Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-10

umpire seldom fires Il PLAYER out
when he gets abusive or profanp.
The player who gets fired Is the nag
gng, sarcastic fellow, who hits at the
weak spots, and does II maiciously.
| If the umpire sees that a PLAYER
merely has lost his temper Il amuscs
him and he pays little attention to
what is said. The sarcastic boy gets
I 1t.
a short time ago one of the High
landers was chased by Jack Sheridan.
All he said after being called out on
| strikes was: Look out Jack: IL YOU
drop your watch blind man will see
| II first"
Billy CBnll IIcad') Dahlcn perhaps
mas been driven to the bench oftener
than any player in the country. Dab
len Is naggcr. He keeps right after
an umpire from the time be gets dis
pleased with decision until The
game ends, and then starts over again
the next day. He never is abusive,
but he can make the meancst kicks
and most personal remarks In the
Qnictcst way. OF any player I'm either
league. Every time he gets near an
umpire during game, If he happens
to be after that umpire, he dishes out
shot.
One of the funniest things Dahl
ever did was when he was playing
with the old Chicago club. Just be.
lore the game started he remarked to
ODay. quietly, Hank, il run up to
van IL
kcty thing In the first inning, will yn,
chase me out OF the gamc?" Huh"
Eruntcd Hank, II should say would"
"All right" remarked Dahl. 81 want
10 get out TO Harlem in time for the
fifth race Hank grinned. For two
innings Dahl abused Hank like a pick.
pocket-but Hank made him stick.
Big Bill Langc once was thrown out
OF game by Charlie Snyder and the
crowd was sore over it, Snyder had
been going bad for several innings
and both teams were kicking mildly.
LANCE was going out to the field.
smiling. and stopped in the diamond
TO hand Snyder something. Snyder
opened the little package, and the
first thing tho crowd knew he was
waving LANCE off the field. All Lange
had done was to give him n pair of
spectacles.
Few spectators ever have had any
idea what Muggsy McGraw says to
limpires. The chances are that il the
crowds could hear some of his re-
marks McGraw would have been driv-
ell out of baseball years ago. He is
past master at abuse and Billingsgate.
He knows the weaknesses OF umpircs
and hits ut them. People who know
McGraw off the field as a clean, gen
tlemanly little felloy, hardly can be.
iieye what he says. With him 1t is
cold bloodcd science. He isn't mad
He wants the next decision and he
burns the umpire up. His great sue
cess Is In knowing exactly when and
where to stop, and he can tell by the
umpire's looks just when to quit. His
remarks about the personal appear.
ance. habits. family life, etc, of UNI
pres hurt and he has driven more
nlinpil;Ss out of business than any one
.T751textqeptip possibly the Tebcau-Gris-
void alliance lat Omaha.
F Clark lGfiffiihaal@ays Shas been T, AN
umpire baiter.N Gpifsissnran land itar-
castle dis ldeadiys edtaifst {whent he
kicks. One Nday; in philadelphia, RAl|
Warner chased 7Grif out; of the lsroufds
and Grit came ifretting sand .angryimp
intoSthe press lbox, complaining to me
that Warner had been unjust. 81
didn't say anything loud, so any one
else could hear it," said Grit II Just
told him the truth"
What did you say, Grif?" "Why, II
walked up to him quietly and in
gentlemanly manner and told him he
was blank, blank. blankcty, blank,
blank" Don't you think that was
enough?" asked some one. NO" said
Grif That's what he is and he
didn't have any right to put me out.