Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-03-03 | Page 7 | Spoiled Tim's Shoes

1 I I SPOILED TIMS TIM'S SHOES l r When Clarke Griffith Spiked Hurst's Hurtt's Patent Leathers A Trouble Began to Brew I n BT fly DILLY BILLY tViS S EV I Tim Hurst Hunt as an umpire was nothing If It not original One On of ot his hi mannerisms as wear wear- inc Ini palen patent I leather boe shoes on the th ball Instead of ot the Ih regulation re spiked ho shoes A As a a mall matter of ot fact Tim prided himself on the fact that hI ha h I was U IlI- IlI alwa alwa wa ready to step slip on the th ball field t at a moment a i notice shifting from tron hat bat to 10 cap being tho ho h only change chango Tim always r referred to 10 his ble hi cap as ashi ashi anil hi uniform dark Clarke Griffith now owner of ot the th Ih ashington club w ass managing the tho h ew sew York American Americans at the time Griff gl lets gets a laugh out of the Incident now but It was tar far from funny then Ihen Catching at first bu base Griffith toOk objections to A a close clo t Yankees Ia lay ay that thaI went against th the Yan- Yan Yan 0 ke kees The to two fairly bristled as Griffith argued with lIh HUrst Durin the th course coune of ot the th heated healed conversation Griffith I wearing spiked ho shoes hoes happened to step on I Hurst a patent plent leathers On One ot of othe I the shoes hoe was badly cut but Hurt Hurst I was not a aware ware of ot itAn It II ItAn An Inning later latr noticing the th cut cutin cu In the shoe ahoe and realizing Griffith must base ha e done don It Hurst to toI tome tome I me to call time I was wu umpiring I balls ball and strikes strike I 2 did ao so I Hurst Hurt then walked oser OHr to the th w il il ew lork bench apparently to 10 get gt geta re I a drink of ot water When he neared la Griffith sitting on the th bench hench It 11 wax as evident he be had other 1 I lions lion lie He ell ted led Sl ln right and nd left lett I lettI Fortunately for tor Griffith Hurst Hurat e i of ot distance was wa ter ery poor and none non of ot the blo blows nd J landed d Immediately the players stepped In lr I bIn n the th two t and prevented further I The next day President Johnson suspended au pend d Tim for tor verl veral daa da 4 without pa ps RuIning the new n v I shoes worried Hurst moro more mor than the lo loss lose of ot pay