Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-08-31 | Page 17 | Years of Umpiring Have Upset O' Day

YEARS Of UMPIRING HAVE UPSET ODAY CINCINNATI Aug 31 Ono Ono reason for forthe tho the bard hard t luck ck of ot Henry ODa ODay as S a manager man man- ager he ager-he he has shown no diplomacy And and has proved pro pro ed himself a n poor mixer All Al season senon long he has kept away from tom his men aside from a t fw w short remarks remark In th the lobbies of tho the hotels Even Oen there Henry HenrO seldom around Ion long but beats bets It I to some someI secluded ed spot and Is seen no more I Ia He Tie I eats a ts h bv by himself he lie goes to band and from m the Iho ball bal yards b by himself and h he In Is II neverseen never neverseen seen chumming around with his lila warriors No man can an get et the b best t efforts out of or a crowd unless ho hr i IK It one of or them Connie Mack Macic Is Is a fa father thel as as Well wel a as a manager his boys s all al looking looking up lp to him that thai way John McGraw Is R a A practical Joker forcer forever for- for ever cr er c devising fool stunts to make monkeys monkeys monte mon mon- te keys f out ot of or and give gl I Ithe the giants t to laugh nt at George Stoval S says f When y ou have ha an nl Imperative thirst fellows ello notify me ipe al and Ill FIt Il lead lend you to to It lt l Frank Chance Chanc mixes with his men mound around lund the cities and bullies them them i hi In a Jovial Jo III playful fashion Hank years ears ars of umpiring spoiled his managerial chances For many sea sea- sea sons soils h he had h held tc aloof from aH aU players as us Is th tile umpires umpire's law taw He lie had grown rc reserved cr d. d close mouthed When he took command coe of or the reds he lie honestly tried to come out of ot the time shell shel and mix He lie could not For a R little time he went round with the tile bo bAYS 05 s took In picture pIcure shows with them tried to get t g sociable No u use e. e You cant can't break the time habits of ot a l dozen years In hi lila n a few d days I What's more the tho players couldn't come half wa way to m meet et him In- In eh thc thaI had grown ro 1 accustomed to r ODI the time common enemy o. They Ther couldn't 5 seem cm to set get et friendly with wih ran Man ranae ager ODay OD their new nw director Ere lIre long ae Hank resumed the Iron shell hell hel he lie wore so long a 3 as an umpire the the- players stood away from him Just as ag th y did dl when he hi waa Voas making the he b 1 decisions and Henry ODay ranie b.-ranie brame makinI n a solitary being That's what umpiring um urn- will do to a man Up In ChII before he took on the umpire Job job Hank Ro was wu n n. w ward r politician and a good one too A ward ard politician h lu hf i to ho bo a mixer and Hank twenty I was se a from Umpiring erased all 11 the tho sociability and converted Henry Into a n silent sphinx without talk or jollO Jollity At heart Hank J Is isa R a grand old oM bo boy worth orth of high respect a a man who once relt really understood Is lI liked and respected forever But umpirIng umpiring umpiring ing crabs the th best or em em and It I cant can't be helped One timing thine sure It I will wil be quite a while before an any magnate asks another r l umpire to manage his ball bal club cub