The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-08-10
BROOKSvILLE UMPIRE HIT
s IN FACE BY COLUMBUS
PLAYER.
IN HEAT OF ANGER
Apology Afterward Offered by
AssaiIant and Accepted by
VisitOr.-Aflair Regret
ted by Columbians.

smiles. He is. enveloped, engulted'
surrounded and overwhelmed with
Thought roses or rose thoughts. All
the world loves a lover and he is hap
by in being loved.
But tits not thus with the base
ball manager. He has troubles OF ms
own, and sometimes, many times, ms
heart is bowed down like the father
of the abducted girl in "The bo-
hemian Girl"
Mr.. E. l.. Kuykendall, Columbus
base ball magnate, sat in ms o11lce
at the Princess Theatre, yesterday
morning, with an. expression OF re-
gret on his face. Ordinarily Eds
face is wreathed in smiles, but yes
tcrday he was troubled and smlled
through an anxious look.
"Just to think" said Mr.. Kuyken-
dali: "Brooksville and Columbus are
neiphbors and friends. There are
Columbus people living in Brooksville'
and Brooksville people living IN 90
lumbus, and the bond of friendship
and brotherly love should be -indls-
soluble. And yet, in the heat OF an
ger, in an unguarded moment, one OF
our citizens strikes one of their
citizens IN the face and the incident
may be taken as reflecting teellng
of onmity for Brooksville on the part
of our people" :,
From time immemorial base ball
PLAYERS and fans have differed from
umpires in decisions, and until the
last game of base ball is played TINS
condition will obtain. = Umpires have
been shot at with guns, assaulted
with bats, showered with bottles, ana
deafcned with maledictions. 10 UNI
pire ball game is about as unsate
as to be a Judge in baby show for
this reason it is hoped that the peo-
ple of Brooksville will look upon
Mondays regrettable row as the act
ion of one man, performed in the heat
Of ungovernable rage, and AN action
now deplored by the aggressor'
The Brooksville base ball nine came
To Columbus on Monday to play a
game with our base ball experts
Five innings had been played and the
score was tied. Mr.. McCloud, cltl-
zen Of Brooksville, was the umpire
One Of his decisions did not suit
Booker Land, so Booker landed on the
umpire. No serious damage was
done, just slight abrasion near Mr.
McCloud's left eye. But the incident
was enough to break up the game, the
Brooksvile manager refusing to let
his men continue playing.
AS soon as the smoke of battle had
lifted. Manager Kuykendail went to
Booker Land and took him of the
field, informing him that he had
violated the ethics of the game and
could not play the remaining irnings'
The affair was quoted down as quick
ly as possible, and no further trouble
resulted.
Afterwards, on the streets and in a
publie place, Booker Land showed
that he was a man by apologizing to
the Brooksville gentleman, and Mr..
McCloud likewise showed that he was
a man by accepting the apology.
Booker said he was sorry the next
minute after he struck the umpire,
and that he did so in "a moment Of
ungoyernable anger. Most of US
know the meaning Of that expression
and will have to spread the mantle Of
charity over the act.
"You tell 'em in your paper said
Manager Kuykendall, that it is not
the style Of the Columbus base ball
players to take matters in their hands
in this fashion. Neither is II the
sentiment Of the fans and Columbus
people to batter up an umpire be-
cause his decisions do not quadrate
with their particular views. The
striking Of Mr.. McCloud by our man
was a regrettsble affair, and ! hope
il win soon fade from the memory
screol Of all who witnessed Il. ! am
especially anxious to have the people
Of Brooksville regard It merely as an
incident in base ball and not as an in
territorial insult to them"
Mr.. Kuykendall IS to be commended
for his cool -headedless. good judg-
ment and quick action in taking his