The Washington times., 1914-02-08
Ty Cobb Worlds Greatest Basma Tells Times Readers That
Is Foolish for Players to Fight Umpres in the Major Leagues
Great Batsman Says Is Poor Business to Quarrel With the
Indicator Man Who Holds Whip Hand All the Time.
Tim Hurst Promptly SqueIches "Dutch" Schaefer.

Ell be in my room in the Great
Northern Hotel at o'clock tonight IL
you can, come around and do the job.
For the present, do your beating to
the club house"
Donohre never showed to keep the
date WITH Evans. Even after this,
however. Evans had u lot OF rough
travelling 10 do. the big league
dazzling him a good deal, and each
new batch OF ball players being after
him. That was the day OF the old
school ball player. and they could not
understand Evans style and his neat
manner. They were more used to the
Tim" Hurst sort
Billy" got the name of being the
worst umpire in the league until he
went to work in a game in st. Louis
one sunday. Now. St Louis is no
umpire, for IN that town an umpire
must assimilaIe the blame and a lot
OF cashions, nottie1, etc, for all
evils. Evans had so tough a battle TO
go through that the management de-
Of personal safety to call the police
before they permitted him to depart
from the field. He was leaving. pro-
tected in this way. when some fan
SHE'D bottle at long range and It
For a time. it was thought that the
umpire was dead. They carted him
off TO the hospital. although most OF
those present had an idea that his
destination should have been the
morgue. He did not come to until
read some extras to him about how
an umpire had been killed at the
ball park that day.
''Who was her said Evans.
You're the umpire" replied the
$50 I'm the dead one. am IT. asked
Evans. well, I guess III show them
yet whether they. got me or not"
The physicians themselves Iere not 50
sure Of the future. but Evans eventually
got better and went back to umpiring
with just as much nerve as ever he had
BY this time. he had won the respect
Of all the players, and he has been one
of the best umpires in the business ever
since. He Is unbiased in his decisions.
Gamest Piece of Work.
The gamest piece Of umpiring I ever
saw pulled of on a ball field was in the
seventeen-innIng contest between De-
troit and philadelphia in 1907, which end
cd in a tie and really gave Detroit the
pennant. Philadelphia fans have never
got over the decision OF "Silk" O'Lough-
lin on that occasion. and both the
Tigers and the umpires are still bitterly
hated in that town for no other reason,
/ believe.
Because of the Importance OF the con-
test and the closeness Of the pennant
fight, all were under e. terrific strain.
players, umpires. and spectators The
men on both clubs had been fighting
neck and neck and were Grabbing all
the way, finding fault with fellow play |
ers who II was thought. had committed /
some sin which had been costly to their |
Chances. But / viii have more to say |
about the feelings of the players at that /
time in a subsequent article.
Around the outfeId was a crowd re-
by ropes, and there was |
rule that a hit into the crowd |
would 60 fOr two bases. With the score
tied in the seventeenth inning and the
Atiantics. the home team, at bat, and
with a man on base, the ball was hit /,
toward Crawford Sam went back Tor
the hall, which was near the edge or |
the crowd, and right alongside of !,
policeman stationed inside of the ropes '
This policeman, whose name I do not
fact. I never have heard as ,
far as 1 can recall-forgot for minute
that he was working for the Philadel-
phfa Dolfce force and not the Phtladel-t
Dhia ball club. Crawford was back set
for the catch when the policeman booD-
ed I'D and was hit by the ball. OI
20 Irse IL rolled into the crowd for what
Ioked like two bases. and the Athletics
appare ntly had the battle won. Connolly
was umpiring on the bases and he call
I'd the man safe. declaring the hit to De
all right.