Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-23
KICKS BECAUSE HE HAS TO
John MoGraw Has a Few Things to
Say Relative 10 the Umpires.
OUGHT TO BE FIRED OUT
Biu Kim els the only Man who Es-
capes the wrath of che Man
nger OF the New York Ma
tionaI League Team.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-John McGraw,
who leads>the Giants whenever the um-
pires let aim into the ball park. wishes Il
90 be publicly Known that II isn't his
fault that he's been chased off the field
90 often this year. It's the fault OF tine
umpires
As TO the umpiring in the National
league this yeAr-wel it's something
awful" remarks John AT least four
OF these fellows holding jobs in the Ma
tional lensue today, are totally unfit for
tho Jobs They ought to be fired"
John tells Va that he firmly resolved
during the winter to Quit heckling WITH
the ump'res and to act like a nice. re-
fined, Christian gentleman on the ball
field ana Off
But how can fellow keep such
resolve With such unplrlng?' queries
John Il meant to treat EN- right ana
not kick. but some OF the rulings OF these
fellows would force legiess man to
kick say. it's something awful"
II John. sad ana sick at heart, because
OF the miserable" umpiring ia his
league were moved to rhyme to case his
aching heart. he'd probably explain #
this way:
~Drifts into Poetry.
They made me what ! am today,
I hope they're satisfied,
meant TO be 80 nice and good,
Oh, Lotdy. how | tried.
didn't want TO scrap with them,
! wanted to be chunis
But how can such be possible
When these chaps arc such-----
Johns charlottesville alibi in Sc
lest circlcs-seems to gum up the Ma
uonal League. situation to quite a great
extent. II contradieted what most OF
the other rnanRgers IN the league have
said about the umpires. George Stallings
OF the Braves is one OF these managers
number Of weeks ago George came
right out In the open and said the jumps
were fnyorins the Giants. Jim GRffney
owner OF the club, backed him up and
together they made protest to President
Tener.
Some folks. especially those who be-
long on teams that the Giants beas with
frequency and vigor, seemed TO think that
there was a lot in what stRllings charged
Certain sections OF fsndom have been
thinking that way for some time And
now comes McGraw with a screech that
asserts that the jumps arc punk to the
extreme degree. and that they jab the
harpoon into his club whenever they get
half chance. tt
oddly of the Attack.
There's one little oddly about Johns
attacks on the National league staff OF
umpires.. He doesn't fiay Bill KLEIN. In
fact he says Bill Is the best umpire in
this wide, wide world. This abatement
win surprise number OF people who ro-
call that John and Bill weren't SO
ehumpny last year or In the other years,
and that John wasn't murmuring any
sxtravaEant praise concerning Willie.
However. there may be n reason-to wit:
John McGraw and WIN KLEIN were
atnong the gang that toured the world
last winter. During the long days on
Bhipboard some Of the tourists mingled
in poker battles. Bill KLEIN soon dem
unstfattd that he was the best little poker
player aboard ship. Long before the
crowd started on the homeward swing.
BIZ, according to Larry Doyle, fellow
tourist. had all the loose cash aboard
ship.
''of course" says Larry. I'VE didn't
stop playing. We Just kept on. and when
we lost we gave Bill our ], o. U.'A When
Fin landed he had a bunch Of these I. o.
U.'s. and some OF them aren't paid yet"
ls ~ possible that John played poker
with RiuP