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own political future. Be that as it
may, the Lynch decision is some" de-
cision.
There didn't seem to be a chance in
the world that the Phillies would
emerge the yictors in the case. To
have ordered the game replayed would
have been a liberal method and per-
haps a not unjust one. To have up
held the umpire would have saved a
lot of talk that is bound to ensue.
The decision makes the Giants suf-
ferers by a condition over which they
had no control. The protest to put
the fans out of the bleachers did not
even come from McGraw and his
men. Umpire Brennan, in his ex-
PLANTATION of the case, declared he
could not see the ball as delivered by
the pitcher because of the fans in
the centre field bleachers, who, he
declared, waved handkerchiefs and
blinded the batter, the catcher and
the umpire. That was the reason he
ordered the bleacherites removed.
The Philadelphia club officials, in
GLIDING Manager Doom, refused to
obey his command and he gave the
game against the home team. The
worst that can be said about Bren-
nan is that he is a gamester and
the best that can be said about Man
ager Doom Is that he used decidedly
poor judgment in refusing to at least
make an effort to carry out the UNI
pire's orders. Red Doom is catcher
of no mean order and he has not
managed badly at all, but big men in
the game who refuse to do every
thing in their power to see that the
game is protected at all times should
not be tolerated for a moment
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To sum the case up, Doom and the
Philadelphia Club officials pulled all
the "bonehead' plays. yet they are
the only ones to benefit. The umpire
Is Inundated, and the New York
Club has suffered the defeat in a
game in which 1t might have come
out victorious. There is a higher
court in which to try the case-the
board of directors OF the National
League-and the affair may ulti-
mately reach that station. AS the
Giants and the SPhillies are battling
for the pennant the game may really
figure in the championship, though it
isn't likely, as the Giants have q
come right down to that game. Then
what? To have stood by the umpire,
who was right In judgment, If not
according to the rules over which,
also, there is considerable difference
of opinion, would have been Presi-
dent Lynch's best card. To have or
dered the game replayed would have
been q conservative decision likewise,
but to award the game to the Phil
lies, a game which it had not right
fully won, either by the number of
runs or the will of the umpire-is the
biggest mistake that has been made
SO far In the baseball world.
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Lynch, in way, protects himself
in his decision by saying that he
"waives all technical procedure, in
order that prompt disposition OF
the affair may be had and the best
interests of the game may be served"
He also adds that the umpire was in
error in FORGETTING the game and cites
the lack of rules to cover the case,
Brennan, just the same, was more
right than wrong and he was more
right than is Lynch in his reversal
The umpire decided on an actual con-
dition, in which he declared that he
could not see the ball while the fans
were in the centre field bleachers
Lynch decided that Brennan didn't
know his business when the presi-
dent had no way of telling As a re-
suit of the case, Brennan, who gave
an up-and-up decision, may resign
| but there is consolation in the fact
that Lynch is not any too safe him.
self He has the New York Club be.
hind him. but he may, even lose thai
support over his latest verdict. How.
ever, Lynch probably knew what HI
was doing when he decided agains
the Giants. Still, Brown, of Louis
Vile, and Joe O'Brien are said to b.
running a close race for the mex
president of the National League.
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Thousands of dollars, in polls ant
other wagers, hinged on the outcom,
of the game. In most cases the UNI.