The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-06
Peculiar Incidents Not Covered
by the Rules.
PUZZLES FOR THE UMPIRE.

MUlIu there arises situation over
which there are certain To hc bitter
disputes and which the umpire alone
may Judge.
Even m the big leagues these things
occur. one did on the old Eastern
park grounds at Brooklyn Ia a game
between Philadelphia ana the rcram-
bulators.
The decision Of the umpire was up
bcld 10y President Nick Young. al
though il still Is open to dispute.
II happened that n the seventh H..
ming. with two men ON bases Tread.
~ny hit II line drive down the lcft
field line. The ball beyond doubt was
going foul. for 1t was curv.us tavurd
the foul line rapidly Glnncy.s .svh,
was umpiring the game. was standing
at the plate squirting down the line.
his eye following the ball
Suddenly flight of pigeons swept
along. The ball strucl, one Of the nj
geonS. knocking II 10 the earth. and the
ball itself sWcrved from its course and
struck the ground foot inside the
foul line. The Brooklyn runners raced
-
them back and declared ,ho h,t foul
There was n long wranglr. which D.,
suited ia BROOKLYN protesting the
game. hut Uncle Nick uphrld Gnfruny
Jigg"rs pnnahue always had u ter
ror Of all sorts Of snakes. tnnds and
bugs. aud this terror once nrnrN in.t
Chicag" Il victory over washington
Joe Cantilnn knew Of this INVERSION.
aud when the Senators nprucd i'm chi
cage Cnntillon sprut the rnrly after.
noon digging fishing worms grubs and
the ike. and he arrived MT ia. norL
with roupic of pans Gl,cd with th.m
Joe waited scvernl Innings nnd tIcn
with one NJ the Senators on first no
began sprinl,llng worms nrrunL tho
sack Jiggcrs did mo-, notice II for n
minute. and, Indcr.. not until tho
Washington plnyer ran off the Ing to
drnw the throw. m. hnll cnmr Low
md lust before h. stnorcd to cntrh
II JIgg.rs saw the ground covered
with worm. He let out n veil and
iumppd n foot I'm the air. a., managed
to block the ball. however. nnd sent
In n hurry up call for John 10 sweep
the ground around the base.
All through the game CantIlIon and
his men sprinLled worms and hugs
around Jlggcrs and kept him In state
Of terror, but with the aid Of the broom
he managed to frustrnte his tormrnturs
and escape without an error. and the
following day he npnpalpd TO the um.
pire To make the Senators quit.
Tommy Tucker. however. was not 81
lucky ns Jiegrrs. lie lost n gnmp for
Washington To- chlcng0 once aud star
ell battle all because Of trick Bill
pahlon nnd Bill Everett put MP on him.
Tom never did like snakes Indeed.
nc held them IN adherence. nnd in
some way pahien discovered this.
Washington wns To play Chicago that
afternoon. and during the morning
practice ON the west side grounds bah.
len and Everett discovered n small
sartcrsnnkc and treasured II up.
Along In the fourth inning Everett
cracked out hit, and us snon ns he
landed on first base Dahleu, ignoring
his usual custom, ran out 10 coach, aud
a moment later he slipped the harmless
little roptilc 10 Everett, who dropped IL
into fuckers hip pocket
Tommy discovered the snake Just as
the pitcher was delivering the bah.
and, with yelp, he deserted first
base. The shortstop gathered mp the
ball on the run and started 10 throw Ia
second, but was too late and threw
toward first Tommy was twenty feet
off the base, jumping up and down and
hunting for something with which to
kill that snake. and the ball went to
the stands, and Chicago scored four
runs in the round.
Tucker protested wildly, but the um
pire couldn't find anything about
snakes In the rule book and let it go
at that.
But possibly the hardest decision nm
umpire ever tackled fell to the lot of
Jack Stratton who was umplrIng
game between the Dallas (O.J team
unl a., sp,p, NutIa,s