The Dickinson press., 1898-03-05
II uMPlRE's TROUBLES.

THE uMPlRE's TROUBLES.
low Tim Hurst Tried to Remove . Dis-
orderly Spectator.
League Umpire Tim Hurst, like
other officials, has worked his way
up from the bottom of the ladder.
He first acted as judge of play in the
south and then got into the West
Urn league. Speaking of his debut
In the west, Hurst tells the follow
ing interesting romance:
"Talk about troubles on the dia-
mond nowadays! Why, they're
nothing to some Of the times they
used to have out west III never
forget the first game I umpired in
the Western league. I was green for
tair, and when I came ON the field I
wole one OF those red and white
striped costs for I didn't want to
90 to the expense of purchasing a
regulation uniform until 1 found out
whether I'd stick OF not.
Just before the game the man.
aser Of the visiting team, who was
\ chesty guy and wanted to impress
me with his importance, came up
with q book of rules in his hand
and. looking like a schoolteacher,
said:
M Umpire, repeat section 10
Of rule 30
Never mind about that I said.
Il know the rules all right. Just
you go and sit ON the bench and run
your team
with that the manager went
away, vowing that he would break
me If I didn't turn out all right.
When 1t was time to start the game,
the players began to pay their re-
Bpects to me by calling me a 'Rube,'
Dummy Stuff and other names,
whereupon the crowd joined in, and
/ had a lovely time. I never UNI
PRED better in my life, but there
was no end of fault finding.
FINALLY, above the din from the
crowd, ! heard one particularly loud
voiced fellow yelling that he would
like to take punch at me. I looked
around in his direction and located
him in a minute.
"'Yes, your he roared, at the
same time calling me a vile name.
I'll punch you in the eye if I get a
chance And he shook his fist,
while the crowd encouraged him.
It was then that I decided to act.
Remembering the rule which en-
powers al umpire to have any dis
orderly person removed from the
grounds, by force if necessary, I
called Time and started for the
grand stand, at the same time call
ing upon a couple Of policemen to
put the man out. He war defiant,
and the cops wouldn't turn a hair.
I jumped into the stand and started
to remove the fellow myself. I got
a good collar and elbow hold and
started to drag him out of his chair
when I found I had stirred up a
hornets nest.
MEN on all eides of me were TAX
ing flying punches at my head. !
returned some of the compliments,
but I was no match for the mob. I
held on to my original mark, though,
all through the struggle and soused
him well too. Suddenly the owner
Of the club came rushing down the
aisle Of the grand stand with three
or four cops.
"'Grab that umpirei' he yelled,
land throw him over the fencei'
eft I go over the fence I 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 Teller
Nobody will t'row yer out Of here
widout a hghtl Sect
"Then there was a riot. Cops
, oranks, toughs and managers joined
in a free fight over me, and I wal
almost torn limb from limb. I man
aged to grab a seat and hang on, *
that it was impossible for me to b,
swept out. After several minutes
Of hot work the police and the tougl
! looking guys quelled the disturb
anoe and the question was put to me
"'What do you want to do will
: this felleri' They referred to tn
l man who had caused all the trouble
I still had a grip on him, and he wa
as limp al a dish rag.
! "'I want him put out I said, AM
!. they escorted him to the gate. Thel
? they let him come back after I ha'
! climbed out upon the field and call
9 ed Play Isaw him all right, bu
I made no further attempt to re
? move him. The next day I had n
8 trouble. New York Sun.
4 Useful Little Notion Long In Coming
Until within a few years spiri
levels were made with perfectl
= smooth sides, and there was MOI
= or less danger Of dropping them i
carrying them about and up an
down ladders and so on. Half
: dozen years ago somebody though
y Of cutting a groove or channel j
> the wood on each side Of the leve
to make q hand hold. It may seer
: strange that nobody had thought {
: this simple device before, but al
+ snoran<lv nobody had. The man tbs