Show UMPIRES ARE ABUSED ABUSE standard of sportsmanship Sportsman hiP in baseball Is rated low in no other sport Is decision of referee questioned as on diamond fans believe in hon esty of players Is the standard of sportsmanship tn in baseball lower than lii in any other line of sport on the football toot ball field no player may even question the tha decision of or umpire the captain la Is permitted only to inquire politely it if there may not be a different interpretation of tho rule the football coach or director who openly blames an official for the loss losa of a game gama loses caste thereby in the college world in rowing tennis polo the ruling of an official Is accepted gracefully even if it la Is felt to be wrong so far as recalled no turf official al over had to be escorted from the track by a squad of police to save him from rough handling not since the good old days of out of the way places to escape escapa police has a boxing referee had to be defended from fans who did not agree with his choice of a winner in tho the ring what would the tha average baseball tan fan think of players who surrounded a teammate team mate mato and berated him for making an error which cost a ball game there was no throng of irate plew jew yorkers besieging the gates of fenway park in boston to beat up snodgrass after the worlds series game which he lost by muffing buffing a fly ball the fans believe in the honesty of tho the players but not one of the 16 major league umpires threatened to jump to the federal league to boost hla his salary how many ball players of today have not done that not ono one of the umpires would try to jump a contract for increased salary how many players would not jump tor for more money it if they could there are not 16 ball players in the major league today who live cleanor cleaner lives and keep themselves in better condition mentally and physically io do their work on the diamond than the IG 16 umpires do |