Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-22
Supe;ior Story Has Old Familiar
Ring; Suspicion of Plot Against
Kid Taylor Will Not Stay Buried

tree, it looks as though a neat little
frameup exists among the unpires in
the Northern league to make life just
as unpleasant as possible for Kid Tay-
lor. Either that or the Hon. Mr.. Car
ney went several miles out of his way
yesterday to trim the Red Sox man.
aeer, maybe because it happens that
Mr.. Taylor is reputed to be in bad
with the high moguls of the circuit.
In the matter of the decision at
home plate yesterday. when Carney
called Benrud out for interference,
there is no fault to find with the de-
cision, granting that Benrud did at
tempt to interfere with the play. Ac-
cording to the rules the batsman was
out. Consequently Benrud Is charged
with a time at bat. He was the third
out when the decision was made and
could not lead off in the next inning in
Superior's turn at bat. The rules say
that a base n is out when there
is n OF none out when the batsman
interferes with a catcher in a play at
the plate. The batsman is out in a
similar play with two down. Carney
was within his rights. If he made a
mistake it vas in judgment, not in in
terpretin~ the rules. .
But, the thing seriously objected to
is the highhanded method of canning
Taylor out of the park, the arrogant,
arbitrary, uncalled for action in chas-
ing Kid for practically nothing. The
most serious offense committed by
Taylor was to politely ask Carney IL
he had called the batsman or base
runner out and If Benrud was first up
when Superior came to bat. Kid Tay-
Tor. as manager of a ball club. is sure
ly entitled to satisfactory answers
from an umpire when questions of
that nature are asked. Il.
There was nothing in Taylor's on
v%ersation that should cause Carney to
believe that the Red Leg boss was
trying to show him UP. Taylor did not
use anything hut the calmest language
and conducted himself with the very
best of ball yard etiquette. Afterward,
when Carney ordered him out of the
ten That was his only and most hor-
rible offense. If Bob Unglaub, Darby
O'Brien or any Of the others, except
ing Taylor, were ordered off the field
for no more cause than Taylor was
Yesterday. 1t is a ten to one shot Car
ney would have been called a lot of
meaner things than "rotten"-and
that he would take it and like it.
1t ST happens that Taylor is up
made this evident bv the remark, "if
you want to stay in the business you
better 60"
If the Superior association cannot
employ a manager of it's own baseball
club without umpires bounding him to
death because they have something on
him, Schroeder might as we'll take the
franchise and throw it out in the bay.
When Taylor. or any other manager,
gets SO crabby as to hurt the game,
which they all do sometimes, it Is the
umpire's duty to do a little disciplin-
ing. The good fan doesn't object. But
good fans object when a manager is
forced out of a game without the
slightest ~provocation. 1t means a lot
to Kid. However. yesterdays fuss
shouldn't cost Taylor his job and prob
ably will not when Burmeister knows
the facts. .4
AS far as Carney's umpiring goes
he is as good as any in the league, but
yesterdays action in ordering Taylor
from the park was uncalled for.