Clipping:A suggestion for salaried umpires
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| Date | Sunday, September 20, 1874 |
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| Text | [from an interview of Jimmy Wood] R.–Do you approve of the rule, paying the umpire? Mr. W.–Unqualifiedly. It is putting the umpire on his mettle. He feels that the eyes of the country are upon him, and he would not dare to do otherwise than right, under the circumstances. I think that the next Base-Ball Convention should designate Six Umpires for the whole country, who shall be paid as they are now–their expenses and so much a game, or the convention might fix a certain salary per year for each. Philadelphia All-Day City Item September 20, 1874 a suggestion to abolish fair-fouls [from an interview of Jimmy Wood] R.–One word more, what is your opinion of “fair-foul” balls? Mr. W.–If I had my way, I would stop them altogether, for I believe that one-half of the “fair-fouls,” so called, are complete fouls escaping entirely the notice of the umpire. Our only way to correct fair-fouls is to throw them out altogether. Perhaps, the best way to stop the evil, would be to draw a line from the third base to two feet in front of the home-plate, requiring the batter to keep the position he now occupies. Philadelphia All-Day City Item September 20, 1874 |
| Source | Philadelphia All-Day City Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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