The evening times., 1896-10-13
OPINIONS OF TWO UMP|REs
Emslies and Sheridan on the
Past-SaaS0n.
WANT FAIR PRESS REPORTS
Pitchers Come and Go, But the UNI
pires Remain, Says the Former,
While Both Agree That Lynch Is
the King Of the Diamond In their
Line of Business-Other Notes.

umpires Emslie and Sheridan went to
Detroit after the last Temple Cup game in
Cleveland and there uein cred tneir POST
season talk. Emslie. lives at st. Thomas,
| Ont, anu sherman accompanied hun, nav
ing nothing else to do for the time. He
goes To Cincinnati from Detroit, thence
To his home n San Francisco.
mo, the cup series aId not do so We'll
this SEASON. sau EInSiIe, answ ering II
question, ''bnt that vas because of the
Weather and the luiutic views ur Some of
how the games Were coming out, SO they
Siid, and preached hippodrome right and
left They said in Baltimore it was fixed
lor the moan. 40 Mia ,mve, " ..,ie
Cleveland Would win three al home. neccssi
tatIng the oud game at flJtsDurg. Men
wanted TO bet on II, and even asked Mr.
SIeia.dt aiu NY se.i NO" tne sa...ss we're
coming out. This statement may sound
broad, but n is The truth, and 1t greatly
SURPRISED me to hear such Things. AS Ia,
us the games were concerned, few better
ones have been pla yed. The last game vas
"A battle to the death, Cleveland never CIV
ing up until the twcnty-seyenth man was
out"
n-fiow has the league season been?''
"GeneralIy successful. l can't say that
there was much OF an increase in attend
auce, hue the clubs did well. and as rLlc
are satisfied. The playing was good, and
I . e wonderful spurI Of the Cincinnatis was
apronoucedfeature. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I,.,iI until the slump came, and then all
caicula ions We're upset. Some very good
newcomers Were unearthed and did well in
the big league. The pitching was very good
as a rule and there is now host Of good
twirlcrs in the ranks.
NEWPIrCHERs;P PUZZLINGD DELIV ERlES
..Bur white am speaking of players; did
you ever stop TO think that while they come
gouS umpiress ,ay forever? New pitcners
with puzziinE deliveries spring up yearly,
but the umpircS are the same. With no
'cgo,ism ON my part don't know what the
league would do if Lynch, Sheridan, Hurst,
Mcdonald ard myself were 10 die. II would
be a harder Job securing The minor league
for umpires than for pitchers yes, a eooddcal
harder. When was pi ching for baltimore
eleven or twelve years ago Jack Sheridan
W as uinpiring. My arm went back on me
and / picked up tie indicator. i Impired
here in 1889 in the International League
and have put in years under Mr.. Young, hut
| see tie same ones each year, no matter
how the teams change
How We're the players tbs season? Did
the changed rules have any effcct?"
We'll. / can hardly answer that; you
better ask Mr.. Young. The League um-
pres have troubles of their own, aud they
say when the last mans out the nag of
peace is again afloat and all's forgotten.
Som, OF us can do more with the players
than others. | do not have much trouble as
a rule, and Mr.. Sheridan has always done
satisfactorily in that respect. But there's
one umpire aud only one in "a class by
himselT-he's Tom Lynch. He has theI3
on his. staff aud gets along better than
any of us. Players and people agree with
him, and he deserves credit for his won
derful command over the teams.
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS
. II want to say word about cause of
disputes on bail fields. The reporters have
the power to make it pleasant or disagree
able for us by their stories. Take IA re
porter who is So thoroughly bound up in
his team and its captain that he believes
and SAYS all lie hears from them, prints
false excuses and holds the umpire up to
ridicule for doing his duty-he's largely re-
sponSible for comDotOu in the stands AMI
for uuruliueSs on the field. Now, if !: man
knows lie Cau 90 and say anything and
il will he all right in the press, he sometimes
takes advantage OF his snap and we have
to suffer indirectly. although believe he
game is hurt in the long run. lf we could
only have baseball reporters whose parti-
sanship was mild enough TO treat all alike,
the game would be greatly benefited in the
end
"Yes, and it's coming to that broke in
Mr.. Sheridan. The people are tired Of
one-sdednesS on the part of papers rs well
as umu'reS and want to Sc" he visitors have
a fair deal 1t will make the men play with
more heart and will disprove the theory
L u, t. L ,autr uhr Yes on petty surs irpm
the bleachers or insults to the umpire"