UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, April 3, 1996
5B
Umpire's death a sobering reminder
The Associated Press
CINCINNATI—No one paid attention to the rock music in the clubhouse. There was no kidding around during batting practice. Cameras were trained on the grim-faced umpires.
A day after umpire John McSherry collapsed and died, everyone still had a hard time thinking about baseball.
The Montreal Expos and Cincinnati Reds played a makeup game yesterday for the season opener that was called off a day earlier. McSh-
The Hamilton County coroner's office ruled yesterday that McSherry, 51, died of severe heart disease, including an irregular heartbeat. He also had an enlarged heart and a blocked right coronary artery.
erry collapsed behind home plate in the first inning Monday and later died of heart failure at a hospital.
He will be buried following a funeral Mass on Friday at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church in the Bronx, N.Y.
Players, managers and fans were still grieving when the makeup game began yesterday.
An unknown person left a display of tulips on a table outside an entrance to Riverfront Stadium. Flowers arrived at the umpires' dressing room. A chapain gave tribute on the field, and there was a moment of silence before the national anthem.
The umpiring crew got a standing ovation when it took the field.
"Walking through the tunnel and past the spot where they were working on him felt funny." Reds reliever
"That was a scary sight yesterday," said Cincinnati's Pete Souhrek, who started both games. "It's going to be in everyone's minds for a while. Hopefully, just the playing of the game down on the field will keep everyone's minds occupied."
Chuck McElroy said.
They were clearly were on something else before the first pitch. The mood was reminiscent of the Cleveland Indians' first spring training games after pitchers Steve Olin and Tim Crews died in a boating accident in 1993.
"It's still just a real somber feeling," manager Ray Knight said, in a voice barely above a whisper.
Rock music blared in the clubhouse, but no one joked around.
"We're not discussing it as a whole," Reds outfielder Eric Davis said. "You see people reading the newspapers, whispering stuff."
The four-man umpiring crew — including Rich Reiker, who took McSherry's place — arrived at the stadium an hour and 10 minutes before the game. They walked past reporters without comment.
"Maybe after, not right now," Jerry Crawford said without slowing.
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