Clipping:Why an umpire resigned
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| Date | Friday, July 3, 1885 |
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| Text | “Why did your brother resign?” he [Harry Decker, brother of NL umpire Stewart Decker] was asked. “Stewart was doing his duty conscientiously; he favored no nine. Because he would not decide for home nines when they did no deserve it, he was severely criticized by the papers in those places, and, of course, that worked against him. I met him here [Pittsburgh] when he was going through on his way to St. Louis. He told me then that he hated to be licked into line for doing what he knew to be right. Said he: ‘Harry, I’d sooner go right into battle and be shot down than to stand the jeers and guys of a crowd at a ball game. It is impossible t satisfy a crowd when they have been prejudiced. It is terrible.’ Here is a letter he wrote to me from the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, on June 24.” It reads: I have decided to quite at the close of this month. Are you surprised? Well, I have fallen into a state of feeling peculiarly senstive, that makes it almost unendurable for me to stand the abuse, which is heaped on me because some newspapers in the East took occasion to severely criticize; and consequently it has traveled from one two to another, and they are ready to continue the good work. Besides, one or two of the managements are opposed to me, and make it unpleasant for Mr. Young to assing us, since they do not wish me to have their games. This was caused primarily by several decisions given against “home nines,” and then a little personal controversy, in which I became a little angry and displayed a little too much independent for their Highnesses, and hence the action. I am better out of the business, and this month, in all probability, closes my career as a “base-ball umpire.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch July 3, 1885 a bean ball [New York vs. Chicago 7/3/1885] Williamson was the most unfortunate player of all. He was kicked on the ankle in a scramble for the ball, and in the ninth inning was knocked down by a wild pitch, the ball striking him over the left eye and making a deep cut. Although stunned by the blow, he took up the bat again after being deluged with water, and audience encouraging him with hearty cheers. Chicago Tribune July 4, 1885 |
| Source | St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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