The times., 1901-05-26

etc The judge, although he is called
upon to decide in many a close finish, may
sometimes bridge over doubtful verdict
and save himself a great deal of trouble
and even ignominy by declaring dead
I heat
There are no dead heats for the UNI
pire. pitched ball is either a strike or
a ball, if the batter does not swing his
club. 1t may look to the spectators that
it is half strike and half ball, but he
must make it one or the other, and he
must give a decision without hesitating
One side wants it a strike and the other
ball. Whatever he says, he is sure to in
cur the i'll feelings of some one. For him
there is no hedging and there is never an
opportunity for him to arbitrate. That is
why the umpire is everybodys foe, or at
least why everybody wants to be his en-
emy.
His life is hard enough without get
ting used as he does in the National
League. The chances are If he imposes
a fine il will never be collected, and one
string or another attached to Nick Young
will be pulled in such a way that the UNI
pire will get the worst of it.
"Emslie and Frank Dwyer have sailed
over some exceedingly Choppy seas this
year. Colgan, too, has been kicked about
not a little. Emslie seems to have about
as much control over the players as would
an infant in a crib outside the GROUNDS.
At the very outset, he ought to have i'm
posed a big fine. and then if the player
persisted in objecting to his decisions,
every one of them should have been put
off the grounds, even if the managers dld
not have enough men left to finish the
game.
Frank Dwyer had his share of trouble
with the Pittsburg players in chicago.
There is not a man on that team VINO
should not have been fined one or more
times, while Wagner, Leach, and Beau
mont should have been put OH the
grounds absolutely He did right when
he ordered Captain Doyle out of the game
and off the grounds, and he probably had
good reasons for putting Chance out OF
the game too. But Dwyer allowed himsel1
to be bullied into almost absolute SUD
mission by Hans Wagner. Had he been
backed up by President Young and the
National League he would doubtless have
clipped Wagners wings short, and smut
of his sind, by fning him week sal
ary and sent him to the hotel an hour
before his teammates left for the same
I'm every other city the same kind of
bulldozing has been going on ever since
the opening of the National League sea
son, until 1t is little wonder that every
umpire on the staff has lost his nerve In
his instructions to umpires which Mr.
Young recently issued he says:
1t is imperative that each umpire SHAH
enforce strictly and absolutely each and
every rule and law and maintain dlscl-
pline and gentlemanlS DenaNloT On lIS
field. There can be no excuse for fallure
to do so with the authority and support
at your command. Failure in this require
ment will demonstrate the incapacity OF
the umpire to occupy his position.
Where is there an umpire in the Ma.
tional League who enforces this order?
Where is there game played in Whlch
there is no manifestation OF ungentie-
manly conduct? The umpire knows he
will not be sustained and so the disgrace
full conduct goes on, wherever Natlohal
League teams meet.
different. Even in that organization, now
ever all the elements of rowdyism nave
not been eliminated. They we're pretey PREY
well wiped out last year, but the infection
of National League blood disturbed the
equilibrium for time at the beginning
of this season But the umDlres unueT
Johnson soon showed the new men thdt
they must conduct themselves In gen
tlemanly manner, and have given the OLD
PLAYERS few quinine doses just to make
them remember the principles on which
the new organization was launched.
when the National League was hrst
organized popular interest in basetaH
reached height of enthusiasm never pc
fore attained but as soon as it was seen
that there was money in the game the
money changers came into the tempe PIE
and the spirit of fairness took wings anu
departed seeing which the patrons Ol lne
game became disgusted and Withdrew
their support. Baseball interest sank TO
a low ebb and only rose again Wheh the
American
straight game, conducted on upright prlh-
cfples not only in the matter of players,
but also as regards the management.
The defeats sustained by the Senators at
Cleveland were a great surprise to local
followers of the sport. and brought forth
the usual number of criticisms regarding
the team. 1t was supposed that the Man
ming forces would have no difficulty IN
getting away with a majority OF the
games with the Buckeyes, but TO run up
against such a slaughter as the first stop
on the Western trip proved to be- was
never thought of for even an instant
Every team in the West had been taxing
falls out of Cleveland, and they were na-
turallv looked upon as large and luscious
marks for such an aggregation as WASH WIo
ington But, If the sample OF the eaLIiie
nc nrovided by the Senators IS any CLi-
terion of what they will put up during Iile
remainder of the trip they VIII pe an ~
| GOOD luck TO keep away from naIiIhS Us
| faDce of the tailenderS. The Ihnisudg
/ came especially, III which CleFellIlu
/ scored nine runs after two men were oul'
| Will long be held against the iocdi P'"'
From a long distance view of the con
| tast and with nothing to guide DuI Ihe
extended newspaper reports, u tn eI,s1
/ the. necessary one man out, ana wan Iile
! game as Washington held leau OF t!sHt ,
runs up to that awful lh4lns- >-,rtTSern
1 must have slumped worse thdn NJ -
/ Tocidc ever did to get into the ar, IHe
way he did. Or, il may nave pGen % !S Sii,S
| Manager Manning was in the CleVelahu
| 49,, once counting up his share OF tIe
I ,yo+a raceints and left the team IN chdi St
/ 9f CaDtain Everett. Certainly, ManhlIe
/ couId never have displayed the gudgthtnII lI
| tbat was in evidence during thAt IdtaL
| njnth Inauspicious as was the DeglnuliS
( ~ the teams first tour WESTWARD llopeS
are held out that the oalahce VI - ~
| games will show the CLUB up IN d pe'eei I,
! iipbt If not, Washington VIII reaulIy aC
: 'Sira the rsputation of being team OF
home performers
The Senators may soon be minus the
eervices of Outfielder Farrell, as ne mas
NOT been putting up the game that Is
Thought necessary in the Washington Cen
| &c Garden. When he first came TO TINS
| citv Farrell was touted as clever heloeF
and rafting good sticker, but OF late
he has not demonstrated an ability TO heid
| apv too well, while his hitting has peen
| iarnentabIy weak and there are thOsS
/ who are mean enough to say Ihdt ne
! couldn't hit the flaor were ne 10 ran ous !,
| he'd The man who plays the cehtTe tIl leiu
| for the Senators with two Such pdceLldA-
| ers as Foster and DUNCAN mas TO pe d
! ,1igbtv fast fellow. If the locals possessed
nn6tbSr fielder of the same class as ITS
! right and left guardians we "ouIu hdh Z
| the hest outfield in the American Leasue'
Captain Bill Everett has come III loI d
big share of criticism during the past Ie"
weeks. and Notwithstanding his lucky MT
| when he dra gged out the last game with
! ~, a.. a.,,,l,i, share arc hundreds Of local