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Show NO ARGUMENT AT ALL, PLAIN CASE Anenl umpires' tribulations. Owner M( !-.r of Boston recalled a story that "Bull" Ternne once related con ( erning an experience when he was working In the California league. It seems that Bull was working behind th bat one afternoon There was n catcher, a player of Ihe Rube Wadd II type, in front of him luiir the afternoon, and said catcher had a bad case of ingrowing grouch. Along toward the end of the game Bull called a ball and the catcher took exceptions Turning around and embellishing' em-bellishing' h's language with the choicest choic-est side line of garnishing Imaginable, Imagina-ble, he said: "Say, If you will take that mask ofi I will smash your face for ou ' V hereupon Bull nothing daunted, nonchalantly took it off. figuring, of course, that the big fallow was bluffing bluff-ing and that he had better stand his ground Anyhow the next thing Bill knew Ihev were bringing him to In the dressing room, and his map v.as somewhat mussed up Aiterwards, when he told McAleer the story, he added thoughtfully S f, Jim. wasn't 1 foolish to take that mask off" No argument at all |