Clipping:Arguing with the umpire; profanity
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| Date | Friday, June 30, 1871 |
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| Text | [Athletic vs. Haymaker 6/28/1871] King, who was on second, attempted to steal third; he reached the base after the ball, but Meyerle failed to touch him. Judgment was asked for, and the umpire decided that King was not out, Meyerle having neglected to touch him. “The hell I didn’t,” shouted Meyerle. McBride then turned to the umpire and said, “That’s a damned one-sided decision.” Now in regard to the profanity that Myerle [sic] is reported to have made use of, we do not believe a world of it. As long as we have known Myerle (that has been since he first appeared upon the ball field in a public match,) he has always conducted himself gentlemanly, and no one who has seen this great third baseman upon the field, and observed his quiet, inoffensive way, can be made to believe he was guilty of the above profanity. And of Mr. McBride, it is the first time we have ever heard of Dick using improper language, upon the field. He has always been upheld, both by the New York and Philadelphia press, as one of the fairest, squarest and most modest of players. Observe his conduct this year in several of the important matches that have been played; when he would make an appeal, and an answer was given, that was the end of it. He is the first man always to severely reprimand his men and the spectators for any unjust treatment that an umpire may receive. Why should Dick make use of such language? Surely he could not have been nervous, no. A more cool, and collected man, we venture to say, was never seen upon a ball field., the first paragraph quoting the New York World |
| Source | Evening City Item |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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