Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-09-15
By FRANK o'LouoAlIN,

The Fsmcus American League Umpire
A ba.1bG raining j. by no meals
!nlisponsal " to a good umpire. Son ?
H.st-ci0ss rnpires either shine as pro
res; iOnalE a. amateurs. yet ! natttt
myself that | was a yer, fair amateur
player I got my early baseball edN
cation IN my native city OF Rochester
y. -, wt,ch. by the way. Is a haven
Tor re iuen who don the mask aIr
anaIc the Indicator. That city IL
tho home of "Blll" Sullivan, who Ia.
HAD experience in the New England
and Eastern leagues and Is now with
the American 7-. ociatlOn: also Of
William Il. Carpenter. who has also
'Dvr serv'.u #|,u ." New England
'ranvo. nuU before joining the ~ AFT
600 'Ua National league umplred With
great sucor-- iu lh. southern loacue.
! mad" FL success ai 'nm rutset ~ I'M.
wir.ug game. Foo Rochester and virin.
lty. / o1. Uwg.EwU -rmc between
Nuuhys'.r wI Palmyra nd Crane, OF
blessed memory. pitching in tn for
Nor, aud Mark BALDWIN nov "a phvsi-
clan. roU tho latter ! umr.r.I IN .Er
AttaUri. .naau. 'u 'r'T. and finished
the season ia .Nn E.s NoIk State
league. .u. W.. .n lAa, league in '9S
and IH. aud fn. following Lwo sea
SON. u.4a.rG loo he Eastern league.
and since 't.i .we have been under
'hn'a..w.mu 90 resident b 3. John.
rHn. uI ru. NmnriCan league.
!. g..s ,InGu. saying that he posi-
#au %, ump.I" S. the most trying there
rs IN no. s"nn u. baseball. While, a
.a.I ..Hm.. 70 nan need not hav,
'u .a.a u.I..r TO be GOOD um.
... 10 w.u ~ua have had plenty al
ru.l"u,, fu nm the bill salts 'actOrily.
Hp.w. . .n.y argely lnack. 4
nan w. DO. 1t Tor II. as It were
+" mma .. uu. - ssed Of M end q,
nerve, l.H. sSral.ont ability. firm
.rwu.. b. pui"k and sharp. anC
uN... at Mus, grow the rules thouT,
.u.uS CmUiriug Is deal more than
taking u stand add calling balls ana
sirhes and living base dc cisions. Til
best Of ann res will make their mis-
IaE.a and they viii miss q ball o.
tribe now and then d spite them
selves. aud will occasionally lose q
base decision. NJ two pitchers pitch
alike; no Two cHt'hers handle the bal
alike, and 10 the umpire places him
self In position he thinks the best
to Judge the pli, 1t will be made some
other way, and II will thus be lost
and the umpire must guess to the best
Of his ability. Yes, there Is lot OF
guess aorl In umplring. To be
abreast oi be quick and sharp play
ers al tndsy the umpire must also be
fast, and th" only way TO Judge many
decision Is to be at the spot when
the play ! smade. Then there can be
ne bluHfs, for the official Is at hand
with Ro play. Often an umpire is
kept On The run during the entire
gapIe, and a close decision will sue
ceeL close decision with remarkable
ranidlty, and, again. o game will pass
with scarcely close play in the whole
rame. In BIZ COAL there Is no telling
what may happen, so the umpire had
best prepare himself for the wol st
nr1 be tharHful 4 the best comes his
way
Inc manager aud the ball player al,
wayt see what the other fellows got,
but not what hey got themselves.
They do not want the other fellows 10
get anything, and no matter II they
nave nan fii' break or the luck, th,y
will hol.er murder II tie umplres hap
pen 10 give the other side the fair end
of a close decision.
u takes n Tong time to get used 10
the methods of players. The more
varied the pitcher the more difficult
ne makes the work for the umpire, and
II HI deer.yes the batsman, Is 1t any
wonder that he occasionally fools tie
umplreY rhe player will often chase
bad halls, but II the umpire happens
10 coll bad one on him, what fuss
he viii make about Il!
Il taxes keen eyes'ght and perfect
knowledge OF tn" ways OF innel0Grs
&c decide whether basorunner is
torched or NOT. Cor tho player Is after
every point and 10 is his greatest
pleasure .u foo. the umpire If he can,