Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-04-04 | Page 7 | Foster Has Sharp Word for Umpires

FOSTER HAS SHARP WORD FOR UMPIRES UJ John B. B Foster I o secret score secretary ry of ot the tho NeWYork New NewYork York Giants has directed a thrust of or criticism at the tho National league um- um um- um fires Irr in which he says MaYS a 8 the tho umpiring umpiring last season wa walf the e worst the tho tion has encountered In man many years This prot protest against the work of the Indicator holders appears amo among tho editorial comment whIch Is a new feature fea tea ture of the Spalding Guide which was I Issued sued last week Mr Foster Is e editor ot of the th Guide Not in recent history of th the National lea league IU e II writes Mr r. r Foster r have th the umpires I hen given tho dissatisfaction that th they y did in U 1914 Frankly It tt was the thew w worst ye year r of umpiring the organization haa has Ina a lo long time Th The fault was not so much with the voter voter- veterans veterans veter veter- ans as with those who were wre serving In Ina Ina a a. way their apprenticeship At least leant one ono of ot tho the more mere recent appointees was too much of of a a buffoon to to succeed ed In ina a Us ta k which calls for tor eo so much dignity One of ot tho was to the effect that he unconsciously b by wretched Judgment begun h the change of ot atmosphere which teU fell to to the lot of the league e A third umpire continues continue Mr r Foster Fos Fos- ter r-J r at al least MX tHy times out of a n hundred hun hun- dred gave ci IL d decision In advance of ot the pia play n art actually t u-illy u being made malie and nud b by over over- officiousness destroyed ed Ills his usefulness a B as much as It IL would have havo been impaired by lack Jack of ot official Judgment The umpire who ho like one of ot the National league staff of or 1914 exploits his greatness ls as an nn umpire before his fellow tellow umpires s' s and before friends and the tiao t n public generally Is hardly of ot tho rho caliber lI r which should b be selected lily Ills was wan the tendency to make his I position a r farce rc and his Irta organization a Joke In other editorial statements Secretary Secre Secre- S re- re tar tary Foster scores cores the Federal league bind nd UN its methods and also takes a ala slap alap I at Ul the ball ban players for their Indifferent attitude toward the obligation of or their I contracts contract