The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-21
UMP|RES HELPLESS
WHEN men "SASS''
Menke Says Feds Make Hard
Rows for Other Circuit
ArbiterS.

NEW YORK, July 21.-This IS prov
Ing bad year for the umpires In the
American and National leagues, the
players have taken to "sassing the
former czars in a most unladyl1ke man
ner, and the poor old jumps don't kno"
what to do about it. or course tneS
are chasing the sassers from the game
with the reckless abandon of yore, but
they aren't levying fines as they used
to in the good old days before the
Feds came into being. You see' IL
doesn't pain player to be chaseo
from the game.
In fact, he rather likes it. 1t means
a vacation for him. But being tlned'
and having said fine deducted from
his envelope is a different matter al
together. 1t wallops him in his most
sensitive spot. In other years the
players were walloped that way-and
they had no recourse. This year us
bit different. If fine is assessed
and a player thinks it unjust, all ne
needs to do is to jump to the reds.
It's a grand little situation for the
player, but think of-and sympathize
with-the poor dears who officiate as
umpires. The worst they dare to 40
to player who wounds their feel
ings is to chase those fellows from
the game. And that, in the eyes OF
the players, is the best possible thing
that could happen to 'em.
To Become CIouter.
Dave Robertson, the smuggling Giant
recruit says that the best method TO
pursue In becoming demon clouter
is to pick one out and bust 1t:
Quite so, Dave, quite So But this
business of picking one out. Davey-
what's the recipe for that?"
This is Tim Hurst story that is
labeled new" but it seems to us that
we heard it in the long ago. But
some of the new recruits to fandom
might not have been in the audience
so we repeat it for their perusal.
"Tim" was umpiring a game In
Washington one day. Catcher Charley
Street, who was known as "Gabby'
was at bat. Tim" called a strike.
"Gabby" whirled on Tim"
''Hey. what's matter with your
lamps. hey?" Street queried, as gently
as a summer breeze that got mixed up
in a western cyclone.
Tim" fished a newspaper out OF
his pocket-one that had been folded
to show the batting averages at first
sight
Huh" sneered "Tim," running his
finger down the column. "Ye have a
foine kick comm, We has not l see
by these averages thot you're hitting
about 200"
Takes Streets Breath.
Street was speechless for the res
of the game
Tim" always was a great little per
son for carrying the latest batting an(
pitching averages around on his per
son. The plan proved to be grea
slencer for batters who kicked be
cause strikes were called and pitchers
who kicked because balls were called
Christy Mathewson seems to be Nc
Graw's pitching staff again. Matty i
the only Giant hurler who can b.
counted on to bring home the bacol
with any degree of certainty. Mar
guard and Demaree have been goin
like a pair of spawned truck horses
Tesreau got away to fine state, bu
has been unreliable lately. Unles
this trio soon rounds into form, an
gives little assistance to Matty, Nc
Graw will be under the necessity Q
starting some of the kid pitchers, i
the hope that one or two of them wi
perform in winning style. But such
plan is a dangerous experiment.