The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-31
Tim HEARST
ON BASE BALL
'OpuIar Umpire Visits
Father 0'TOOle
|INES CITIZEN MAN EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW ON THE NATIONAL
GAME

4
! GAME.
I've been bothering with real
Atate in New York city, and it looks
Ietter to me than baseball said Um-
re Tim" Hearst to a Citizen man
! st Friday by way of explaining his
{efection from arbitrating the ma
.Onal game, after following it for
ore than twenty years.
Umpire Hearst made a flying visit
Honesdale last Friday. He was
/ ct at the station in the morning by
| r. w. T. McConvill and escorted to
! e home of his cousin, Rev. Father
fhn O'Toole, rector of st. John the
|yangelist's h. c. church, who gave
| elaborate dinner at the rectory in
bmpliment of the visit of his popu-
r relative. Besides DR.. McConvill
| |hd Mr.. Hearst, three cousins of
.hther O'Toole's were dinner guests
St. Johns rectory, viz. Mrs. NJ. j.
.ordon, Mrs. J. L. Jennings and Miss
ae McCrone, all of Scranton.
Tim Hearst is a short, thick
II, clean-shaven, bald-headed indi-
dual, and looks more like a poll
cian than an umpire. He has been
n battles Oft" when after close and
tciting games. the players would
owd around him and yell " Let me
him first" Save him for me,
ave him" "I l think ! could write
| volume on it," laughingly remark
Mr.. Hearst, in response to a ques-
bn put to him by the reporter.
4east said, soonest mended."
Umpires in the two Major Leagues
| Pt an average salary of $500
iason. Some pull down $4,000 a
bar, even, according to Tim"
earst.
" l was born in Ashland, Schuylkill
Sunty," continued Mr.. Hearst. Il
arted out as a miner. | made a
Dor one. l drove in the mines. 1t
| dn't look good to 'muh.' / started
It from the mines when l was about
.venteen. | played infeld and sec
ld base on the Ashland team in the
entral Pennsylvania League. There
|as great rivalry between those
ans, and there was blood on the
oon all the time. They were dyed
-the-wool teams. They would stone
ans when they were beaten.
I've been umplring in the big
Iagues just about twenty years. l
hess ] was fourteen years in the
Ibtional League and five years with
| e American Association. Last year
/ e American Association pensioned
beridan, one of their umpires, who
1hs been with them for thirteen
fourteen years, and who had to
| pit last Fall. He was given a sal
~ of $1,000 for life.
" Umpiring was pretty strenuous
I the days when there was only one
|npire and the rules weren't started
bout putting players out of the
ame. The clubs would pay the
ayers fines"
/ Discussing the Worlds Champion
] lip series last Fall he said: Il
ought the Giants did better than l
$pected. Mack's got the better
am. McGraw's got a lot of young
llows. 1t was a hard thing to put
EN- before crowd. 1t unnerved
EN-. You take Mack's team. It's
bod, steady old team, better hit
rs and better fielders all season.
be only reason they expected the
ants to be in it was the pitchers.
hey looked on 'Matty' as invincible,
hd they had new one. When he
is loose they said, look out
ack's men pitched just as good as
cGraw's. The Old Indian was as
eady as a clock. 'Matty' did pitch
.onderful ball.
" No, Matty' isn't has been l
bn't believe he has lost his cum
/ ng. But ! don't believe he can
and as much work as he did. II
ley use him for certain amount OF
|ork, say one day in four, he'll last
r a long time yet. 'Matty' is the
4 est pitcher we've seen for a long
me. / think he'll last for years.
@e leads good clean life, and is apt
last for quite a few years if not
terworked. He works with his
|ead. He's one OF the best pitchers
4 lat ever went into the box. He's
aster of everything. He can throw
tcorking slow ball with the same ef-
I ct as a fast one.
Yes, the chances for a young fell
W to break into the Major Leagues
5bwadays are good A whole lot is
p TO the fellow himself. Nearly all
e managers are inclined to give the
2Pung man a chance. Players are
clined to treat the young fellow
pod. Sometimes the position you
lay is filled out and they generally
md you away, and as you develop
hey are watching you. Connie Mack
the wisest of them all He has
ore men planted all over the coun-
i " than any other manager. In
Fery State he has friends who keep
m posted. He got more men for
bthing than any other manager. /
bn't believe he ever paid more than
900 for player with one excep-
- 5on."
1 One remarkable thing about Um-
4 re Hearst is this: He neither
tnokes nor chews! yes" he mod
+ billy admitted, "Tm a chance al
ays for the w. C. T. u, If | keep
! y vows!"