The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-26
imp OWENS BOOSTS
CATCHER SULLIVAN
National League Umpire Says the
Chieasoan Has No Peer on
Touching Runners.

CHICAGO. Oct. e5-Hanaeers. plav.
ers and experts are continually praf.
ing about various things IN baseball
but It's seldom We hear anything from
me umpires- Surely the men who
stand behind the plate or on the base
lines day after day should get the best
line on players. or al least a mighty
good one
/ Brick owens. one OF the arbiters as.
signed 10 the Chicago city series by
I President Lynch OF the National
league. IL keen fan and a shrcW d
4 luoge OF players He Is a veteran az
the business. too. being well refnem.
bered In the Americas Association as
one OF the best umpires ever turned
OUT bN that classy organization.
! thoroughly enjoyed the games be.
tween the SoN and cubs said Owens
. THIS afternoon. 1t was the first on
pOrtunity I've had OF noting an Amer.
can League team in action az close
I range. What particularly struck my
attention was Se way Billy sullivan
OF the White SoN touched runners out
AZ nome plate. He showed me stVic-
fore
Right now let me say sullivan has
every body beaten. so far a. nv knowl-
edge goes In mailing the runner at the
Plate m sIeaking from an umpire's
'hehtlfbAAAA luh mere Is no guess
Nork Tor US when he gets his man The
runner is either out or safe / take my
cap on 10 sullivan
The second Billy gets the bail he
holds II about TWO inches from the
pate towards third base II the man
slides IN he simply has 10 bump
against Sullivan's hand with the ball
IN T. He cant swerve aside because
sullivan has him dead It's the same
~ the In.
He's conner. There's nothing con.
cealed about Suliivan's method and We
uoh nave To guess whether he tagged
his man or NOT.
When Sullivan gets the ball while
the man is sliding IN he is a wonder
coming down on him. It's wonder 10
me how he can get the ball over to tho
Side OF the plate SO fast. I guess long
years OF practice is what has made
him perfect"
Owens also had words OF praise for
buck Weaver. the young shortstop OF
ne SoN. who was only able 10 play in
a Few games. owing to his accident
when running into Lord 'Of course:
Weaver isn't in Eyer's class on getting
me hall and putting IL on the man
with the same mbtion But outside of
ltFers | call Weaver one Of the best
We seen. Others who are great In
this respect OF mailing sliding runners
NiAAA lfoldW ana knHnn oh
the Phillies and Hans Wagner OF the
Pirates"
Umpire Bill Dineen Of Tho American
League. who was great pitcher In
his day was standing with Owens
when he was talking Owens had no
sooner mentioned Mike Doolan's name
than he chimed in: THAT fellow
Loolan stands alone In one respect.
and I've seen most OF the good ones
lie can get that old ball over 10 first
from The shortstop position faster than
any man living. I've watched him
IN game after game and marvoled
when he almost stood on his ear and
whipped the pill over with his pc
cuiiar side-arm motion. lie make4
most OF his throws from side arm
and Is absolute certain. I never saw
another player wh) wouldn't make
mistakes when using that kind of a
heave But not DOolan."
History certainly does repeaf
When Snodgrass dropped that easy
nv which cost the Giants the worlds
title he was merely doing what Dsi.
rymple did twenty wears ago. when
the old -. Louis Browns were plov-
ing Anson's Chicago Colts for tha big
title Of that time When DaIrvr..tia
muifed ~ ball IL was good LIGHT
FOR his home team.