Evening journal., 1911-07-17

Wilmington has turned an umpire
batting town. From almost every city
in almost every league have come
stories of pop bottle assaults on in
dicator men. Only ten days ago a Mr..
Fineran lost a few of his teeth in a
lot not far from here because he had
given ball player what the
player thought was raw
deal Whether fans outside Whining
ton nave been justified in their batting
is question not under discussion at
this time. What concerns Wilmington
fans, as we'll as the team that they are
looking TO this year for their outdoor
sport, is whether the umpire batting
that has been INDUCED in here for
several days has been warranted byI
the circumstances.
In the first place there should be no
occasion for attacks on umpires. Fans
put up their money to see baseball and
not for the purpose of seeing an UNI
pire escorted from a field by police
guard. But Il may be that as long as
blind and incompetent men are pressed
into service as baseball umpires fans
Will be baiters and police guards con-
slant companions of jumps.
The Wilmington Baseball Company
is not claiming that the Tri-State UNI
pires have laid the foundation on
which the team is so solidly resting
al this time They have never howled
into President Carpenters ears that
his umpires have lost them games.
Reading and Trenton, however, have
been yelling like mad men for month
against the work of Carpenters rep
resentatives and the president has an
swered by letting out one imp. His
name is Alloway While here Alloway
gave Wilmington good service. There
are at least three managers on the cir
cult who will say he was a good man,
but he was dropped after some imagi-
nary trouble In Reading and Trenton.
But to get to the argument A Mr.
Conahan has been doing service in
Wilmington since the team got back
In the first game of he Lancaster
double header on Thursday the Chicks
won out by superior ball playing In
the second game the Chicks had a fine
chance to win again through superior
ball playing and might have turned the
trick had not Conahan jumped to the
aid Of Lancaster at the proper time
II happened while Rementer was up
In the second inning. Covelesh had
opened the session by going out Hoop
err got on after Fritz's tumble and
Smalling walked The men moved up
on Heists out. With two men down and
Wilmington on the long end of the
score, Rementer stepped up. With two
strikes against him Brazell shot one
TO the pan. There is not a competent
baseball man who was sitting in posi-
lion to judge balls and strikes on Re
menter that day who will not say that
Brazell had canned the batter, bur
Conahan called bali There, who was
perhaps the second best Judge of the
ball, and Brazen, were shocked by the
decision Conahan had given Butch
another chance and as was expected.
he hit. scoring Hooper and Smalling
That decision so cloggsd the eyes Of
the Chicks that Butch himself got
over without trouble Cassidy stood for
the decision that cost him a game He
is not a -sQuealer. wilmington lost-let
/ Il 90 AT that
! On Saturday Mr.. Conahan comes
, again In the first game there was no
occasion forshim to see any play that
/ was working toward success for the
( Chicks. But I'm the sec md game the
opportunity bobbed up. The teams had
/ fought TO TO / score up to the ninth
inning. Coughlin had made bad start
by striking out. Curry frightened his
teams chances with a hit OF course IL
was his play 10 steal and il was Just
there that Conahan butted in Curry
hurried down the line but Harkins had
the ball TO Marhefka two yards ahead
Of the runner and Tony had the pill on
! Curry OFF the bag but Conahan yelled
safe Narhefka, Harkins and the fans
also yelled something but the sound
was unintelligible That decision lost
/ Wilmington the second game With
| Phillibin's strike out the Reading hais
would have been over but there were
only two down in Conahan's opinion
and Curry on secod. Northrup the hit
for a triple, scoring Curry and hung