Word: unthinkables
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...season his salary was $9,000, almost as big as Klem's. Voting by players for a favorite umpire was a mockery until Stark won by large majorities in 1934 and 1935. Players like him because he is fast, industrious, accurate. In a profession which usually makes popularity unthink able, he achieved another unprecedented triumph last summer when New York fans presented him with an automobile as a token of esteem. That an automobile, admiration from players and spectators, a blue serge suit and $9,000 a year are still for Dolly Stark inadequate compensations for being an umpire...
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