New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-15
SHOTS END BALL GAME.
Change in Empires Makes Trou-
bIe-Auto Acts as Ambulance.
BAT USED AS WEAPON, TOO
Excess of Artistic Temperament
in Painters Sends Two
Men to Hospital.

The real umpire had to leave the field for
few minutes and then the trouble start
ed When the umpire returned there was
no ball game.
He had left perfectly good score Of IS
10 In the seventh inning in game be-
tween the Grays and the Whites at 2llth
street and Tenth avenue 1t was unfortu-
nate that the volunteer umpire was captain
Of the Grays because they were the ones
that had tailed the eighteen runs. In
those few minutes that the real umpire
rested no one else did. and the ball game
developed into an affair Of tragic possibili-
ties.
Revolvers and bats were the weapons
The volunteer missed three bullets and
later had one removed from his head at the
Washington Heights Hospital
Another man. who had shown by knock
ing the transient down with bat that he
disagreed with n verdict OF three strikes
and out. is now at the Fordham Hospital
with a fractured skull and numerous sore
spots. Both men will recover
BY weekday profession both men are
painters on warm Sundays their artistic
temperaments can be satisfied only by n
ltNcllSily dttiN' pa pNiIdtioii III bhScpih
Yesterday proved 10 be one Of the warmest
games OF all
The transition from ball TO gun play
began when John Reed. TWENTY-FIVE years
old Of No AS West Tooth street. a White.
was called out on strikes by Michael
Giannive. twenty-thres years old. of No.
lo7 Thompson street. captain OF the win
ming Grays. and temporary umpire
Not only did Reed demur. but. according
10 the police. he hurled his bat at Clan
nive with such force and accuracy that
Giannive fell 10 the ground with a wound
in the head
II is alleged that Reed then took TO his
heels. Giannive finding himself not seri-
ously injured. but extremely anxious 10
overtake his assailant. took after him. fol-
lowed by excited members Of both teams
This escorting party carried on the COM
bat between themselves. while en- route,
using baseball bats TO register their opin-
ions.
Giannive was a good runner. the police
confirm and AZ the corner Of 2loth street
and Tenth avenue was close upon the man
who on second thought. believed that dis
erection was the better part OF valor.
Reed turned. saw the angry. speedy
enemy, drew revolver and fred. A
bullet hit Giannive In the head. and for
the second time he fell TO the ground.
A. S Phillips. OF No. 500 Broadway. saw
the affair from his automobile. in which
he was accompanied by two men and two
women friends. They jumped from the
machine. picked up the unconscious captain
OF the Grays. carried him TO the machine
and then proceeded at full speed 10 the
Washington Heights Hospital where DR..
Jacobs removed the bullet.
The free for-all fight continued undated
and II was during this cosmopolitan con-
flc. that Reed was hit on the head by
some unidentified person. presumed by his
advocates To have been a player on the OPP
position team. The theory lent Itself TO
the one already formed by the police Reed
was left by his friends where he fell. They
even failed 10 take with them their bats
and uniforms.
Lieutenant Powell sent Sergeant Mean
drews and a squad OF reserves from the
Kingsbridse police station They found
Reed and removed him 70 Fordham Hos
pitai