Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-08-04 | Page 15 | You Laugh When the Umpire is Hit by a Fast Ball but Would You If You Knew He Was Badly Hurt?

WHEN THE AE ASTI UMPIRE IS YOU LAUGH HIT BY A FAST BALL BUT WOULD YOU IF F BADLY HURT YOU KNEW HE WAS cz 14 1 4 rf l f 11 1 ij a aa y t ik n t t l l. vl t t H t WAT ii y J iB A J y j I S' S w M whoa WoW r.- r. J w q 4 4 s 54 4 rk t JJr f Yr R f e l J Jf f 4 t i St f r AJ I There is nothing that creates more more I 1 merriment barring Nick Altrock on the diamond than when the umpire umpire behind the catcher stops a foul tip with his chest protector The ball hits the pad and sounds like the boom of a a. base drum The fans chortle for lor the amps seldom Is a popular man But Dut would the fans tans laugh if they knew the umpire had been badly hurt Would they not Instead admire ad- ad admire admire mire the man who can proceed at his job when a couple of his ribs were cracked by the blow It has been a secret but the secret is hereby revealed revealed revealed-Ollie Ollie Chill pla played ed his part on baseballs baseball's stage during two weeks of pain that at times al almost almost almost al- al most forced him out of the game The Indians and ana Browns were playIng playing playing play play- ing in St. St Louis July 6 6 Tobin wasat was wasat wasat at bat He lie nicked a fast one The ball missed the catcher and caught Ollie Chill on the right side of the Continued on on page 9 U g YOU LAUGH C Continued d from page 8 chest protector The Impact almost floored the little He winced with pain but continued the game The Tle ball had landed in one of of- the seams but he didn't know his ribs were cracked until after the game The doctor told him as he bandaged up ul the injured members For two weeks the pain was Intense but Chill continued No one know of his injury but the doctor and Dineen his partner Four years ago one of Chills Chill's ribs on the left side was cracked in the same manner but it didn't put him out of the game Umpire Chill Chili is the smallest umpire in the big league He is game to the core