Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-07-18 | Page 22 | It's Easy to Umpire with the Aid of Band

t Its Its It's s 's Easy to Umpire 4 With the Aid of Band Baseball umpires sometimes are ara afflicted with ab absence of or good good judgment but always have presence pres pres- once ence of or mind A tory story in the tho of official or- or history of ot the tho K O. O C. C Knights of oC Columbus In Pence Penco and War Illustrates this this Jim and Murray league ox-league player K IC I. I C. C secretary was umpiring a game between rival rhal batalon battalions at Feeling ran high and the tho K IC C. C man was conductor for Cor much of or tho the electricity In the tho atmo atmon- phere lie Ie saw what might happen to a man who however sincere his Judgment ml might ht decide against tho the hearts heart's desire deiro of ot tho the excited crowd Ho He conferred hastily with the leader lender of or the rel- rel reg- reg band present t on the tho field fiel Then Them whon when amid general uproar ho lie called strikes on tho hope of ot the tho homo home camp team he lie signaled and the tho band hand played Tho Thu ho Star- Star spangled Banner Danner and the fuming doughboys stood rigidly at attention attention aten- aten atten atten- tion ton while Murray Murra made mado a dignified fied exit from the tho to field I 0