Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-08
ATHLETES IN ALL WALKS
REFUSE TO HEAR THE BELL
Lesson for Them to Learn Is When
to Retire From the Pub-
lie View.

! years Of wonderful service he should have
| been so condemned.
| The National League by the pensionins
OF Bob Emslie, retires that great oflcial
| with twenty-four-year record as UNI
pre- Of which any man would be Justly
proud. No finer fellow ever lived .nan
Bob Emslie. No umpire has done mora
for the game than the former dean OF the
/ National League staff.
Players Hate to QUIT.
The ball player Is not unlike any other
! athlete when the retirement stunt is
preached. 1t Is really quite fad for
players to announce their retirement, but
mighty few make good their threats
Generally there Is a method in the mad
ness Of player or umpire when he in
forms the sporting world that he Is
through with base ball, that he intends
gong into the newspaper game. the
banking business. or some other business
than the diamond game. Usually the con-
tract rendered him by his employer fails
TO meet with his approval and he uses
the retirement speech with hope Of
getting the desired amount Of salary.
Just at the present time the papers are
nlled with matter relative to the only
Cy Young. 1t has been rumored that
cleveland intends to dispose Of him, that
waivers have been asked on him, that he
VIII be sent to the minors. and a score Of
otner things. For twenty years Cy Young
has twirled big league ball His record
stands out alone in the history Of base
pail; his wonderful pitching performance
Is nlgh-water mark, that may never be
.oucned py the present-day twirlers. Cy
must have pretty nice bank roll, fat
enough to enable him to spend the re-
malnder OF his days in com fort, to allow
MIN to go into retirement and be talked
OF forever as the grandest old man Of
Would it not be q shame II some club
round 1t necessary to release Cy? Would
~ not be shame II ne drifted back to
the minors. after being the monarch Of
an ne surveyed in a base ball way for
score of years? Would it not be a shame
10 nave his wonderful record besmirched
oy either Of the two above named hap
penings? Base ball fandom will hope
that Cy gracefully retires IL he discovers
IN the spring that he will not be able to
stand the pace. 1t would grieve every fan
In the country to see Cy draw q release,
or De RELOCATED to the minors. and DOS
sibly be tincanned there.
Fielder Jones. who had such wonderful
American League team, appears to have
had the good judgment to know when to
retire. During his iast year as a player
Jones could see himself slowing up. He
be compelled to do the managing from
the bench His wonderful success with
club that was universally known as
the ''Hitless Wonders" caused him to be
regarded as one OF the most strategic
| managers in the game. Evidently Jones
saw that his team was retrograding. that
even his great managerial ability might
not be able to keep it in the race. He
came to the conclusion that another year
with his club OF veterans. many Of whom
were going back, might destroy the repu-
tation that it had taken him years to
build up. He demanded fancy figure
for his return, didn't get 1t, so he went
into retirement and has yet to come
| back. They still talk about Jones in
Chicago, and all managers who come to
that city are compared with the great
Fielder Jones. There is not a single blot
on his base ball record.
Bill Dineen an Exception.
BIN Dineen ID another PLAYER Who knau