Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-09

PLAYERS CAUSE THE
UMPIRE MUCH TROUBLE.


Occasionally while watching "a bail
game Ia the biz league YOU viii see an
umpire suddenly grow angry and fire a
player out Of the game As far as can
be seen from the stand. the player SIM
ply has been arguing quietly. and the
punishment appears too severe.
II the people IN the stands could hear
those conversations between the players
and the umpire they wouldn't blame the
official. Rather they would wonder that
be didn't poke the player in the nose.
Il is impossible to print even small
percentage OF what is said % umpiros
by ball players lu the heat OF battle. but
The odd thing Is that the umpire seldom
hres player out when he gets abusive
or profane. The player who gets fired IL
the naggiug. sarcastic fellow, who hits
az the weak spots and does 1t malicious
ly n the umpire secs that PLAYER
merely has lost his temper 10 amuses
him and he pays little attention 10 what
Is said The sarcastic boys get &C..
SARCASTIC REMARKS HURT.
A short time ago one OF the New
York Americans WAS chased by Jack
sheridan. An he said after being
called out ON strikes was Look out.
Jack. II YOU drop your watch blind
man viii see 10 first
Rill Butt Head Dahien perhaps has
been driven 60 the bench oftener than
any player IN the country Dahlen is
nagging the umpire from the time he
gets displeased with decision until the
game ends. and then starts over again
the next day. He never Is abusive.
but he can make the meauest kicks and
the most personal remarks m the quiet
est way, OF any player in either league.
Every time he gets near an umpire dur
Ing game II he happens 10 be after
the umpire. he dishes out a shot
one Of the funniest things Bill ever
did was when he was playing with the
old Chicago club, just before the game
started he remarked 10 o Day. quietly
Hank II I run up TO YOU and call YOU
blank. blank. blsnkety blank In the
lrst inning, Will YOU chase me out OF
the ssme7" Huh" grunted Hank IL
should say ] would. IAN right" re-
piled Dahl, ~ want to get out 70 Hsr-
lem In time for the nth race" Hank
grinned. For two innings Dahl abused
Hank like a pickpocket. but Hank made
him stick
HANDS UMPIRE sPECTACLEs
Big Bill LANCE was once thrown out
OF game BY Charles Snyder and the
crowd was sore over H. Snyder had
been going bad for several innings and
both teams were kicking mildly LANCE
was going out 20 the field. smiling, and
stopped in the diamond 10 hand Sny-
der something Snyder opened the little
package. and the first thing the crowd
knew he was waving LANCE on the field.
All LANCE had done was TO give him
a pair Of snectacles
Few spectators have any Idea what
Muggys McGraw says TO umpires The
chances are that n the crowd could
hear some OF his remarks McGraw
would have been driven out OF baseball
years ago. He is past master at abuse
and billingsgate. He knows the weak
ness OF umpires and hits at them. Peo-
pie who know McGraw OFF the field as
clean, gentlemanly little fellow hard
ly can believe what he says With
him Il is cold biooded science He isn't
rad He wants the next decision and
he burns tho umpire up His great
success is IN knowing exactly when and
where 20 stop and he can tell by the
umpire's looks just when TO quit His
remarks about the personal appearance,
habits family life. etc. OF umpires hurt.
and ne has driven more umplres out
of business than any one-except possl-
bly, the Tebeau-Griswold alliance al
Omaha.
Clark Grflth always has been am
umpire batter. Crit is mean and sar-
castle, and il IN deadly earnest when ne
kicks. One day In Philadelphia Al
Warner chased Grit out Of n grounds
ara Grief came fretting and angry up
into the press box, complaining that
Warner had been unjust. "I didn't
say anything loud. so any one else
could hear &c." said Grit Il Just told
him the truth
What did you say. Gtif2"
why, / walked up 10 him quietly and
in a gentlemanly manner. and told him
he was a blank. hlankety blank. blank.
blank"
Don't you think that was enough?"
asked some one.
mo. said Grif That's what he l.
and he didn't have any right 10 put one