Evening star., 1933-10-07
|BAN|SHMENT SEEN
AS 'B0NER' SCREEN
Heinie Ordered Back Today
by LanGs-Harris' Loss
as Pinch Hitter Hurt.
BY JOHN B. KILLER,

| BY JOHN B. KILLER.
IN ECAUSE an umpire pulled q
TX "boner" and perhaps to
III cover his mistake punished
a player by banishing him
from the game, the Washington
ball club was deprived of fair
opportunity to lift itself to even
terms with its New York foe In
the series for the world base ball
championship.
When Charley Moran. National League
official, fired Heinie Manush from the
battle after the latter had vigorously,
but seemingly rightly, protested an
atrocious decision In the sixth inning
yesterday, he disrupted the Washington
organization to such an extent its al
ready difficult struggle for supremacy
| In the tuSsle was made more so.
| BY order Of Judge Kenesaw Lands,
base balls car, Manush was to be back
in the Washington lineup today. This
was decided by the high commissioner
OF the game late last night after he had
listened to strong protest against the
umpire's action, made by Clark Griffith.
Washington president, and conferred
with Moran
Whether any punishment in the form
OF fine will be imposed on Manush
after the series is not known.
| But restoring Manush to active duty
with the Nationals does not get back
for them the golden opportunity they
had to pull up to even terms with the
Giants in the fourh game Of the series.
That's gone-and trailing the National
League champions, one game to three,
as they were before today's engagement
| got under way, theirs was almost a
hopeless cause
THE election of Manush forced the
employment Of Dave Harris in
the lineup. thereby eliminating
| from the ranks of Washington pinch
batters stalwart who logically would
have been selected for service at the
| plate in the clubs great chance to tie
at least in the eleventh inning, when
| 1t went down to 2-to-1 defeat
This is not meant as an alibi for
the disastrous beating the Nationals
took. beating that virtually eliminated
them from further consideration as
likely world champions.
The American League pennant win
ners played gallantly. driving a world
series scrap into extra innings for the
first time since 1924. when another
Washington club played two 12-inning
contests with another New York club
But the Gianst put up a great fight,
too. and were worthy of their victory.
Had Moran been trifle more careful
with his umpiring, however, a bit more
observant of what was going on and
cooler-headed in dealing with the stu
alton after rendering the apparently
wrong decision. the Washington club
and its thousands of supporters un-
doubtedly would have accepted the de-
feat in this vital world series game
more philosophically.
THERE may have been some excu
for the decision Moran made L.
the sixth inning that left the
Nationals with Myer on third base and
two out instead of having Myer at third
Manush at first and only one batter
retired. He could have missed the
play.
But even the most unbiased observer
Of the incident can find no excuse TO-
the officials severe and unusual punish
ment Of the player.
Only twice before had players been
banished from q world series game.
Chance Of the Cubs was thrown out of
contest in the 1910 series and Schalk
OF the White Sox was elected from q
world championship game in 1919.
1t has always been understood that
a player in a world series game was
not to be banished for protesting de-
cision unless in the heat Of argument
he became so loudly abusive as to be
heard by the spectators in the stands
or assaulted an umpire or another
player
Manush was guilty of neither Of these
violations of world series ethics yester-
day. There were some who thought he
struck at Moran after crossing the base
following the adverse decision. But the
washington player was simply running
along the base path in the manner he
has done for seasons in the big show.
He always has run out his drives in
determined fashion and with his elbows
out. If an umpire or any other
connected with the game happens to be
1E his path it's just too bad for that
person. It will be readily recalled that
the big Dutchman twice in the recent
pennant race bowled over Umpire Brick
Owen because that worthy happened TO
block his path
NFANUsH might have attacked Um-
lVl pire Moran later as he was leav-
ing the playing field had he not
OeeH OloSudocO Dy several OF MS 1ellOW-
Nationals and George Moriarty, Amer
ican League official There was fight In
Manush's attitude as he stepped swiftly
from left field toward first base.
Swerved aside by others of the Wash
ington club, however, Manush was led
from the field before there was any
semblance of physical encounter be-
tween umpire and player.
The damage had been done by Moran,
though, and when the clutch came in
the eleventh the Nationals had not
available the resources they should
have had. So brilliant piece of pitch
ing by Monte Weaver, q game stand
against the formidable screwballing Carl
Hubbell went for naught. The Amer
ican League champions were in no po-
sition to muster their best.
Umpire Charley Moran Of the Ma
tional League with a bombastic display
NJ ifxy 1yacfod in, hin, had cooy, RI