The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02
UMP |RES' VISION
PRONOUNCED
PRESIDENT Lynch Puts National
League Arbiters to
Severe Test.

New York. April 1.-prcsident Y. ,
i'shci'' OF the National League, has
NoiPheo WITH the wishes of the cllIb
owners OF his organization ann has
'hade an invcatiga ton as 10 the nov.
efs OF vision Or his umpires. M,
iohs ago 1 issued orders 10 tho nine
men OF my umpire STAFF 10 have tbei,
eyesight thoroughly tested. s,,., a.,
HShcn To-day. and / feel more tl,,n
2ratitied with the outcome Good .I
".oiie. know. do not make good inn
pres put they are q good ump,r..s
49, q ana best asset. The result .,
'lteac examinations Should satisfy ~.
puuiic, Cup owners and player th;S1
- u!hplres make mistakcs-as 5the,. q 80
uouh ., 70 do-thcy are the result
mostly OF giving their decisions ~
quickly or from bad anpIaS 49,,
playing field. % eAe
nave not taken II unon ,,,...,,
20 pass Judgment on these ccrtifcat.s
81 eye tests with their technical ter,,s
- Dut nave submitted them 10 l1r. Rovni
Sopeland one OF the most en,nent
ocuiists OF Now York City lie n.
auehorlty on eye diseases. ana
49,, -, lhahH years professor or opn
thainiology at the University of ,iinh,
gan. and is now dean OF tha raaio.,
roilesc or Flower Hospital an, ocu,,s,
~ chlet At this institution. 4, 80
!uest br.l Copeland has carefu,l,.'.
VS., me various tests. and has snm
meg them UP in the FOLLOWING au,har
..a.iSe ana interesting report ,yhicb
70 you vcrbatim:
br. ConeIand's Rcport
M, -. d'ller about many things
,heE are all agreed on the msthnns
or determining the seeing nn,,.a,. .o..Ss
e'c human eye. Test cards
o,n,iy constructed and eyerywhere
,,r,,' GU IN one way. Instruments of
p'eclsion make it possible 70 cx,n,,,,a
ne vitai parts OF the visual onnar,,,s
a.iu me system OF recording tbc res,,,.
employed universally
Of M ne ocuiists examining the umpIres
~ She National League arc u,;dai,. 800 70
aFated geographically, bu, 49,; sep
pottS arc written in lanpu,I
iEiple 10 every specialist in a. ~.
Ihcse reports indicate norr,
;ns,., ~ every case, and, In seynr.,
80 VISION far above the ayorars
Henry O'Day.
+ ~, ~. up these reports seria,in,
=, ~, 1hit Or. Douglas Amos pa, IN
Jnn,a,,., examined Henry O'Dav IN
"nu found perfect vision
~ Neil J. Hepburn. NJ Nv,
80 mined w. j. KLEIN on Jan,,, - o.
n mo- ,ouhd The seeing power aLoya
William Hrennnn.
'H ,in ~ Quinn, Of ST. Paul ~
and found normal vision Vii, , a..'.s
coior perception sou
". +. Einncrnn.
~. y Harold Castor or Erjo -.
e = ". i. Tinncran on Iebr,,a -.
no iouha perfectly normal vision
lanes j.. Johnstonc.
similar report for J. +. 1o,,,
stone is made by DR.. r. s iia. Ill
or Newark. after n test On ian1,a,,.
John j. Doyle.
9'cpheN y. Maboncr, OF IJoIx-
exc MASS. after an examination lam
~, -. reports he eyes OF John !.
- az pc'icc IN every respect
Dr. w. ". Fisher, of Sunburv 1,o
examined NJ. ". l:ason on Jan,,orv .,
ana round normal vision. '', l.
Charles Rfgicr.
DTS. hedges aud Co,nnton Of (,l,,r
,"ttesvliie, Va. saw Charles Riglcr ~on
renrMary and report his vision as
Robert u. En,sric.
Or. John III. Cornlack, of 81 Tbnu,,
ontario is most explicit in his reno,,
nc saw is. -. Emsiic on Februar,, ~,
ana found his vision to be better tha,,
ncrmal. - =
~ oculists reading these reports
n"S. agree that the seeing power Of
mo National League nmpircs is normal
-. y. every instance. and that several Of
them are blessed with vision consider
IDLY better than the average man nos
scsses. doubt If the vision OF nine
other men selected Mt random would
Legin 10 approach this record IT tends
70 convince me that, the ont Of door
lite, wide vistas and instant vision ra-
CURED OF tho baseball deyotec must
increase tho efficiency OF the visual
function. At Toast this theory offers
another argument In favor Of the great
American f,afhc .ffs4+