The Disadvantages of Being an Umpire

I was going to ask about the conditions your father faced as an umpire. I wonder, hey, how many umpires were there in a typical Negro League game? And then, you know, with the travel and his accommodations and his pay and everything. How difficult was that? My father first started, he was paid $5 a game. He'd go around the country and the buses with the ball players who wanted to kill him. But again, Buckle Nails saved his life.