The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-08-05
Baseball F an
Far From air
With the UmpneS
Judges Of Other Sports Never Men
aoed Because Of Th-ir
Rulings

I in DaSeDall lower IMAM Ill any oIhei
| line of sport? That proposition was
put up to bunch of baseball fans
by an all round sportsman who ad-
mitted he cared less for baseball than
for any other American pastime, con
sequently was prejudiced He arous-
ed a storm of protest, but before he
finished he opened up to the writer
at least new line of thought
On the football field no player may
even question the decision of ref
cree or umpire. The capita n is per
mitted only to inquire politely II
there may not be a different inter.
probation of the rule. The football
coach or director who openly blames
an official for the loss of game loses
caste thereby in the college world.
In rowing, tennis, polo the ruling of
an official is accepted gracefully even
II it is felt to be wrong.
Racing and Boxing the Same
The baseball fan will reply that
these are kid gloves sports and not
to be compared to red blooded base
ball either in the kind of men who
participate or in the class OF patron
age to which they appeal One can
hardly admit that football Is a molly
coddle sport or that 1t appeals to red
] h1nnInI nj In
than baseball. But granting the
claim that amateur sports do appeal
on the whole to a more refined pat.
ronage than baseball does, how about
horseracing and boxing?
The prize fight and the running
race are outlaw sports in many of
these United States, while baseball
Is played even on Sunday without
question in the majority of common.
wealths. Many race track judge
has disqualified a winning favorite
for foul many tines the judges
have decided a hair line finish con.
trary to the way it looked to a great
body of spectators, who were in bet
ter position to see than the average
spectator is to Judge the accuracy of
a baseball umpire's decisions.
No Riots Of Turf Fans
So far as recalled no turf official
ever had to be escorted from the
track by squad of police to save him
from rough handling. Not since the
good old days OF milling in out of
the way places to escape police has
boxing referee had to be defend.
ed from fistic fans who did not agree
with his choice of a winner in the
ring.
The standard of sportsmanship in
these two professional sports.is high.
er than in baseball, yet 1t cannot be
said that they appeal to men with
less red blood in their veins than
those who fain would do injury to a
baseball umpire for a decision with
which they did not agree.
What would the average baseball
fan think of players who surrendered
a teammate and berated him openly
for making an error which cost
ball game? There was no throng OF
irate New Workers besieging the
gates of Fenway park in Boston to
beat up Snodgrass after the worlds
series game which he lost by muf-
fling fly ball.
Players Escape censure
There were no angry White Sox
rooters laying for Jack Fourier af-
ter the game in which he chased
base runner almost to second base
while the tying run scored from third.
What would have happened to UNI.
pires who made such glaring mis-.
takes? There was no rancor against
Snodgrass or Fourier for their slips.
The fans were sorry for them and
they were sorr,er than the fans
were. So is the umpire when he
makes a mistake, and why is a thing
eNcusable in a player and not in an
arbiter?
The fans believe in the honesty of
the player. Not one of the sixteen
major league umpires threatened to
jump to the Federal league to boost
his salary. How many ball players
of today have not done that? Not
one of the umpires would try to
jump a contract for increased sal.
airy; how many players would not
jump for more money II they could
There are not sixteen ball players
suggested in the bulletin. II the school