Quotes
- "I have studied the rules thoroughly. I keep my eyes wide open, and I follow the ball with all possible dispatch. With the players I try to keep as even tempered as I can, always speaking to them gentlemanly yet firmly. I dislike to fine, and in all my experience have not inflicted more than $300 in fines, and I never found it necessary to order a player from the field. Pleasant words to players in passion will work far better than fines." - as quoted in The Sporting News, April 25, 1891
- "He was perfect. He would follow a ball all the way from the pitcher, and when he made his decision, he would say, 'That was one-eighth of an inch outside' - or 'That was one-eighth of an inch too low,' and he was right. There has never been another umpire like him." - Connie Mack, in The Sporting News, April 8, 1943
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