Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-13
UMPIRES ARE PIVOT men
OF BASEBALL, SAYS EVERS

ers. too. should do this, and while
nave been guilty at times | try not
to be.
1t is found that in the majority OF
instances good umpires succeed in do,
ing this. 1t is the poor ones who do
not. And 1t follows that the good UNI
pires have to Danish fewer players
from the game than the poor ones do.
! Players know when an umpire is
good, and il he does miss one occa.
sionally they are inclined to let it go
because they realize that no one is
1nfalllble. With a poor pmpire ii is
| different. 1t does not take the play
ers long to learn that he is not all
that the position demands and they
are always looking for him to miss
| them. When he does they go after
him. And, too, a poor umpire will
seldom listen to argument. although
| he knows his decision is open to
question. For this reason he is con.
tinually chasing players to the club.
house and suspending them. In this
way the public suffers It pays to see
the teams with their quota of strength
in the field If an umpire persists in
banishing players this cannot be done.
Evers Not Natural Crab.
There are those who have assert.
ed that I came into the league as
crab and will pass out one. This Is
not true. When first Joined the Chi
cago Cubs the players used to kid
me because always accepted a de.
cision by an umpire as final and new.
er openly questioned 1t. will explain
little further on how my silence was
broken and the jawing began.
My first experience with umpires
came in my first year with the Troy
New York State League team. 1t was
then that met Herman Doeseher,
the old-time big Lacquer. Incidental.
ly he was the father of Jack Doe
scher. formerly of the Cubs and
Brooklyn. He explained at length
just what professional umpires are
up against, and how best to deal with
them. followed his instructions let.
ter perfect, even after joined the
Cubs. Because I so carefully stayed
off the umpires my fellow players
joshed me- They gibed me by asking
whether I was afraid of the blue
uniforms, or whether T thought be-
cause the umpires wore masks they
might bite me IL T said anything to
them. ---=
It, was not until the Cubs started
north from their spring training camp
in 1903 that had my first run.in with
an umpire-that is, the first that !
can remember. We picked upf Bill
Setley in San Francisco and carried
him as far as Salt Lake City. He um-
pfred the game there and his deci-
sfons were among the worst I have
ever had to see. It was case of
kick, kick, kick throughout the game
and he put so many OF our players
out that we lost, / was among those
who were given the gate. -
4 I believe that the kidding Of my
fellow players started me jawing and,
according to some, I have been jaw
ing ever since, However, T never
pick on an umpire unless I am con-
vineed that he has made mistake.
In spite of the number of games, that
l have been put out Of, never yet
have questioned the integrity of an
umpire. nor have ever permitted
their honesty to be questioned in my
presence. When umpires make mis-
takes know that they are natural
mistakes and not prompted by any
outside interests. In this respect |
am loyal supporter Of all umpires, |
No matter what my actions on field
may be, I entertain the utmost re-
sheet for every umpire in baseball