Show I S s. s M y P I IBy r 0 r t rif S Mirror By L-By By JOHN MOONEY MOONEY- Telegram Sports Editor Leo Durochers Durocher's recent up flare 1 against Umpire Tom Dunn which i cost the Dodger pilot 50 O and a three-day three suspension brings up ur the question of OZ why it Is 13 that some umpires have more trouble than others when over a season each should have an equal number o of close ones to call You may recall that Durocher L vigorously protested the calling out of Peewee Reese at first base He held up the game fo for fot 10 mint minutes min mm- t utes kicked dirt all aU over Dunns Dunn's trousers and shoes and finally l pasted th the thO mp In the beezer with witha 7 a wet towel This Is 15 not tolerated in the Emily Post of baseball etiquette yet ret Leo escaped quite safely since ince he directed the ball club from the stands and probably found the 50 fine payment in his check the next morning Larry Larry Larry Lar Lar- ry MacPhall l has a tendency to much of the financial blame Imposed on his club Whether or not Durocher es escaped escaped es- es aped too easily isn't for us to argue We like to see a manager manager manager man man- ager fight for his team and tick stick up for his rights and there seems little doubt that the umpires umpires um urn- pires are bound 10 have ha bad da days 8 now nov and then on the law of averages We have been accused accused by a couple of Pioneer Pione r l league ague umpires of persecuting them this year so sowe sowe sowe we do not want to indulge in per per- However it seems to us as aa if now and then certain urn urn urn-I pires have an unusual and unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate facility of angering a manager manager manager man man- ager or player There are some like Babe and Beans Reardon in the majors who rarely get into a real beef beet with the managers simply because they have the temperament temperament tempera tempera- ment and psychological knowledge to avoid ruffling an angry player On the other hand some both major and minor leaguers take themselves a little lit lit- tl tle too seriously with the result that they are always either just getting in or out of hot water George Magerkurth of the big leagues Is one fellow always alwa's getting his nose in the wringer We e in our smaller league have ha similar fellows A couple of the bo boys bos s take a definitely antagonistic attitude to the pla players ers with the result that the angry pla players ers get madder the crowd takes lakes a hand in the fight and chaos reigns for valuable valuable able minutes Several years ago Vie v had a long talk with Beans Reardon one of the more noted umpires of this generation Y ry Youngster o 0 u n g s t e r Beans Benns said Theres tricks to this umpiring as well as anything else and the chief strategy is to let the player or manager get off hi his load of steam providing he does Jt t in a gentlemanly manner and get the ball game started again without losing any prestige yourself Babe another smart arbiter knows just how to handle the Durochers and Frankie Frankle of the big leagues When the Irate manager manager manager man man- ager storms In charging the ump limp with missing a play Babe usually remarks It was close I could have hae missed It but didn't you Jou ever eyer make an error enor The maddest manager has to admit the logic of this argument and almost alwa always s 's walks away muttering to himself s 0 Bill I Klem lem rated one of the best In the business had a novel and effective way of stopping a hotheaded hotheaded hot hot- hotheaded headed player in the midst of his tirade Bill BUI would let the manager have his say and then turn to walk away If U the player persisted in his ranting Bill BUI drew a line Inthe in inthe inthe the dirt Dont cross that line youngster young young- liter ster hed he'd warn quietly and the player knowing that Klem KIem wasn't fooling would quit his harping That's what makes for a su successful sue suc umpire Anyone can bluster and rant but it takes a good manto man manto to keep his temper |