Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-07-07 | Page 46 | Veteran Stare Fills Umpire's Berth in Coast

Veteran Star Fills Umpire's Berth in Coast George Van JTaHrert, PRESIDENT AL BAUM has been experiencing great difficulty in keeping competent umpires in his circuit, cir-cuit, owing to the single-umpire system being most trying on the' arbiter's nerves and eyes. Pearl Casey resigned re-signed a few weeks ago and the veteran Jack McCarthy was signed. McCarthy lasted about two weeks and then quit. George Van Haltren, major league star in the days of long ago, who played with Oakland in the Pacific Coast league and later umpired 'in the same circuit, offered his services to President Presi-dent Baum until snch time as tho league president was able to connect with another an-other competent official. Van Haltren is well supplied with this world's earthly earth-ly goods and long since rctirod from the public gaze.