The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-03
THE POLO GANG
Up AGAINST IT
President Lynch Went Have
Umpires Mobbed
MAN HAITIAN LETTER
Some Stories of Men Well Known and
Newcomers-Records of Last
Year-tiow Bresnahsn
Lost His Coin.
M AN HATTAN'S LETTER
nv MANHATTAN.

OF MANIA AN
New York. December 2.-The iron hand
of the umpire is going to rule in oaseDsll
in 1910. No more rowdyism. No more
killing the umpire and no disputaticn
That is final. I get it direct from Tom
Lynch, the new president of the National
league, and whatever Tom says now
goes--in baseball.
Lynch quite naturally will pay partic-
ular attention to the umpiring end of the
game because he was once an umpire;
in fact, he is known as THE King of
Umpires" There are no frills on him.
He is plain spoken man with mission
TO perform and he is going to do 1t with
the help of John Heydler, for the twain
will work in partnership.
Said Mr.. Lynch to me:
mo umpire makes a wrong decision
purposeiy They decide plays as honestly
as they can. In the old days a sporting
writer could make or break an umpire.
but those days are gone forever. l shall
devote particular attention to that fea-
ture of the game, for we want to give the
American sporting public a clean, well
conducted game. The thing they pay to
see. But there must be no rowdyism-
The players must respect the umpire and
his judgment. There are ways of secur-
ing justice other than yelling: XIII the
umpire
Right now Mr.. Lynch is under the tut
ton of Heydler. Both men are good
friends and will get along fine in double
harness.
The telegram of congratulation which
pleased Mr.. Lynch most of all and which
he has had framed to hang up in his Of
flee. is the following from California:
II extend my congratulations to the
new president of the old National league,
also to the secretary, Mr.. Heydler. You
are a good team. A G. Spalding.'
Sporting writer's are still taking a crack
at President Brown of the National Anna
teur Athletic union for awarding the 1910
championship to New Orleans. They
claim that there is not enough sporting
sentiment in Dixieland to warrant hold
ing the affair in the south. 1t is claimed
by most of the writer's that the meets
Chicago and San Francisco. 1t is true
that Milwaukee and Seattle and similar
towns proved unsuccessful athletic meet
ing places, but the south has not had a
try since 1890 and it is only fair to see
how sentiment has developed since then.
Here Is the story of four bottles of
champagne which cost $500: John I. Iay-
lor president of the Boston American
league baseball team, Secretary McBreen
of the same club and two others were
seated in the Waldorf. After several
rounds had been consumed Taylor turned
to McBreen and said;
..Hughey, you are not getting enough
to buy wine; remind me tomorrow and
I'll raise your salary $780,
Everyone forgot it except McBreen.
The next morning bright and early he
routed Taylor out Of bed.
Il came to get that increase in my con-
tract" said McBreen.
What increase is that?' asked Taylor,
ringing for ice water.
why, that $780," exclaimed McBreen.
After 1t was made clear to Mr.. Taylor
he laughed and called for pen and ink
and made out new contract.
Fred Clarke of the Pirates Is certainly
the lucky boy as to first basemen for next
season The Pirates have five initial
sackmen to pick from. They are Jack
Flynn Bud Sharp, Abby Abstein and
Tarleton. Flynn is touted as phenome-
nal player. With st. Paul last year he
hit a 2s5 batting clip and nelded s7s. In
425 times at the bat he made 81 runs
r. ie macmillan thing but in reviewing
last year, which ended yesterday, all the
athletic records which were broken were
smashed by New York men. The wesl
and south was not in it at all. the big
gest feats of the year on the athletic 1eld
were all by fasteners. Martin Sheridan
the aIl-round champion, had 1885 points tc
his credit Some Of the best reats were
7. ]. ElIer, O-yard low hurdle, IA 20 sec
onds; E. Lunghi, Sso-yard run in 1:52 40
John Flanagan, 16-pound hammer, 1870 feet
inch. HiIlman and Robertson, 10o-yaro
three-legged race, in IL seconds; irish,
American A. C. / miles relay, In 800 3-5
Dan Ahearn running two hops and jump
30 feet ITO inches.
There will be two sensations in baseball
revt summer. The first viii be Babe
Adams. who pitched the Pirates to victory
twice during the worlds championship
series; the other will be Big Jim Vaughan
who won eight games out of nine for the
Io,,isvjile team last summer. Young
Grayson is entirely tight in his admira-
lion for Vaughan Now we shah watcf
and see what Big Jim does for the Yam
KEGS in 1910.
The south has at least got some recog-
milton Of golf, even II the critics are rails
ing sand over the amateur championship
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