Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 86, 11 April 1922 — Page 11

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Br FRANK i. MEXKB Umpires assume an attitude of infallibility and the league prexies, for the good of the game, generally hack 'em up. But these diamond rulers '"bone" quite frequently and likewise quite glaringly. . In the long history of combat there ' are many instances of quaint rulings, weird decisions and unaccountable of- ' ficlal acts by umpires. But none eclipses that made last season by one Mr. Quigley, of the National League. It happened in a combat between the Cincinnati Reds and these Chicago Cubs.

The Cubs were at bat and eventually

succeeded in getting a man on first and also one on second. That brought

Bill Kflllfer, the managing catcher, to

' the plate which Isn't a plate at all, but

a flab of rubber.

In due course of time, Klllifer picked

out a flung offering and belted it, in looping fashion, in the general direction of Edward Roush, the greatest -"holdout" outfielder the Reds or any other club ever had. The fly was of the simple variety easily catchable by a legless person had one been stationed

where Roush was at the moment the horsehide was larruped. Surveys Landscape. As the ball wafted itself toward him in lazy fashion, Mr. Roush took his eyes off of it long enough to get a sort of bird'seye view of the landscape in general and the infield part of it in particular. And rightaway he decided that, by use of a little trick stuff he could make a double killing Instead of trying to satisfy his blood thirsty soul with only one murder at a time. So Roush made a stab at the ball and then intentionally muffed it. Both Chicago runners Barber on second and Malsel on first naturally hugged their respective bases. The play looked like a sure cut for Killifer, and those boys were too smart quite too smart to gallop away from the base and so gallop into a double play. - Immediately upon dropping the ball, which made Killifer safe at first, Roush picked it up and heaved dt with a mighty heave squarely at ILarry Kopf, who was covering second for the Reds. That was Larry's cue to catch the ball, tag Barber and then touch second base, thus putting out both Maisel and Barber. But alas!

Kopf is Bewildered The muff by Roush, his quick recovery and lightning throw 60 bewildered Kopf that when he caught the ball he stood momentarily in a trance. Then, urged to action by wild shouts from Roush, the said Mr. Kopf got busy but in left handed fashion. He first touched second base and then tagged Barber who, all the while, was camping contentedly upon the second bag. Kopfa action, naturally, retired only one man Maisel for the simple reason that by retiring Maisel first he had relieved the force on Barber and Barber was legally entitled to second base. . r i : t :-i . And now entereth our hero Mr. Quigley. The play befuddled him more than it had Kopf. Given time to deliberate, Quigley undoubtedly would have solved the problem correctly. But an umpire must work, act and chatter hurriedly. Mr. Quigley did. Eowls "You're Out" "You'io out." he bawfed at Killifer, who was ensconced upon first base fanning his veteran brow. "I ain't Roush dropped the ball" retorted Killifer. "They're out" yowled the Cubs, pointing at Maisel and Barber. "They ain't he is" firmly spoke

Mr. Quigley, again poking a digit at Killifer. "I ain't I ain't I ain't so there," burst out Killifer, stamping one of his dainty Number 10 brogues. "Oh, yes, you are," cooed Mr. Quigley. "Oh, no, I ain't I ain't I ain't," billed Killifer. "You're out and if I hear you say that word ain't again, you'll be on s your way right out of this park," was the official comeback. "But " "Don't 'but me you're out get out." burst forth Quigley. . And Killifer ambled back to the bench, a sorely puzzled man puzzled because he was ruled out on a play where he was, by all the laws of baseball, as safe as the United States treasury. Try Reasoning. All the while the Cubs were trying to climb the frame-work of Quigley. They hustled Holius, the associate

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umpire, to Quigley's presence so that he might point out to the befuddled Quigley that Killifer was not out that Maisel was out. But arguments, threats and pleas were In vain. "Killifer's out he's the only man out now go on with the game, or you'll all be out about a week's pay," murmured Quigley. And because an umpire is the law on a ball field, play was resumed with Maisel on first and Barber on second. "Why did you make that ruling?"

Quigley was . asked afterward long after he had time to ponder on the

play and realize that his decision was wholly incorrect. "Well," replied Quigley, who never forgets that an umpire must appear infallible even if he isn't "I ruled Killifer out because Roush momentarily held the ball." But the fans to a man claim that the ball never was held by Roush not for the fleetng fracton of a secend; that he let it bump his hands, not drop into it. (Copyright 1921 By King Feature Syndicate, Idc.) THOUSANDS WELCOME HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPS Clem Gaar, who was in Lexington, Ky., Monday, witnessed the great demonstration that citizens of that city extended to their victorious basketball team which returned yesterday after winning the high school championship of the United States at the tournament held in Chicago. Thousands hailed the Blue Devils, as the members of the team are called, Mr. Gaar said. More than three thousand persons were waiting at the station when the team arrived and a

triumphal procession was held. Governor Edwin P. Morrow, of Kentucky, will attend the banquet to be

given in honor of the champs Tuesday night and probably will be among

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CINCINNATI, April 11. Cincinnati

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season when the Red stockings trim'

med the Cincinnati university nine by

the score of 19 to 1. The team col

lected a total of 20 hits, including two

doubles, one triple and a homer.

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