Clipping:Gaffney comes out in favor of the two umpire system
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| Date | Sunday, November 13, 1887 |
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| Text | The secret of umpiring has been solved by the double umpire system. There is every advantage in it. The man behind the plate can watch intently the balls and strikes, and see that they are announced all right. He will on that account be in better shape to be heard by the players and spectators. A man who runs around the bases does not have time to do anything else properly, and is out of breath half the time. Now the umpire at the plate will not be obliged to cover more than five yards, except when he will go to the foul line occasionally at either first or third. The other umpire follows the ball all over the field. One thing has been discovered by the new system of double umpiring. It is that not more than two out of five men are touched at second base. There has always been much guessing on decisions at second. The more you umpire behind a man the better you will become with his individual tricks and peculiarities. The ball is thrown down in time usually, but the baseman makes a bluff and does not touch the runner. It is sometimes hard to tell whether a man is touched at the base even by the outfield umpire, and is therefore evident that it was even more difficult when all the points were decided by one umpire. This is a great discovery. One day in the Brooklyn game I watched a close play. Ganzel was running to second and Robinson was on the base. He got the ball in time and made a break, but did not come within three inches of the runner. ‘You never touched him, Robby,’ I said. ‘Did not I touch him, Gaff?’ asked Robinson. He knew he did not, but probably did as he always has done. If he had touched the man he would have kicked on the decision, but he never said another word. Another advantage of the field umpire will be to stop base running. The runners know there is a field umpire and will touch the boys as they run the bases., quoting The Sporting Times |
| Source | Philadelphia Times |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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