The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-10
RIOT BREAKS OUT WHEN ORIOLES
DEFEAT Colonies; CAME GIVEN To
BAL |MORE BY THE SCORE Of so

demonstration br"ke up ne fourth gam"
81 the Louisville baltimore Junior
worlds series here today when $500
spectators. apcered At a c.osc decision
swarmed on tho Held. pe!ced the police
md umpir"S with cushions and caused
the game 10 20 forfeited 10 Baltimore y
10 Q. No one MAS seriously hurt and
no arrests we've made. although the
police used their clubs freely.
Before the rtotous eGd'nS " the game
IN the nrSs hall OF the ninth inning. the
fans Swarmsd on :hE diamond IN the
seventh Inning 10 protest decision by
Imply MCGOWAN. o: the lHternattonat
league. and delayed The game hfteen
minutes before the police could clear the
held.
When Umpire Frank Connolly. % III"
American association. called Jack Bent
ley, this Orioles first eaSsman. sate NJ
first in the ninth inning On 4 play when
appeared TO be an easy GU. tho specta-
tors swarped onto tho fed for the
second time and the polite were power
less to dispense them.
The fans made no mos" I" harm e'tner
Connolly or McIiowaG untH the police
and playeps made a move {" escort tnen,
OF the field. Police formed SuaFu
about :hem and started for the gate.
Cushions were thrown on the held oy
the direction 81 the ump.rss began. \
vollcy OF cushions were hurled At tho
fleeing umrireS and their police escort
as they broke into = run In tho direction
Of the exits. Other than tho throwing
OF cushions and few pop bottles. no
violence was attempted.
Decisions on close plays by umpires
led up 10 the demonstration. Through
out the game close decisions Eere rem
dered and the Louisville ro"ters thought
they were IN favor 90 the Raitimor"
team Tho clubs took the feld with
Louisville leading two {" ono In the
series, and the fans were in no humoc
20 accept decisions that appeared TO be
wrong.
In the ninth inning. With two mon on
bases, two men out. and TWO strikes and
three balls on Jacobson, Umpire Nc
Gowan called the next 7!tched ball
BAIL" although fans thought jacobson
swunx at 1t. A single scored TWO runs
and put another Oriolr on third. Bently
bit a Rrounder to Kinks and The play at
mrs, WAS close. Umpire Connolly called
Bentley safe. Tho crowd apparently did
not s,on 10 consider mat It was not Nc
Gowan who made the decision and the
spectators charged on :he field. angr "
hurting cushions as they rushed toward
the umpire.
Manager Joe Mccarthy. OF the Louis
Vile club. rushed TO McGowans side.
and with tho aid OF a half dozen police
escorted him 10 the visitors Sugout.
where the cushion fight started. Tho
police succeeded In getting the umpirss
INTO the office % President kneoelkemp
Of the Lou.sril club. where they re-
rnainsd under guard until tho streets
were cleared
The scene OF the first demonstration
came IN tho seventh inning on ruling
by Umpire MCGOWAN In favor OF the
Louisville club. but tho fans did not
learn that the decision had gone In their
favor until they had swarmed onto tho
neld. delayed the game hfteen minutes.
With Meyer on second and Miller on
FIRST and one out. Acosta hit an inneld
Nv to Oowd, who dropped tho ball.
Meyer sped for thetrd and Miller to sec
ond and both reached bases safely.
Dowd threw to Boley, but Boley instead
OF touching Miller. touched the base and
as Miller was not forced. he was safe
The ball was then thrown 10 Maisel who
failed 10 touch Meyer. Both runners
were evidently safe. but when the Raiti-
moro team. thinking both Acosta and
Miller were out. walked Off the field,
the crowd took II for granted that either
MCGOWAN had called out Meyer at third
or that Connolly had Called ont Miller
a. second and charged from the bleach
ers.
MCGOWAN made no effort at the tims
70 bring tho Baltimore players back and
hts inactivity IN this regard was respon-
sihls Ter the crowds belief that he had
ruled both Meyer had been called safe.
After the Orioles learned that both MIL
ls- and Meyer had been called safe. they
protested vigorously. This spectators
Old not Attempt 70 throw cushions this
tire and senTed NOR" intent on ending
the game which they know was appar>
emit lost - louisville ard which had
dragged Cor moro than two hours. Bal
ttmore Was leading 10 at tho time.
President Hickey OF tho American as
ISOLATION. SAIL the ending OK the game
waSa disgrace 10 ia seball.
TT would have taken \ militia 20 stop
thos. people from coming on the field"
President Hickey said. Tho police were
utterly helpless"
There were between twenty and thirty
police on duty a, the park TO handle tho
crowd q s.562. tho biggest attendance
ct the series.
Score by innings: r. II. F..
baltimore ...... 0nc 800 tn3-l2 10
Louisville ...... 300 600 1oX- II l
Ogden ard Egan: Cullop Lineup.
Koob. Sanders and Meyer.
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