Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-23

run in the lead, when 1t was raining
no harder. Like most protests, though,
the game will go as played, and Pitts
burgh will be recorded as the victor
The umpire, always all-powerful, was
no less so yesterday. The moment
the magnates decided to play and put
the game in Klem's hands, thereafter
1t was up to him. To show off, per-
haps, and to defy those who were
honestly appealing to him to call the
game, in justice to the players, who
were being drenched in justice to the
fans. who were suffering the annoy
ance of the elements; in justice to the
umpire himself, and, above all, in JUS
tice to the great national game, 1t
was a farce to play after the third
inning. and it was crime to stop
play in the sixth inning, after the
downpour had been over
looked. But Klein is l<lem-and the
limit hasn't anything TO recommend
it. A good umpire, tbs true, he is
entirely too freakish, too sensational.
to be entrusted with so much power.
C
Ban johnson has done we'll in re-
Installing George Stovall the manager
of the st. Louis Browns The crime
was sufficient, for severe
but there are more ways
than one to make all even. Stovall
Inundated Umpire Ferguson by a
nasty trick, and President Johnson,
for a. time, felt that the act should
be punished by Punishment. The st.
Louis team was going pretty well
then, though, and the fans made a
howl for their manager. Public sem
timent also cut considerable of.
figure, and the baseball men through
out the country made a personal ap-
peal to Johnson to reconsider his de
termination to drive Stovall out of
baseball. A wise old owl, but stern
one. too, Ban has listened and his
decision to reinstate the player seems
to have met with popular approval.
Stovall, of course, must do his share
to square himself. He must write
letter of apology to the umpire and
he must pay a fine of 500. He must
promise, too, to be more careful here
after and he has done all these things,
it seems. with such good grace and
in such a sporting spirit that to for
give him is but just, just as we. all
seek forgiveness.
But while on the topic of Stovail
it is recalled that Tim Hurst was
driven out of baseball for the very
same crime Tim did his job in more
style than Stovall, because
Sir Timothy, you know, if you know
him at all, was a very thorough man.
The only difference between the Of
lenses was that Hurst used the eye
of Eddie Collins, the great Philadel-
phia shortstop, as a cuspidor. while
Stovall deliberately spat in the face
of 11mnire Ferguson. Hurst was
canned" as the expression goes, for
good, but Stovall, as observed, gets
OH with me anu an apoiosS'
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1,,. ,,;.ohi,,a ,aoord No matter who
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noius oa' :,
keefe-ls sale lot "ii'e a. ie'9'
record of consecutive victories, bust
ed" his string after winning ten
games in a row. The fall came yes
terdav afternoon. when Cleveland
Located the Washington twirler for
thirteen hits and won one to o II
was an off day for s'ohn s~ ana ana no no
mistake ana now ne WIN nave 70
start all over again.
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J. P. N:
When will Newark play double
season? What nationality is Frank
Kramer? FAITHFUL FAN.
You win have to wait a long time
M double-headers are scheduled for
Sunday at Wiedenmayer's Park and
there will be none unless postpone
ments makes one necessary later in
the season Frank Kramer was horn
in Evansville. Ind. Indiana being in
the United States. Kramer is an
American. His parents were Ger
mans
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