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Show UMPIRE DEFIES LAW AND OUSTS PLAYER O'Connell Refused to Allow Dillon to Take Part in Los Angeles-Oakland Angeles-Oakland Gamo. LOS ANGELES. March 21. Dillon did not piny, hut Los Angeles won tho first game of tho season from Oalilnnd by tho Hcoro of 4 to 3. The crowd of SOW that went to Chutes park got tho worth of the admission price. Los Angeles won because be-cause I hoy batted harder and easier. Both teams did lino work, but the fielding of Dovoxoaux of Oakland nnd Flood of Los Angeles overshadowed tho rest. Newton pitched In his be.Ht form nnd struck out aovon of tho oppoBlng batters. Schmidt, however, was hit by l'lood. Rosa, Smith and Newton Oakland wr-nt lo bat In tho, ninth, needing thrco runs to tin. Two bases on balls,, nn error by Splen nnd a hit gave them two but tho side was re-llred re-llred by a remarkably fine bit of fielding bv Flood. Till morning Manager Morley applied to Superior Judge Allon of this district for an Injunction retraining Umplro O'Con- neu irom lmeriering win nis piayiug First "Baseman Dillon hi ihe game with Oakland this afternoon. When the gamo was called and Dillon appeared on tho Held In uniform ho was Immediately ordered or-dered off the field by Umpire O'Connell. Tho Injunction wan forthwith served upon tho umpire, but ho refUHCd to recognlzo tho service and compelled Dillon to rotlro to tho bench. O'Connell won arrested after the game, llo will appear before Judge- Allen tomorrow to answer for contempt con-tempt of court. Servlcn will bo mado upon President Bert in Sun Francisco tomorrow. to-morrow. Score: Los Angoles...0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 I 10 3 Oakland 00010000 -3 5 1 Batteries Nowton and Eager; Schmidt and Hoettinger. Contrary to tho programme announced, O'Connell was not arrested tonight, but was told by Attorney 31. M. Mlll.sap for the Los Angeles Rasuball association that if ho attempted to prevent Dillon taking part In tomorrow's gamo ho will be ar-rcetsd ar-rcetsd and probably Imprisoned Manager Morley was shown tho dispatch dis-patch from San Francisco lato tonight in which President Bert was quoted as saying say-ing that the Los Angeles Baseball association associa-tion will bo heavily lined and said: "Dillon "Dil-lon will piny tomorrow. If the umpire interferes in-terferes ho will bo arrested on tho order already issued by tho court. All I ask is to bo let alone. If tho Pacific Coast league officers attempt to Intcrfero with mo be-cuusu be-cuusu tho court has aeon fit to Issue an Injunction In-junction I think I shall be ahlo to gel another an-other Injunction to restrain them from interfering in-terfering with mo or imposing a fine." |