New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-16
Umpire Shows Red Smith
a Few Things About the
Manly Art.
RIGHT TO THE CHIN
FOLLOWS SOLID LEFT
Before Bout Is Put On, Cubs.
with Douglas at the Helm,
Shut Out Braves.
by T,l.graph % he Tdhun.

Chicago, Sept 15.-Baseball PLAYER,
have often said that Bill Byron had
great tenor voice and happy dispos.
ton, but that his vision was sadly
at fault. Some were sympathetc.
some satiricsl and some harsh In thu
judgment Of the umpire, bu. all
agreed that his vision was faulty.
Now, a. great change has been
worked. Those same ballplayers
speak Of Bill with a peculiar not. o,
pride in their voices, and all deelar.
that when it comes to directing q let,
hook and crossing his right hs
has the eye Of hawk. Yes. indeed, ks
can see further around corner hsa
most Of them can straight away. All
| hands declare that "Me and Bill Byron
| is little pals. All for one and one for
all" All except Red Smith.
This Is not unusual, for on tie
field this afternoon, just after ns
Cubs had beaten the Braves By score
Of l 10 0, Byron easily beat Smith IN
a rafting fight. He was cheered %
the echo by the crowd OF spectators,
many of whom had travelled all tie
way to New York 10 see Nike Gibbons
and Packey Mcfarland play touch and
20 last week. No matter about Ne
Farland and Gibbons. This was a real
fight, and bad luck to the cooler heads
that just had TO butt in and crab the
act.
Just after the ninth frame was over,
Smith, who had incurred the wrath
Of Byron early in the game, came
tearing out of the dug out, battle
flags flying. His course was dead
straight for Byron. 1t was not long
before the official was aware Of the
on-rushing Georgian, and in a fash
he turned and met him. A group Of
players gathered hastily, and Smith
opened fire with a volley Of words.
II was said that he embarked upon
an chronological excursus, treating the
genus umpire in a most thorough and
comprehensive manner.
But he transgressed all laws Of pro.
priety in his TRADE. and Byron stepped
swiftly around the gathered ball play.
ers and planted q solid lefthsnd smash
on the players mouth. He knows how
TO box, this Byron, for, as Smith re.
coiled from the impact. Bill steppes
in and hooked another left and crossed
his right to the chin. The air vu
full of Smith right about then, and
followed, but Bill James picked Byron
up in his arms and bore him back.
But Byron was fighting mad, and was
both willing and able to take his own
part
Smith, hurt just as much in spil:s
as physically, returned to the fray.
swinging and swishing his arms sbou!
like fails. But his judgment Of dis
lance was quite as bad as his judg-
ment of men, and he missed badly.
Al Orth tried TO quiet Smith, but the
latter wanted TO fight, and once II
seemed as if he and Orth would 90
at II. Finally the players stopped the
fight, and escorted Smith to the club
house.
Byron, by this time, had regained
some Of his composure and had
rounded up his goat. He stood sing
ing: "My father was a fighting man
who came from Irish soil" And there
was no one who felt called upon 10
disagree with him.
The fans were with Byron in this
fight. II was said that Smith had made
a nuisance of himself all afternoon
and was merely looking for trouble.
He had something to say about every
decision Byron made, and waxed per-
sonal in his remarks. Byron was
cheered to the echo by the crowd, who
saw the conflict
The official declined TO make any
statement. He proved, indeed, a moo.
est victor. He limited, however, ina,
a strong statement OF the case would
be forwarded to Governor Teneh
Should Smith be suspended the
chances of the Braves for the pen
nant will be reduced 10 a negligios
quantity. Schmidt. Msrsnville ana
Snodgrass are already out Of the bos-
ton lineup.
But fights were not the only feature
of this game. Frank Schultz struest
the winning blow, lifting the ball higa
over the screen in right field and SCOT SCOT,
ing the lone run of the contest. PM
Douglas, recently secured from broo- .
Ign, pitched his first game for tn.
Cubs, and held the opposition TO thfs'
hits: