The Detroit times., 1909-12-21
BILL. BYRON
- NOW
NINDlC ATEn.

NM pync~ and othSr nlHl1''N
IL NoW points in the Last,
vI>DloArEp eyn league bill
a was assured ot
nice berth somewhere. but ~asn
quite sure whether or not some oi hls
decisions OF last year had been CT
nature 10 rouse he ire 81 the mag
mates disyruntlcd thereby. ny TO
stage where A strong pull would DO
exerted with President Powers. 70
keep him on tho stan OF the Eastern
Quite naturally the pe'roiier re-
CARDS hts retention as a VindiSauoh.
lie called plays as he saw them ana
wasn't a bit afraid 20 decide one now
and thcn on common-sense pasls
when the rules didn't specihcally cover
the situation
Particularly was this the case in d
game AZ Toronto along In mid'su'n-
mer. with Newark the opposing as-
gregati0l
IL was very close combat ana
Newark. by a lively batting rally ~
the closing stages. was In p'"oe
where hin would probably tnra az
feat into victory Two were oat ana
the batter raised high foul WIN"
the easy reach Of both the l"' oi', ~
catcher and third baseman. 'o'H
started for the ball, but the thlrd p@st-
man drew back as is CUSTOMARY. 20
let the catcher make the Gluten Jus,
as the call was nearing me ground
the Newark coacher ~ thlrd oAss
stamped hts fee; with avldltY anu
yelled Get out OF the way; so' i.
The catcher backed away and tn oali
fell Oh the Dominion OF Canaoa
Great slice broke OUT amonE me
Newark contingent, who seemed ap-
pareutlv 10 conclude that the strategy
Of The coacher mad won the oatSnah
another chance 10 connect. But they
rocGoned without Mr. Byron.
"Pattori.r OUT" yelled the ump'
Manager Joe McGinnity y tht New
ark club. led his entire team ont On
the field IN q rush for Byron MO
stood his ground with calm and con
fdence
"Hovs that," inquired McGinni,y.
Il said the man was out, replied
Nj Byron
nut tile ball hit the ground; why.
nobody even touched IT,,
IT say he's cut" replied Byron WITH
suggestion Of peeve IN his dllcee
tones.
well now in the name OF spald
inr's Guide can YOU dope Il that way?
He's ont on interference.
Tins set NcGsnrity iairly crazy and
he fro,hcd a; the mouth
But there wasn't a man within ID
feet of Mitchell when he backed
away" he screamed.
He's out on vocal irterference' get
into the fed and finish the game,
And Byron pulled hts watch
There was nothing else FOR MoGin-
nity 20 do then. but ne hot-footed from
the grounds 10 a telegraph once
where he indicted hot dispatch TO
President Powers. protesting The
game on what he alleged most high
handed ard erroneous ruling.
The league took a vote en- the game
before the season was over, for New
ark was then within an inch or two
of the .pennant And the league voted
10 sustain the decision Of the umpire.
Consequently Mr.. Byron remains In
the Eastern league. amply yind'oated'
and verbal interference has been sus-
tained as a Just cause FOR declaring
outs in Mr. Powers circuit.
Ma EiDeTletu SlUlplS NOI4NA 49,
along with George StallinGs. One won.
ders whether 70 credit Elberte.d OF
blame Stalinrs for the fact. Prob
ably both answers are correct
II you were \ ball PLAYER and had
been AT last honoTed with call to
the big league and. having at last APP
parenuy reached the goal Of ambition
toward which YOU had been striving
for some years. that club should turn
you back when YOU came without even
letting Won don one OF its uniforms.
wouldn't il Jar you?
Interesting fact: Murray Howe.
Just back from press-agentlng Lon
Dillon On toTr OF Europe. reports
that AZ the race track in Moscow, Rus
sia. there are regularly quartered
? 500 trottcrs and something over .o0o
trainers and drivers.
Among the other items OF unfnish-
ed business. left over from the big
baseball meetings. appears still Mr..
Murphy. OF Chicago.