The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-26
.EVERS REFORMS
LAYS OFF UMPS
No Longer Will Crab AS
sault Blind Indica-
tor Holders

Johnny Evers has turned square.
Oncc the fircbrand OF the National
league he now asplrcs to less
urid role, and thus does another
colorful career fan under blight
John may become a gca' manager.
but whatever greatness hc may at
tain as the pilot OF q team. he prob.
ably never will be as famous for
that as he was as q team chIcf
kicker. And let N be said right
here that in order Go hc chief Kicker
OF the old Cubs a follow had to
haze quite a kick John had all the
Kick that was to be- desired All ufn-
pires with good memories can
testify 90 that
81 ann not going 20 DO any more
kicking against dcrimous Of the
umpires." saws John. Further
more. my players this year Will he
models of good behavior on tho
field. Even though We lose an extra
inning game because some blind fat
hcad--pardou mo. That was "a slip
OF tho tongue. AZ was saying, even
though we lose an extra inning
game hccausc an umpire misses a
close one, We will not Kick much.
l believe. and 1 hope to convert my
players to the same belief that an
umpire ga human have arrived at
this conclusion after much thought
and no little study There hav" been
tlmcs--but never mind. To get
back to the point I sock 20 empha-
size. Having come 10 the conclusion
that they arc human | realize that,
being human. they must err now
,.f
"Thereforc we shall overlook
their mistakes. provided they don't
make too many of them. If they
do We shall be forced to believe that
there t. something personal iu g.
which viii put u different face on
the matter. In the event Of this
coming TO pass | may be tempted
to put a different face on the um-
pirc. However, | think that even
in times Of stress | shall keep my
SELF well In choCk,. particularly In
vlaw or tho fac' that most umuir'-.
at least In our league, are big tough
guys"
Those who were associated with
John last year could see this change
of sentiment IN regard tu umpirrs
gradually creeping over him. lie
got into very few jams with the
judges Of play and only ono" was
he In serious difficulty. ON that oc-
casion his opponent in a spirited
verbal tit was his old sparrinG
partner BIZ Klein. The scene W
the exchange OF rCpartcc was the
Polo grounds. II was Il Saturday
afternoon and upwards Of thirty
thousand fans looked on and tried
10 catch the ei-t of the conN"rsa-
ton. Those who stood close hy ~
the wise cracks shot back and forth
between the men agreed that John
had much the better OF the on
counter, even though hc did not
get put out Of the game. tn" next
day John was gracefully accepting
CONGRATULATIONS from his friends
when he received n telegram from
President John 4. Hcydlcr notify
ing him that he was set down Tor
three days.
John was curcd Getting n slam
like that for his part in his first
real cmbroglio OF the season had
SOLDERING effect on him and fastened
his conversion.
"Nevcrmore." he quoth, will |
give those buns an argument
Now he prociaims his intention
of compelling his players 10 keep
their mouths shut and their hands
in their pockets when They get the
short end Of a poor decision. II ts
true that as man grows older ho
loses some of his propensity To get
into scraps There was time
when John considered an umpire a
proper object for abuse. hut that
was long ago. There Is no doubt
about the gcruinencss Of his rctorc
nation. He has seen tho error 81
his ways and he will stick TO the
stra!gh, and narrow path that never
leads to the showers until the game
is done.