New Britain herald., 1929-07-24

There must be something about running ball club that brings to the surface what the uplift people call mans brutiSh instincts.
 We are thinking of three very swell fellows in their active days on the diamond, Walter Johnson, Billy Southworth and Roger Peckinpa augh. Of course, it might be that the stars this year are favorable to such gen eral unsavoriness as has been eN- hibited recently between the Cubs and the Reds and others. but thc fact is, these three gentlemen have noticeably curdled since their old carefrec days on the diamond.
 The other day in Cleveland, Uni- pire Hildebrand was officiating be- hind the plate and Charley Jamie son of the Indians was at bat. Jamie lunged into one and it struck near the plate. bouncing into the infield.
 Foul ball." called Hildebrand.
 Walter Barks
 A long 1.-the figure emerged sud- denly from the visitors dugout and through the air came the sharp order.
 "Hey there, call 'cm liltla quicker, Hildebrand.'
 This from, of all people, Walter Johnson, It wouldn't have been so much for McGraw, in fact a Na tional League umpire would have regarded that as just one of Johns little pleasantries. But. from Wal ter. A rGbid Jersey COW running | berserk on the street clawing all the merry villagers would occasion no more surprise than seeing Walter | Johnson in the role of umpire bait 1 CT.
 1 Several of the big league bosses with oratorical compleXes have been i directed to the baths by the uIhps i this season, but the recent banish- ment of Billy Southworth is unpar- alleled in the Koran or any other place you might care to look. Will liam is the youngest leader in the National League and he was one Of the incest boys you'd meet in any body's spcakeasy when he was play ing with the Giants.
 Loses Lovely Disposition
 William no longer is all sweet ness and light however, The other day in Brooklyn. William suddenly came into the name of Bill when hc told Umpire Klem that as judsC of balls and strikes he was more ol less a punchboard expert,
 Billy Southworth was told to hic right out of there and he hied. lu he left lot of voluble echoes run ming around Ebbets Field. But thel if you were manager of the Card and they had been blowing ava.
 dandelion patch, maybe you'd no
 feel like invoking Te Deums your
 self.
 Roger reckinpauGh in his year
 as an active infielder-and he wa f plenty active-only spoke to an 1m
 pire once, and that was to say yes But he became manager of th
 Cleveland Indians this year and {
 date has one juicy riot to place i l his crown
 = Dick Campbell was umpiring an - cGlled FonseCa out for running ou < of the baseline on his way to fiji st y It was close game. with Philadol I phia in the enemy role, and the far : were roaring. But when Peck wall, . cd out of the dugout and went f :. inc plate and made as if to la - hands upon tho person of the umr {: the press box boys said they hear - distinctly q man in the blcachel |, shifting his chew
 Peck's hoistcrousncss so please h the homo rootcrs that they tossa
 several items of glassware onto u
 field and Umpire Red Ormsby wall
 ed into one and was carried frol II the field Peck. of course. was cha S cd and Proxy Barnard kept hi II chased for several days. or until q '- Cleveland park had been cleared s cracked up skulls, legs, arms ar g such.
 S. Maybe Madame Woozdis could Q,
 plain why so many nice agreeab
 people seem 10 have turned in
 bad oggs this year in tho big loae, l. parks. Maybe Venus has her dan1 g un.
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