| Show I CONNOLLY SETS MARK FOR UMPIRES BY DY BILLY ILlY EVANS EV EVANS CHICAGO Tom Aug-Tom Au i Tommy Tommy iy Con Con- Coni Connolly Con v i nolly dean of the American a 1 league a ne lIe staff staf of ot has b b et calling lulls bills and for well nigh h 30 O years ars He Hys H says Klys he Is g o for Cor 10 years more morro Connolly came camo to tho the American I league In 1301 1911 ono y year ar niter i President Johnsen had launched the organization Ha Ho Jill has lias been with It ever ver since since and anti Is now rounding out his year ot of service When Tommy Connolly walks on ball field ho Wear wears wear a 3 a most serious expression It I Is really only a mask of what Is under under- underneath underneath neath for tOl Connoll Connolly has a keen sense seno of ot humor and often orten smiles all 1111 reports to tho the contrary Since joining the American league elgue start staff Connolly has hao seen hundreds of pla come and go goAs go As a II matter of ot fact there thero Isn't an active player still In service who was a II member of o tho organ organ- organIzation organization organization when hen Tommy made modo his debut VILLAIN DOESN'T LAUGH r Apropos of the of-the the belief that Con Con- Connolly Connolly Con Connolly nolly never neey never smiles Is an Interesting yarn I happened to listen In on the tho dialogue Now ow In baseball the tho umpire Is I generally regarded as a II very ery necessary necessary necessary sary evil He Ho really Is never missed until he falls tails to show up making It Imperative that the tho players handle the tho game s-ame There Is no applause for tor tile the um- um umpire um umpire pire no matter how perfectly ho bo homay homay maYdo may do his work The Tho crowd tol- tol tolerates tol tolerates him film when his rulings meet with approval but groans and leers jeers when his decisions tall fall to please Recently while walking oft off the field with Connolly after acter a a double- double r 1 t j I r f 1 tr 2 io I 0 J e greater OAKLAND SIX No increase in Prices On Display Saturday L Ln n JI I header at Boston Doston a R wIse cracking wise I tart who apparently didn't like the he serious expression that Con Con- Connolly Connolly II nolly folly wore throughout the two games Iames remarked Dont ont iou ou ever smile Connolly Con Con- Connolly Con nolly nolly Whereupon Whereupon Connolly look look- looking looking ing the fan tan squarely In the eye and wearing an even more severe expression replied Did you yon ever see villain In Inthe inthe Inthe the play do rny any laughing The crowd roared and 1111 Its It's no breach of confidence to say y that Connolly chuckled at th the discomfiture discomfiture discomfiture of ot the tho fan fm over the retort courteous not however until wo we Jot got under the stand away from the view of oC tho the crowd d I LESS INSIDE BALL Connolly who has bas seen baseball from every angle arsic from the th days of the Iho o o OrIoles marvel manel tram to the tho present time 3 doesn't there thero Is as much Insl inside 10 baseball played l today as there wa wan 15 or 20 years back He lie attributes tho the falling oft off of the so-called so Inside stuff to the tho lively ball ba the tho popular demand for Cor moro more batting baiting a decline In pitchIng and the custom of every batter taking a II healthy swing Connolly's opinion is 13 that better heller pitching ins ins- made for Cor tight ba baseball In close doso score games a one or two run margin means considerable To attain such a II lead clubs would resort to all forms torms of ot strategy In Inthe inthe Inthe the ol old days Working for tor one run calls for tor smart stuff stuer while getting them In clusters largely results from Crom brute brulo force Corce 1 UNIFORM PARKS RIIS Connolly doesn't favor the sug sug- suggestion that tho the pitchin pitching distance b shortened In an effort to increase In- In In Increase cr crease c the tho effectiveness eness of the Ills His old pal Hank ODay ODlY dean ot of the National league staff and onto a 0 great pitcher leans to that Cutting tho the distance lI ilvo feet teet In Hanks Hank's opinion would throw the tho handicap on the tho bats bats- batsman batsman batsman man One thing Connolly would Connolly would like to see nee before he retires from rom ac- ac ac active tivo tive service Is uniform ball hall parks In other words the tho outfield dis- dis distance distance dis distance tance would bo be the tho same every Cry everywhere everywhere where with ample room for tor the outfielders to cover coer plenty of ground There Thera Is nothing more moro thrilling than a II sensational catch In the outfield yet at many parks such plays are few tew and tar far between because be- be be because cause ot of the greatly curtailed curt out out- outfield outfield field space |
