The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
UMPIRES AND THEIR WAYS.
knights of the Indicator Arc Not So
Downtrodden ms They Seem.

That joke about the poor forlorn UNI
pire runs a dead heat with the henpecked
husband yarn" remarked a ball player the
| other day. says the Brooklyn Eagle. Be
f, cause there are occasional kicks in a game
and once in a while the bunch surrounds
an umpire and throws the hooks into him, 1t
does not mean that he is at the mercy of
the players most of the time. On the con-
| trary, the average umpire knows his power.
and does not hesitate to get back more
times than once.
Take Tim Hurst. for instance. More
stories have been told about Tim than any
them are true Here's one that hasn't been
published before to my knowledge and
shows to a considerable extent that the
umpire isn't the downtrodden unfortunate
the fans have been led to believe.
Tim always gave the visiting team a
shade the best of it on the general prin-
thing of an ADVANTAGE When the Cleve-
land club was fighting hard to beat Balti-
more. a few years ago. Tin vas umpiring
a game at Cleveland. and Patsy Tebeau got
to him before play began, and remarked
Now. Tim. there's a big crowd here to-
day. and / won't be responsible for them
II you dent give us a hit the best Of it.
They might throw you over the fencer
Tim said nothing. but looked at Tebsau
in his quizzical way. and badc the game
g'wan. The first batter up on the opposing
side sent a ripping grounder down along
the first base line about three feet foul.
Fair ball yelled Tim, and the runner
"Tebeau made a bee line for the plate. but
Tim met him half way. and. before Patsy
could let out a below, said:
Now brig down your crowd and let
EN- throw me over the fence
UNNECESSARY to say. Patsy collapsed.
Joe Cartilion Is the greatest umpire that
ever lived" continued the player: but.
/ man on the ball field. he has had his trou-
bles. But he never played the henpecked
| part. I remember a game in which 'Kid'
| Spear was catching and Cantilion was UNI
p,ring. Joe never likes TO have n player
try to fool him, but Spear persisted. in pull
ing the ball over. n habit many catchc-s
have in trying TO make umpires call strikes.
| Joe warned Spear a couple of times. but he
persisted. The next time CantiliOu brought
his knee up hard against the nearest pcr-
Now. will you pull EN- over when l tell
you not to-
on Mapassau, who umpired In the American.
a couple of years ago said the warm spin
ner. Indianapolis and Kansas City were
fighting close for the Pennaut and they We're
| PLAYING a series with only two points sepa-
rating them. Phillips was pitching for In
| dianapolis and the HoOsiers had done n lot
of kicking. so much 80 that Manassau got
sore. At any rate. the next time the Kan
sas Citys came to bat. Phillips sent up a
=" 'One bali. that's hook No. l. sad Man
assau.
3 two. That's hook No. g
I'll be hanged II you'll throw any more
hooks into me- said Bill. and he threw
down the ball and walked TO the bench.
Another sample of the umpire's indiffer-
ence to kicking was given by Brennan. who
served for n short time in the National
League when the double umpire system was
III vogue. Some of the players got after
him one day and after hauling him over the
| Goals somebody remarked that he was rot
ten.
Rotten. am T. said Brennan. All right.
I'll just. show you how bad an umpire is
when he's rotten
land he did" said the player somewhat
r~uefully, but he cured US for all time"