Show I I I Seeing Big League I BASEBALL By BILLY EVANS Sportswriter Big League Leacue Umpire and Gener General Mana Mana tr er of the Indians Indian It has been my c experience as nn a umpire tUat tAit the better ball pin ers I might say the lie stars tars of ot the game or orthe are arthe the c to handle The mediocre pIa player er with Ith limited possibilities the th who Is slipping and the Toun ster who Is being carried away by hl own self Importance are by far the th hardest class das of ot plu placers payers ers to The player with ability realizes the that the umpire Is a part rt of ot the lie game earning a 11 livelihood ell hood In the same plO and Is content for the most coos part to let him render hl his decision any serious difference ot o opinion It was the unusual for great grey pitchers like me Johnson Ale Young and others of tha that type to take tale Issue with Ith the umpire Occasionally f they offered l a slight pro Iro protest protest test to sonic some ruling on bills balls or and an umpire usually doubted thi correctness of ot the tile ruling when sucha such a a protest was mildly made malle The um ph e knew the protest was based of on onan oran an honest belletTy belief bellet Ty Cobb stando out as the gleate t star of all time yet vet et despite his hie great grent greatness greatness ness Cobb was as not a herd hard man to get gel along with If It the umpire adopted tb the proper tactics Cobbs Cobb was sits s smart had plenty th the e and was sus us aggressive e An umpire couldn t get any anywhere here fighting Cobb IIa iIa ing the tile last wo wo-d wo ll d he lie could sin In Ule he argument hi by chasing him from flOm the he field but often there are other ho s that will achieve the desIred exult without ejecting the player from rota the game In reality not until I Colb obb became manager of the Detroit club hub did lIe he hive ve any trouble with the AmerIcan league stiff staff of umpires Like Ake all aU pla ei eis s he would occasionally Iy V get tIle the gate but the next day It rould be forgotten The additional dutil's of manager as well as stir player layer the lie added re aide m fo for Cobb a greater ter difference ence ot of pinion opinion with umpires than he lie ever eer had hadas hads hadas as s player The keen mind of Cobb as manager couldn't always get Itself on onn onn n level leyel with some player who failed to tomake tomake make rake the proper pulled play play pulled a bone A t N R Rr r f faw aw aws IS t n s i i 1 I 6 E EaY I It t 1 aY ry Y 1 4 It l x JI Y J 1 r 1 Ty Cobb From rom hIs Ills position In center field he often trot In to tat tal tale e a the player ho had ofT offended to task Such a performance took tooh time delayed the gume The umpires received ell orders order from rota Sir Mr Ir Johnson that such sueh a practice 1114 hate lia e to be cut do down don n to the If It not riot actually stopped I l u t see sec tIle the club for forse se weeks ecks after the 01 older der had hadeen heen een Issued LcJ eel and I noted that Ty ly hadeen had bEen een chased several se times in the In Interim rim because he persisted In jogging In from flom center field As I ua have bate e saId before Cobb was aggressive e and sum sumar liar ar tactics by the umpire In 11 1 e esel sel eldom om made for a solution of an nr ar In which hes he was s Involved To Cobb with expulsion e merely up trouble und arid you to so act re regardless of your our wishes In the matter I decided lint If It Cobb persisted In coming cornIng In from rota center field when I met up with Ith his Is club I would hn have ve to adopt other than thun strong arm arni methods lIe dIdo t disappoint me 1 The he first time he he came In I called him aside ly 1 y y iou ou are well sell aware that the umpires empires have hare 11 a bulletin about you we ye iring a path paths from center Ced to toI he pitchers pitcher's box boa on all nil the American I league eague parks He lie smiled slightly l lou ou ou al also o know port of ot title tills crowd crowdIs crowds crowdIs Is s on you vou and would be tickled If It I 1 sent you vou ou to the club house A mn ma majority of ot tho the crowd came out to see sou ou play No o one came out to s see seene se seme me ne umpire My drawing power today y isIs tod-isIs Is s limited to u pas for two vo The smile widened a n bit Such being the case cuse I don dOli t want wanto tu o chase you unless you gh give gate e me no nother other ther alternative th e I 1 Ive tc t got my order and If It you vou ou persist In Ing them there Is nothing left for me to do but banish you If I want to keep ep on urn um umpiring In the American league Cobb was Ul on Ills Ida way to the before I had hall finished lIe He realizes realized that I was WM trying to be reasonable reason and not once during the lie re rest t of th the serIes did we buve have the slightest disagreement agreement over otter the policy of ot to wear out the grass from field to second basea base 0 a 1930 1120 Dell Bell |