Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-20
All Players Like to Steal
a March on the Umpire.
ANY Old Scheme will Do i Il
Gan Be Made to Work.
Hurst Likes to Argue.-SiIk 0'lough-
lin Not Popular.
-IN HURST, the GENIAL six

CIoughlin. the fiery Jack Sheridan,
i INC irunertllrballe; Tommy tOnn"i-
w. tha eyrnpathetIc; Billy Evans. cnit'
keen. sarcastic. Tn" ump'r'1 u Dig
Rams staff are an inter. sting int. They |
20 through the year dong their ""ih
and getting roasted by player ana pun
Tic ak, and yet, they thrive "ii IL ana
are q l.apIY clan. They are 'hc most
n,isund. retoOd human beings Ia III"
world and they seem 10 hno~ IT ahn
glory in IT.
In the winter time Tim Hurst spends
his days along Broadway. He Jas con-
siderable money invested in real e~tate'
side show stunts, and Slght-SetlHf
automobiles. And then he hu3tleS
around nights refereeinf nights There
is no kind Of a sp0l ting game that Inn
Hurst has not Oliiciated m lie mas
been an official for aev+nty-nln" year"
Judging BY the way some Of his STORIES
date back.
Tom Connolly rushes to his home in
Massachusetts and spends the Winter
resting. Silk OLoushlin dabhles IN
New York state politics. Billy Evans |
usually goes back to his OLD YORK a.
sporting writer. Jack Sheridan SpehoS
his time around Chicago. usually IN III"
famous Log cabin resort Of Joe Cantil-
Ions, or else goes to the coast
Against these men for mary in"ntEs
of the year. eight willy managers ana
an army Of brainy ball players PIT their
brain power. It's anything to TOOL the
umpires If they could but tell all theif
troubles their lives would make inter-
esting reading for season.
Billy Evans is the latest of the UNI
pires to make good. He combines the
calm dignity of Jack Sheridan with the
ready wit of Tim Hurst and the ener-
Nv of Silk O'Loughlin. If he can sue
coed in escaping any further C"htrlbu-
lions in the way Of pop bottles from
the stands he'll nave a long ana uSeful
career ahead of him in baseball.
Billy was sitting on the locals bench
one afternoon when Case Patten came
IN. There was blood in his eye and MS
breast heaved with Indignation. he
had pitched tn" day before and had
been very, very, very wild. His whole
being was filed with a sense OF over
vhelming injustice as he spoke to the
umpire.
"Rilly," ne said, you did me dirt yes
terlay You threw it into me. You
were calling balls all day long when
they were strikes
Evans SAID nothing. but quietly smil-
ed Patten. made bold by the silence.
proceeded to rake him over the Goals.
lie grinned in glee. He thought
lie had the official completely crushed
by his cloQuencc. AS he turned 10
leave. Billy quietly called:
Say Patten turned around
SAY" continued Evans. you didn't
have anything yesterday. did you?
You were the poorest excuse for
human being in the act of trying to
pitch a bail have ever been unfortu-
nate enough to gaze upon. You were
lust So rotten there was no need OF
having an umpire. They killed that un-
alerhand toss of yours. and you couldn't
use ANYTHING else. Cantillon is either
keeping YOU ont of charity, or else YOU
had an off day. Ny Old grandmother
could have beaten you when you We're
at your best
Billy eyed him as he spoke ami Pat
ten Redeemed. The pitcher turned away
and looked to see who was listening.
then he came close to the bench.
bill yer right" he said. IL was rot
ten. l guess. ! didn't quite see il that
way before"
1t is an old trick of some managers
10 send a player out to roast TIM
Hurst roast him to a fragile, call him
names until the beefy little lrishma n
looks like a gas balloon about to eX-
plodc. Just when this alarming CON
dition reaches a danger point and it IS
feared that Tim will die of apopleNy
the manager rushes from the bench
and calls" the player. He'll probably
send him to the clubhouse and then
pat Tim on the back.
You're all right, Tim: never mind
him. I'll take care of him. You're do
ing fine. That decision was all right.
And the old gentleman will smile all
over, humble "Ye betcher life" and
be very careful the rest of the day that
no decisions are unfair to the manager
who is so square"
They've been working that gag on
Tim since long before the American
League was thought of, and he is Still
falling for it.
In one of those stirring Chicago
games in the Windy City. when Chicago
and Detroit were fighting it out for The
lead Mulln was in the box and Tin
Hurst vas behind the plate. 1t was ;
terribly hot afternoon, and as Georg
had been working himself out of sew
eral holes. he was in need of a few
minutes respite toward the close q
the game.
Jennings sent Donovan and Payne GU
along the third base line to warm ut
This was plainly n violation of tn
rules. The game was stopped Will
Billy sullivan kicked. Hurst ran /
Capt. Coughlin.
Get them away from there" h
roared.
Now, Tim, the crowds in the wa,
said Coughlin.
Tim argued and argued and argued
When Coughlin had used all his wit.
Schaefer started in. The willy Dutch
man conned Hurst for seve raj minute
more. All this time Donovan was tos.
ing the ball and Mullin was getting HI
rest Finally. happy thought struc
Hurst. He would tell Donovan himsel
1t was brilliant idea.