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Show -oo THOUSAND EACH FOR UMPIRES New York, Oct. 29. It is not often that baseball umpires have an opportunity oppor-tunity to rejoice, but the other afternoon after-noon was an exception for Umpires O'Loughlln, Evans, Rlglor and Klem, when they stepped up to tho national baseball commission's office to receive thoir checks for umpiring the world's series between tho Giants and the Red. Sox. For all the abuse on the diamond they TiaVe been subjected to, during tho season from players and fans theso judges of play were rewarded when, on being handed their checks, it was aeen they were made out for $1,- rV' r- . r- 1 ' . -. 000 instead of $750, the amount the commission originally fixed as their i enumeration for olficlatlng the big games. Chairman Garry Herrmann explained explain-ed to the happy umpires that the commission com-mission was so pleased with the way the games were handled that, as a little token of thanks, the commission voluntarily increased their salarv to $1,000. To say that the four umpires were pleated is putting it mildly. After he regained his composure Silk O'Lough-lin, O'Lough-lin, dean of American league umpires, um-pires, In behalf of his colleagues, thanked tho commission for its thoughtfulness. |