The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-06-02
STORIES OF
The DIAMOND.
silk O'LOughlIn Talks About the
Duties Of lJmplres.
HOW GAME SHOULD Be RUN.


slins (if He CAM and Get Close to
Every Piay--Umps Must Be Up to
All Kinds Of Schemes.
No. VII.
BY StLh O'LOUGHLiN, American Leaaue
Umpire.
lCopyright. 1910. BY American Press Asso-
ciation.l
Dmpiring IL a business. and It has
been mine for fourteen years. during
which time naturally / have had some
queer experiences. If have attained
any success as an arbitrator it IS be
fause have put my mind down 70
my work ana given it Just as much Of
my time and thought as have been
given in other lines ana professions
believe that the umpire Is every bit
as much OF feature at bah game
as are the ball tossers. More depends
upon him. and he should realize this
fact when he steps upon the field. il
has always been my idea 70 let the
public and the players know that the
umpire IS the real thing He should
NiffNAF hAfiT ilhllCNniVH NtAtli AiN ~ 1lNH
on tile field ana Impress it on every
body's mind as the game progresses.
have made study TO give the
public all that is coming to them from
the ufdplre The people in the seats
are entitled to know what decisions J
render. and | try to make this plain
both by signals Of the hands and
arms and also BY the peculiar manner
Of announcing strikes and balls
draw ont strikes as long as posi-
bic. 50 thnt they can be easily dis
tingushed from the balls never say
two because that is sometimes mis-
understood. while tub is never mis-
taken for anything else
One of the most important things
that | do is to get MS near to every
play as possible. The umpire should
move about. and the players should
do the same The umpire should put
lots Of action into his work. and the
players viii follow suit There Is
nothing more tiresone than a draggy
game Of ball aud the umpire can make
il draggy if he Is so disposed. al
ways make the players hustle. aud |
have never yet found a player who
did not want to get through a game
as quickly as possible.
Umpires sometimes make trouble for
themselves by allowing the game 70
get out of his hands The umpire
should always hold the players in
ot..at~. or1 AI,o.. s,.o,,t1 .o,+on ho,o
any trouble with the bah tossers. l
started TO umpire when ! was but
twenty years old. and / have been at
It ever since. Umpifing is not always
pleasant, but | like my work.
In order to be a successful arbitrator
one must possess cool head and be d
good judge Of the players. for the ma
lority Of them are up to all kinds OF
tricks, For instance here IS a scheme
that Frank Isbell of the Chicago
White Sox tried to work on me some
years ago Isbel wanted to get out Of
the game. 1t was bitter cold. and he
did not feel like playing But he did
not feel like going to the manager Of
the team and saying that he didn't
want to play SO he hit upon the
scheme Of being put out Of the game
In one Of the early innings he tried
TO steal second, and ! declared him
out. Il wasn't out and anybody who
says was out doesn't know what he is
talking about" said Frank He was
hoping that | would put him out Of
the game, but was on TO his trick.
The next time lie got on first he start
ed for second again Once more ! had
to call him out. I'm not outl h0wled
Isbell Nobody bat a crooked umpire
would call me out" The third time
up he singled and once more started
to steal second This time he was out
by two feet. = wasn't outln he yelled
and handed ont line Of tall, that was
calculated 10 get him put ont of the
game. AS the day was cold and raw
be would rather be sitting on the bench I
III the clubhouse than on the bench Of I
the playing field Frank saw that I
was on TO bis game and for the rest /
Of the game remained very quiet