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Show Umpire's Existence Is Jeers and No Cheers An umpire's existence is generally all jeers and no cheers, remarks Billy Evans In relating the latest one from Charley Higler. liigler tells it himself as follows: "I was sent to Annapolis to officiate at the annual ball game between Annapolis An-napolis and West Point. I was all (lolled up for the occasion, suit pressed, new cap and shoes oiled. "Just as I walked onto the field to start the game there was a salvo of applause from the grandstand that I will never forget. "I threw out the old chest a little farther. It was in the colleges where the umpire was really appreciated. "As the captain of the West Point handed me his hatting order for the day. he brought me back to earth when he said : . "'That outburst of applause was for President Koosevelt. he just entered en-tered the grandstand.' Then I realized it was all a dream, I had merely made my entrance at the same time as the late President." |