| Show T 9 l d i 1 J r i ilL tJ as I 3 I v i W 0 t c cr ci r oJ C e New N w York T rk W Post U Service Johnny McKee He d Right Do Dope e en On n His lis Horse HS H'S H MeL IS friends said old Johnny Mc Me L Kee was stubborn You could guess that from the slant siant of his Jaw Strangers blurted that he was wasa wasa a fool You knew W o f 1 5 that was wrong bythe by ff r the th gleam from the shrewd gray eyes Yet somehow you your could not blame blamed i the strangers It I dId seem foolish Iy for thIs trainer to keep Insisting that F JIm Dandy would ik- ik iki i i win the Travers tt stakes Everyone Sande knew that the old oldest est of American turf classics would be a two horse race CL I Hidden by Earl Sande Sanc greatest ot of jocke jockeys Jockey s 's William Woodwards Woodward's Gallant Fox would be the favorite fa They could gain only one dollar for fo each two b bets ts on him but a full half of the who swarmed through the gates here on August 16 1930 were eager for this In- In Investment In Investment vestment The others waved 5 b bills which would earn six more If Harry Payne Whitneys Whitney's ys y's It was as no place for an ordinary horse With Sonny Workman In saddle the two greatest colts and the two greatest jockeys would be dueling Jim Dandys Dandy's owner knew it t so o well he remained away from the Ule track The bookies laughed hed as they raised the odds to to 1 8 against the chestnut colt So old Johnny McKee stood alone Perhaps the trainers trainer's close n stuck out bit r Jaw a more primly grimly when he noted the odds but buthe he e thought his own thoughts and f c jt was silent When the bugle sound sound rt e whispered to Jim Dandy just once and stood there alone atone among the watching the parade to the post A flash of or tape ape a n confused contused roar two smoothly gliding gilding machines fugue IIlo to the lie front frond 1 I The flee duel Is t en as they hey dart past the club club- clubhouse house flome turn There Sonny Work Work- Workman Workman man mm bonds bends closer to ears ars W to t tile e front but Gallant Fox is not to to be run off file feet as the Whitney stable hopes Earl Sande croons songs of the western plains to his mount and music has its charms today At the furlong pole the th Fox draws even again at the qU quarter he gets his neck ahead It Is I the lie high point flInt of or the lie rae race or nr so sn the they think Now that the Fox Fux tins taken command he lie never will willbe willbe willbe be headed Smart Guys Forgot Jim Dandy Yes You have forgotten Sonny Workman and the brown colt which was king of the th two Clods of mud c catapult under frantic hoofs as they fly to the far turn moves up Is a sC scant head headin headin in n the lead YU Tu l lI have e forgotten j something J In lu Ie Ie next to the rail where be H ui it II has lias not yet been churned II 0 glue klue a 8 horse Is slipping h sailing past t the I lenders His chestnut coat Is spattered for a moment you do not know him Out But old Johnny McKee has known all along and y yet t the white creeps under the florid m mask of his face fac and thick fingers tighten lighten Surely he Is only a n false e alarm a he the tho Surely he can can- lot got outrun the greatest colts colls of Tie be e Walt a n second he will shoot his Ids bolt and then drop back It Is a long second and then even the doubters must believe D Day Daylight light grows between Jim Dandy and the champions Sande sings to Gallant Fox s sand and pleads plead but ItA It A t Is no use Soon II s slows I o 0 w I seems to be In dis distress tress Jim Dandy Is II six lengths In front merely gal gal- galloping galloping lJ x loping He still Is th there at the wire wirer while r his i jockey nS W Workman or k man andor looks k s b back a c k and grins wonders what has become of the champs who had led rn c Johnny ees ee's gray ray hair bristle bridles t n triumph the red Is back In hit his hl face nce as UK he conies comes to the Judges judIs stand lie tic pats Jim Dandy behind t ears whispers to him and they the listen to the lie roar of ot the crowd H HIS 1 IS word is law He averages average decisions decision a day for f r 1 days Cays of the year The careers of scores of other ther men and the th Inter Interest est of millions can be swayed by hIs Judgment HI His decrees must bo be delivered Instantly He H has been doIng It t for 31 years I asked him Bill do you honestly believe bellev that you never called one wrong The man leans Jeans forward A hen heavy almost pud pudgy y hand beats twice against neighborhood his lIls left breast In the neigh neigh- of ot his Ills heart lie He speaks earnestly slowly No No never neTer have hare I missed one here I try n again aln Rill Bill m dont don't you ou think that It Is possIble that you could could miss one Again the man leans forward His eyes are small of a faded blue They are not eyes that flash You might call them expressionless yet somehow they express the Intensity of the man his calm certainty Once more mor the h hand Is raised against the left breast I could miss one maybe nut But never from here The man Is William J Klem vet eran rational National league umpire and generally credited with being the best In the tile business I defy any man he says to prove that I 1 ever called a foul ball fair or a fair ball bait foul Braggadocio Vanity A Gilbert and Sullivan character No not If you see the man and talk with him It Is the terse simple challenge of one who Is right with himself Bill Dm how do you know that you never missed one 1 If It I had missed one I would know v it here The hand band comes bad back to the thc breast Piece by piece the man Is not Im Im- Im Impressive Impressive He is stocky and slightly over medium height but his bowed legs make him h 1 m seem smaller His ears Jare are large and stick r S Sout out Ball players call the them m loving CUP cups referring to t tx o x the handles of such trophies But they never call c a II the them thema m a that In fro front n t of Bill Not an Impressive Bill Klem figure But Dut watch him out on the baseball field Held There Is a stubborn stubborn- stubbornness stubbornness ness a n dogged ed certainty a sincerity about that rigid frame that Is com com- compelling com com- compelling compelling Bill they say that you are the best umpire In the business Never Nevertheless there are arguments at times Some of the pl players must really think then that you have missed one What about it They're rc All AU Tough According g to lo Mr l Klem The man leans forward again lie points with a stubby finger Hight here on this field 1 I said that t a play play- player player er who made a dive e for a ball In Inthe inthe Inthe the outfield didn't catch It It But he came up with It In his hands lie said he lie ca caught tight It They believed hi lilu III There Is a pause But two months later laler be he told the truth Nothing more Klem umpired In his first World series In 1908 HOl He has been in 17 of them all during his 31 years In Inthe Inthe Inthe the major leagues No other umpire um- um umpire umpire pire has ever been In as many He Heis Heis Heis is not boasting He Is stating a fact Kill Bill what was the toughest de- de decision de decision you Jou ever efer had to make The heavy beavy shoulders tighten They are all tough Dill Bill suppose another umpire overruled you He Is almost st startled They couldn't do It Suppose a manager disagreed with you and thought that another umpire was In a better condition to see the play He could ask but only If I 1 gIve him permission The inference Is that the permission would not be given lightly Suppose you have some doubt about whether a ball Is fair or foul Suppose another umpire Is In hotter Lotter position to see sec It It Wouldn't you ou ask all 1 I 1 never ne ask ash I know When Klem was a young minor league umpire the star of one of the teams was known as an umpire umpire fighter fighter One day Bill Dill made a de decision which went against the stars star's team The star came running over wrathfully Bill walked forward a afew afew afew few steps Then with his spiked toe he drew a line In the dirt dirt directly In the path of the star He stood behind that line There wua v-us a n hush bush The TIle crowd Il knew that something was about to happen cn The player halted I Klem lew stood there calmly a moment The player returned to his position All umpires do that when forced to ex- ex extremes ex extremes It was Bills Bill's move that marked markell the end of ot umpire umpire- 1 fighters Ho lie originated a new school school of ot um- um um umpiring Each Kadi decision Is made clear to the crowd There Is an nn emphatic wove Wu of the right hand to d denote note c a astrike strike a c toss of ot the lie left hand fur for fura fora fura a balL baiL lands are arc spread palms I down and moved mored parallel el to the tho thoI I ground round If the man Is safe An up- up upward up upward ward perk of the right arm Indi lad Indicates I fates cates that the man Is out A man Is safe ufe or er he I Is out Its It's a ball or T a strike The players I should know The people who pay should know knew I |
