Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27

nished this season. One does not have to
go SO FAR as California to get the article
.hat mas peen served to US this year. Bet
Ter men can be had at home. 1t is too bad
indeed in such a race as this that game
after game should be lost simply owing to
Wretched umpiring. Why. some of these
men could not hold their Jobs in minor
leagues. but in the major leagues they are
backed up In their incompetency and this
sort or thing continues. 1t is no wonder to
me at all that players are put out of the
stint me only wonder to me is that
more do not get put out. / would rather
trust 10 the opposing team for umpires
than to those thrust upon US this season
Men cannot work to the best advantage
when the umpring Is of such a saffron
character. 1t takes all the go and all Of
the spirit out OF them. and with the bat
ting as weak as 1t is in these DAYS we do
not need or want further handicaps Then
they go and yoke one of these incom-
petents to veteran and that makes things
worse than ever. The vet stands with
his hands folded and instead of presiding
over the balls and strikes, as he should be
directed to do. he stands with hands folded
and takes things very easy. by your leave.
and lets the other chap take the brunt of
the burden. How lovely! Empires must
be very scarce indeed when the American
League has to stand for the examples that
nave been introduced this season. To nv
mind Connolly Is the best umpire of the
stan You can always count on getting
square deal from him He has irnnroyed a
great deal in his work He uses lot Of
Judgment, as any man should who wants
TO be successful umpire. and il a man
goes out of the game on Tom Connolly it
Is because he deserves ii. Then Connolly
has the sand He Is no umpire as most OF
the 1ncompetents are He knows neither
cluo when he steps on the field, but gives
the decisions he sees them. He makes
his mistakes-all umpires will-the same as
ball tossers, but he does not seek to even
matters up, but goes right along and does
the best he can. My players like Connolly
md how ilr. to
glad to see him because they know he will
come as near 10 give a square deal as 1t
lies in his power. With men like Connolly
umpiring there would be such things
as squabbles and suspensions would be
few and far between. 1t is simply ridicu-
lous to suspend a man for a term simply
because he stands up for his club and pro-
tests against the raw deal he has heep
getting. Base ball Is not croquet. 1t Is
a tense game and with the foul strike and
spit ball they have got 1t down now SO
that a lot of the pepper has been taken out
of II. Now they want us to be good and
take what's coming to us, no matter who
Is at fault There is no excuse at all for
the amount of poor umpiring that has been
shame that nothing has been done to help
matters.
Why, In the National League the other
day eight men were sent from the playing
bench. Could anything have been more silly
than that? Why. the manager of the visit
ing club. Fred Tenney. went to the umpire
and said: Haven't you made sufficient of
a spectacle of yourself already without go
ing any further" Yet these players were
fined SO each. Umpires looking for trouble
can generally get all they want, and some
times more too.
II is a pleasure to attest the excellent
work done by Mr.. George Bauswine in the
games here the past week. His work was
excellent in every way. He has frank.
open way of doing things that takes with
the spectators. He Is the man for the
place, and any player who invites run-tn
with him ought to get all that can be inn
posed upon him.
Young "Cy' Young continues to do great
work for the Boston Nationals, and perhaps
he has not been decided godsend to the
club. There is no doubt at all that Presf-
dent Soden could have disposed of this man
this season for at least $4,000 and without
fear of contradiction. II can be said that a
| least one club would give more money
Manager Fred Tenney was asked the other
day the pitchers he considered the best in
the National League today. and he an
swered Mathewson. and then when the
query was put to him whom he considered
the best youngster among the pitchers, he
said young Cy." Tenney said he also con-
sidered Ruelbach of the Chicago Colts q