Show HERES HERE'S AN UMPIRE WHO WIIO IS FAIR HES HE'S A DUMMY AND IS PATENTED I Telegram Special Service e LOS ANGELES Cal Cott April 6 H H. H E E. Westgate of oC this city has applied for fora a pat patent nt on an automatic umpire he has hal Invented that records strikes and balls balis returns the ball to th the pitcher and presents a a rl right ht or lefthand dummy batter h by n a simple twist of of the wrist The Tho device has hns b been en tested by league pitchers and the they declare It it- itIs Is accurate to lo the tho fraction of oC an nn inch It consist of a backstop el eight ht feet fee square square- provided pro with dummy batters ono one rl right ht and one left landed handed cleverly painted thereon Between en n th these tse two batters bItters the figure figuro of ofa a catcher all fig fIgUres fIg elK ures being life lite size axe Is s painted The strike recording device Is la be between the tho two batters t. t and on one l or or- ore the e other o of the latter laller J I. I JI automatically covered up so that tho tar target et presented Is the same as a pitcher would face on the tho ball bal field Extending toward the pitcher for or a distance of twenty tent feet Is la a strong frame Crame covered coveTed on tho the top and both sides by he heavy getting getting- The ball baU as 05 I U it bounds from the backstop either elthel strikes against the tho netting and anel oven even reaches an Inclined aUe alley or bounds straight back and goes oes into tho the allo alley part W way wal between the backstop and the tho pitcher Th The result rosult Is the same as It Is la returned to the pitchers pitcher's box League and amateur pitchers declare the tho device Is great t t for r warning warming up up work as no catcher c. la is n necessary and In practicing control of of- the ball hall or new curves The Tho eye ee of th the umpire al also o can be tested by allowing him to call cal balls balIs bal s and strikes on arm any number numbu of oC balls and then compare his nt and score ore with that of oC the e automatic tlc recording device which In the meantime meantime mean mean- time Is conceal concealed d I sf V At j l 4 S z C i V C Cs s 5 i i g I 4 j 1 r s A k j W. W TI 1 f. f l |