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Show UMPIRES IE BIG FACTDRJN SERIES Capable Men Have Worked in All Battles for World's Championship Much of the success of a wo Id s se r es depends upon the ump res Bad ump r ng will spoil any game or ser es of games For th s season the offic als n cha ge on the field dur ng the chan pionsh p games must be tue best ob ta nable In the games now m pro gress the umpires a e Ivlen and Br on of the Isat onal league and D neen and Hildeb and of the An er can Above all the un p res must bo str cfriy honest and above susp cion What think you would happen if a dec dedly wrong dec s on should lose a game for one of the contest ng teams espec ally if it were the home teamt The Euro pean war would be a nonent ty com pared w th what would transpire in a ery few m nutes The world s Ber es umpire must be absol teJy Bure ot h mself and one who will not be afteeted by stage fr ght in the face of a high strung crowd of about 40 000 raving fanati s He must be certa n of h s decis ons whether he is beh nd the plate on the bases or in the field bo far the linn ring in tie b g series each year has been as nearly perfect as could be desired In fact it was so good n tbe Boston Iew York ser es n 191 that the Nat Onal comm. ssion added $250 to eacl umpire s share of $ oO mal ng $1000 for each for e ght days w ork Looking back at tbe past world s ser es umpires gives one an idea of the cream of arb ters for the last decade Hank O Day Tommy Connolly and B lly Klem havo each worked in five ser es s nee 1903 Sher dan has worked in four O Loughl n and E gler three each E ans an I Johnstone two eacu and Brennan D neen and Egan one each V tabulated 1 st of the years in which each performed not including the present series follows O Day, 1903 5 7 8 10 Connollv 1903 S 10 11 13 Klem 1908 9 11 1? 13 Sher dan, 1905 7 8 10 O Loughl n 1906 9 1" R gler 1910 1 13 John tone 1906 9 E ans 1909 1 Brennan 1911 s D neen 1911 Egan 19J3 |