The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
new YCRKS NEARLY
IN RIOT AT HOUSTON
Maisel Resents Fans Taunts
and Big Williams Backs
Up Midget.
ILL FEELING STIRS LOCALS
Series Of Events Develops Bad
Blood That May Prevent
Teams Return.
ILL FEELING STIRS LOCALS


cuse Tor a Tromer. with bu, passing men
ton 'o.iay's tender farewell to tire 1914
raining camp 70 speak OF more potent
matters. In sliding by We may whisper
tnat Chances regulars won the rubber
rom the locals by "a corri Of Is - 10.
BAD blood has been brewing between
Tho rival clubs for the past few days
and was almost melted into open hostility
during the afternoon. a collection OF
rab.d fans or the third base side OF the
stands began 10 ride Msiscl rough shod
in the very FIRST inning. The pepptry
midget took the raillery In good grace
for time but when he came back VITA
IN insinunton against the 60 orinS OF
the ringleadGrs blood the petu,ant Texan
thrt atened violence. The wnoie New
York team then took hand and when
big Harry Williams volunteered to meet
the ag.tator at any sort OF toust he
might name, the cooler heads among the
fans threw oil on the Troublesome waters.
The controversy was conducted along
most etntlsmanly lines on both SIDES and
Is cited only because OF its bearing on
Houston's future so far as the New fock
Americans are concerned. To-days In.
c.dent was but "a bareback OF earlier
Observation-Disclosures between the manage
ments OF the rival teams. The first real
strain developed Tuesday at Texas City.
Gardner. a Texas kague umpire who
OBLIGATED In thu early games here, went
over to the soldiers camp evidt nifty with
an idea OF working in the exhsb.t. on game.
He had been invited by neither OF the
intsr.ste parties and cons .quen.ly was
ignored. This somewhat peev.d him and
later in the evening when Manager Chance
refused to allow the un.nv.ted of'icial to
ride back to the stat on with his party
Gardn.rs Ire overstepped the usual
bounds. He was so piqued that he re-
fused to appear In the last two exhibitions
here. The manage ment OF the Houston
club. which is supposed to have invited
Gardn r to Texas City. took umbrase at
the alleged d.scourtesy of Chance and
espoused his ensmys cause.
No one connected with the local club
attended the banqu IN honor Of the New
Yorks at the Rice Hotel last night. Even
Reynolds and CT S. membI r. OF the New
York team who played here last season.
manned aloof. This in turn piaued the
followers Of the Peerless Leader. who
vowed dire revenge this afternoon. There
in a nutshell 10 the causl OF to-day's near
riot. but not the eject by any means.
This regrettable III will has carried
much further than has appeared on the
surface. Indeed II the Ratchet Is not
buried within the next few hours there
s every likelihood that the Go;hamites
will be forced to md a new camp for
1913. tn local owners were inclined to
be bit more severe as to terms for re-
newal OF spring privileges after they con-
sidered their honor had been rum d. They
wished Chance to eve them Dode Crss
as well as Charlie Rose as hostage.
Nothing doing" was Chances short
rejo!nder.
They had a hne chance to get Crss."
said the boss In explanation atterward.
why. according to their tell, he shcu'd
ha nA.r ~. Ip.Ia ,.tl
them that IL ne packed all the speed ard
CONT oil thty boosted he would lie jus, the
ideal man fer the shady field IL the Polo
q, ounds Certainly | am not so,ng to
give UP anyb dy TIL | have convinced
myself he is OF no use to me. Nobody
ever gave me anything.
II will net deny that would like to
return to Houston. 1t strikes me as a
very fine training place I like the city
and ! Ike the people I have met here.
But ! will not BE- held up and ! told the
local owners SO. have been gong south
for alpost a score OF years and to my
way Of thinking Il is easier to md
suitable training camp than to dig up
star ball player"
Now as to the fray. g'ancs a. the
box score or II IL not mistaken for a ped
stock quotation summary will tell more
then word OF pen. 1t was nightmare
for three innings afterwird as pretty a
New York leaped out to the font with
eleven runs in the very first inninv. but
Cy Pieh put the skids under h ms I
THROUGH inability to 10 ate the late. Be-
fore he retired at the end OF the second
spasm the home team had crowded up
to within two OF New. Yo!ks dozen runs
In the first inning Cy hit two men and
pa ssed two more He also made rank
error which. combined with two fair
clouts. Melted four runs and lef; the SACKS
crowded when the side was retired. He
was even worse In the second when Tor
the second time ten men faced HIM. This
time lie gave three passes. McDonald's
triple and Aliens double at sycholoyical
momsnts depleted the sacks and left but
Die Stranded AZ the finish. Six runs
battered hsS1e this>tlme
Jack WARRIOR worked the las. seven in
ninrs for Chance. He kept the i've hits
fairly scattered and was never In very
serious difficulty. though tw!ca Peck.n-
pauyh came to the front with clever stops
that started double plays. The score: