The Washington times., 1914-02-08

| around o'Loughlin. the head umpire.
for a decision, urging that the bali
had been interfered with The crowd
was already shouting over the victory
SILK" called Connolly TO the plate. BY
this time some Of the fans had climbed
on TO the field and were making threat
ening gestures at o'LoughIin and the
Detroit players. The strain was telling
and the storm about to break.
Did the cop interfere. Tommy" "
Yes" answered Connolly.
or me oatters out, then" said
The crowd charged. but "snk" held
to safety. That piece OF neryy unpir-
Ing gave the Detroit club a pennant.
Tor the game ended In a tie, and We
nnaiiy won the championship by the
slenderest OF margins. 1t was rare
gameness to find In any man, and the
finest piece Of work 1 ever saw on q
ball field.
Are Like Prima Donnas.
Most umpires are like prima donnas.
Nearly every one has some groovs.
Billy Evans is the best dresser In our
league. "Silk" o'Loughlin has the bsst
voice, and admits II. SACK" ESan car
mes the keenest wit. and whets IL on
US ballplayers. and so on. They ten me
J that "Bil1'' KLEIN is the car on the
National League. He worked IN the
world s series that was playe,I between
Detroit and Pittsburgh back IN I90s. He
seemed 70 be good. square umpire, as.
In fact, they all are.
The best umpires are the ones wha
are smart, because they ara the sT,-
peri1f judges Of human naturS and half
VI me oattle OF the profession Is An
3TsSudylng the temperament of players.
The sort Of handling which win AZ o1e
type of player will rub another one ths
wrong way all the time Big bruiserS
are not good umpires, though the bs.f
SIecommendation an official OF the. Old
SSays eouid get was: He licked some
to do h1e Vushs
The demand now is for the ump,re
VINO KNOWS men and knows basehaII snd
man who Is reasonable and NOT for
tpusInstlcs. The improvement in the
Iype OF umpfres has kept pace with tha
improvement in the class on baIlpla vers
during recent years.
Nooody can or ever does eoncI,,S., ,
story on umpires without one Iast SIi,s,
TIM Hust. Years ago. Cam
SHOW called the Runaway Colt
was baseball scene which e.lls-i
Tor an umpire. In the variol,a -t,Ia-
where the production was put on. sorn1
SUdA CcieDrIty was selected To arr
as the umpire in this scene. When NJ
came 70 New York. they. Of course. dug
up Tim" 'Arlie'' Latham vas fhs
man in the show who did the. slide Dor
q base In this scene. He did Il with an
the realism characteristic OF a Reiaseo
produetion- Hurst, getting into the
play. t.7',s' = ~ 81 IN nv
''Yer outH' shouted Tim. >; ferkfns hi,
thumb over his shoulder
Latham, always strong for the dra
matte, desired 70 add an extra touch
He jumped up to kick. and, as he
Strengthened with quick motion. his
mead bumped Tim in the nose and
started 1t bleeding. Hurst swung on
'ArlA and floored him.. The crowd
scene each night, which Hurst ara
'.Arlie" refused to supply
Well. now that the umpfres know
what think OF them, hope that they
will improve their opinion Of me next
season. although they don't miss many
for me. After all, as a rule, II Is only
a difference OF one word that makes
all the trouble for the umpires. Some
times they say 'out" when several BAH
players think il should have been
safe" silk" O'Loughlin denies this.
He says there is no such thing as a
decision in baseball. that
man is either out or safe: and silk
admits that he always knows which
when he is working.
1914. by the wheeler Syndi-
cate. Inc.)
Next week. Big League Managers
Ind Their Methods."-,s