The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-28
MACK A CHEAP SKATE,
Is ANSWER OF GRIFFITH
Senator's Leader Flares Tn
When Called Disgrace to
Baseball.

PHILADELPHIA, June c7.-"Connie Mack
says j should be run out of baseball, does
her Well. Connie Mack is a cheap skate.
Connie is the cheapest man in the game.
His father was a mourner In Ireland.
That was his profession and Comics Just
like him. He's always mourner"
This was the reply of Manager Clark
Griffith Of the Senators to-day 10 a state
ment by Connie Mack, leader OF the world
champion Athletics. In which Mack was
quoted as saying that Griffith's action in
forfeiting yesterdays game to the Ath-
letics was disgrace to baseball and that
Griffith should be eliminated from the
game.
Griffith was seen at his hotel lie was
indignant at Chill, the umpire, for de-
claring the game forfeited. Connie
Mack Is sore" continued Griffith. "be-
cause We always fight his team as we
fight every other team. suppose he
thinks VIC should lie down and let him
walk all over US and win pennant with
out any trouble
"A fair sample of how cheap Connie
Mack Is was shown when he waited for
three men to get on base before he had
Ira Thomas call Chillg attention to
Engle's alleged foot faults. Then Chill
lost his head and showed his incom-
potency in about ten ways I will admit
thought Chill was bluffing. or would
not have delayed the game and allowed 1t
to be forfeited.
ut liz custom with most umpires
when there In wrangle over "A decision
to pull out watch and threaten to for
felt the game II play is not continued.
and then allow the players time to cool
on little. thought Chill would do
this. and was surprised when ! found he
was not blufilng. but meant what he said
II was wrong, as Is any manager OF n
ball team when he lets game be for
feited. ! am sorry the thing happened.
but reiterate what ! said before. that IL
Connie Mack were not the cheapest skate
In baseball the game would not have been
forfeited
81 wrote to President Johnson and ex
planned the whole AFFAIR to him last night.
j think that both umpires. Chill and
Sheridan. are incompetent. Sheridan's
days for umpiring "A ball game are over"
Engle. the pitcher, whose alleged foot
faults caused 'he trouble, denied there
was anything wrong with his delivery.
Capt. Mcbride said Bush. who was pitch
ing for the Athletics. had a style similar
to Engle's. that couple OF times Chn's
attention had been called to Bush's de-
livery by Nick Altrock. and that chm
chased Altrock from the coaching lines
for It,
Grlffith and Herman Schaefer, Grifith's
first lieutenant. were notified by tele-
graph by Ban Johnson, president OF the
American League, nj noon to-day that
they were under suspension for an in
DEFINITE period, The suspension of Grif-
nth was expected. but no one appears to
know Just what caused Schaefer's lay
- T.. lx.I .&ts I.I
umplres recently, and yesterday he got
into the game long enough to score the
tieing run In the second game
Catcher John Henry Of the Washing
toms. who II "A live member of the Play
ers Fraternity, sent a telegram to John
son stating that the Senators who were
members Of the fraternity demanded that
the American League dismiss both Chill
and Sheridan for incompeteney.