Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-11
WORK OF UMP|RES
SPO|LS GOOD GAME:
Police Protection Sought by Ar
biters After Bad Decisions
Madden Crowd.
OOUBLE-HEADER is DIVIDED
Richmond and Montreal Split
Bargain Bill-Russell Fans
Fifteen Batsrnen.
DOUBLE-HEADER Is DIVIDED

Dbl gam Dlll-fNuSSeil ans
Fifteen Batsrnen.
No bouquets were handed the arbi-
ters in that double clash on the Broad
Street lot yesterday afternoon. but IL
Is certainty that several thousand
fans would have joyfully welcomed an
opportunity TO purchase flowers TO lay
on the grave of at least one. His name
is given as Harrison. but TO the crowd
that watched his cXccrabic perform
ancc, only one coEnomcn will 1T.
Unanimously they dubbed him ,robber.
III this the fans were right. Montreal
taking the final engagement. Q TO z.
largely through his aid, while skill
alone caused the Climbers TO win in
spite OF him in the opener. TO 9
Recently 1t was remarked :h:;: ,::..
pire Brown was the worse ever seen
In these parts. An apology is due him.
bat in justification II must be said that
Harrison had not then been seen here.
Not only was he off in his decisions,
but he made n bad matter worse by
losing his temper completely. Five
players were elected from the scene of
conflict and AT least two without any
apparent cause except a desire 10 dis
play power. Twice the police were
called upon By him TO quell riots In
their incpicncy Pop bottles. lemons
and other missiles were freely hurled
at Harrison. and things looked dan
GeroUs for while.
The trouble started in the first game,
hut came TO a head in the second IIar-
tson in the opener was ump!ring bases.
and made a particularly raw decision
at nrst base when a blind man could
have seen Tim Jordan tag a batter out
before ne reached the bag. In the next
inning on similar play, Harrison
called Schaufele out although ne was
safe as the other man. As n mat
ter of fact, both were out. While the
stands were bowling at this second
decision, Harrison sought to create a
diversion by banishing Allen Russell.
who was on the bench. Dunn was
given the gate for protesting.
HARRISON ARoUsEs IRE
OF FANS At VERY START
In the second game Harrison came
up behind the bat and his eye was
apparently OFF the range. Before the
game started tho hlea cherries hootcd
and catca!lcd ~ the umpire when he
started to make the battery announce
ments. and this evidently turned him
sullen. When Johnny Bates came TO
bat in tho fourth with two men on.
Harrison made a bald error OF iudg-
ment. calling bad bali a strike When
Johnny turned to protest he was
promptly fred ont OF the game. and n
further protest caused an extra s. fine
to be plastcrcd on him. In another
minute Jack Dunn was put of the field
for getting OFF the coaching line. The
stands in the meanwhile were secth-
ing mass of bowling humanity. and
missiles started TO fly. Police took posts
in each stand TO watch for offenders.
Just things quie,cd down. Harrison
STROBE over TO the bench and, without
stating his intentions ordered the po-
lice Ia escort Morriscttc from the
grounds. In the sixth inning Harrison
stopped the game and made another
demand on the police To keep the crowd
In order
Morrisetto and Russell did tho
mound work for the locals. The for
r-er twirl"d a pretty game and de-
served to win 1t. Russell pitched mag
niicently and more than deserved TO
win it. and would have done so had
the arbiters been right. lie struck
out Hfteen batsmen In the nine In
nings. establishing an International
League record for the season.
Fullerton and Cadorc worked for
Montreal. and the latter hurled In big
league style He was tight In the
p!nches. and while found for fourteen
hits he kept them fairly we'll scat
tered. Tho fielding behind him was
not OF such great order. although only
one mlscue made by his team
mates.
FIRST GAME WAS
PRETTY EXHIBITION
The first game was n pretty exhi-
bition OF pastiming. The locals out
hit the Canucks, and the fielding was
of better order. The second game,
however, deteriorated, the players los
ing their snap and ginger by the fire.
quent stops
AS the pitching of Russell stood out
in the second game, so did tho hitting
Of Witty whiteman who polcd out
two doubles. triple and single in
his first four appearances When he
famed on his fifth try, the bleachers
went Wild but In that same frame he
turned the jeers to applause by his
wonderful onc-hand catch of long
drive by Thompson. Shag was on
third before he knew the ball had
been trapped.
Richmond took the lead in the first
game and held on to It, Montreal got
into the lead In the first inning of
the final encounter, but the score was
tied four times. The locals would
have undoubtedly scored had Bates
not been fired. and several runs for
Montreal would have been cut off had
Johnny been in the game Certainly
the thrce-bagger made by Whiteman
would have been an out.
Charlie Pick hit like hend ycster-
day. In the first game he got three
ont of fcsIr and in the second no GOT
'Hitt III oCudu1cle IN the first
game landed for two timely singles
Arragon and Jordan each knocked ont
two in four times up in the last game.
the latter getting n triple
First Gnme Details.
Morrisette and Fullerton were tho
opposing moundsmen at the beginning
OF the first game. Nash and Irelan led
off with singles to left Whteman
flew out to Arragon. and after freian
N1orrisette famed Flynn and Devlin
in order, leaving men on second and
third.
The locals started the opening stan
"a with ginger, scoring one run.
Thompson started things with an in
field hit, Hc took second on a passed
ball and scored on Picks single to
left. Charlie went to second on the
throw. He stole third. but was call
cd out by Harrison. Bates famed and
Arragon grounded out