Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-06-19
R|OTOUS SCENES
ATTEND BASEBALL
AT ST. AUGUSTINE
Palatka Players and Um-
pire Poole Are At
tackled
SAINTS IN CIVIL WAR
Carter and Colee Have
Short Bout Back of
Grandstand


fisticuffs imminent, and after Um-
pire Poole had been assaulted twice
by Third Baseman Carter, of the st.
Augustine club, in yesterdays sched-
uled double-header at Lewis Park,
the first game was called at the end
of the eighth inning, and all sched-
uled games with the Saints were can
celed by Manager Boaz, of the Uals.
The final melee came after contin-
ued exhibition of truculency on the
part of the Saints, led by Manager
Forest Davies, and was attended by
numerous fisticuffs in the grand
stand and bleachers, and the rushing
of hundreds of spectators on to the
playing field. Excitement ran high
and Judge ODE Goode, president of
the Saints, agreed with Manager
Boaz that it would be unsafe to con-
tinue the contest with the crowd in
such an inflamed state. Judge Goode
made speech to the grandstand in
which he deplored the circumstances,
explained tina tthe personal equation
could not be eliminated in ball
game, and that mans impetuosity
often led him to acts under stress
that he would not otherwise be guilty
of.
Larz0 Attacked in Sixth.
1t has long been tradition here
that the Saints cannot be defeated on
their home grounds without a row.
On two previous occasions Palatka
ball clubs have been intimidated to
such an extent that they refused to
play, and on one of these occasions
the management refused to pay over
the agreed proportion of the gate re-
ceipts to the Palatka club. So that |
when the break came in the seventh,
when Palatka had scored five runs |
and not a Saint had gotten to second,
nor had hit been secured off Val
dez, many were not surprised.
With S. Colee at bat Captain Da-
vies, of the Saints, rushed out to the
plate and charged that Catcher Larzo
was interfering with the batter Um-
pire Poole said he was right over the
play and that there was no undue in
difference. Colee was the first man
up. After few words LarZo crouch
ed as if to receive the ball, when Da-
yies struck him, and Francis, who
was near by, rushed in as other play
ers trooped from the Saint dugout.
and Cliff Colee, as peace
succeeded in quieting the
players, after Larzo had been punch
e dseveral times from all sides. Aft
er Captain Davies had been persuad-
ed to return to the bench he made a
dash for Larzo again and struck him
from the rear just as Cliff Colee
caught him again.
1t was several minutes before play
was resumed, and there was a no. :,
.iceable nervousness on the part of
the Palatka players, as hundreds of
spectators, in belligerent mood,
swarmed on the field, and there were
,ries of "Kill him" from the grand
stand. During the progress of the
succeeding inning st. Augustine scor-
ID three runs on two errors, singles .
~ Francis and Small and double /
~ Cliff Colee, sent in to pinch hit for
Small.
Tie 1t Up and Fight. {
In the eighth the Saints tied it up, :
he last man, McDaniels, getting out s
It the plate with what would have 9
,een a one-run lead. Winn returned |
he ball from left field with a per- r
ect throw and Larzo made a clean
ag. McDaniels was called out and
tarted for the bench when Third I
3aseman Carter rushed out, struck \
Umpire Poole and grappled with a
lim. Cliff Colee and Captain Davies s
eized the belligerent player and a I
seneral mixup resulted again. Um- '
,ire Poole, who is suffering from u
everal chest wounds and gas suf- v
cred during the world war, started $
o pull off his breast protector, and '
walked over to the Saints bench, d
where Carter again made an effort I
o attack him. Cliff Colee then took