The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-24
THE HOODOO IS CHASED
Newark Fans Become Indig
nant Over Umps Decision.
Mccall Supplants Kelley at the First
Station--Sencff's Hand Is Injured
In thN Eishth--coI'igon smith and
Mccall Drive In Marion Runs.
Lohgmore Relieved in Early In
nings Because OF wildness.
By II. u. Hale.


Newark o., May 24--In a game
which was played after the seventh
inning under protest, Marion came
out the victor with the Molders Civ
ing them a hard run for their money
It was a farce from the beginning,
made SO by one of President Reade's
amateur arbiters.
The alleged umpire says his nBmc
Is Johnson. Whether he knows for
certain, can not be said but II he ia
no better informed on that subject
than he is on the subject OF baseball,
il might be Gottleib or Blitzenhausen
or Smith or any other name you might
mention
Johnson's work was so disgusting
that the Marion players laughed at
some Of the decisions which favored
them. He was so rank that fully fifty
fans left the grounds in disgust. That
took the biggest part of the crowd for
the attendance was very small. many
fans refusing to go to the park when
they learned that no new umpire had
arrived.
After the game was over. and that
was after the fans and players had
endured the incompetent work of
Johnson for more than two hours.
the arbiter was conducted from the
field by four policemen. otherwise the
telegraph news OF the morning dali
les might have carried another story
Of the actions of Newark mob.
Umpire Threatened.
He was threatened with the old
punishment, a ducking in the canal.
but like the other threats of a like
nature 1t was not carried out. While
waiting for a car, johnson was sub
iected to the taunts of the fans and
a peculiar feature of this event was
the fact that It was not the usual
rowdies alone who hurled the taunts
at him but many of the more level
headed lovers of baseball, men who
we're never known before to allow
their feelings to get the better Of
their good Judgment.
While Newark lost the game, Il
should have been a tic score at the
end of the ninth inning but for John
sons work.
As the Fans Saw It,
The decision which brought down
the criticism Of the spectators more
than any other was made In the sew
enth with Wiley at second and Pry-
sock at bat. Prysock hit n ball on
the end of the bat and the sphere
hit. the diamond fully 10 feet within
the foul line and fifteen feet from
first base. Mccall, Marlon's first sack
er, delded the ball but no one covered
first. Ho held the ball waiting for
Hummel to cover and in the interim
Wiley scored from second. Johnson
freak decision sent Wiley back to see
ond and Prysock back to the plate
The result was that Prysock famed
Newark scored two runs i'm the first
when, with one out, Newman and
Rudolph singled and Blue was hit
by the pitcher. Mum came up with
nice single to left scoring Newman
and Rudolph. Wiley and Herold were
easy outs on infeld balls.
Seneff scored for Marion In the
second when, with two out, he singled
and stole second and scored on Col
ligan's hit past Mum.
Mccall and Smith scored In the
fourth when they each singled with
none out and scored on Weller's sin
blts w tllti Wdo AhhbhA at iii' pitAA'
when he attempted to score on Col.
ligan's splendid two-base drive to left
field.
Again in the NTH, Marion counted
when Meehan led off with single to
left. was sacrificed to second by Lin
dorbeck and was sent across the plate
by McCalls hit.
Wiley scored for Newark in the
seventh when he hit safely and was
sacrificed to second by Herold, took
third on Seneffs balk and scampered
home on the pitchers wild heave.
Longmore was relieved early in the
game because of his inability TO To-
cate the plate He was taken out H.
the first with one out and the bases
full after he had pitched two balls
to Hummel.
Manager Benched.
Manager Newman was benched by
Umps Johnson when he disputed a
decision at second in the third in
ming
Catcher Smith was sent TO the bench
in the fourth when the ball which was
in play disappeared Immediately aft
er Newark finished the inning
Pitcher SeneT stopped a drive from
Baggan's bat In the eighth and in
iured his hand. In the ninth he pass
ed Blue, the first man up, and Lewis
feared that the injury was just hav-
ing It's effect and sent Ragan in to