Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-17
PLAYERS AGAIN MAKING
UMP|RES' PATHS TH0RNY
Bill Klein. Veteran Arbitrator. Says
Baseball Has Come Back Be-
cause Men Still Fight.
ZIMMERMAN BREAKS LOOSE
Giants Third Stacker Never Questions
Decisions When i'll Batting slump,
But JUST Let Him Pick Up and
He Harnesses Indicator Handlers.
ny JAMl:s J. Connrrvr.

or Bill Klein rises 10 remark that
baseball has como back" in the old
fashioned way
"Yes. sir" asserts the arbitrator.
''the boys are out on ;he ball fields
fighting again trying to make the
lives of tho umpires extremely misor-
able. For several years we had some
either too busy taking care OF the
financial end OF their affairs OF. too
depressed by war 10 think much OF
battling over ball games and fighting
umpires as side issue.
But Til tell the civilized world that
conditions are changing this year
Nearly every day at least four o! the
athletes. anEered by some decision or
aanother rush over and in 2 low. but
Others content themselves in casting
savage giances in my direction And
more nor less Than is being "xperi,
enced by most of the other umpires
In the game.
Fighting Every Inch Now.
n,sv w hen sssi ~ y0H find the baseball
way and battling and scrapping witf
me umpires; you will know that their
and that baseball has returned gar
landed with all Of its earlier glory
4ba net ME 2 Zimmerman is ono q those
son and Is causing the umpires some
unhappy moments.
n. NJ
asmuch as he fights not at all when in
q slump. and that he is the best bat
tier IN the world when things are go
or SO TO connect with the horschide
and begins hobbling the Giant third
sacker devotes his, time to cloomimg
away over the rulings Of Fate But
just AS soon as Hcnie begins to hit
mat horsehide an adverse ruling OF an
umpire sends him into n frenzy and no
eral times over.
beeepp t to the present timo Heinto has
occasions and quite frequently has
been very close TO Punishment.
YounE's Play Reviewed.
rep Young, OF the Giants. figured
IN one OF the freakicst double plays Of
The season against tho Phillies
When the stage was set for tho trick
Eappenlns. Cady was roosting on
third and Hosg was on first for tho
with husky bludgcon. George took
hs, H9Ipis of of praetSs swings and then
Young. making two out.
Young decided that Cady would
make an attempt to score from third
SITTER the catch. SO he hurled the
f fSe ho1,s In Ma, the general direction Of
Nying Hal Chase, first bas!ng for the
Giants. saw that Cady wouldn't 20
home. and that lIorE was s,r"akin Z
the sailing sphere and made an eff
fort to trap IIogg between first and
second.
Chase threw tho ball to Larry DOYLE
and when IlogE darted back toward
first Doyle threw back to Chase. The
throw was wild. and Chase. making
n lunge for 1t. lost his balance. The
ball went past him and. apparently,
was headed for the grand stand. 1t
looked like an easy chance for IIogg
to skip along TO second.
Fielded BALL After Error.
But Young had raced in from the
outfleld, backed UP Chase and when
the ball went wild grabbed II. and
although he fell in fielding tho ball
wnI able 10 tickle JIoCgs ankle suf-
ficiently to score n putout.
This is one of the rare few times
when an. outiielder has been credited
with both putouts in a double play.
A few years ago RABBIT" Maran-
vile. shorts5oppinE for tho Braves.
secured an assist on q putout by the
left fielder. most unusual play.
It happened this way ono Of tho
brooklyn hat,ers popped wha; looked
Eke a Texas League nit. Maranville
ran back and the left fielder ran in.
AS the horseh!de descended Maranville
was Just able 20 stick out his hands
and touch y in !;~s.f Ght4 He couldn't
quite grab the ball. !Siit he detected
II into the hands OF the left fielder
Thai gave Maranville an assist and
the other Eel. ow putoI'.-cOpyi ight,
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