As per https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/7347#discussion_r437116925 replace two calls to getShort with one **Reporter**: [Ryan Murray](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9148) / @rymurr <sub>**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-9148](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-9148). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*</sub>