Clipping:Umpire running with the batter; calling steals of second; two umpires
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| Date | Sunday, July 31, 1887 |
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| Text | [from an interview of Billy Quinn on umpiring] I almost always run with the batsman to first base and many a time I get nearly to second before the runner or the ball from the catcher reach the same spot. It is for such work as this that good muscle and wind are required. The very hardest thing for an umpire to decide is whether a player has been touched in running to second base on th attempt to steal. It is hard enough when the base runner remains nearly upright and the ball reaches the baseman on the fly, but you may imagine the difficulty that sometimes arises when the base runner slides and kicks up such a cloud of dust that the base is entirely obscured and momentarily the runner as well. I can see that it is possible for a runner to slide beyond a base and be touched out, and yet the umpire should be unable to see it by reason of the dust and thus render a mistaken decision. Such things make me frequently incline to the opinion that there should be two umpires to a game. |
| Source | Philadelphia Times |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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