The Washington times., 1935-07-01


son. E$S8 MAGA
Charley Don Frank "Buck" O'Nein
nelly, we hasten to inform the
world, is an American League UNI
pire, and yesterday he was umpire
in chief of the battle royal be-
tween the Griffs and Yankees.
In the interest Of sports it is a
good thing he changed his mind
twice, and for selfish reasons, it
is good thing that Whitehill ex.
perienced a change of heart.
In the sixth inning with the
Griffs leading by a score of to 2,
Red Rolfe came to bat with two
on bases, and lined a drive into
right field. The ball struck and
bounced into foul ground between
the bleachers.
Donnelly at once ruled the ball
foul, and the Yankees stormed
out OF the dugout, insisting that
the ball had struck the foul mark
post and was fair, a home run,
and that three runs had scored,
knotting the count.
The GriffS then went into &C.
ton, and made the Yankee ty.
phoon seem like a spring zephyr.
Whitehill seized Donnelly by the
lapels of his coat and shook him
violently. The umpire ordered
Earl out of the game. Nick
Altrock and Bucky Harris went
into action and there was a great
wagging Of heads and shaking
of fingers.
Returns to Charge
Whitehill returned to the
charge, fists clenched and eyes
blazing. He challenged DON
nelly to fight. Everybody chal-
lenged everybody else to fight.
Finally came order. and White.
hill walked out to the hill. Jack
Russell started in from the bull
pen, but turned back when he
saw Whitehill take the ball and
pACphAc w CcAAy VA.
Donnelly did not insist upon
Whitehill leaving. Having changed
his mind once, he just switched
it again, and decided that Earl
was a pretty good sort of a guy,
after all. It happened that Don
nelly's switch in sentiment syn
chronized precisely with White
hills cerebral SomerSault. Earl
decided that he would not punch
Donnelly in the most.
And all of this was very good,
for the reason that if Whitehill
had committed an assault upon
the person of an umpire he would
be on his way to baSeballS Elba
this morning. Smackin;: an lu1'
pire calls for years suspension
in baseball. Even if 1t were six
months, Whitehill would be lost
to the team for the rest Of the
year.
the Griffs, told Whitehill after
the game that the blow was fair.
But the boys contended that
Donnelly, having once called the
ball foul, which he unqueStion-
ably did, should have stuck to
his decision.
AS a matter of fact, the Griffs
thought they were getting an
other one of those "home-run
decisions" which have ground
their hearts to dust over the
year. Lou Gehrig hit one that
was plenty foul against the
Griffs. AL Simmons hit one in
Chicago that this writer will
make affidavit was a foul ball.
When this split-hair decision
came up, the Griffs were ready
to fight.
And fight the Griffs did. They
could have rolled over and played
dead half a dozen times during
the sultry afternoon. The New
Workers made 10 hits off Russell
and Whitehill, Is of them being
made while the latter was in the
game. But those is hits off Earl
and the three off Texas Jack
were not punched properly. Too
many were made with two out,
and that's fine way of wasting
hits, even when you're the
Yankees.
Take Revenge
The Griffs took ample revenge
on Vito Tamulius who had shut
them out in his last game. They
drilled him off the rubber, made
two runs on DeShong and then
beat Pat Malone. It was their
second victory over the Yankees
this year.
The Griffs went into the lead
in the ninth inning when Myer
and Manush put on a double steal,
Heinie scoring all the way from
first on the steal and CroSettiS
error. But when New York tied
the count in their half, hearts
sank. Why shouldn't they, the
pitching situation being what it
is?