Show evers legs have slowed down may have slowed op johnny avers bi ability but his recent three day suspension indicated that the trojan s spirit can become as fidgety as in the days of the old chicago cubs ander frank chance hat was said by avers and umpire quigley in their argument oer batting order which resulted in the punishment of the blaies assle tint manager probably neer will be made public it undoubtedly would show that the former keystone king as charlie murphy used to call biers employed the same sort of attack that made him a past roaster in getting the goats of umpires cavere proudly asserts that he never raised a hand to one of the field officials the nearest he came to it be said was in a battle of wurdy with umpire finneran when the decision as about to go against him he picked up a little dust and let t slide down the umpires back in his palmy days johnny had only to make a certain gesture and he was put out of the game but he had a gesture fur each of the umpires and when he made it it meant more than 0 farls Ulie neer lie beard a story about a league umpire he held it in cold storage until an opportune time arose to spring it one of these incidents invoked an umpire who before his entry as a pro fess tunal arbiter was employed by an athletic club as a sort of super In of the club property and umpire for its baseball ames once when the buhs were visit john evers ang the polo the blanta got a couple of runners on the bases one being on third and the cub as wn its practice in such ns drew in close around the pitchers box for a inick that they would pull at he plate he umpire momentarily stopped the game to brush the dust off he home plate ghens evers the opportunity he bud since lie heard of the former ment well t see you re bach nt the old job taking cire of the rounds said cers the am rire brushed the plate the did not that ame and was absent from ohp abs lineup for averil days there after |