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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 Wilton Jellico Coal $4.50 PER TON Place Your Order Before Advance JELLICO COAL CO. 82 Peachtree St. Both Phones 3668 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- Special Cl earance Sale Men s, Boys ana Children s Fine Summer Footwear X To clear our shelves of x all Summer Oxfords, we ve applied prices sufficiently low to move them in a hurry. Blacks and Tans. Button or Lace, in all leathers. 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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. 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I Excellent Case in connection. Dances I Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday nights. New York Promoter Will Manage Them Ail But Wells ENGLISH CHAMPIONS ARE Fl.lliklXli TO AMERICA By Ed. W. Smith. 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 nounced themselves' as being open for all comers. This needn't stir such a terrible 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 ready ,s making preparations to •desert his native land again and take his second flyer among the Yankee swatters. He is holder of the Lortsdale belt and having failed signally to get on a match for the title on the other side is coming' back to look for a little revenge for the beating that Al Palzer handed This Set, $3.50 Mbh&p a f 1 n BL v, ,v,. J JI * V 4 ■■ 4 * ■ Mfefc-s ’lk ‘J •/ Jh . ‘v Jp./ .xjml--. r'Jr'. Umwß ■v* 1/ ' Jt L * St m t &St % iiiW And Six Premium Coupons Cut From The Georgian (SEE PAGE TWO) These sets have proved a wonderful surprise to readers of THE GEORGIAN who have taken ad vantage of our offer. See the Sample Sets in our office window The Atlanta Georgian Premium Room 20 E.Alabama St. Correct Proverb Solutions Picture No. 43 Picture No. 44 r* x”-iCF.£ <ry-' ; mt ain't thc|— l’ . r-x I ty----r-t -— k " /Il A a>ne TO CALV i r" 1 Xcv TO o© 1 UIWWVOV* [ [UM YJYj j, ro Lt POR oveA Tw&nty J _ _ Every man doth his own business best. New-made honor doth forget men's names. • i 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. 11