| Show tt 1 t t 1 t t t rO rOi i THE UMPIRE QUESTION M w wv dI v v tW E B A L L JoN M v N t J v jt NICK YOUNGS STAFF i ff t tw ti t tK bu ball season S lUon of ot will willbo bo he r for tor other r rea a than tho pronounced re revival rei vival character It i It will also alo b bit pro known ai nl a u breaking No sooner had I be flaM between National and merl W down dOI to I oil cd and the alon when hen troubles In III the rlou tea me of ot the t f JIg bis l arose ro rim II 1 were produced by the III I I td of ot certain players and nd officials to i W rd 11 the While 1111 there thare Is II ul III I Iw w ji more or 01 UM difference of ot op l n t ami the rulers ruler n players i of ot the play IlIa jet there hu lIu seldom In the I of the g Ime m l i time n nha I ha 1 open arid i 11 II an u Ime hili marked the Uit f few w i weeks i iTh Th Tit American mad malle a n j jIn II In IIi the th example of or the Nation National al alln In doing way Iy with the lire Had the tha a atlon Uon Initiated n Ii departure In re reo from the National It would doubt let I have been d by good results The fhe move would have been n benefit particularly so 0 nt this period when both leagues tire are stand plays for tor public approval and nn There Theft r n be no question close followers pf the Hie fame that two umpires p are needed n ed to conduct n con To te kI p n Ii man Jumping from be he behind hind hili the pitchers box to lo the home I plate during tho progress of at the game Is to place accurate work worl at lit ata a 0 In early the um umpires pires of or decision do not per Imp make u II material difference Any error he then make will not usually call foi more than thun n 11 pro protest test teU from a 0 captain nr or a 0 cry of ot Wake Wilke up from the Hut toward the end of ot the seasons play when an nn decision may mean the losing Of ot a n gam n a fow fol points and the pen pennant IJ U nant the of or tho must look well Vello to his hili There Is ground for tor assertions that thAl some Rome umpire deliberately roast certain of ot th teams for they the am clate The fM umpires umpire earn their living by bythe bytho the tho caliber of ot theIr work they the will necessarily do their best Under the ex existing conditions where one umpire must count balls and strikes decide on fouls and watch tho base runnels runnel a the task la Is no sinecure Tho umpire doubles In the National league Iague are more rlou than many ill dl re with the questions In Involved Involved lirA are willing to admit President Freedmon of at New X w York Is determined that William Nash shall not cull call Play boll I on the tho Polo 1010 grounds again this Reason The with Nash which arose tram from the tatters action In sending New York players to the bench hench benchin in a 1 recent game gume has hns brought Freedman Into another clash claih with the National president Nick Young who takes per personal 11 r charge of ot the umpires AntI And the end Is not yet et performance has hns been condemned by so many that Freedman to himself the credit of popular support Jut the manifesta manifestation tion of ot public approval or disapproval is seldom 1 needed to outline to Andy And his bis course of action In the war without delay Into Nick Young Youngs terri territory territory tory Freedman showed that he Celt feit sure of ot his hl rooting footing Th The threat that the Giants will leave v the National league If Ir President Young Insists on antagonizing I has haR been taken by many of ot the tho knowing ones as IS a bluff bluer pure and simple Andy is 18 probably thinking to lo throw a Into the League officials But there seems to be no doubt that tha t the Gotham magnate has formed n a policy at vari variance ance with that of ot his hla The American league lea ue would be glad to sw the New York towers tO Involved In serious differences with vUth the Ihl National executives ves n strong chance of ot the Gi 01 Giants t ants lints leaving Ita Ing the National would then exist Ban IJan Johnson would take them themI under Ills his wing with astonishing I ty If he h had the chance Ills organisation tion would then be In a commanding i pol It lon for tor without New pw York the Na Nil National NilI I could not hope hall to lo maintain Its present status New York has hu one of the best belt paying baseball ball cities In Inthe Inthe the country This ar crowds crowd at a l the Polo Palo grounds are record breakers and consequently O I takes tho op to assert himself more strong strongly lit rang ly Iy than would hue have been tho craM case r There I one tact fact In regard to lo the f affair that not a matter malter of ot gen Ien O O O 9 Y eral IrAI public know ledge e The rhe day do tho came to lo a head In New 1 irk Irl Na h was Wal surrounded by a crowd tf cf All were trying to In Ret Jet In their my liY According to story Catcher CIl her Warner of ot New York camo up behind bIll 1 III I him ami deliberately kli ked Nosh in the leg le Warners aim 1 spikes Nash Na h say penetrated Ills bis trousers making a n deep gish In the umpire n leI leg Nash the next 1111 luy lilt tho wound to toa a wIll well known Now New turk newspaper newspaperman man fatties of or kind 1 should not be countenanced by any team leam In any m especially when ill dl reeled at al the umpired tend to disgust the public with tilt the game lime Umpires urn but human and should not be he expected e to 10 suit the views of If every UY Individual player Nick Young u a great creat mis mistake take In appointing Cunningham as a temporary for Nash Tho Iho troubles Into which Cunningham plunged himself In I tho west were tho result of his own When Cunningham In III playing trim and 1111 1 1 for Louisville he hl WIll was known tiu one of or the most turbulent men mell on Ihu diamond An should nt lit all ull be able ablo to erve his dignity The fhe best and popular umpires In th National this year ear are Rob Robert ert I Hank U Ony Day and Franl Dwyer Hob I Is the dem of ot tint corps corr Ho lIa ban hu an 1111 umpires trials mill tribulations since 1883 login begin beginning ning Him spring his hili eleventh year with the National 1 have stood iv I great deal tram from play players ers season after season HenMon l rN I 1 do not wish to deprive any olY of them of or pait of their salary Some Somo Sometimes times however patience ceases fo o be a n virtue 1 I will listen to a reasonable ar argument any time lime but bul I wont stand for tor forthe the kicking Indulged lit III by byname name On One day dllY several years ngo nt ot tho Polo grounds I after a healed argument ment put Pop POll Anson out of ot tho game to lo that Individuals great disgust and Indignation After the tho ame the um umpire pire was asked why ho had found It to lo take talle Pop out of tha tho h the reply he railed me mea a 1 blank Now If It Bill Joyce i had used tho e words I would not havo ha 0 i minded It because he is continually chewing the rag but when Anson I swears nt you ou it means something s That will explain why umpires Ignore some Kicking players and aro very firm 11 rm with others Hank ODay has been on the Nation National al start staff since His characteristics are firmness under fire a dry wit on the order of Tim Many a u I fierce attack has been turned off oct by ODay with a u reply that would cause even the kicker to smile mlle Last summer BUmmEr 1111 Dahlen the crack short stop of at Ed found It necessary to advise ODay to havo hae his brain examined for Cor algas of In Well Wall BUI lilli answered Hank If the doctors ever open your head hend to look for tor brains they will find It 11 filled with may mayonnaise mayonnaise dressing Frank Dwer was for tor three years cars a pitcher pilcher for tor tho Cincinnati Last summer lummer he umpired for tor the tho American league 1 where Ban Johnson Johnsons treatment of Is 18 so strenuous as to make the umpire lito comparatively happy William Wilham Colgan Is the youngest memo mem member her ber of ot Nick Youngs staff He III has had four years experience In the Pennsyl Pennsylvania vania and ami Ohio Interstate league and is isa a capable Judge of oC play piny The races faces of at many good umpires are lue not seen leen on till the diamonds this year eal i I Iune This Is a fact to lo be he deplored Lynch Inch one une of ot the best umpires who ever Ctr step stepped lIed ped behind a batsman has found the occupation uncongenial and he will not dun don the mask and snap nap the Indicator during the season Tim Hurst another good man has hns been palMed over Oer and no one knows exactly why wh There are those who believe that thal Hunts with hUe have caused cau ed tho club owners to out him out the th hairless one ond ODay will always stick lUck to 10 the game They have hll ve the confidence dence and respect of ot both players anti and patrons ODay on the diamond U Iii a II loune of ot amusement to ninny of or the thc fans Ho Is never seen without his tightly cut blue suit which re resembles a bathing suit more than any anything thinK thing else ebl He Ile carries the spare rl base baseballs balls In tho back of or Ills his blouse making him look like one nf f Palmer Coxs brownies brought t to lo life lite Probably tha worst out treatment an urn um pire over had was received by a 0 man but a 11 row few years ngo Many veterans enthusiasts will remember during the season seMon of or a 11 handsome pleas pleasant lint ant umpire who was ap appointed pointed to the National by Un Uncle Uncle cle Nick Young His was vas Jock Jack Hartley und and he wua a well 1011 read man who vho had traveled extensively He tie was well veil known In the business and an sporting world caused him to apply to Young for an un umpires commission Young tried Hartley fr t on college collego Barnes In the tho Ho He did no so well that ho he received an nn to go west nud tuko his regular first Ul was waA to 10 Cleveland Cleeland where ho hn was used roughly for tor that was us tho time when Patsy Doll noil Dollor nr or believed In aggressive baseball No team or umpire was long longIn Ion IonIn In finding this out after atter having Hartley Hartle did not mind the shots hots of or the tho rabble being athletic managed to dodge the tin cans bricks hurled nt lit him Then Hattley went to Cincinnati and his downfall became complete He Ite was assaulted and ami beaten until he was a mass of at bruises He lie stuck to his work but after a few tew days ho he was compelled to give up and seek treatment In the tho east coat Hartley has hM never fully Cully recovered tram from that affair and la Is today a u man in III spirit und health with his hla mental balance it Is said hanging on a thread FREDERICK R Il TOOMBS TOO IDS |
