Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1918 — UMPIRE PREFERS SHELL HOLE [ARTICLE]

UMPIRE PREFERS SHELL HOLE

Ray Gahill Writes St. Louis Friends He Took His Life In His Hands at Ball Game. Ray Cahill, former manager and umpire in the minor leagues, has been doing his bit over there both with‘the rifle and the Indicator. He writes to friends back home in St. Louis: “I got ho holiday on the Fourth of July, but had to take my life in my hands. They called on me to umpire a ball game and before it was over I wished I was in a shell hole somewhere where I would at least have a chance to fight for my life.” *