The Washington herald., 1910-05-22
bull" MADE GOOD
Umpire Evans Tells How
Perine Cinched His Job.
EASILY tanned JAKEY ATz
Fred Perine, Better Known 10 the
Baseball World as Bull" En-
cess I'm His Initial Near-AithouEh
Small He Has Plenty of Nerve.

BILLY" Evans. the versatile b.g-league
umpire who enter;ains many thousands
Of fans during the Of season with dope"
stories of the diamonds in a string Of
newspapers that he supplies. has Uu-
burdened himself with one entitled The
Confessions Of an Umpire" in which he
gives a couple OF episodes which show
how Bull Pcrine, Ions the leading in
dicator handler on the Coast, made good
in the American League. one Of them IS
about Jakey Atz. formerly a Portland
player. later with New Orleans. then
with the Chicago White Sox. and now
with Providence. Evans writes:
Fred Pcrine. better l. - 90 the base
ball world perhaps AS Bull, enjoyed more
than the average success IN his initial
year. Perlne though small. possesses
plenty OF nerve. and always has a good
fund OF humor az his tongues end. Al
though never looking for trouble. he al
ways meets IT fin a clever way. and a few
Of his run-ins with different players last
year were Of an interesting nature.
"Jakey Atz, the clever utility player of
the Chicago White Sox, was twice the
victim of Perines rule, and each time
Atz was requested TO beat il 70 the club
house. The ofIense in each instance was
unique
zone day. while playing second base.
Atz felt certain that he had caught one
Of the visiting players who had tried 10
pilher second Umpire Perine took an op-
posite view of the situation. and declared
the runner safe.
The verdict failed TO make a hit with
Atz. and he ar once began TO show his
indignation over the affair. Rushing at
Perine. with his arms waving. much after
the manner Of a windmill, he protested
vigorously against the ruling. PC-ine was
obdurate. To show more strongly just
how bad he thought the decision really
was. Atz tossed his glove high into the
air, and followed this performance by
sending his cap in pursuit This was too
much for Perine. who, without making
much ado, turned to Atz and said:
" You may do the rest of your dis
robing in the clubhouse.
"Thereuron the surprised player dis
covered that he had been put out OF the
game The following day Atz came to
the bat. stin a tribe sore over the dis
puted decision. al.o his election from the
game.
with the call of three balls and no
strikes. Perine called two strikes in sue
| cession on him Fearing that any open
objection would cause his retirement from
the game. Atz refrained from voicing his
sentiment; yet. IN order TO convey his
tier disgust, he assumed a sort Of Ma
poleonlc attitude at the plate.
Jake would have stood \ better chance
had he said something. Perine failed to
appreciate the classic pose, and told Atz
to hike to the clubhouse, odding that
with little practice he might make good
as a wooden Indian sign in front Of some
cigar store Jake went.
Just before a game in New York one
day Perine surveyed his field to see if
everything was al right. Pitcher Bill
Donovan. of Detroit. happened TO be
coaching at third base. Perine looked
longer than usual in his direction DOno-
van resented Perine's suspicious GlanceS
and remarked rather sarcasucally;
"FCmpire your ball game; don't pay
any attention to me, and you viii get
alo'.g better
= You've already received all the at
tention you're going to get from me. Or
your way" was Perine's comeback
Much TO his surprise and indignation
Donovan was chased to the clubhouse