Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1912 — FOUND RIGLER’S WEAK POINT [ARTICLE]

FOUND RIGLER’S WEAK POINT

Manager McGraw Soon Learned How Proud Umpire Was of Hie Teutonlo Blood—Was Soon Chased. Umpire Rigier Is Ms Teutonic blood. He is one erf the best umpires in the business, and had much to do with dispelling the belief that it Was necessary to be Irish to be a successful arbitrator.' No one learned sooner than Manager McGraw how proud Rigier was of his extraction, and no one was quick-er-.to try him oat when he joined the National league staff. Rlgler’s early work was done on the Polo grounds, and it was not all milk and. honey, either. A number of close decisions against the Giants made McGraw peevish. He made objections which Rigier passed by. 1 Finally, when a particularly close one went against the team, McGraw . "You qall yourself Rigier. Why don’t you go-under your real name. I wouldn’t be ashamed of Rlgelbeimer if it was really my name. If you’y a Ge» man;' Tto. a Swede.” McGraw no longer doubts that Rigier is sensitive on this point, for he made a quick trip to the vluh house.