The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-29

The enthusiasm Of genius burned in the
seedy man S eye as lie entered the office
Of the manager of the great metropolitan
ball team, says the New York sun
Good morning" he said in cheerful
tones Il have mere something 10 which
/ would like TO call yOur attention"
Inc manager stopped in his figuring up
OF averages and looked the man over
then proceeded with his work remarkng.
Don't care 10 look at any new eaten
ers masks Haven't any use. for rubber
lined bats on my team. Don't take any
stock in Easements gloves with glue on
en- Never use patent creased trousers
Tor base-slldiug. Couldn't use an auto
matte pitching machine for practice If 1
mad II. Base ball novels are out Of my
line. Have no wish to look at"
RMS Is not a patent machine or
book sir. said the seedy man softly. 1t
IS a little device Of my own to insure sat
isfacuon with the decisions Of the UNI
pire.
Nervously the manager looked al his
visitor, but the man showed no evidence
OF a disordered BRAIN He Interpreted the
glance.
"No;sI am not crazy" said he. "An /
ask is "A fair consideration OF my plan.
You have had trouble with your umpires
from time 10 time, l presumegf
1t is no exaggeration 10 say that,
replied the manager.
Crowds gets excited occasionally"
Yes; I've seen that happen. too
calls the umpire names, perhapsy'
Its quite possible"
Maybe even hurls missiles at him?"
We'll, I've seen things thrown at ar
captains get mad and threaten to punch
holes in him2"
And he fines 'em S100 each; then there's
trouble all round sighed the other.
We'll, my plan will obviate all that
declared the seedy man. "Once use the
American Umpire Protector and COnvinc-
er Of kickcrs and yOull never have an
other bit of trouble. Now, here's the
scheme. Of course, most of the trouble
comes on close decisions on outs. Ny
umpire protector consists in a small cam
era worn under the umpire's shirt, with
the lens projecting. on a close decision
base, calls his decision. and at the critical
moment presses the button. An instane-
Gus picture is taken. The crowd kicks.
the players howl, the umpire sends his
dark room, and by "A quick process it is
developed in TWO minutes. The players
are still kicking when the picture is
brought out and shown. The plate cannot
lie: There is the picture of the player
Wildly sliding TO base, still a few inches
away, while the other player has the bah
on MIN. Spectators can buy copies of the
plates after the game at . cents apiece
and preserve the star feature of the game.
II the picture rails TO bear out the UNI
pire's decision the decision must be re-
VerSed. It's the greatest scheme ever de
signed. Now / m prepared to hire out next
season TO umpire games by the photo
graphic process at $500 per game, or at re-
duced rates for contract for the season
What do you say"
Young man." said the manager. sad
~, you are too bright and beautiful for
lie IN sporting world. What you want
to do is to devote your energies to a con-
sderauon of croquet"
And as the seedy man walked slowly OUT
the manager returned to his figures ana
the attempt to convince himself that even
II MS team did lose every other game
during the season it would still end in
front Of the tail-enders.