Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-21

tend as onlookers and II was not long
before they all Joined the class.
Higgins is For II.
Thomas Hanley. minor league
umpire and for years considered the
best professional umpire in this
section, was one of these doubters
who held out for several weeks, out
shortly after Joining he acknowledged
that Umpire Hart was teaching him "A
world of new things.
Miller Higgins, manager of the
Cardinals, was another who did not
| look upon the school with much favor
when II was first opened, but after at
tending two open sessions OF the
school he became an enthusiast. He
saw how men were being advanced so
| rapidly that he brought up the sub
ject Of a general baseball school to
Secretary Renshaw. According to
Huggins an amateur can be taught so
| that he can save five years of his base
ball life by learning the game
| thoroughly when young. Higgins
talk appealed to Professor Renshaw.
who in turn placed II before the board
of education of the city of Cincinnati
with the result that next winter there
will be also a school for baseball man
ayers, with Miller Higgins as prin-
| cipal and head instructor.
Professor Renshaw in speaking of
the umpires' school and it's work dur
ing its first year OF existence said:
The Cincinnati School for Umpires
was opened by the board Of education
November 3. 1915. The opening was
In response to request from the
Greater Cincinnati Amateur associa-
ton which controls amateur baseball
here and the Greater Cincinnati Um-
pires association. This latter associa-
ton is protective organization whose
umpires are experienced and perfect
harmony exists between this associa-
ton and the umpires' school.
Term Is Twenty Weeks.
This request resulted from study
OF the amateur games played on local
parks during the 1915 season. 1t was
found that S9l different men umpired
on the city parks during this season,
SCI baseball teams were registered as
playing on the parks during the sea-
son. Organization, ii was found. had
accomplished much for the amateur
game but of rather preventative
nature. We came to the conclusion
that lasting results must be based on
constructive measures and the UNI
pre- school is only our first step in
this direction.
THE instructors are Umpires Will
lam Hart and William Carpenter and
the school course is twenty weeks of
one night a week. The instructors are
paid by the board of education and,
the Greater Cincinnati Amateur as
sociation"
The course Of study adopted by the
Cincinnati board of education is
unique, and follows:
Entrance Requirements.
!. A certificate from an oculist
with the result of the test of the eyes.
certificate stating that the eyes are
good should not he considered satis-
factory. detailed statement of the
test and the result of each detail
should be required. The object of
this statement is not so much to elm
mate the man with poor eyes as it Is
to find the effect of certain conditions
or the eyes as a basis for future en-
trance requirements.
z. The applicant should present
his records as a player. A statement
of the teams he has played with for
several years back should give a fair
Idea of his general knowledge of the
sport. The positions he has played
should be stated and the approximate
number OF games in each position. 1t
is desirable to have the same in order
to determine whether pitcher, catcher,
etc. make the betttr umpire.
Applicants not personally known
to the instructors should be required
TO furnish three good recommends
tions and three references.
4-The age limits should be be-
tween 16 and 20 years for beginners
and but small number of applicants
below 21 should be accepted and then
only as an experiment. The eye test
Of applicants above 25 who have
been players should determine wheth-
er they be accepted or not.
5-An applicant should be free
from deformty or physical weakness
which might result seriously from
the accidents common to umpiring.
6-The applicants voice should be
adapted to the work.
Rules of the Game.
IA mastery of the rules can be OBJ
tained by no sleight of hand methods
but must result from protracted study
The mastery of the rules must form
the backbone of the course of study
and occupy the major portion of the
time.
Instructions, real and test lessons
Will be prepared as the course pro-
crosses.
Note books will be found n valu-
able adjunct as things will arise for
discussion and judgment in the class
which will slip from the memory
unless recorded for review.
League interpretations of Rules.
2-(A) National league interpreta-
tions.
OBJ American league interpreta-
(C) Minor Ieap,io intarnrat,tiope