The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-10
b 5s5a TOUCHING SECOND
Copyright, 1910.
by Tho Reilly Britton
Company.
All Rights Reserved.

and walked two blocks with him, Be.
fore the game 'started, the "tln horn
element along Broadway was betting
on New York on the report that Nc,
Graw had it fixed which was started
by some one who saw the umpire and
player speak to each other. In St
Louis an umpire was accosted in his
hotel by stranger. who seemed 10
know him.
What do YOU think Of the race1i
asked the stranger,
Pretty close, replied the umpire.
Think New York will win?"
They have good chance.
is New York r good bet!
As good as any in baseball.
Three DAYS later the president OF the
league received letter stating that
the umpire was betting heavily that
New York would win the pennant,
On the afternoon that New York and
Chicago played off their tie for the Ma
tional league championship Of 1908. the
rumor ran all over New York that the
game was fixed for New York TO win.
Tiuk-7 was called from the Chicago
bench an hour before the game and ad
vised to save himself by betting on
New York because the umpirss were
fixed and offers to get large sums we're
made at all saloons, and in the Polo
grounds itself on the strength of the
rumor. When the kreamer case was
exposed. months later, the probable
origin Of the rumor was revealed.
The nmpires are compelled 10 avoid
the slightest appearance of evil or ac-
cusations Will arise. Still an umpire
may have friends, Comiskev to the
contrary notwithstanding. Once Co.
miskey was angry with Cantilllon, ho
then was an umpire. The previous day
Cant,llion q decisions had aroused the
crowd against him, and when the nm.
pire came to the gate with two other
mcp. the gatekreper, a bitter Chicago
partisan. refused 10 admit the men Can.
tillion had invited to attend the game.
Comlskey appeared.
Umpire is here with two friends,
said the gateman. "Shall I let them
in?i'
Any umpire who has two friends
ought TO bring them suorted Comis
kew. ';tbey are all he has
The life of an umpire is graphically
described in j. Peek Sharp's version of
the manner in which Jack Sheridan en-
tered the profession
''Jack had been PLAYING in the South
ern league relates Sharp, "and Oak
land purchased him. Great stories had
been told of his ability to field, and
before The season opened the Oakland
papers were printing two columns day
telling how good he was, The season
opened; Sheridan did not come Urgent
kilograms were sent. The team lost
steadily. The people cried: EG,ve us
Sheridan More telegrams monev.
tickets still more kilograms, and finally
Sheridan came rushing to the rescue.
The papers printed seven column head
lines announcing his arrival. and all the
people In the city poured out to see Oak
land start to win the pepnant. The
first afternoon Sheridan made four er.
rors, the next day six, the next seven.
and when the game ended the crowd
chased him for miles. He fed on and
on until at last he came TO a dense
forest, and in that he mid by day and
fed by night,
"On the third day he came to The
great redwood groves and stumbled upon
a lumber camp. The foreman fed him
and gave him a job, The next morn
ing he was given an AK aod team OF
the forest, marked two redwoods for
him TO chop down. Sheridan set to
work, hacking around and around the
giant tree like an Indian with toma-
hawk. At dusk when tho foreman came
TO help HIM haul the trees, Sheridan
had not chopped through the first one.
The foreman accused him of loahpg.
aching muscles. retorted angrily. While
they quarreled the tree fell, killing both
oxen. The foreman. seizng an AK.
leaped toward Sheridan to kill him
Again Sheridan turned and fed For
DAYS he fed on and on. deeper and
deeper into the forest. Hiding by day
for fear of being seen by some watch
full Native Son. and sinking through
the forest bv night, he lived on roots.
barks and berries. Twelve days he
wandered. One afternoon he threw him.
self exhausted upon the ground, his
mind filed with bitter thoughts.
What is left for mes he soilo-
quized mournfuliy, driven from the
haunts of man, forced to hide and skulk
through the bushes like a hunted ami.
nal. Scorned. beaten, despised BY my
fellow man; hated; an Ishmael and out
cast; Why shouldn t | make a good
-
One night few wears ago "Sik ''|
o 'Loughhn had the blues and was dis.
cantlng upon the bitterness of an UNI
pire' life
''lt s dog s life, - he said. "Worse
than th3t, for sometimes persons speak
kindly to dogs. Even a criminal. a
is more respected and better
treated. We are outcasts. paTia his
things to be abused and insulted Whv.
from 3 clock every afternoon, until
after >, We stand out there with 10000
persons abusing, insulting--''
"fis. remarked Hurst, ''but can
yeZ beat thin hours''