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Giants' Great Catcher Does Not Approve of Umpire Baiting
WIRING AN ARDUOUS TASK,' SAVS CHIEF MEYERS
By John (Chief) Meyers.
BASEBALL umpires are, one
and al!, martyrs to profes
sional sport. Every man's
hand is against them. It’s the old
proposition of trying to serve many
masters. What pleases one side is
bound to “peeve” the other, and
" hat may seem fair and square to
both teams is as likely as not to
raise a belch from the stands. I‘
have never yet felt so low-down,
cussed mean as to deny the arbi
ters my whole-hearted sympathy;
still, few—mighty few—of them
always command my wholesome re
spect.
I suppose it is simply one of the
necessary evils of the game that
sets apart an official as a marked
man. An axiom of our profession
classes the umpire with the Indian.
He is no good alive. And he hap
pens to be very much in the flesh
from about the second week in
April till the middle of October.
“There is no such thing as a
good umpire," says McGraw. "All
are had, only some are worse than
others.”
That sentiment is not original
with the leader of the Giants. It is
the creed of every manager and ac
tive diamond athlete.
A long experience has taught me
that these common “burglars."
these "second-story men." ply their
art by daylight only. From the
time the last out is made- of an
afternoon till the first ball is
pitched the following .day you
couldn't find a finer lot of all-round
good fellows. No player can deny
that off the diamond they are
clean-cut. square, wise, brainy and
tactful men. In every conceivable
manner they are a credit to the
game. Is it not possible that’some
of their official .faults may be mis
guided virtues?
No Good Ffom Kicking.
I do not deplore remonstrance
on tiie part of the nontenants, so
long as it is confined to proper,
st ortsmanlike channels. Kicking
ov<. decisions never yet has gotten
anybody anything. Yet no player
of red blood with the interests of
his team at heart can submit cheer
fully to what he considers even the
slightest injustice, when, perhaps,
th. game hangs in the balance.
I know that I can not. I pride
myself on the fact. But I always
try to present my objection as in
offensively as the heat of the situ
ation will permit. Personally, I
have little use for rowdyism, and I
think that my readers will agree
that my record has been a very
clean one.
There is one thing that makes
me sore as a boil—flghing mad all
over. That is the player who tries
to saddle his'faults off on the um
pire.
I have found out that it liss to a
player’s best advantage to help as
far as he can an umpire in the per
formance of his duty. I never have
any trouble working in front of a
small man like BFIly Klem. I could
v< ry easily obscure his view, may
be, if I tried. But if I were so un
fair 1 shouldn't expect fairness in
return. I give him every possible
advantage, kt eping low and as
much of my body out of his line of
sight as I can.
There is no one I would sooner
work with than Klem. He is my
ideal of an umpire. He is reason
abb-. willing to pay attention to a
si r sibl< aigument, and possessed of
si .md judgqient. He never loses
h ; - bead, and has the faculty of
taking the best position to see a
play properly. Klem is never pre
i ipitate in his decisions. He does
not call a play until it has been
m ule and he is certain of its prop
er judgment.
Let us take the matter of calling
balls and strikes. The arbiter be
hind the plate .is stationary. He
sets-himsclf in such a position that
he can see the ball from the time it
leaves the pitcher's hands until it
hits the catcher's glove. All he
nt i ds is experience and good eye
sight.
Now, with the batter it is differ
ent. He unconsciously loses the
location of the plate, for he is not
stationary. He sways in or pulls
back; he steps forward or shifts in.
In delivering the ball the pitcher
loses his gauge. The catcher alone
of all the players is properly quali
fied to judge a .ball that seems to
cut a corner, and often he, through
having to shift at the last instant,
is fooled as well as the batter.
With base decisions it is some
what different. Some few specta
tors may be in line with a base, so
as to have a proper gauge on a
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play, and occasionally in a better
position than the umpire. But only
when th.e qfficial has been caught
unawares. There is no excuse for
an umpire not being right on the
spot, unless a try Is made for some
thing not expected. And when he
is close and in good position an
umpire has the advantage over
every one else on the field or in the
stands.
It is true that in case of a double
play sometimes he has to take snap
judgments, for it is impossible, al
ways, in such cases, to keep the
line of vision unobstructed. Yet
even then an umpire is about three
times as close and in three times
better position to judge properly
than any of his assistants, no mat
ter where they may be seated in
the stands.
Few Qualified to Judge.
As to close decisions on stolen
bases, the runner, the receiver of
the throw and the umpire are the
only ones qualified to enter any ar
guments. Often, when it looks from
the stands as if a baseman has
"ridden” a runner into the bag, he
has missed him entirely. Maybe
he has put the wrong hand on
him; maybe he has fumbled mo
mentarily, or dropped the ball. A
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Boston in Pittsburg.
New York in Cincinnati.
Brooklyn in Chicago.
Philadelphia in St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L P C W. L P C
N York 81 34 .706 C'nati. . 55 63 .466
Chicago .75 41 .647 S Louis 52 65 .444
P'burg. .68 49 .581 Brk'lyn 43 74 .368
Phila. . 56 58 .491 Boston .35 81 .302
Yesterday's Results.
Cincinnati 5. New York 0.
Brooklyn 12, Chicago 3.
Pittsburg 5. Boston 4 I first game.)
Boston 8. Pittsburg 4 (second game.)
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 1.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Baltimore in Toronto.
Providence in Buffalo.
Newark in Montreal.
Jersey City in Rochester.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L. P C.
Roch. .*74 48 .607 .1. Citv .59 67 .468
Toronto 76 50 .603 Buffalo. 57 65- .467
B'more. 63 55 .516 M'treal .56 70 .444
N'wark. 60 63 .488 P'dence 51 74 .408
Yesterday’s Results.
Toronto 10, Baltimore 3 (first game.)
Toronto 3, Baltimore 2 (second game.)
Providence 5. Buffalo 4 (first game.)
Buffalo 8. Providence 3 (second game.)
•Terse) City 4, Rochester 2 (first game.)
Rochester 6. Jersey Citv 3 (second
game.)
• Montreal-Newark, rain.
Texas League.
Houston 6, San Antonio 5.
Beaumont 3, Galveston 0.
Austin 8, Waco 3.
Dallas-Fort Worth; off day.
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crafty player may sometimes fool
an official by picking up a muff
if "he can cover the miss with his
own body or that of his rival. 1
know that I have been given the
best of it through a quick Stab-un
der a prostrate runner at the plate
for a ball that had been jarred from
my clutch. These are little things
that the stands do not appreciate,
and that, as a result, the honest
umpire must suffer in silence.
While Klem is my ideal umpire. I
think that Owens will be his equal
in a very short time. He is cer
tainly batting about .400 his first
year out. To my mind, Owens and
Brennan form a rattling good team.
Owens is a very firm fellow and
decided in bis stand. There have
been very few kicks on him so far.
The veteran, Bob Emslie, is one of
the best officials in the game for
base work. Hie long experience
makes him familiar with each
team's style and he is always in a
good position.
I think that, as a whole, the Na
tional league umpires. The credit of
above the average. The credit of
this, belongs to Thomas J. Lynch,
president of the league. He is the
McGraw of the umpire school and
he will not tolerate Incapability.
CAROLINA ASSOCIATION.
Games~?oday.
Charlotte in Spartanburg
Winston-Salm in Anderson.
Greenville in Greensboro.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P C W. L. P C
A'ders'n 62 41 .602 Sp'b'rg 52 50 .510
C'rlotte 56 45 .554 G sboro 47 54 465
W.-S’m 57 46 .553 G’nville 33 71 .317
Yesterday’s Results.
Greensboro 6. Greenville 4.
Anderson 6, Winston-Salem 0.
Spartanburg 6, Charlotte 1.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Richmond in Newport News.
Norfolk in Petersburg.
Portsmouth in Roanoke.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. I. P C I W. L. P.C.
P'sb'rg 72 46 -.610 R’hm'd 60 59 .504
R'anoke 57 51 .528 P’sm'th 48 58 .453
Norfolk 59 57 .509 I N. N’ws 45 70 .391
Yesterday's Results.
Roanoke 7. Portsmouth 1.
Norfolk 5. Petersburg 3.
Richmond 2. Newport News 0.
APPALACHIAN LEAGUE,
Games Today.
Knoxville -u Asheville.
Johnson City in Morristown.
Bristol in Cleveland.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P < | W. L. P.C
Bristol 52 35 .598 I C’v’l’d 42 43 .494
K’xville 49 41 .541 . A’eville 39 51 .433
J. City 43 42 .506 < M'town 36 49 .424
Yesterday’s Results.
Knoxville 4. Asheville 0.
Morristown 4. Johnson City 3.
Cleveland 10. Bristol 3 (first game).
Bristol 2, Cleveland 0 (second game).
KID WILLIAMS WINS OVER
1 KID KELLY IN NINE ROUNDS
| <NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—Kid Wil-
■ liams, of Baltimore, whose ambition is 1
to meet Bantamweight Johnny (Toulon I
'in a championship battle, is a step
nearer his goal today as a result of his
victory over Kid Kelly, of New Or
leans, at Madison Square Garden last
night. Referee Billy Joh slopped th
- in the ninth round because Kelly
was too far gone to continue.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Atlanta in Nashville.
Mobile in Montgomery.
Chattanooga in Memphis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. W. L. P.C.
B hatn. .73 47 .609 M’mphis 55 61 474
I Mobile .69 51 .575 C'nooga. 53 60 .469
iN. Or. .63 53 .543 Nash. . 52 64 .448
| Mont. . 58 61 .488 Atlanta .44 70 .386
Yesterday’s Results.
Mobile 7, Montgomery 0.
Others postponed. ,
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Jacksonville in Albany.
Columbia in Savannah.
Columbus in Macon.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L P.C w. L r C
Sav nah 31 19 .620 Macon .24 27 471
C'bus. .30 20 .600 Albany 19 32 .373
J’ville .30 21 .588 Col a.' . 19 34 .358
Yesterday’s Results.
Jacksonville 3. Albany 1
Savannah 12. Columbia 1.
Macon 5, Columbus 3.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Chicago in Boston
St. Louis in Washington.
. Detroit in Philadelphia.
Cleveland in New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L P C « W. L P C
Boston .82 37 .689 Detroit .56 66 459
Wash. .75 46 .620 ("land. .52 66 .411
Phila. .'.72 46 .610 N York 41 75 .353
Chicago 60 58 .508 S. Louis 38 82 .317
Yesterday’s Results.
Chicago 4, Boston 2.
Washington 6, St. Louis 3 (first game.)
St. Louis 4, Washington 3 (second
game.)
Cleveland 8, New York 8.
Philadelphia 5. Detroit 2. |
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Games Today.
Columbus in Kansas City.
Toledo in Milwaukee.
Indianapolis in St. Paul.
Louisville in Minneapolis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. PC. i W. L. P.C.
M apolis 92 47 .662 ! M'w’kee 64 71 .474
C'bus. . 87 51 .631 s. Paul 62 79 440
Toledo .80 56 .588 L’ville. 51 84 .378
K. City 65 70 .481 I I'apolis. 49 92 .348
Yesterday's Results.
Minneapolis 17. Indianapolis 3 (first
game.)
Minneapolis 3, Indianapolis 1 (Mcond
game.)
St. Paul 4. Louisville 2.
Kansas City 11. Toledo 8.
Columbus 4, Milwaukee 1.
Cotton States League.
Greenwood 2, Columbus 1.
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ENOLISH CHAMPIONS ARE FLOCKING TO AMERICA
By Ed. W. Smith.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—Amerlba is
corralling all of the English
boxing chanipions*.
Four of them will be over here
next month and already have an
nounced themselves as being open
for all comers. .
Tills needn’t sty- such a terrible
ripple up among the home boys,
who seemingly have little to sea
from any of these lads excepting
one perhaps. The exception is Jim
Driscoll, featherweight star of Great
Britain, and undoubtedly the
greatest boxer living, little or big
Starting - with the big fellows, we
are told that Bombardier Wells al
ready is making pteparations to
desert his native land again and
take his second flyer among the
Yankee swatters. He is hoi let- of
the Lonsdale belt and having failed
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the beating that Al Palzer handed
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him recently.
Then there is Jack Ha rison,
middleweight champion of the Bri
tons. We are told that Jack surely
is some shakes and that he will
’ make a majority i.f the American
boys sit up and take notice the
first time he starts in to exchange
punches with our lads. He is re
ported to be an abnormally clever
fellow with a good wallop on
either side and as game as they
make ’em.
Later on Eddie Morgan, the
greatest little man England has
produced in years at 116 pounds,
will be with us, anil Jim Driscoll Is
sure to follow. He’s the boss of
the joh at from 122 to 128 pounds
and will be looking for the scalp of
one J. Kilbane before he has been
in tlie country more than fifteen
minutes.
Thomas Is Olympic Champ.
And then, too, Harry Thomas,
amateur champion for seveial years
and winner of the Olympic boxing
class in 1908 at 122 pounds, is here
now. and though a thorough-going
American because of his long stay
here, is still spoken of as an Eng
lish champion.
Strangely enough, one manager
ha- con,died all of these stars from
the British isles but Wells. His
name Is Jimmy Johnson, and he
is one of the bright young men of
the game. Jimmy passed through
the city with Harry Thomas, the
young English boxer, on his way
from Los Angeles to New York.
Jimmy has been campaigning out
thrre for three months, having
originally taken Owen Moran to the
coast for several important engage
ments. Owen didn't make good,
however, because of a series of un
foitunate accidents and went back
home.
Johnson stuck out there with
Thomas and had the pleasure of
seeing the little Briton make good
after he had lost a decision to Jack
White, of ebicago. in a twenty
round mill. Thomas licked Frankie
C'oniey of Kenosha and would have
stuck there but for the scarcity of
opponents for him.
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