The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-10

kIcker always is bad ball PLAYER. The
se9seless kicker may be one goaded
TO TO desperation by bad umpiring In
iitsIdH Inc modern game there is NO, (at least
wa was INDUCED in by McGraw, Jennings,
,leoeau, and O'Connor. The players
know they do nor gain any advantage
ana are liable to arouse the rataliatory
ssPuit oil inc umpire and be put out Of
the game. Strangely enough, kicking,
when there is Just cause for complaint,
IS me most dangerous kind. An umpire
klcking, He drives him out for OBJ.
lectlng to decisions which he knows
were wrong. and is therefore angry
with himself
Some expulsions arc laughable. In
isos. Pat Doughertv, goaded TO a state
or frenzy by Hurst s ball and strike
declsions. turned upon the umpire and
blanked blank crook. -
DO you think ] am that sort Of a
crook, Patrickf'' asked Hurst,
Yes, blank blank YOU, ] do, - splut-
tered the angry player.
Then. Patrick, said Hurst in his
soitest voice, ''if ] were YOU I would
not associate, with such a person. Git
MuzZlIng PLAYERS completely is mere
~ placing premium on weak umpires
because The modern PLAYER does not
KICK against good umpIres who have
their confidence and respect Some UNI
pres attempt to rule by bullying play
crs and mlsusing their power. The
worst scenes in modern baseball have
resulted from the aggresslveness of the
umpire The good umpires, who have
tact. usually admit to the angry play.
ers that they might have been wrong.
ana IN almost every case the player re
tires satisfied.
Clean aggressiveness must remain a
part OF the game, for it is necessary to
keep a team fighting for every point
and the spectators demand ii. Modern
major league PLAYERS outside the ''bone-
mead class, understand the difficulties
OF the umpire s position and sympa-
thlze with HIM as long as he appears
10 be irving. Minor league players
VIII assure you that the nmpires in
their leagues do not get half what is
coming TO them. and in many leagues
the same process of suppressing rowdy
ism that the major leagues went through
rs gong on. What some of the "bush
league umpires will decide really is
astounding. and what they must en-
Sdure from the players would rejoice the
heart of the old-t,me "faD' Of the
Fkill him. "take him uot'' epoch.
There was an umpire at Evansville
Ind. In 1908. who called a game on
account of darkness at 1926 p. m, the
moment tho Evansville team scored a
run and went ahead. Schmidt, when
managing the Meridian. Miss. team
passed himself off as an umpire and
was caught stealing the opposing catch
er s signals. signaling his own batters
and base-runners, and then miscal ling
balls and strikes as fast as they were
pitched IN vain effort to make his
minor leaguers beat major league
club.
the umplring IN major and minor
leagues was given unconsciously by
Ducky.' holmes, who, after years of
service IN major leagues, retired to
manage the Lincoln, Seb,, club. After
the third game he plended with "Bil -
Rourke, with tears In his eyes, TO lend
him revolver with which to Kill An
umpire.
Years ago there was an umpire who,
IN game at Quincy. i'll, called
runner out at the plate in the ninth IN
ning; ending the game and giving the
visiting club the victory. The crowd,
angered bv the decision, made rush
but he escaped, and fleeing with a hun
dred men and boys pursuing, leaped
into passing delivery wagon implored
the driver 10 save him, and escaped
and fee. the angry crowd surrounded
the hotel threatening lynching. He hid
IN room on the top floor. Night came
and still the crowd muttering threat
eningly, remained on guard. At IL
0 clock the umpire raised the window
of his room and cautiously stuck ont
his head.
Ladies and gentlemen. he yelled,
81 reverse my decision. The run
counts.
The crowd dispersed and his life was
saved.
Abe Pollock, who umpired a few fren.
zied games in the Central league, quit
abruptly and tells the following story
in lanation-President Carson en-
tering strenuous denial.
81 stood everything, Pollock
groaned. "They spiked my feet. hit
ire in the eve. waylaid me after games,
kicked me on the shins, pulled my hair,
abused and cursed me. Still / stuck
until one dav al Fort Wayne when q
big fellow down 10 the front Of he
stand, dropped a big bulldog over into
the field and yelled, Sic him. then
resigned,
The worst feature of an umpire S life.
perhaps, is the necessity Of avoiding
every one and concealng one iden.
rity as far rs possible. During the
season the umpires travel incognito, if
possible, and keep their hotels secret
except 10 the presidents Of their
leagues: avoid players and all conver-
satiop with outsiders. practically eyil-
necessary because irresponsible persons
are likely TO start false stories. 0 Day
and McGraw on Broadway one morning