Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-12-18
THE UMplRE'S TROUBLES
How Tim Hurst Tried to Hcmo"s g I 1t
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How Tim Hurst Tried to Hemove q I it.
orderly Spectator
League Umpire Tim hurst, l. :e
other officials, has worked his W y
up from the bottom CT the ladG =,
He first acted as judge of play III .e
south and then got into t. Vie. :
ern league. Speaking Of his C-b ii
in the west, Hurst tells tie fo..J'f,
ing interesting romance:
Talk about troubles Oh the &. :.
mond nowadaysl Why, they g
nothing to some of tho times they
used to have out west. Ill uey !
forget the first game uNv,.cI II
the Western league. | was gree, / Il
fair, and when CAME OH the ii,.t !
woe one of those red and W hi c
striped coats, for / didn t wait o
go to the expense of purchasing q
regulation uniform until | found q, t
whether I'd stick or not
Just before the game the mua-
ager of the visiting team, W no WI S
chesty guy and wanted to imp.c
me with his importance, came rp
with a book of rules in his h I
and, looking like Il schoolteache :,
said:
"'Mr. Umpire, repeat section 10
of rule 80.
Never mind about that, | salt It.
4 know the rules all right. Ju
you go and sit ON the bench and I'll !
your team.
with that the manager wei t
away. vowing that he wonld 'hroai
me if ! didn't turn out all riSh .
When it wa. time to start the game ,
the players began to pay their Il =
spects to me by calling me Rube
Dummy, Stuff and other name.
whereupon tee crowd joined in, ami
l had u Lovely time. l never un ,
pired better in my life, but thel :
was no end of fault finding,
FINALLY, above the din from thu
crowd, / heard one particularly lolI
voiced fellow yelling that he woul |
like to take punch at ne. | looked
around in his direction and locute,i
him in minute.
Yes, your he roared, at tn
same time calling me vile nams
I'll punch you in the eye if set
chance And he shook his fist
while the crowd encouraged him
1t was then that | decided to act
Remembering the lule which EN-
powers all umpire to have any dis
orderly person removed from The
grounds, ly force if necessary,
called Time and started for til,
grand stand, at the same time call
ing upon couple of policemen tt
put tho man out. He was defiant
and the cops wouldn't turn a hair
l jumped into the stand and started
to remove the fellow myself. | got
q good collar and elbow hold anC
started to drag him out of his chail
when | found l had stirred up 6
hornet s nest.
men on all sides of mo were tax
ing flying punches at my head. !
returned some of the compliments,
but was no match for the mob.
held on to my original mark, though,
all thu ough the struggle and soused
him we'll too. Suddenly the owner
of tho club came rushing down the
aisle of the grand stand with TIN &c
or four cops.
Grab that ulnpireI he yelled.
and throw him over the fencoI
If l go over the fence, said
to him, you'll go too Then sew.
eral tough looking guys who want
ed to see fair play said:
You're all right, young foller!
Nobody will t'row yer out of here
widout a fight! Scei'
"Then there was riot. Cops,
cranks, toughs and managers Joined
in free fight over me, and WAS
almost torn limb from limb. ] man
aged to grab seat and hang on, SO
that it was impossible for me to be
swept out. After several minutes
of hot work the police and the tough
looking guys Quelled the disturb
ance and the question was put me:
What do you want to do with
this felleri' They referred to the
man who had caused all the trouble.
l still had grip on him, and he was
as limp as dish rag.
" i want him put out, l said, and
they escorted him to the gate. Then
they let him come back after | had
climbed out upon the field and call
ed Play l saw him all right, but
! made no further attempt to re-
move him. The next day l had nc
trouble. New York Sun.