# Ollie Chill

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**Oliver Perry Chill** (August 2, 1878 – May 5, 1958) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [umpire](/source/Umpire_(baseball)) who worked in the [American League](/source/American_League) from 1914 to 1916 and from 1919 to 1922. Chill umpired in the [1921 World Series](/source/1921_World_Series). In his career, he umpired 1,028 Major League games.[1] Off the field, Chill was involved in a 1923 fight that led to the shooting death of one man. Though Chill was acquitted of the man's murder and a shooter came forward, he was removed from the American League umpiring staff.

## Umpiring career

On May 15, 1914, Chill was attacked after a game at the [Polo Grounds](/source/Polo_Grounds) by [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) fans who were upset by calls that Chill had made that game.[2] Chill was eventually ushered to the umpires' room by police.[2]

In January 1923, Chill was one of several men questioned in the death of Edward J. McGregor, a man found shot in his apartment in [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland) after a drunken party.[3] When police broke into the apartment after reports of a shooting, they found Chill under a bed, with the other men each in separate rooms.[3] He was acquitted of the murder later that month, when another man admitted to shooting McGregor after attempting to intervene in a fight between McGregor and Chill only for McGregor to fire twice at him.[4] Nevertheless, Chill was dismissed from the American League by league president [Ban Johnson](/source/Ban_Johnson) following the incident.[5]

In 1926, Chill was dismissed as an umpire from the [American Association](/source/American_Association_(20th_century)) for registering at a [Kansas City](/source/Kansas_City,_Missouri) hotel where he had been given specific orders not to stay.[6] In 1927, Chill filed suit against the league for $200,000 in damages, claiming he had been slandered.[7] Chill dropped the suit in November of that year after an out-of-court settlement.[8]

## Personal life

Prior to his umpiring career, Chill boxed under the name "Jack Ryan."[5] He also ran a wholesale fish house specializing in [Florida stone crab](/source/Florida_stone_crab) in [Pass-a-Grille](/source/Pass-a-Grille_Historic_District), [Florida](/source/Florida).[9]

In 1933, Chill was named as one of [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota)'s official boxing referees after retiring from umpiring in baseball's International League the year before.[10]

## See also

- [List of Major League Baseball umpires (disambiguation)](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_umpires_(disambiguation))

## References

1. [Retrosheet](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pchilo901.htm)

1. ["FRENZIED YANKEE FANS MOB UMPIRE; Chill Menaced by Crowd as He Leaves Field, but Police Disperse Them."](https://www.nytimes.com/1914/05/16/archives/frenzied-yankee-fans-mob-umpire-chill-menaced-by-crowd-as-he-leaves.html). *The New York Times*. 16 May 1914. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Drunken Brawl Ends Tragically"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hMhXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZPQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4983%2C2242988). *Spokane Daily Chronicle*. 15 January 1923. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Chill Cleared of Slaying"](https://www.nytimes.com/1923/01/16/archives/chill-cleared-of-slaying-veteran-umpire-is-freed-when-man-confesses.html). *The New York Times*. 16 January 1923. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Chill Through As Big League Umpire"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kxtIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=j80MAAAAIBAJ&dq=ollie%20chill%20umpire&pg=6120%2C74531). *The Telegraph-Herald*. 15 January 1923. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Hickey Discusses Ollie Chill's Dismissal"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_mVXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g0QNAAAAIBAJ&dq=ollie%20chill%20umpire&pg=3221%2C3017568). *The Toledo News-Bee*. 26 July 1926. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Chill Demands Slander Balm"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O2NQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PA8EAAAAIBAJ&dq=ollie%20chill%20umpire&pg=3135%2C2737769). *The Milwaukee Sentinel*. 5 January 1927. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Ball Suit Settled"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fn0uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AYwFAAAAIBAJ&dq=ollie%20chill%20umpire&pg=6300%2C3845827). *The Montreal Gazette*. 24 November 1927. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Chill To Fight Stonecrab Law"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k28LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5VMDAAAAIBAJ&dq=ollie%20chill%20umpire&pg=4860%2C213288). *The Evening Independent*. 22 August 1917. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

1. ["Umpire Ollie Chill Now Boxing Referee"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p80xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ceIFAAAAIBAJ&dq=ollie%20chill%20umpire&pg=3871%2C2405030). *Reading Eagle*. 15 April 1933. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

## External links

- [The Sporting News Umpire Card](http://retrosheet.org/TSNUmpireCards/Chill-Oliver.jpg)

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