New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-01
Manager of Giants Takes
Count When Assaulted
by Pat Newman.
FLETCHER JUMPS IN
AND TAKES REVENGE
Injuries Knuckle in Doing It
Then New York Beats Houston
and Cleans Up Series.

rf,,s,o.. Tex. March a.-The Giants
made il four straight over the HouS'o"
sp0aioes this afternoon. when they won
.t. lost game of the series by a score Vi
80 out the combat on the heid u'o
.roYse such excitement as did one
sidel battle between John J. McDfa" anu
pa, Newman. manager of the local cIup'
when the Giants took the field Tor P'"'-
lice carly this afternoon.
Newman. who had some words VIII
NcGraw and Snoderass during yester-
DAYS game. assaulted the New YORK man
.ee, a. he entered the field and knocked
him o,i5 with one blow, which McGra"
co,tapds was delivered without warning
That Newman laid" for McGraw was
moved bv the fact that he entered the
grounds i'm uniform and took seat J"s'
inside the main entrance. There were ITO
spectators I'm the park at the ume' anu
nearly all the players were on the helu'
Newman was accompanied by DAVIS inc
right fielder of the Houston team.
shortly after ! o'clock McGraW' VINO
was i'm uniform. appeared at the park III
. q taxicab. accompanied by DICK hiAse.'"
and q couple of players. He says that he
was assaulted as he walked INTO 'ne
stand and before he could see VINO s'I"ON
him As he sank down Arthur Fletcher'
who was alongside, struck Newman anu
Knocked him into a box.
The uproar ended as suddenly as i oe-
Gan. Dick Kusella went TO McNI@" :
aid but was threatened by Davis anu
r,r q moment il looked as # the trouple
md no serious. The Houston players
.bcred around Newman with their bats
81, cooler heads prevailed and there was
D. further trouble.
NcGraw was quickly revived. nut as
q had a badly cut upper lip he "ehs
s,c,, 10 the hotel. where physician
iced The cut with courtplaster. lie
hon returned to the field and appeared
-, ~ coarbiDe lines several times dur
No the game. Fletcher was unable 10
NAV. however, as the bnuckle on his right
land puffed up after he landed the BIO"
on Newman.
Last SUMMER McGraw vas knocked
down bv Brennan a pitcher OF me fhh-
z les. as he was leaving the field.
light showers in the early part or the
sfternoon delayed the start Of the game
mill nearly { o'clock. and fewer than
q hundred persons saw the contest.
This Newman is evidently accustomed
n threatening ball players and getting
away with IT," said McGrdw aIter the
game. -. g,
..Ils now claims in self-defence tha' /
called him vile names yesterday but II
was lust the other way around. lie ap-
piled tine epthet 10 Snodgrass' ana l
called him Tor fl.
"snodsrass was ON FIST base and ] was
coaching there. Fred slid back TO me
bag and Newman warned him TO shde
back Of the bag the next time
"'Sude anywhere YOU please, toid
srodgrass It's his business to look out
for himself
..That provoked the profanity, and l
got after Newman Tor II. / told him II
was bush league talk TO shout so every
rodv I'm the stands could hear. bur /
didn't call him any vile names They al
WAYS make that charge against me, but
ii has been disproved time and again.
If had no sooner stepped through the
entrance to the rrandstaud to-day than !
was slugged ! don't know what the
Houston club is going 20 do about it,
but ] am going 90 DO something. For
seven years have been taking the
Giants 20 Texas al a loss. and playing
exhibition games with Texas League
teams merely as an accommodation. The
club loses money on a stay such as We
are making I'm Houston.
They beat a DO, Of big league teams
\ down here and ] guess We stirred then
N zap by taking four straight l was no
VI hurt IS Newman blow, and in day o
no there will be 10 trace OF IT, say
oolgh. that 10 is a towards act 70 strik'
man when he has no chance TO defen'
imself"
The local management greatly deploret
'e incident. and, 20 avoid further trou
O. did not play Newman at first bas'
J-day he did some coaching, but re
NAMED OF the bench most OF the time.
stock PLAYED shortstop and made I'VE
brilliant plays on extremely Difficult
ehanccs In the absence Of the. regula
umpire. who thought the rain woul
drive out the pastime, chief Meyers ant
con Lucid the old Brooklyn pitcher OF
nciated. Meyers made the base decision
and two Of them were about the bases
ever made
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