Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-24

shall never forget how Tim chided the
young man after the game.
Immediately on reaching the dressing
room. the youngster asked. Well MT.
Very nicely, indeed" answered Tim.
Did 1 do right in putting that fellow
out when he kicked on that play at
third?"
mistake you made was not putting him
out of the grounds. instead of sending
him to the bench. That fellow was never
more legally put out in his life:
How do you like my style of working?,
queried the youth, who enjoyed a fairly
good opinion of himself.
"All right" said Tim, but did you
ever do any work on the railroad?'
mo, 1 never did," replied the youth.
what made you ask that question:
mo reason in particular, but the way
you swung your arms around out there
on the diamond reminded me much OF
a rear brakeman on a slow freight train
that was in trouble"
Fortunately for the youth, a friend OF
Tins happened along at this time and
relieved the embarrassment by taking
him off to one side to DISCUSS some pri-
Vate m lite 1t aba rather the s;xs
not conform with Tins system. 1t had
its effect, however, for the next day the
new man had cut out lot of his stage
poses. and got along much better. To-
the country.
But to resume. The umpire who hesi-
tates has a hard battle. Players are
quick to see such g. weakness and they
set out Immediately to take advantage
first the firstsacker sets UP yell Of
I've got him. long before the play Is
completed. while the coacher at first
keeps yelling Safe" and to make his
calling a man safe. Can you lima CINE
how the recruit umpire feels, unless he
possesses the proper nerve. with one
player declaring the "out" and a hostile
crowd ready to take sides against him.
in case the decision fails to meet with
its approval.
When the umpire who hesitates IL
working at the plate the batter and
catcher try to beat one another to a de-
cision. Before the ball ever reaches the
plate the batter is yelling Outside" IN
side" Too high" or TOO low" with a
umpire. The catcher. on the other hand,
is yelling Right through the middle"
Peaches and cream, beautiful
strike s,r. " You don't .n,I have to 81. cut the
strikes. he knows there are corners on
the plate" Rather q delightful situation
In which to be placed.
Then, on the other hand. II the umpire.
gives the plays too quickly. he Is likewise
tho victim Of a verbal assault from play
ers and fans. something like this:
you know they have to touch the run
ner In this league before he Is outr'
Whats the matter; have you got a
date for this EVENING"
For goodness sake wait until the play
Is finished: tho suns still shining, and
it's only the seventh inning"
Then. on top Of this. the ball is often
dropped, the runner is hit by the ball, or
a tumble on an easy play makes the man
safe, when the betting Is 100 to that he
will be an easy out This often makes it
necessary for q man to reverse q deci-
sion that he has made apparent by the
altogether too quick and too free motion
of the arms. In such cases some one Is
sure to yell. IF you'll only wait till, the
plays over you won't have to keep re-
versing yourself"
Thus the successful fellow IS the COM
posite Of the too-fast and too-slow indi-
viduaL Too much anticipating. too much
waving Of arms causes most Of the UNI
pire's troubles. I broke into the umpir-
in& game with Jack Sheridan The first
bit Of advice he gave me was: Clasp
your arms behind your back. render your
decision first with your mouth. and then
do all the waving you want afterward.
It was wonderful bit of wisdom for
me- Often I used to leave the field with
my hands sore, just from squeezing
them It cured mo of giving vent to
hasty opinion through my arms that
often would like to have changed had
not done SO much rear brakeman stuff
that I couldn't take It hack