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Giants Great Catcher Does Not Approve of Umpire Baiting
‘UMPIRING AN ARDUOUS TASK,’ SAYS CHIEF MEYERS
By John (Chief) Meyers.
BASEBALL umpires are. one
and all. martyrs to profes
sional sport. Every man’s
hand is against them. It’s the old
proposition of trying to serve many
masters. XX hat pleases one side is
bound to "peeve" the other, and
t'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 bad, only some are worse than
others."
That sentiment is not original
with the leader of tie 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. Prom the
time tlie 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 From Kicking.
I do not deplore remonstrance
on the part of the contesants, so
long as it is confined to proper.
Sportsmanlike channels. Kicking
over 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,
the 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- sighing mad all
over. That is the player who tries
to saddle his faults off on the um
pire.
I have found out that it lies 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 Billy Klem. I could
very easily obscure, his view, may
be. if I tried. But if 1 were so un
fair I shouldn’t expect fairness in
return. 1 give him every possible
advantage, keeping 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
able. willing to pay attention to a
sensible argument, and possessed of
sound judgment. He never loses
his head, and has the faculty of
taking the best position to see a
play properly. Klem is never pre
cipitate in his decisions. He does
not call a play until it has been
made 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 himself 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
needs 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 the official 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
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE
Ad Wolgast denies the rumor that he
and Tom Jones, his manager, are about to
split. The champion says he did not con
sult Jones about signing articles for a
light with I’ackey McFarland, as he and
his manager had previously agreed to the
match.
* * •
"AX ildcat" Ferns and Ray Bronson are
training hard for their Labor day bout at
Indianapolis. Ferns was given the name
of “Wildcat” because he bores in and
fights like a catamount.
* * •
Joe Mandot will enter the ring weigh
ing 128 pounds Labor day, while Joe Riv
ers will weigh two pounds more. Riv
ers' manager says the Mexican will put
up a better tight than he did July 4.
against Ad ’Wolgast, as he entered the
ring on that date carrying several pounds
of excess baggage.
Jack Johnson says he is glad the New
A ork state boxing commission refused to
allow him to box Joe Jeannette in Gotham
as it saved a lot of hard work training.
Guy Christie has started training for
his ten-round encounter with Tony Ca
pon! at Dubuque Labor day.
* * *
Kid McCoy, who was released from a
London prison a few days ago, where he
was held as an accomplice to a large
jewelry theft, has announced his inten
tion of taking up evangelism. However.'
the Kid will first start a suit against the
London city government for defamation
of character.
* V *
Marty Forkins. who is managing Eddie
McGoorty, has accepted terms for his
man to fight Jack Gibbons in New York-
September 25. The bout will be staged
at the St. Nicholas rink by the McMa-
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AM) NEWS. TUESDAY. Al GI ST 27. 1912
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 his 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. His 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.
hon brothers, and will take the place of
the proposed Johnson-Jeannette bout.
* * »
St. Louis will have seven athletic clubs
staging boxing bouts this fall. The first
club to open will be the St. Louis Athletic
club. Harry Trendall and Benny Mc-
Governor will probably make their ap
pearance at the initial show of the club
September 24.
Joe Gorman knocked out Young Jeffries
in the fourth round of a scheduled ten
round fight at Shreveport Friday night.
This was the first boxing show that has
been staged in that city in several years.
However, it made a hit with the fans and
from now on a weekly show will be
staged by the Gas City Athletic club.
« * «
The Cincinnati boxing commission has
settled the dispute started between sev
eral clubs and two boxers who signed
articles to appear at more than one club
on the same date. Attell and Purcell,
the two boxers involved, have agreed to
fight ten rounds at the. first club they
signed with, and things have been
smoothed over with the other promoters.
Papers all over the country are hailing
Leach Cross as a second Abe Attell.
Cross recently met Tommy O'Keefe, a
Philadelphia lightweight, in a ten-round
match at New York. Leach just extend
ed himself enough to barely get the de
cision on points and fool the scribes. The
outcome was that the two pugs were
matched again. O’Keefe put up such
good fight in the first fight that Cross
was only a 2 to 1 favorite when they en
tered the ring in the second go. How
ever, after the fourth round a 100 to 1
bet could not be placed on the fighting
dentist.
KID WILLIAMS WINS OVER
KID KELLY IN NINE ROUNDS
NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—Kid Wil
liams. of Baltimore, whose ambition is
to meet Bantamweight Johnny Coulon
in a championship battle, is a step
nearer hi* goal today as a result of his
victory over Kid Kelly, of New Or
leans. at Madison Square Garden last
night. Referee Billy Joh stopped th
bout in the ninth round because Kellj
was too far gone to continue.
THE BASEBALL CARD
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Games Today.
Atlanta in Nashville.
Mobile in Montgomery.
Chattanooga in Memphis.
Standing of the Clubs.
W. L. P.C. XV. L. P C.
B ham. ~347 • 609 Memphis 55 61 .474
Mobile .69 51 .575 C'nooga. 53 60 .469
N. Or. .63 53 .543 Nash. . 52 64 .448
Mont. . 58 61 .488 Atlanta 14 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.
, XX’. L P.C | \X’. I. P.C
Sav nah 31 19 .620 I Macon . 2‘ 27 471
s’ bus. . 30 20 .600 I Albanv . 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 XX’ashington.
Detroit in Philadelphia.
Cleveland in New York.
Standing of the Clubs.
T-, L r C W. L P C
Boston .82 3, .689 Detroit .56 66 459
Wash. .75 46 .620 ("land. .52 66 .441
Ph la. . .73 46 .610 N. York 41 75 .353
Chicago 60 58 .508 S. Louis 38 82 .317
Yesterday’s Resuits.
Chicago 4, Boston 2.
XX ashington 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. 1,. P.C. tv. L. P.C.
M apohs 92 47 .662 M’w’kee 64 71 474
C’bus. , 87 51 .631 S. Paul 62 79 .440
Toledo .80 56 .588 L’vllle. 51 84 .378
K. City 65 70 .481 I’apolls. 49 92 .348
Yesterday’s Results.
Minneapolis 17, Indianapolis 3 (first
ga me.)
Minneapolis 3. Indianapolis 1 (second
game.)
St. Paul 4. Louisville 2.
Kansas City 11. Toledo 8
Columbus 4, Milwaukee 1.
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ENGLISH CHAMPIONS ARE Fl.lliklXli TO AMERICA
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CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—America is
coirailing all of the English
. boxir. ; champions,
Foui of them will be over here
next month and already have an
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for all comers.
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ripple up among the home boys,
who seemingly have little to fear
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
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•desert his native land again and
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him recently.
Then there is Jack Hairison,
middleweight champion of the Bri
tons. We are told that Jack surely
is some shakes and that he will
make a majority cf 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,
xvill be with us, and Jim Driscoll Is
sure to follow. He’s the boss of
the job at from 122 to 128 pounds
and will be looking for the scalp of
one J. Kilbane before he has been
in the country more than fifteen
minutes.
Thomas Is Olympic Champ.
Ann then, too, Harry Thomas,
amateur champion for several years
and winner of the Olympic boxing
class in 1908 at 122 pounds, is here
now, and though a thorough-going
American because of h's long stay
here, is still spoken of as an Eng
lish champion.
Strangely enough, one manager
has corralled 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
frum Lds Angeles to New York.
Jimmy has been campaigning out
there 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
to: tunate 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 Chicago, in a twenty
round mill. Thomas licked Frankie
('onley of Kenosha and would have
stuck there but for the scarcity of
opponents for him.
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