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Show URGES ALARM CLOCK FOR SLEEPY PLAYER Baserunner Prevents Hurst From Keeping Dinner Date. Umpire Silk O'Laughlln Relates Amus-ing Amus-ing Story Regarding Pugnacious Tim in St. Louis-American League Contest. Silk O'Laughlln frequently paired up with Tim Hurst when they were umpiring um-piring in the American league, and said he used to stay awake till 2 o'clock in the morning sometimes listening to Tim tell stories. "He was a great character and had more funny experiences than any man I ever met," Silk would say. "One afternoon Tim was umpiring a game at St. Louis and had an im- "Silk" O'Laughlin. portant engagement before dinner time. So he was anxious to speed the battle along," said O'Laughlin. "The two teams were tied when the last of the ninth was reached. "The first St. Louis man struck out and the next one walked. His successor suc-cessor hit a long fly to the left fielder, and the man on first would have had time to walk to second after the catch. But, for some reason or other, he remained re-mained on the base. The next hitter slapped a corking single putting the runner on third. Had he been on second he' would have scored easily, and the game would have been finished. The following batter popped out. "This put the game into extra innings in-nings and it went 15 rounds before it was concluded. Of course, Hurst missed his engagement and he was exceedingly peeved. "As he passed the Browns' manager on the field the next afternoon Tim stopped him and said, 'Say, tell that guy who stuck on first yesterday I know where they sell good alarm clocks for 69 cents. Tell hlra to buy one and put it on first next time he arrives there." |