Show What Upsets an Umpire Umpire Billy BUly Evans broke into Int major league ball hall for the first tIme lime last sea season season season son and for a a man of ot his years got away In good shape The most annoying experience I had ha during my first year yeat he said In a fan fanning fanning fanning ning bee beo was In Chicago You Tou know kno they sell seIl a few seats under the grand grandstand grandstand grandstand stand there behind a netting One day when things were breaking unusually good for me mt a man with half a jag se cc secured secured cured one of these front position seats I was working behind the bat Every time I called a ball bail or strike no mat matter matter matter ter which side it was against the time drunk said Just loud enough for me to hear Your a liar He started this In the first inning and an kept it up till the game was over I Every time I said strike he said Youre a liar This got on my nerves and I never spent such an annoying afternoon in my life A big biS fat faI policeman stood near the drunk and every time he passed gassed his liar remark the copper smiled The Che in incident incident incident bothered me so that after a few innings I commenced to think maybe I Iwas Iwas Iwas was calling them wrong but the play players players ers em did not protest and I finally finished the game arne all right No Xo It so 50 bad to have them yell yellin In hi a 2 loud voice that you are tho th worst ever or to 0 have them throw a few pop bottles because you can see them com corn comIng cornIng Ing ng but hut when somebody sets out to an annoy annoy annoy noy you from the start to the finish he certainly can get an umpire going |