The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-15
Some Have Rather Funny Exper-
fences as krbitratorS.
ARBlTERS ARE NEVER WRONG
George HIdebrsnd Of American League
Has Always Maintained That Hold
ers of Indicators Were Always
Risht--Jaek Mccarthy Tells One on
Himself.

rupted a heated tanning bee with the
remark. IAN umpirc's never wrong"
Jack really meant it, too. George Hill
debrand. now a trusted official oper-
atiug for Ban Johnson. has always
maintained that an umpire is always
right; that Is, since Hildebrand has
been umpiring. When he was player
umpires dctested him like the bubonic
plague because he was continually dis
putting their decisions.
The majority of the umpires have
honestly deluded themselves into
thinking that they are never wrong.
what" roared Jack Mccarthy, for
mer American league umpire, when Il
player accused him of missing strike,
miss i'll Listen to me, youngster, l
never missed one in my life,."
Mccarthy Tells One.
Once during tanning bee Jack Nc
Carthy forgot himself and told about
an incident which shows that even
Jack missed 'em occasionally, despite
his oft-repeated assertion that he was
always right.
One day in Cleveland Jack was UNI
pirlng on the bases. The batter-can't
recollect his name at present-hit a
line drive to the infcld. There was u
man on second, and Jack, figuring
there was going to be a play at third,
turned his back on first base. The
bntter ran out of the first base line,
missed lirst base and was tagged out,
but when Jack turned around was
standing on first base, and Jack called
him safe.
"SafcT questioned Larry Lajoie,
who was managing the Cleveland club
at the time. "Why, Jack, ne was out
three times"
Il looked at Sheridan" explained
Mccarthy, in telling the story, land he
was grinning all over. Sherry always
claimed 1t was the greatest bit of um.
piring he ever saw"
Harry Howell, erstwhile st. Louis
star, who, has quit baseball. says 1t
found during his brief fling at the law
breaking vocation that an umpire is
always wrong.
One day In Beaumont. Tex, the fans
took umbrage at decision rendered
by Howell, and for a few minutes af
ter the air was thick with pop bottles
and stones aimed at the umpire. Harry
endured the onslaught as long as he
could when he rushed for shelter
with the fans after him. II looked baC
for the official until he bumped into q
policeman. Harry was frantic, and al
out OF breath "As citizen of tn,
United States | demand protection,
Howell Informed the blue-cOnted min
ION Of the peace when part of his equi
librium had been restored.
Locked Him Up.
The officer gently escorted Howell
down the street and took him to tn,
police station. Here he locked him fl
one of the cells and then leere,
through the bars. Now, you big thief
the next time you umpire here cal
'em the way you see 'em. / CUES
you're pretty safe, eh?"
Ball players seldom get the best o
the umpires but the late Hap" Hoga
once talked Perle Casey out of u fin
In manner that was ludicrous. Perl
and Hap were old cronies, an
whenever they met they talked in
language which was all their own.
This day Hap got on Casey
nerves and Perle retaliated by finin
Hogan 50. lie was gloating over hi
triumph when Hogan whispered in hi
ear: "Perlsy, Use and youse is goo
friends, aint't wes?'
"Course we ISIS" answered Casey.
"And youse an Use likes the beer!
don't we's?n
Course we does"
AN youse don't like to buys, doe
your
Course not"
"And doesn't buys all the times p
"Course You does"
swell. how | gone to buys whe
youse takes all the money? You know
the presidents doesn't buy beers, el
Perlsyf"
Right Iupse, the fines off,"
Another Instance of ball playC
getting the best Of an umpire hal
pened IN the Coast league sewers
years ago. Roy Hit, who once had
trial with Cincinnati, was pitching Il
Vernon aud Ed" Finney was umpl
ing. Both were having II bad day. ]
the sixth inning, with the bases flu
Hogan, managing the team, called f,
time and went out to consult wit
Hit. When lie left Finney leanc
over toward Hit and asked. "Whi
did he say TO you, Royi"
"oh," answered Hit. "he just to
me TO keep my head up and my ey,
#, open, because ] am as blind ms "
are
Umpiring Is q great life if you don
weaken.