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MAlSA&J-'J-.Jirf?l 1 :"W''I,W 1 wins the crowd's sympathy. 'But can you remember when an umpire was applauded for ex cellent umpiring? The best he gets for good work is silence. For fair work he is hooted arid roast ed to a rich, dark browrr. When he stops a'foul tip it is usually time to gloat and express a" wisjjr that the ball had injured him sejj. verely. The umpire never draws ap plause, never expects it. Such ac tion by the fans wptilfa! probably result in" a :fainting spe&on the part of the arbitrator. r "SOME NE"--. .L V V QUICK THINKING IS NECESSARY FOR THJRD MAN ' IN PRIZE RING By Tom S. Andrews. Harry Stout, referee of the WestSide and Orleans Athletic clubs of New Orleans, believes that officiating as third man in the ring makes a man think mighty fast. We were fanning a short time ago and Stout said, "Andrews, maybe you don't realize it, but Tefereeing requires quicker work than anything I know of. You've got to thmk, act quick er and not make a mistake, in or der to treat both boxers and pub lic fairly. These aviators haven't anything on referees. I had to do some lightning thinking in the Mandot-Saylor fight, where the crowd was par jticularlyliard to handle and Iwas working hard from start to fin- ish. "It was necessary to fuse my head and hands continually. When Mandot knockedN JSaylor down the first time the crowd was in an uproar and an exploding cannon could not have been heard ' "Without hesitating, I flopped on the floor beside Saylor, count ing the seconds with my mouth close to his ear. ;I realized, the instant Saylor'went clown that unless I got to his side he never would hear the count, that the crowd could not hear it and it would leave an opening for a'f fluke win, for Saylor could al ways claim he did not her mjr voice, which probably would be'' true, As Saylor was knocked assiOMMamammmmmmmmmm