The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-21
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
LYNCH mas lBSON a.
THORTTY OVER THE Z uPIRES.
WIN Not Isr intrrfsrrd Win Ia Walking APP
poinamrntS or Assignments, q. w..
Murphy to the Contrary >otwith-
standing Depends on club Owners.

murphy to the Contrary >Otwith'
standing Depends on club owners.
Thomas J. lynch president Of the Ma
tional Lea que, will exert absolute authority
over the umpir"-. n usual. next season
Tie made this point clear to lHE SIN man
yesterday.
Il will engage the nv umpir"S available"
and I will handle them without fear OF
favor. said Mr. Lynch. L have more than
2oo applications for positions ON IN" stan
and am taking my tim" about making
appointments In fact. haven't the slight
est idea when I will announce the list
The umpire question - serious one and
have been studying It with great care since
! came into this oirice year ago
Mr.. I.ynch'S remarks would seem 10
Indicate that q. " Murphy OF tn. Chicago
club. since arriving home from the resent
league meeting. has been mi-puot"d or has
played joke ON somebody for an alleged
interview with him has been sent out OF the
Windy City to the effect that u five club
owners agree that an umpire - unfit Pre-
dent Lynch will b. forced - remove the
Official from the stan forthwith. II such
power was vested IN tn. club owners 1t -
argued that umpring would develop into
farce. with general lack OF drcoTInl
and discipline on the ball field and rioSouS
behavior in the grand stands and hleachrr-.
baseball men who hay" pHrSi~tantlv ma IN
tanned that umpIrs~ should he support ed
by the club owners a. we'll a. b,- the prc-l =
dent OF league say that 4 the ruIe- were
strictly obsypd there would b. very ,,trl.
trouble. They point TO the fact that VA
nine eases ont OF ten fault ilnding with
umpires is directly due to kicking by play
ers who are supported by their employers
Hostile demonstrations by the PLAYERS
ON the ball field seldom fail to STIR up the
crowds to acts of disorder and violence
vhich would not be seen " decisions were
accepted with show OF sport>mAnship
and patience. Once an umpire real yo-
that he can he removed by the influence
OF club owners his work becomes 80 inferior
that there ~ nothing hut trouhl" IN store
for him but II he knows that tn league
president alone ran dismiss him and that
the latter il ready 10 back him up 10 the
limit he Is prepared to judge III" various
plays with fearl.ssu'-s
In 1885 John 7. Brush induced the Ma
tional League, then composed ~ twelve
clubs, to pass a resolution. which wl-
signed nv all the cub owners. 10 IT." effect
that players who refused to accept Ne, j.
SONS without kiCsing should he heavily
lined or suspended by their employers
II this rule had been lived M to trouble on
the ball field would nav" ended iut some
OF the magnate~ who had poor bail teams
soon forgot all about the rule and IN the
couree OF time u became a dead letter
Intimidation of umpiTe- has continued.
therefore. in the old league until the time
has arrived for President ynCh to take the
bull BY the horns MIR Lynch knows from
personal experience that club owners can
easily suppress kicking For that reason
he believes that the nagnatc- should ad
him in his CommendabI. effort to keep the
game free from disorderly conduct IN
erting undIsputed authority. Mr.. Lynch j.
confident that his umpireS can get along
without serious trouble. Just a. tn" umpire-
an the American Leagu. do
President Johnson long ago impressed
upon the American Leagu. club owners
tho importance OF Sustaining the ump,re-
la all OF their rulings with IN. result that all
OF the American i-agu" managers were
instructed to prevent kICkInE even IA mild
form. Connie Mack. manager OF the world =
champion Athletics. for Instance has always
maintained that Their" = nothing 10 be- gained
by kicking. ina-mUch a. decisions against
his team are eyened up Ia the long run
by treating umpIreS with Ia ri..-- and
confederation said Mack rSentIy my
players never los. their good viii and t!S,I-
ally receive an even break Thar Is All they
superior PLAYING. not ny m" nmprr"~
netd he cannot be blamed for hHrhortng "a
grievance and a. all umplr'- are human u IL
hard matter Tor them 10 keep from -Guar-
ing accounts kicking do.-n' get any
thing but an umpIr"- III WIll Ihat IL a
matter OF record mplra~ ar" honest and
Try 70 be fair They often MAKE mistakes,
but there u no good a-on Ubv they should
b- assaulted and then removed m. pub
lie wants clean ball playing and l. ready :"
applaud team that .an IN without bro"
beating the uTnpire-
Baseball Is the only American sport in
which ofhcisl rulings caus" trouble la
being mobbed. On the rac"i rack th,.
Judges place horses by matter OF inches
without disordery protest from the crowd
The dig college foot ball
trolled by the officials with ab-plu'" power
Then why cant baseball umpir"- decide.
and maEnates who appear to know li'rie
or nothing about fair play President
Lynch IL backed up by a majority IN the
National League. headed by August Herr
mann Of the Cincinnati club. VINO j. we'll
known for. his advocacy "fIcl.an baseball.
Hermann has not abandoned hi. scheme
fbr an nterieaRI. schedule lie talked, with
magnatee in both leagues last wees and had
Practicable that h.. believes th.r" viii 10.
q change OF sentiment IN his favor h"fnr"
,sss ss. yssr ha gs|.,d Hermann saws
major league can play \ >chedul" Of ninety
eight games. including two Western aud
Sssionai Tor instance can pIay .gtr g IN o..-
w4h each club in the American q com
bined schedule OF I52 instead Of ITS games
Tor the entire season.
The Cleveland club, in addition ~ Grtrrs
catcher clarke, has landed rit ngt nau ,%5
GregY. who did remarkably" work on IN"
Pacific coast his year Deacon Jim Mo
have rounded up formidable. lot of young
players. including Joe jackson. m" heavy
hitting. 9utfeId"r First Baseman Holm
hurst. and Pitchers Blanding Mitchell and
kalsr
Results af .Dark s0n,iIIr
firu Rs.e Five iurlongs Fort. W"rrh lIs