Evening star., 1915-05-14
BY j. ED GRILLO.

| CHICAGO. May 1i,-But for Umpire
Chill the Nationals might have been
credited with a well earned victory yes
terday. 1t is doubtful if ever before in
the history of the Johnson league two de-
cisions 50 palpably incorrect have been
made as the ones of yesterday. one of
which gave the Sox u run to which they
were not entitled. while the other robbed
the Nationals of a tally which seemed as
sured
/ Eddie Collins was apparently out in the
seventh inning yesterday. when Ansmith
and Mcbride caught him mapping, and the
crowd jeered Chill when he made his de
| cson
| In the ninth. when he waved Morgan
| out at third base. which he had clearly
f, earned the right TO with three-base hit
/ which scored Williams from first, Chill
was unmercfuliy roasted by the partisan
[ spectators who did not want their favorite
team handed anything to which it was
not entitled Griffith is going to make a
personal plea to the head Of the league
| either to keep Chill away from umpirins
games in which his team is engaged or
/ drop him from the staff.
! Morgan was so enraged when Chill
: called MN our III Iiit illflll mat ne gran
{ bed him 10y the arm and turned nm
around, for which he put out of the
game. NefT took his place and he got
mixed up III the play in the ninth. when
/ Weaver bunted. as he had started for
first to cover the bag. This gave Weaver
Il life and HIT AMI paved the way for
The one run which the Sox needed to win
the game.
| Chic Gandil is under q three day suS-
pension for his objection to third
strike which Chill called him i'll
/ the game Wednesday. Williams took
his place at first yesterday and did
very well both III the field and al the
bat.
Morgan's conduct toward Chill yes
terday is very apt to bring about his
suspension for a long period. though
a player under the circumstances could
not be expected to submit without
voiclnS vigorous protest.
/ Manager Griffith will be in Ban
Johnsons Office early this morning to
submit protest against Chill. accord
/ ing 10 Il statement made by the man
aser after the game yesterday.
Il do not propose to stand for that
sort Of umpirins and that is all there
! is TO it," Griffith said. 'Chilis deci-
sions are ridiculous, and ! shall prove
! to President Johnson's satisfaction
that Chill is not tit to be in the league.
His work yesterday was the worst !
have ever seen in my entire career
on the ball field, and | believe that if
an investigation is made even the mem
bers of the Chicago team Will be will
| ing to admit that Chill was unfair
| Ray Morgan insists that Roth. the
Sox third baseman. pulled him of the
bag after he had reached there safely.
! Chill called me safe and ] was get
ting off the ground with my hand on
the bag when Roth showed me off and
II
/ looking at me at the time and ! could
not believe nay eyes when he waved
| me out. said Morgan. Il was so
, ,dumfounded that | did not know
what ] doing when l pulled Chill
around
| 1t is a fact that John Collins, who
/ scored ti-e winning run in the ninth.
did not touch the home plate until sew
eral minutes after the game was APP
parently over Walter Johnson noticed
that Collins did not touch the plate in
scoring. Ainsmith. who had his back
to Collins. did not see him miss the
plate, and, thinking that Collins had
scored. started to walk toward the
bench with the bah in his hands.
Johnson ran over to him to tell him
to touch Collins. but Collins saw his.
neglect had been noticed. for the
plate and touched il before Ainsmith
was able to touch him. All this while
| umpire Connolly was standing over the
plate, and he did not make u decision
on Collins until he touched the plate
while being chased by Airsmith. He
i said he would have declared Collins
out if AinSmith had touched him.
Tom Connolly displayed some mark
able ability in yesterdays game, the
first full he has PLAYED with the
| Nationals. In the fourth inning he Gov
cred a remarkable amount of ground
| in going to the extreme left field fence
! for Felscils long fly. and in the sixth
inning he demonstrated speed on the
| bases which won him applause. In this
inning Connolly singled after Milan
! had beeH retired. Williams singled to
| right, but Collins knocked down the
! ball, and recovering ii quickly tried to
head off Connolly, who his way
| to third. Connolly reached there in
safety. sliding into tho bag, and when
! Collins throw got away from Roth he
got to hlS feet IN hurry and made his
gay across the plate, scoring the sec
ond rum
on TWO ocolziluIts t'icuttc famed him
after he had landed on two long fouls
| There is not The slightest doubt that
when ne walked the first man up and
had three hits charged against htm
was entirely due to his being chilled
between innings. .IohnSOnS arm
seemed to be stiffencd IN the cold
while sitting on the bench, and lie
found il "A difficult matter to get amy