El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-07
.RIGLE9-HERZ16 AFFAIR Proves
UMPIRE IS SOMETIMES HUMAN
For Once Fans Cheered When Umpire Bounced His
Mask on Players Head, but Tener May Attach Fine
to RigIer Herzog's Choke EN- Policy Is Re
solving Itself Into Rough Tactics.
BY JOIN E. MRAY.

~T. LOUIS, NO, May 17.-That an
umpire can now and then be con-
- sidered human by those relent-
less snap judgment artists. the fans.
was shown when the crowd gave UNI
pire Rigler, the man with the iron
mask, a rafting good hand and
cheer. during the Cards game
For once the crowd took sides with
the official against a player, the ap-
plause merely evidencing the fans ap-
proval Of the landing OF the Empirical
mask on the conch Of Choke-'em Her
zOg. Saturday.
Even old man Dope. who took a
chance outside the bomb proof for the
first time since he disclosed to the
world that the Yanlls had a first divi-
sion chance, gave the imp hand
Caught in the act Dope was asked
what ne saw in an umpire to applaud.
Pm not FOR Rigler the umpire, bit
for Rigler the man. This bird has
been officiating a number OF years-a
good many more than HerZOg has been
a manager Thus far he never pre-
viOuslv had bounced a mask or his fist
off any players bean, in public ].
therefore, conclude that what HerzOg
did or said offended him grossly Not
as an official but as a man. He took
a mans action in fne matter"
Punish Them in the Bank Roll
President Tenner, however. is not
likely to take Dope's view Of the situa-
ton and his official ruling Will prob
ably be a fine for the ump and sus-
pension for HerzOg-plus a fine. KLEIN
was soaked for $50 for striking Roger
Bresnahan, after a game F1nneran
was eased out OF the league for letting
Magee hit him and get away with it
Enough Of This ChOke-'Em stuff.
Herzog's "chOke-'en" policy makes
a lot Of good reading and his tactics on
the field spices the fans Interest," but
Il is not for baseball that he's interest
ing. but for the semi-Marquis OF
Queensberry stuff he puts into the
fray.
best it's a relic OF rOWdyism- It's
hard to sec where reminding a man
of family troubles or touching his
personal sore spots verbally. Mt n
critical stage OF the play, has n
place in baseball It's fine levee
stuff, BO.
The best OF It is it only gets by now
and then HerZog has never arrived
anywhere with this policy, which is
probably borrowed from his teacher
John McGraW. Thus far, Cincinnati
under Herzog. has shown two springs
flashes and one rank finish The sec
ond raukness is on its way, judging by
the Cardinal series
Concentration. Not Courage.
ans ana Payers are M4AAA ~ say
that a reliable player. one who stands
up better under pressure THAI another
is game" As a matter Of fact, cour-
age has little TO do with BASEBALL but
is everything
Some Of the weakest chinued sisters
in the fray are the most reliable Wit
ness Eddie Collins, who physically
looks like anything but determined
person He positively improves under
pressure On the other hand, some OF
the square jawed night watchmen OF
the league are notorious for chucking
It in the pinch
In baseball the courage" referred to
is nothing but concentration The man
who can center his whole effort and
energy on the game and not even hear
outside talk is the boy who is there"
in the tight place But it's some Job
concentrating with a NcGraw or a
Choke-'m marrying the poor boob.
RiEht-O, Nj. Tener.
Yielding TO pressure OF complaint