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Show OPINION OF ARBITER KLEM Veteran Umpire Says All Players Are Battling as if Life 'Depended Upon Outcome. Take it from Bill Klem, veteran umpire of the National league, the current pennant campaign is going to be one of the most bitterly fought races in the annals of the pastime. V- " v..'-' V Umpire Bill Klem. Bill has umpired his way through many seasons, but he declares that not since the days of the old intercity inter-city rivalry betwein Now Y'ork and Chicago and New York and Pittsburgh have the players on all of the clubs fought so keenly hi every contest to win as they appear to be doing now. "The old game is back," declared Klem; "make no mistake about that. The boys are till battling as if life itself it-self hung upon the outcome of the x-hasc. That is the spirit that makes baseball Ihe most popular of all sports. And while they all are lighting every step of the1 journey there has been a praiseworthy lack of disorderly conduct con-duct on the field for which I am sure die fans are grateful." |