Evening journal., 1903-12-24
THE WORLD
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BASEBALL DIAMOND
DIV Brennan Gave Decision.
Hurst Wants an Umpire
Union

# ae palm for originality in the way Of
ding players has Tor many years been
IA arded Tim Hurst, but exception no
Is taken by James Hart president Of
Chicago Nationals, who desires the
81 emotion given to Jack Brennan.
81 rennan was an umpire when Hurst was
VI liking as q picker boy around the mines
"a his Pennsylvania home. lie was be-
81 d the plate calling balls and strikes
y on the umpires had nothing but pebbles
"a indicators, and before the days when
" Sis and pads were worn by the auto <
III IS Of the diamond.
"A ccording to Hart, the most original
81 4 startling way ito put an end to the
# ltinual kicking of a player was Illus /
81 ted by Brennan in a game in which the
81 rld-famous Tebeau took part. Tebeau |
# ahe offender.
q Ieveral close decisions had been made
a second. and to all OF them Tebeau took
81 ,eption. When Tebeau next reached
41st. Brennan took his place behind the
81 cher. instead Of the plate. and awaited
II suits. on almost THE first bali pitched
n { made a break for second. Brennan
Is watching him and started almost as
4 on. Tebeau made a headlong slide and
n ennan followed suit. Ball. umpire and
81 ayer arrived there almost at the same
81 ne.
i As the men arose from the ground Bren-
n pulled the small wihisk froom with
A lIcn he was wont 10 brush the dust Off
A e plate, out of his pocket. and began
remove the dirt from the clothes Of the
aver. He brushed him from head 10 foot,
ID then performed the same good offices
himself. Meanwhile the crowd was
aiting for the decision, which as yet was
4 3renderei.
After Brennan had fixed himself up he
4 rned to Tebeau and commenced 10
ist him on all over again. Il was then
Mr. the first time that he said a word
8 pat. that was the greatest slide I ever
w." was the way the conversation
arted.
you must have slid at least fifteen
4 .et. Great. Pat. great.
you are certainly n wonder when it
1mes go sliding Patl
II nevep again expect TO sec its equal,
at.
"But you're out, by an inch"
That ended the conversation. Brennan
,alked TO his station behind the catcher,
nd Tebeau to the bench. II IS said that
'at never again questioned any Of Bren-
ans decisions.
Tim Hurst. one of the wits of the
game. says that a unionN for umpires
would be a great thing, and in his
Usually sarcastic manner he tells Of it
n the following way in the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune:
In view Of this union spirit which
Bills the air" says Tim Hurst. eve UNI
aires ought to organize for mutual
benefit and protection. We could do
lot If we were only banded together.
IF a player got fresh we could pass
the word along the line, and that play
er would never get anything but
strikes called.
Suppose McGraw, for example. called
me a bullet-headed loafer and bur-
lesque on humanity.
"Say-IlI kick you in the face If you
say that he'd only be telling the strict
fruthl Well. I'd send word to the
union.
Next town Bob Emsle's umpiring.
He would call two strikes on McGraw
on balls over the catcher's head. and
then, when 'Muggsy' drove one through
centre field it would be a foul.
$50 on he'd get it in every city until
he agreed to apologize, pay fine Of
$3.50 and sign the union scale
What would be the scale?" was ask
ed of Hurst.
Five dollars TO call the umpire lob
sRr, $40 to call him fathead, S25 TO call
Nfm a stiff, and $50 to kick him i'm the
shins. Agreements to submit to arbi-
tration also to be signed"
What would you arbitrate2"
"Why. the question as to whether the
umpire really was a lobster, stiff or
fathead. of course, rhe decision OF an
impartial board to be final in all cases" "
THE American League adherents
prefer Lajoie and the National League
men Wagner. Both are great ball toss
ers," said Hugh Duffy. manager of the
Phillies. Il am frank to say of the
two men I prefer the Frenchman.
think he is the faster man of the two.
Lajoie is a wonderful player. He is
exceedingly quick and is very sure in
his handling Of ground balls. 1 think
shat pitchers would prefer to face Wag-
ner than Lajoie. ] am of the opinion,
however, that Mike Kelly was the
greatest player who ever put on a uni
form. There was never a ballplayer so
eminent, despite his many limita-
tions. Mike had a wonderful head
He was not a fast runner yet he was
the best baserunner the game ever saw
A wonderful light went out when he
was lost to the game. No one ever
put so much life and snap into a game
as he. He was a winning ballplayci
and he infused his snirit into every
man that played with him. Never were
more enjoyable contests fought thar
those between the New Yorks under
Ewing and the Bostons under Kelly
Both were wonders. and both left moth
ing undone to land ahead of the other
afartin Bergen is my choice OF catch
eAs. He was a wonder both as a back
stop and as thrower. He threw
with wonderful ease and accuracy anc
IL was simply impossible to steal a base
on MIN. He had n wonderful arm. II
was too bad he met with such a sac
end. At the same time il was very
fortunate that his fellow players me-
with no violence at his hands. He wa.
a man who fancied his comrades wer,
making game % him and he was liabl,
TO take anything TO heart that was sait
TO him. / recollect he once hit on,
OF the boys In the face for saying moth.
ing more than Good morning. Martin.
Bergen fancied the player was making
game OF him."
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