Players on opposing teams liked him, the umpires respected him, his mates idolized him, and the great baseball public hailed him with acclamations whenever he appeared on the field.
There was, indeed, little hope of resuming the game, although in accordance with the rules, if the rain ceased in half an hour and the grounds were in condition for play, the umpires could call the teams back to the field.
Upon that bright and sunny shore, we'll never need to sorrow more; no umpires on the field are slain, no games are called because of rain.
Notwithstanding the strictest prohibition last season of any motion even "calculated" to deceive the runner, there were umpires weak- kneed enough to allow these balks.
There are more good batters and umpires and all-round ball players in the grand stand within one's hearing, than are to be found in both the contesting teams.
The umpires then declared the result of the combat, and adjudged to Don Fernando the disputed town.
The two champions, with their squires and pages, then retired to their respective tents, and the seconds only remained in the enclosure, where they were sworn before the umpires to loyally do their duty.
He was thinking of the many times umpires have called balls when the pitchers thought they were over the plate.
The umpires emerged from under the stands and walked out onto the field.
There was a large and regularly organized police provided to preserve order, and umpiresappointed with great formality, to decide the contests and make the awards.
These umpires were inducted into office by the most solemn oaths.
The general arrangements were made, and the umpires were appointed, by the government of Elis, which was the state in which the Olympian plain was situated.
The umpires have gone up to the goal posts to judge whether it is a goal or not.
The umpires are close at hand, and they, too, are peering into the forest of red and blue stockings.
But theumpires declared that there had been two short runs at each end--four in all.
Four runs were apparently completed, but the vigilant umpires at each end called, "three short," making six short runs in all.
Mo would complain of an absurd newspaper report of the fight, which said the Umpires stopped the fight.
You fought Bob Brettle, and theumpires couldn't agree.
Before calling “play” the umpires must be selected.
The umpires are the sole judges of fair or unfair play, of the fitness of the ground, the weather, and the light for play; all disputes shall be determined by them, and if they disagree the actual state of things shall continue.
For trophy matches the umpires should be specially chosen because of their thorough knowledge of cricket, as well as for their patient unbiased judgement.
Before the commencement of the match two umpiresshall be appointed, one for each end.
It's a bachelor's den, For umpires aren't often married men.
Tis five flights up, behind; Umpires are used to hiding--they don't mind.
The Committee shall appoint one or more umpires to act under the laws of boat-racing.
That in these races two umpires be appointed by the president or his deputy; that in all other C.
There is a time limit, you see, and when the time is up the umpires get together, inspect the whole theatre of war, and make their decision.
In this sort of fighting it's all worked out by theory, just as if it were a game of chess, Tom, and there are umpires to decide every point that comes up.
I think myself that the umpires will call the invasion off to-morrow, and devote the rest of the time to field training for both armies, working together.
I thought the umpires decided on the strength and the probable result of any encounter between the armies--and they surely couldn't decide that two regiments could beat a brigade?
Well, I reckon they will find we're ready for them, and that we'll hold a position that the umpires will have to give us credit for.
The umpires stopped the fighting after a while, and gave us the decision.
But I think theumpires will call the fight to-morrow a drawn battle.
One of the umpires told me to-day that our success was due entirely to the speed and accuracy with which we got information of the movements of the enemy, which seemed to him to be remarkably well covered.
On the single day the umpires would have to give the decision to General Harkness.
There were plans to be laid, codes to be determined, umpires to be consulted as to vague and indefinite rules, and all sorts of little things that in a real war would have adjusted themselves.
The umpires lost no time in telling General Bean of their decision, and in congratulating him on the strategy he had displayed.
Yet it is obvious that an arbitral verdict is binding only under the condition[16] that the arbitrators have in every way fulfilled their duty as umpires and have been able to find their verdict in perfect independence.
The appointed State chooses on its own behalf those umpires who actually serve as arbitrators.
Arbitration is the name for the determination of differences between States through the verdict of one or more umpireschosen by the parties.
At stated intervals great festivals were held, at which the most famous bards from the various districts met and contended in song, the umpires being generally the princes and nobles.
In the manufacturing towns of France, there are also boards of umpires (Conseils de Prud'hommes) to deal with trade disputes between masters and workmen belonging to certain specified trades.
Since the passing of the Conciliation Act, several conciliation boards have provided in their rules for the appointment of umpires by the Board of Trade.
The nomination of umpires under the Railway Agreement of 1907 was left to the speaker and the master of the rolls.
The umpiresare the sole judges of fair and unfair play, and all disputes are determined by them, each at his own wicket.
When the umpires shall call "play," the party who refuses shall lose the match.
The umpires shall pitch fair wickets, and the parties shall toss up for the choice of innings.
And so they stood, their cars in order as the umpires had decided by lot.
Umpires were selected, whose duty it was to decide upon the comparative absurdity of the costumes in which the two men appeared.
One would fancy that Whitehead must have presented the most singular appearance, by far, but the umpires thought differently, and awarded the stakes to Hodgson.
Two umpiresare appointed, whose decrees, if sometimes inscrutable, are always irreversible, and whose first duty it is to "pitch the wickets.
The umpires take their respective position, and at the word "Play!
They have felt much more clearly their responsibilities as umpires of the social struggle and educators of the social conscience, than the great bulk of the strictly relief agencies.
This crowd is worse after umpires than the residents of the bleachers.
And most all of the umpires have some one who will speak to them when they are off the field.
Some umpires can be reasoned with, and a good fair protest will often make a man think perhaps he has called it wrong, and he will give you the edge on the next decision.
Leifield has been working this combination pitch either to first base or the plate for years, and the motion for each is so similar that even the umpires cannot detect it and never call a balk on him.
The umpires make mistakes and the players make errors.
Umpires have told me that sometimes they see a play one way and call it another, and, as soon as the decision is announced, they realize that they have called it wrong.
It is true that most ball-players regard umpires as their natural enemies, as a boy does a school teacher.
He is one of the kind of umpires who can go through a game on the hottest summer day, running about the bases, and still keep his collar unwilted.
Many times have I, in the excitement of the moment, protested against the decision of an umpire, but fundamentally I know that the umpires are honest and are doing their best, as all ball-players are.
He is one of the finest umpires that ever broke into the League, I think.
Most umpires declare they have off days just like players, when they know that they are making mistakes and cannot help it.
It is to be hoped that umpires will do their duty this year, and put an entire stop to it, which they have the power to do.
Good umpiresare almost as scarce as hens' teeth; and that Mr. Merrywether is reckoned as fair and impartial as they make them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "umpires" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
