vbl. sb. [f. UMPIRE v. + -ING1.] The action of acting as an umpire, esp. of deciding doubtful points in games.
1884. Pall Mall G., 15 July, 5/1. Construction of asphalte courts; treatises on umpiring, the same on handicapping.
1894. Westm. Gaz., 30 July, 3/2. Most of these faults would be checked by good umpiring.
attrib. 1884. Marshall’s Tennis Cuts, 102. Our suggestion of a band on these occasions was scouted with scorn by the eminent in the umpiring line.
1896. Knowles & Morton, Baseball, 56. The whole season was a very trying one for the gentlemen who occupied the umpiring positions.
