Rock Island Argus., 1911-06-02
WAS FORFEITED
UNDER DURESS
Umpire Guthrie Says Wife
Caused Him to Declare
Game Dubuque's.
NO POLICE PROTECTION
Has Written President Tearney Rec
ommending 1t Be Officially De-
clared No Contest

If the recommendations OF Umpire
Bill Guthrie are followed by President
, Al Tearney, yesterdays game at Du-
} buque will not go into the lost column,
but will be played over again. Guthrie,
who. is to work here during the com
ing series, stated this morning TO
representative of The Argus, that he
declared yesterdays contest forfeited,
in order to protect himself and his
wife from an assault on the part OF
rabid Dubuque fans. The game broke
tup in a row and Guthrie left the field.
He was besieged in his dressing room
by half a hundred fans who demanded
that he forfeit the game or take the
| consequences. His wife induced him
to appease the fans by telling them 1t
was forfeited to the Dubuque team,
but he at once wrote TO Tearney and
advised him of the circumstances and
asked that the game be scheduled
over again
ROUGH HOUSE CONTEST.
The game was a rough house con
! test at the best. During the game,
Manager Rowland and Pitcher F'cs-
| berg of Dubuque were ordered of the
field by the umpire. This bred i'll
feeling among the fans and they
started out to get Guthrie's goat. The
climax was reached in the ninth when
on a close play at third base, Guth
rie called the runner safe. The man
was on second when a ball was bunt-
ed to Queisser, who was in the box
Walt threw to third and Kelly got the
runner but his back was turned TO |
the plate and Guthrie admits that his
decision was made to favor the runner
because the play was hard one to |
see. Manager Carney at once protest |
ed and Guthrie ordered him off the
field and gave him over into the Gus
tody of an officer who started TO walk /
the Islander boss out.
POLICE WITHDRAWN.
At this instant another copper ap- |
peared with instructions to his mate |
to do nothing except at the order Cl F,
Rowland, and accordingly Carney was !
released. Bill renewed his protest and .
Guthrie asked him if he intended to |
leave the field Bill said not, where /
upon Guthrie said. ''Then I wiz and |
he did. At that moment the score was |
to in favor of Rock Island.
In the meantime the crowd had !
swarmed out on the field and the run
ner from third wended his way home
ward unheeded and it was claimed .
that ne scored and reports were sent
out that the game was tied up before
being declared forfeited. Guthrie
said today that he had no intention OF
forfeiting the game but that he
thought it best to say that he had
done so in order that no assault would
be provoked.
TOLD by TELEGRAPH.
Dubuque, Iowa, June with Pla5S
on third and Paddock on second, none
out, and the score to in Rock Is
lands favor in the last half of the
ninth inning yesterday, Umpire Gu-h-
rie quit his post as arbiter of the
game, and declared the contest forfeit
ed to Dubuque by a score of 9 to o.
His action followed the protests of the
entire Rock Island team, the players
gathering around the umpire at the
home plate after Guthrie had declared
Plass safe at the third station on
Queisser's attempt to catch the ruh
ner.
Tired of the severe criticism accord
ed him by fans and players alike, E
Guthrie retired to the ticket office Y
where he gathered up his pharaphana-
liza in short order and left the park. {
Before he made his exit, however, tn = 4
scorers at the game and several Du- {
buque players approached him in the Z
matter He stated that he had quit, r
but that he had forfeited the game 10
Dubuque.
Manager Rowland was chased to the !
club house in the eighth inning after
Pitcher Fosberg had been benched fcr
throwing his glove to the diamond
when Guthrie called a ball on Clynes.
STORY OF RUNS.
The Islanders counted first in the
hird, when Olson walked, and CIynes
singled. Stevens walked filling the
bases, and on Slattery's long fly to l. E
Darringer, Olson scored
In the sixth, Snyder singled Gus
Ter sacrificed and Queisser singled
Vogel hit safely scoring Snyder. o.
son walked, but Queisser was
orced at the plate when Clynes hit -
R. Darringer. Stevens singled, seer
ny Olson and Vogel.
The final Islander tallies were
counted in the eighth, when with
wo down, Olson was credited with 4
lit on Guthrie's decision at first
1lynes walked, and Stevens tripled to /
light scoring Olson and Clynes.
Dubuque scored first in the last 3
half OF the initial inning. Plass walked Z
With one out and went to second when
siattery dropped Queisser's throw in
n attempt TO catch Rabbit mapping.
Paddock doubled scoring Plass, and
LIN Ird