Newark post., 1914-08-05

OTHER LOCAL SCORES
Newark A. c., 7; Strickersville, 6.
season in place of Aberdeen. Ward,
a former Penn-Mar League player,
was in the box for West End and
he allowed Elkton but five hits.
The score by innings follows:
Elkton OOO0x-3 5 2
West End 00O0O-2 4 6
Batteries, Elkton, Clay and Potts
West End, Ward and Marcus.
KAY THROWS OUT GAME
Last week was an eventful one in
the Tri-C County League and some of
the happenings furnished as much
excitement for the local fans as the
European War is furnishing for
American tourists in Europe. By
far the greatest event was the action
Of President Kay Of Elk Mills in
sustaining the protest Of the Elk
Mills club as to the game that team
lost to Newark here on Saturday,
July 25, and ordering the game to
be played over should it be found
that it would affect first or second
place in the league at the close Of
| the season.
While the officials of the New
ark Club and many Of the fans are
greatly incensed over this action of
President Kay, the matter is also
furnishing much amusement to
those who know all the circum-
stances, The decision of the
leagues executive became known
Saturday afternoon when Johnny
Grant, one of the local officials, re-
ceived a long letter from Presi-
dent Kay, stating his reasons for
throwing out the game. 1t requir-
ed about two thousand words for
President Kay to justify his action
in the letter to Mr.. Grant. The
substance of his decision is that he
threw the game out because UNI
pire Weir stopped the game while
it was raining at the end Of the sew
enth inning. He claimed that the
Umpire should have waited thirty
minutes before stopping the game
finally. 1t is true that there is such
a rule that provides for the umpire
in case Of rain where he has stop
ped the play to wait 30 minutes be-
fore declaring the game over.
In this particular case, however,
there were other circumstances to
be considered. President Kay was
spectator and no one should know
better than himself just what hap
pened. The minute that the ump-
ire waved the players off the field
at the end Of the seventh inning
practically every player and es-
pecially the Elk Mills players ran
out of the grounds. There being no
one left to play ball Umpire Weir
also left as did the spectators.
AS matter of fact there is not
one chance in hundred that New
ark will need this game and the
present indications are that it will
do Elk Mills no good either, as that
team does not look 10 have class
enough to finish either first or Sec
1t is the looks Of the thing, how
ever, that the local fans are COM
planning about. The protest was
based on disappointment and looks
like plan to get another chance
for game that was honestly and
fairly lost.
President Kay in his long letter
discusses the proposition fore and
aft. He quotes what he said to
somebody and what somebody else
said to him. He then tells what one
player said to some other player
and what this player and that play
er thinks about the matter, all of
which has no bearing whatever
over the question in dispute. He
also takes up page or more to dis
cuss the alleged collision between
Beatty and the Elk Mills shortstop
and although no protest was made
as to that play President Kay
states that the Newark player was
sufficiently in the wrong for him to
throw the game out on that ground.
President Kay harps about the
Elk Mills club not having the op-
portunity for a time at bat in the
eighth and ninth innings and about
how gamely they were fighting. The
executive was evidently not very
observant for its dollars to dough-