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Show M WILL STD BEHID THE UMPIRES )eclares Fans Do Not Appreciate Ap-preciate Difficulties Which Arbitrators Must Face. iy Tribune Special Sport Sf-i vicp. M-;V VOllK, Sopt. 3. John K. Tener iO'jmi'I think Ll:at the umpiring in ine '':j.tional cjf;nf. is awrul. Hr- y.firnit.s that ,c. arrjitraiors miht foozle oin.-e in a viiile, hut lit points out timt "to err is iiHimii," TUe prcxy of the tl'l- mnjnr -j;it,'iie declarer that the umpiring this -ear i.s above the average, despite qen-r;jl qen-r;jl yowls from tlie players and fans all iver t i je cir.-uit. '"T'k- fans frequently take issue with lie umpires on decisions when they are iot in anv leal positifjn to jti'iqe a piay." ays Tener. "An umpire, within a foot r :wo of a play, i.s moie Lon.petent to eiider jusr. rulings than the funs Kiuins I'om fifty to ;,u0 feet from the seenp of ciion. lint the fans, in some towns, lilnk otherwise. "Players ha ye heen making complaints, oncernirm the umpires. 1 have investi-1 alrd each arid every one of them with . fair and imnarllal mind. On practically very occasion I have found, after listen-:i listen-:i to horn sides of the story, that the rnpire was riyht. Players, you know, re liklv to pet excited on the hall field ml their ar.L-.cr will wn rp t heir better moment. They think they are gelling he worst of it at such times, yet. in heir calm moments. J dare say. they I ,-ouM at,r:"ee witli the umpire perfectly, i "Some players aren't too refined in j heir con.luct toward umpires. They I hink they ran call an umpire any name! i.ey wish hut they can't. People in the lands can't hear all the names t ha.t arc pplie.l to umpires by the players. If hey did. they would have some different ieivs; l hey would wonder how the nm-ires nm-ires manage to con fro 1 their tempers as .ell as they do. "The inn pin up: in the Nat ional league, h far ,is I have been able to determine y several trips to the different cities, is ery Rood , a rid 1 me a n to back u p m y .mpires to the limit." |