The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-04

or having play-
rrs umpire all games. gcnbough's Ia
To nave each club namo three ulnv-
cIH' preferably pitchers, as they do
n"t play every day and to nay thcs.
players extra for Officiating. he
pointed To tho fact that umplrinR
IN mo western association last soa-
non was very unsatisfactory and that
b"Wca umpircd by players were
Io'IIy better handled than those by
'ho regular Indicator holders.
Whilo n is true that umplring lay
season not only Ia the Western as-
sociaiIon but In other minor league.
ana even The majors was IA farce ON
some occasions and that when play
cfs called the plays In the sbsoncc
OF league unpircs they gave sume
hilhibcliOn, Soahough's plan ls I'M
practical ana impossible ana my
circuit employing II would inmed-
iatoly become joke In organized
baseball
When players unpircd last sea-
SON they merely filled n Vacancy
for day. SportHinunship or
other players demanded that they
recognize that fact and not Ia
bickcr at decisions ns they would
by regular urnpir,S. Players um-
piring every day would cause hnrd
feelings ON the part Of other play
crs. Ttnt would bc inc,itnbIc.
Handling nm important game
they would bc the target of criti-
Cism OF Ottrrr players; not ncccs-
snriiy by the opposing club hut by
their own.
Little economy would result In the
playcr-umpirc system. Railroad
transportation would be saved. 1t IL
true. NUT while the salaries of um-
pircs would be eliminated. the sal
aries of player-umpires would be
about equal to the smaller number
of salaries paid to regular arbiters.
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The biggest obstacle to player
umpires would be the enforcing Of
discipline. Can one imagine tn, re-
suit II Pitcher Whokis banished out
fielder Sluggem In n crucial
game? 1t would be "a case for tho
undertaken.
The Irish rule the rOOst. Four
NOtlS oI tSruu NcuT ttt eToNt~ W.
champions ON their Celtic doin,~
and II Johnny wilson would
consent "a u return match with
Mike O'DOwd, another 1rlshmnn
would probably In boxing
champion. Jack Dempsey, heavy
weight; Jack Britton. wcitcr-
weight; Johnny Kiibanc, feather
weight, and DOE Lynch, bantnn,-
weight, nrc the Irish lads who ARE
kings Of pugilism.
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with the victory of Bin Thdon
and Bill Johnston over Norman Il.
Rrookes and Gerald Patterson, thus
bringing back To American shores
| he Davis cup, omhlamatic "t the
worlds tennis championship me-
morles Of other days, when three OF
| the greatest racquet wioldors of all
| ,me buttled for supremacy, are re-
| called In sporting annals no
greater battle of the greatcsi VIII
over h.. recorded than those slagei
I'm 1914 by Maurice NCbuughlu OF
| the United States against Anthony
| Wilding and Norman T.. Broohos ot
Australia.
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| McIoughlin and Wiiding bM-
| tied rive desperate sets %torr me
| former wns finally victor, the
| first sct of the Ncioughi,n'
| Hrookcs match, won t7-i3 by 'ic-
| IOughlin, was the most notan'c
ever played In u Davis cup match.
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| McI.oughlin and Wilding partlcl-
patcd In their last Davis cup match
| that year. McLoughlin, burned ou'
hv the terrific pace set in his
matches with the Australians, was
never again an internationa list.
Winding. a few months later died
fighting gallautly for the cause oi
liberty; died as he played tennis
brayoly and smilinely'