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Show I&Wiq DIAMOND It lsn t. generally known but Clarke Griffith, now president of tho Washington Wash-ington American League club, was a big league umpire for one game Incidentally, Griff believes he established es-tablished a record in his one and only experience as an arbitrator. During his days as manager, Griffith Grif-fith protested ninny a ploy, but he never nev-er manage d to make an umpire change his decision In the only game ho ever worked. Griffith had the leader of the home toam overrule n d i islon that ho hud made In favor of that team. We wlil let Griffith toll the tall The umpires failed to show up for a gamo In Chicago Pop Anson, then ot tho head of the Chicago club, selected se-lected me as the Chicago player to do part of the umpiring "A play came up at first base In ! which I declared the visiting batter out. It was a close decision, but I thought I had rendered the correct ' ruling. All tho visiting plaers had a different dif-ferent opinion. They kicked long and loud It looked as If they Intended forfeiting tho game rather than accept tho ruling. 'Then to niy great surprise. I heard Cap Anson say: 'Come on, iult kicking kick-ing and start the game. The man was safe. I know it, because my foot was off the bug. He is going to stay there ' ' Since Anson was running tho ball club. I considered myself overruled and changed tho decision. It cost us the game. "I think that Is a record. I don't believe any other major league umpire um-pire ever changed a rullrcr. HoW-over, I am not saying that some of them shouldn't every now am! t):en " |