Garland City Globe | 1917-10-25 | Page 6 | Umpire Showed His Nerve

UMPIRE SHOWED HIS NERVE Mnnaner MeGraw Relatet Incident Showlno Courane of Tim Hurnt In Important Ball Game. "I jicvcr miw nn umpire dtsplny moro liorvo In n critical situation than the late Tim Hurst did ono day In Cleveland Cleve-land years ago," said John McGruw. "I was with tho Orioles, and nt the time wo had to dress In n filiack under un-der the grandstand, adjoining nnothcr In which tho Cleveland team dressed. In tho Cleveland dressing room a mnnll tspace had been set apart fr Hurst to droits In, which led to n rather ticklish tick-lish situation. "In an Importnnt gamo wo lux! Cleveland Cleve-land beaten 2 to 0, when they went to bat In the ninth and filled the bases with two out. I'at Tebeau wn nt bat nnd ho Jumped out In front of tho hatter's box to smash u Blow drop which tho pitcher delivered to him, driving tho ball to thu fence In left center for three bases. Tho runners scored, nnd it looked us if the gamo was over, hut Wllbert Itoblnson, who was catching for us, called Hurst's attention at-tention to tho fact that Tchenu had stepped out of his box, and Tim called blm out, nt which thero was u near-liot. near-liot. "Tho Cleveland plnyers wcr In n rago and threatened Hurst with nil kinds of bodily hnrin, but Tim calmly i walked down to their dressing room, donned his clothes nnd ns calmly wall:-1 rd out without so much ns ghue'lng at the homo team. It tonic real courage to do thnt, hut Tim uever illmhed."