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Show The American League Is a Very Gentlemanly Affair ill right. They threw bottles at Brennan in Ht. Louis, and that's a siga .he umpiring waa good and not home umpiring. What ought to be done to these players who kick, get put out of the games snd perhaps cost their lub the game is to fine each one of them $-VMl apiece." There is one thing the umpires of neither the Amerii-en nor National leaguu have succeeded in doing. Thst-is Thst-is to lessen the length of the major league games, which ' are now consid erably longer than heretofore. The umpires um-pires show no disposition to prod the plavera Into apeedier action. Mostly they rest content with occasionally I yelling. "Come, boys, hurry np"; o'r "Come on. who's the next batter 1 " but spasms of tbat sort do not last long enough. Umpire baiting and rowdyism seetr to be lost arts in the American league To date there has not been a singk instance of playera and officials having hav-ing a run in .serious enough to war rant tha punishment of players. There has not tbeen a single suspension, anl it is reajly a rare occurrence to sec a player objecting to a decision. Not no in the National league, however. Kver sine the season opened there j has been trouble, and numerous suspensions sus-pensions of playera have been necessary. neces-sary. Even an umpire haa been given a rest because he did not know the rules, and all in all President Lynch has had his troubles. Aa unbiased comparison of the capabilities of the taffs of tbe two leagues would probably show that one ia as competent as the othr, but there is a lot of difference in tha discipline in vogue ia the two leagues.. - American league elub owners have long since learned that their playera muit behave on tha bsll field and ihey insist upoa good conduct, hence the playera are not molesting tbe umpire. In the National league one frequently hears of. soma elub owner protesting against an umpire, and thia haa its effect on tha players. Of tha two corps which are officiating, that ia tha American league appears to have the more taet fa dealing with al( situations situa-tions which arise on the field. This is how President Lynch finds out when tbe umpiring is good. 4Ths National league umpiring in tha west has been excellent' said Lynch recently re-cently "Tha race is close aad tbe players play-ers are erabbtag, but tha umpiring is |