The Alaska citizen., 1912-05-20
APPREHENSION ON UmpiREs.


 >IiAe, and the umpire. if he is a -ooI man. i, always right For in stance. ! am always right"
 lie refuses 10 let the players dis. ,G-> decision with him. maintain .H- there Is never any room for argument If man makes any talk ".a ham. II Is quick 10 the shower bah silk" has a voice that he is proud Q. and declares that he shares t-o hoHors wirh Caruso and that it IS ouly his profession as an umpire .hat keeps him of the grand opera circuit I've heard a lot of Ameri- al League ball players say at vari- n@s tim. that they wished he was on me grand opera circuit or some more calorific circuit, but they were III sly plejudiced at those moments ay some sentiments which Silk" had just voiced in an official capac- fly.
 As :s well known in baseball silk is the inventor of Strike tuh' and the creased trousers for Hmpircs. I've heard American League play CTS declare that they are afraid 70 slide when "Silk" is close down over play for fear they will "ump up against his trousers and cut themselves. He is one of the kind nt empires who can go through a game an the hottest summer day running about the bases and still keep his collar unwilted At the end hell look if he were dressed For au afternoon tea.
 AHaEs he wears on his right hand. which is his salary or decision wing. some cracked ice that sparkles in the Suulgh, every time he calls a han on' Many American League players assert that he would rather call d man ut than safe so that he can simmer his diamond. but again taeh ar usually influenced by cir oums,ncos. Such is Silk" well named
 Corresponding to him in the Nat pEal League is Billy Klem He wears Norfolk jacket always be ,ause he thinks it more stylish. and perhaps fl k, and he refuses to don a wind pad Ever notice him work in2 behind the bat? But am going 10 let E.u in on secret, That chest is nOt all his own. Beneath his jacket he carries his armor. a chest protector. and under his trousers legs are shin guards. He insists tha' all players call him "Mr." He sa}s tha, he thinks maybe next year his name will be in the social reg ister
 Larry" Doyle thought he had received the raw end of a decision at second base one day. He ran q VII to first. where klem had re- 'rea'ed after he had passed his judgment.
 Say. Bill" exploded Larry" that man didn't touch the bag-didn't com. within six feet of it."
 Say Doyle,' replied Klem. when you talk to me call me Mir. Klem." But. MT. klem -" amended Larry"
 hiem hurriedly drew a line with his foot as Doyle approached him menaciagly.
 "Hur, if you come over that line, u'le out Of the game. Mr Doyle" ..e threatened.
 All right answered Larry" let ing his pugiiistc attitude evaporate tetofe the abruptness Of klem as The mist does before the classic noon- day sun, but. Mr. Klem. l only Centerfield was right by your watch, because know everything about }ou is right
 For d long time "Jchnny" Evers of the Chicago Club, declared that klem owed him B. on a bet he had lost to the second baseman and had neglected 10 pay. Now John, when he Was right. could make almost any umpircal goat leap from crag to CraS and d. somersaults en route He kept pestering klem about that measly s5 bet, not in an obtrusive way, you understand, but by such delicate methods as holding up five fingers when klem glanced down on the coaching lines where he was stationed or by writing large "5" in the dirt al home plate with the butt of his bat as he came up when kl5m was umpiring on balls and strikes, or by counting slowly and casually up t1 five and stopping with an abruptness that could not be misconstrued.
 One day John let his temper get away from him and bawled Klem out in his most approved fashion
 Here's your five, Mir Evers." said klem, handing him a five-dollar bill, and now you are fined $25.'
 And it was worth it." answered Evers. ito bawl you out"
 The o'Day Type of Umpire.