El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-28

4 to 3, the visitors would nave IStdlLSu
the lead and would have P IoPapiy w. Toi
the game. The ruling Wnlcn AZ ITS
seemed adverse to the home Ieaili, ~
the ruling on which the game inns So. Gu
ct for a week the manager .hSpL a9h,
ing the umpire how hard IellOW mao
ia be hit before he was entitled TO first
base. Instead he should. have given
the umpire a vote of thanks
Substitutes Won the Game.
Several years ago one OF the eastern
teams in the American league sIdL leu
on an invasion of the west BeLoFe
starting on the road the cup hau Iosl
four or five Straights- II dIh iOI
mistaken, the first 10 games played III
the west resulted in defeats. Inc sea
son was near the close, and the aIIalr
was becoming pretty much OF JOY
ride, as the club had the cellar chaIA-
piOnship cinched After having cropped
a dozen or more straight the umpire
found it necessary to put out two play
ers. the first and second DaSeMen- Inc
only players on the bench capable OIL
playing the positions were Two extra
catchers. They were pressed INTO ser
vice. The catcher playing second made
three wonderful plays, due to the Iacl
that in each instance he was playing
Is or 20 feet out of position. With a
regular second baSeman IN the game
each Of the three hits would nave been
worth a couple of bases. The catcher
playing first base twice came to the
bat with men on bases, each time re
altogether five runs. Due to the Work
Of the two substitute players the Wis
iting team managed to win It's 1lrsC
and only game of the trip. The next
dav. instead of thanking the umpire
for his judgment. the manager sarcaS-
tically accused him of trying to snow
his authority. 1 neglected to state UnaU
the manager was also chased from the
field. Tim Hurst who was one of the
umpires working in the game, helped
out his partner by coming back at the
manager in this style.
III the managers refuse to use good
judgment in placing their men, We
must"
CashiOn Came to the Rescue.
A few years ago when the WASH
ington club was running up its pre-
nOmenal record of 16 straight, the UNI
pire cut a figure in one of the games.
After having won something like II
in a row, the Nationals invaded De-
trOit. Bob Groom was the pitcher Sc
lected to keep up the winning streak.
In the first inning the Tigers got
away to % good lead, putting over two
runs before Bob Groom could strike
his gait One of the runs was scored
because the umpire insisted Groom,
who had covered the plate on a run up,
had failed to touch the runner. Groom
kicked so hard that the umpire was
forced to chase him to the club house.
The expulsion came so suddenly that
no pitcher was warmed up. The UNI
pire granted the pitcher substituted
time enough to get warmed up. The
pitcher was Carl CashiOn. During the
rest Of the game CashiOn held the Ii
GERS runless. In the ninth, Dubuc, who
had BANKED Washington for eight in
nings. weakened and the Nationals put
over three runs, just enough to win. No
pitcher could have performed more
brilliantly than did Cashion. Accord
ing to the umpire working the game
that day. Groom was far from right,
and certainly would not have been as
effective as his successor.
These are just a few instances of the
very important part the ruling on some
disputed point in the game plays. I'M
pires play no favorites, they care not
who wins, but simply give the plays as
they see them. often it does appear as
if breaks We're constantly going against
a club, but Connie Mack's belief thai
on the whole the breaks even up, is a
very. sensible solution. Home fans see
only the plays that go against their
team at home. They are not in a posi-
ton to appreciate the many close YER
diets that are handed their favorites on
the road.-COpyright 1914, by G. W.
Evans.