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Show He Has Quicker Tongue Than Any Living Umpire Billy Carpenter, dean of the International Interna-tional league arbiters, is said to possess pos-sess a quicker tongue than any living umpire, and comparable to Tim Hurst, j whom American leaguers held in awe for many years. This is said to be j one of his most famous comebacks: Billy had made a decision with ' which one of the teams obviously did j not agree. He happened to have a ; warm personal friend on the objecting ! j outfit. The next time his friend came j up to the plate he sniffed disdainfully and turning to Carpenter said, "Some- I th'n' round here smells awful." Billy went through the grimaces of detecting an unpleasant odor. "So it 1 does," lit agreed, then quickly added, "but I never noticed it until you came I up to but." . 1 |