Clipping:An umpire said to be fired for ejecting a player
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| Date | Wednesday, September 18, 1889 |
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| Text | Umpire Curry received notification from President Young, yesterday, that his services as a League umpire were no longer desired. The general belief is that his action in fining Faatz and ordering his removal from the field had much to do with his release. The public sympathy is with Curry for all who saw Faatz’s disgraceful actions [game of 9/14] know that Curry would have been justified in imposing even a heavier fine. They look upon President Young’s dismissal of Curry just at this time as an indorsement of the dirty conduct of Faatz. The Philadelphia Item September 18, 1889 [quoting Nick Young] “...the facts in the case are these: For some time past Curry has been expecting to secure some position in Philadelphia, and, during a series of games when he was stationed here [Washington] he was in the habit of going over to Philadelphia every day to see about it. On one occasion he missed a game, and there was no valid excuse for his absence, so I decided to lecture him and endeavor to prevent a repetition of the offense, but he did not take kindly to what I said to him, but was inclined to think that I was reading the riot act to him for a very trifling affair. Numerous complaints were also filed against him at League headquarters, but I was inclined to deal as leniently with him as possible, and, as a matter of fact, he has not yet severed his connection with the league. Still it is quite likely that his successor will be named this week... The Philadelphia Item September 20, 1889 |
| Source | Philadelphia Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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