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tribune july 27 1988 b3 stouffvilles john white the umpire strikes back by bruce stapley john white believes that um pires should stick to umpiring so that the players can play and everyone has fun the manitoba street resident who is in his sixth year as a card ed umpire feels that its vital for an ump to remember that its the game thats important not the person calling the balls strikes and outs the excoach who guided his stouffville district secondary school softball team to the york- simcoe championships in 1981 is dedicated to the whitchurch- stouffville minor ball program he has watched it increase in size from 32 to over 60 teams since he became involved and felt his greatest contribution would be as an umpire there has always been a shor tage of umpires john states i had coached house league at the peewee and bantam level but i realized i could contribute towards 30 kids having fun at once if i umpired rather than 15 if i stayed on as a coach john is a member of the whitchurchstouffville umpires association and as such is called upon to officiate for area adult leagues in fastball and slowpitch as well as in the minor ball program he played hardball as a child in the leaside league in toronto and was with the as raiders slowpitch team in stouffville for three years i would like to be playing myself but i cant find a team he admits baseball interest seems to run in the white family johns wife dianne has been involved in the administration of the local minor ball program for years and all three daughters have played at one time or another kris who is 14 umpires as well its certainly not for the money that i umpire john says but someones got to do it most people would rather sit back and watch or play ball themselves than umpire on the field john tries to be just one of the guys i like to have fun if i can have fun then you know the kids are having fun but he is also in control of the game and he feels the players have come to know just how far john white is a familiar site at the stouffville ball diamonds during the summer hes the one who makes the calls and settles the brawls john has been an umpire for six years they can push him you have to maintain control of yourself the situation and the game he claims i get to know most of the players and they get to know me he continues they know what they can get away with they go so far then they back off he admits there have been times hes had to eject a player or coach from a game but adds he always considers the game and the situation before doing so the situation will dictate how much youll take he says in a close game you have to remember the player is intense hes into the game i have to consider what happens if i toss him is the game going to end because there are no reserves is it their best player will it affect the outcome of the game as for accurate calls john ad mits to being human my calls are not 100 per cent right but id like to feel im right 95 per cent of the time and 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