GALE v. GREAT. WASH. SOFTBALL UMPIRES

No. 258, September Term, 1973.

19 Md. App. 481 (1973)

311 A.2d 817

DONALD A. GALE v. GREATER WASHINGTON SOFTBALL UMPIRES ASSOCIATION ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided November 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Santer, with whom were Ashcraft & Gerel on the brief, for appellant.

William L. Kaplan, with whom were Feissner, Kaplan, Smith, Joseph & Greenwald on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before ORTH, C.J., and MORTON and GILBERT, JJ.


ORTH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

It did not take long for DONALD ALAN GALE to discover that being a baseball umpire is not without hazards. Even if, like the legendary big-league umpire, he "never called one wrong", a player on one of the teams participating in the game Gale was officiating obviously thought otherwise. This player, who, it appeared, was not even directly involved in the disputed play, attempted to persuade the umpire that the call was...

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