop bottle. He was rendered
unconscious for a half hour and car
ried to the dressing room by the police,
and later taken to Reilly's Hotel, where
the umpires stop, in a taxi-eab.
The crowd vas also hot.after Whitley
Alperman, the captain of the Hustlers,
but he was led in safety to the club
house while the angry fans were going
at Hart.
Baltimore has always been noted for
rowdyism, and that is where John J..
McGraw and Jack Doyle got their
regulations for aggressiveness.
The Baltimore scribes declare that 1t
was the most exciting scene in Balti-
more since the pennant days of the
~''nineties," when Burke, of the Boston
team, and Billy Kefster, the Baltimore
boy. had a conflict in old Union Park.
The riot started in the first half of
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the bases full Alperman hunted to Adj
kins. The Oriole pitcher threw to
Schmidt, and as the ball was there
ahead of Alperman. Hart waved his
hand and shouted he's out"
AS he gave his decision Hart turned
and the next moment Alperman coli
lided with Schmidt and the big
butcher dropped the ball. Harris at
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reversed his decision. Schmidt, Dunn
and others declared Alperman deliber-
ately knocked the ball out of the
Orioles hand, but Hart was firm during
the argument.
1t was Mcmillan that called Harris
attention to Schmidt's muff, as Hart
turned. During the argument Moeller
and Ward scored. That aroused the
fans and Hart later called Maisel out
or a close play, and stones, sticks, bot
ties and hard pieces of clay were show
cred on Hart and the Rochester play
ers.
On his way to the Herman hotel Man
ager Camel was hit on the side of the
face with a piece of hard clay, which
vas thrown at Alperman, who was sit
ting next to the Hustlers' manager.
Hart declared that he would be back
on the job when play would be called
this afternoon. Manager Camel scored
the police and stated that it was the
worst demonstration he saw on a ball
field in his seventeen years OF playing.
Camel also censured doc" Adkins for
not aiding Hart when he was knocked
unconscious. Camel further claimed
that stones were thrown at Ward and
Spencer in the eighth inning, and at
him in the ninth when he was coach
ing.
President Barrow, If able, will prob
ably hurry to Baltimore to investi-
gate.
George Browne is now playing in
Winston-Salem, N. C. He failed to fiji
in with Atlanta.
The Baltimore Club is one of the
most age bidders for Cy Young's
services, and 1t is possible that the
famous old warrior may be feen in
Eastern League company. Like many
others, Cy said he would not play
minor league ball. but since he was re-
leased by Cleveland he has changed his
mind.
.
John Camel, according to stories from
Baltimore, has been offered a $40, 900
contract for next year with Rochester.
.
Reddy Truleib, Jack Kelly's brother
in-law, who is the landscape artist at
Baltimore, will be taken along with
the Birds on their next trip in hopes
that he can break the hoodoo Dunn's
men have been up against on the road.
That was a great battle yesterday
between the two best spitballers in the
league-George Mcconnell, of the Hust-
lers, and Jim Dygert, of the Orioles.
George won out,