The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 24, 1923, Page 4

‘ Hi SHOULD GO IN WHY ADAM, | DON BELIEVE You KNOW WHAT PLATFORM THE WOMEN ARE. STANDING ON THIS ELECTION ABUT POLITICS IS A MAN'S GAME. WOMEN SHOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN GETTING A VOTER THAN 4 BROUGHT A LOT *| OF SILK STOCKING FoR Po.ITICS? POLITICIANS INTO BY WILLIAMS THE OLD HOME TOWN ~ GEE WOULDN’ You HaTE “‘T” BE HIM AN ONLY HAVE WELL IF I Wuz HIM 10 HATE IT Coz HE § DONT HAFTA GET UP TILL HE. FEELS LIKE | ER GO T'SCHOOL ER eeerg neem mma SAY! NOBODY STANDS ON A POLITICA! PLATFORM. ITS JUST LIKE A PLATFORM ON A RAILROAD Car. \T ISN'T MEANT TO STAND ON. \TS JuST WHAT THEY GET IN ON. i _ : rR \INo-NO-1say ) 7 JI ={ AUNT SARAH Pi RIDING WITH NEWT SHES Seuoow ORS SHOT GUNS & was TUBS ere BY BILLY EVANS |] MPLRING js a rather colorless profession, It ts the duty of the umpire to call the playa as he feos them, When tho ball ts de- livered by the pitcher to the bats. |man it Ja either a ball or strike and the base runners are either out or mf, The work of the umpire is | largely mechanical, It is a position that offers few ponsibilities for color, Among the men who have um pired in the major leagues for the past twoncore years have been many great umpires, but few real characters, men with color, Tim Hurst, Sik O'Loughlin, Bill Byron and Bill Guthrie were a few of the unusual characters who have held | the indientor, Hurst and O'Laugh. lin have passed away, while Byron and Gutbrie are back in the minors. In an official capacity 1 have been identified with all four, each had his own unusual style, Tim Hurst was the master at repartee. Silk O'Loughlin was the autocrat of tho diamond, no one dared doubt his statement that he never missed one in hig life. Bill Byron was tho sing- ing arbitrator, When the athletes | Poured tales of woe into Byron's ear he gave no heed, but sang to |them little ditties intended to allay |their injured feelings, but which usually stirred them up all the | more, | A UNIQUE | CHARACTER The last of the four unique um jpires who have graced the majors was Bill Guthrie, who broke into : SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1928. Guthrie Is Unique Man , Among Diamond Umps it to Spinach, Here is how he ex CALLED HIM SP 1 “What do you think of Spinach, the vegetable catcher on the Wash- ington club? 1 called the third one right in the alley and he turned Around and started to wing the Wabash Blues," “What did you do?”T asked BIL “L told him that everything ho sald to mo was old stuff and un- less he had a new set of words to beat it to the club house.” He did, The first time Guthrie saw the New York club he got into an argu- ment on the very first play of the game, Whitey Witt hit a slow grounder to the infield and gave Guthrie a hairline decision at first. | BI called him out, As Witt ran |back to protest, Miller Huggins, |who had been coaching at third | base, also rushed over to join Witt in the chorus, Before either had a chance to say much, Guthrie | shouted: | The gate for you, Witt, and you can take the bat-boy with you,” said Guthrie, as he pointed at the dim- inutive Huggins. The sally brought« forth a smile from even the frritated |manager of the Yanks and he beat lit with Witt, almost before the game had started. NO CLOSE DECISIONS | Like O'Loughlin, Guthrie didn't take much stock in the close ones, to him the decisions were either this or that, the this being accom- plained the passing of Picinich whey 4 we got to the dressing room, 4 ‘ FILLNO Wood BOX ER NOTHIN’, GORSH YES, IF [Woz Him 10 the American league with me late|panied with the umpire’s way of in the fall of 1922, And believe me, | motioning a runner out, and the | Bil) Guthrie {s a mighty good um.| that with the signal of safe. There |pire. 1 shall never forget Bill's | were no close ones, elther this or | opening remark when he greeted me | that. jin the dressing room at Detroit. During the two months Bill Guth- | “Well, kid, here I am, 1 have| rie worked with me he kept me con- |been shooting at this league for 15 | stantly in good humor. He was orig- years and finally made the grade.” | inal in every way. Any ball player |‘Then a slight hesitation. “And now|who ever won an argument from the big question is, how long am 1| Guthrie deserved it. Bill was an un- | going to stay here?” usual character, one of the few that In his very first game Bill chased | have graced tho umpire profession. Catcher Picinich, then playing with |Had he stuck in the big show he Washington, from the game. With| would have earned a place with the sacks loaded and the count | Hurst, O'Laughlin and Byron for three and two Bill called the third | being original. He would have fur- | strike for the final out, a curve ball | nished columns of copy. |that broke over the plate, Picinich| 1 was mighty sorry to see him de- protested loudly and then took his|part from the majors. He was a The name’ Picinich was A bour umpire, even tho the general tongue twister tp Bill and before the! bellef is, that the only good umpires | star} of the game he had shortened are the dead ones. YALEHOPES (LOST BALL "TO WIN IN | INTERRUPTS HARVARD GO __ GRID GAME} | BY HENRY L. FARRELL ALEM, Ore., Nov. 24.—Pacific Uni- Be Shales New. $4-2tink versity football eleven, with an i x4 vale Th assist from the mill race, defeated | acrom the ‘goat line in the Harvard| Willamette here Friday by & score 7 5 CL jstadium and Yale hasn't stepped of 18 to 0. th since. Here's how the assist was made, NEWT, THE HORSE BREAKER, VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE AUNT |, | for ‘seven yoars Yale hasn't won| Pucific had kicked off to Willam- SARAH PEABODY HOME AFTER HER SINKING SPELL | game from Harvard. Jette, and after three bucks had : a The ankle deep mud behind the| failed Liljegren of Willamette at- BURING AN ARGUMENT WITH Two STRANGE PIPE SMOKING | Harvard Koal line ging should tempted to punt from his 10-yard CDRLUMMERS be scarred up with imprints of line. . if Yale hopes have) yy wet shoes failed to connect been misplaced dnd if a great! .ouaty with the slippery ball and (, team does not falter at the it nds, BY ALLMAN | inci nt of one of its greatest days) oe, Seats Slew Cbb: ot!-bonnd: 1.x shower tm Yale feet, Reason Enough G ro) en eect’ three | took @ few erratic bounds and Iand- corfencstangee str) jusairst ed in the middie of the mill race | touchdowns and a field goal or two that borders the playing field. HOW THE YOUNG GIRLS OF No other ball was available and “TO-DAY HAVE CHANGED Since | | «708 ree tanec’ ecies me batiie( the mill race is wide and deep My TIME - WHEN | WAS | that not only will give the Yale an pat hich Bsa mre, Mira GI Vv team the championship of the “yig|Other officials, players of Do! dca yh ity BG ae three,” but will place Yale first or|teams and a horde of small boys, WELL,! A SUPPOSE “THAT'S LIHINGS THEY DO-7TODAY | wdcond among the ranking Eastern | &rmed themselves with fence rails WHY THEY DIDN'T DO Hem) OLIVIA, COME IN HERE, I'D LIKE To HAVE you MEET AN OLD FRIEND OF HAS YOUR MOTHER better than Harvard as the two GOT COMPANY, DANNY ? WHO 15 IT ? HOW DO You DO MRS.SPENCER| | GLAD TO MEET You - 4 OLIVIA, | WANT YOU TOMEET MRS. SPENCER AN OLD FRIEND OF MY MOTHER'S nora HOW DO You DO MISS OLIVIA- | KNEW YOU WHEN \ You WERE A clevens. Odds of 3 to 1 were be-| and tree branches and tried to har. | ing offered this morning by young| Poon the ball as it bobbed swiftly | Yalo boys, who piled off the trains|down stream. For a quarter of j ) YES, SOME LADY - 1 DON’T KNOW WHAT HER NAMEIS ALL RIGHT, . with plenty of money and bound-| mile the pursued ball eluded thi less enthustsm, Everyone thought|chase, until one of the pursuin, the bad weather was a break for|kids ran ahead to a low bridge, Harvard as a wet field was con-| where by stretching on his stomach sidered a handicap to the running/he was able to reach down and attack upon which Yale will en-| retrieve the sphere. tirely depend. The skles were! Brought back into play, Pacific neavy and fog hung low over the/took the ball on Willamette’s i8- city, It began to clear as the| yard line and made their first scoro | morning passed and the prediction] from there. of the weather mah that it would] |be clear by game time seemed on} inva, t,fiaent. ““°** “| EDMUNDSON TO ae ee Ol TEACH IN IOWA have been sold. The probable lineup: nig Clarence (“Hek") Eamtindson, coach Bingham | of the University of Washington bas- + Milstead | ketball and track teams, has accept- Eckhard | ed the position as instructor in coach- . wad A | at the University of Iowa sum- Blair | Mer school. Edmundson’s duties will Luman|keep him in the Middie West only Richeson | during the summer months, and his ; i work at the local institution will not B. Mal be affected. 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