The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-13
CINCINNATI CRUSHED
At Boston Yesterday by Harry
Wright's Boys.
The Providence Founders Prospects
Improving.
Beat Race This Evening Between the
Aquatic and Acme Boat Clubs.
Base Bah Notes and Miscellaneous
Matters.
Rase Ball.
Game tomorrow.

The Mohawk Browns play the Cincin.
Gati Stars tomorrow at the Cincinnati Ball
Park.
Ouinton, the well-known Philadelphia
Scatcher is playing with an amatuer nine OF
Rochester, New York.
]. Lee Richmond, the pitcher Of the Wor-
cesters, denies that he has been engaged by
Any club for next season.
The directors Of the Albany Club will
shortly meet for the purpose of organizing
their team for 1880, and forming stock
company with capital of $4,000
"Eight little League Clubs were playing
hall. one dropped of and now there arc
jseyen! Seven little League Clubs still re-
anain, but anothor" ITO be continued.
Some boys undertook to play base ball in
4 field where ram was feeding, recently.
He butted the short-stop through picket
fence. and forced all the rest to make a
home run. The boy who was butted
Yhrough the fence was the only one scored,
and he carries the score with him.
A writer in the Boston Courier of August
S0th. in commenting upon the decision rem
aered in the Boston-Star game at Syracuse,
<ays:
The very curious point of decision on the
.f3oston-Star game at Syracuse, where the
umpire bradley of tile tombstone voice)
gave Dorgan out because, in running to
home-plate, he passed by Carpenter, who
struck and run in advance of him, thereby
reaching the base out OF his proper turn, is
provoking u good deal of discussion, and
the New York Clipper, after rather doubt
ling the soundness of this decision, called
upon Harry Wright to sustain it if he could.
This he attempts in the current weeks
tissue, but, in my Judgment, without sue
cess. He quotes Section 1 of Rule Y, but
fails to cite it in full. Had he done so, the
full text would have shown that regular
order" of running means simply as the
rule puts it, first, second third and home
bases shall be touched in succession" !"
Section o of the same rule is not at
iall to the question. The plave were not
returniHg to the bases they had previously
held and to this and This only said sec
tion applies They are both, max ing for a
base which neither has yet reached, and
(which, when reached being the Eomebase,
does not require to be 'held." II Il ;" There
Gs paragraph of the playing rules which
Hisposes of the whole matter and which
does not sustain the decision or Captain
Wrights argument in support thereof Sec
ton 6 of Rule Y reads thus: zone run shall
be scored every time base-runncr after
having regularly touched the first three
bases, shah touch the home-plate before
'threc hands are OUT There is no manner
of doubt that Dorgan regularly touched
the first three bases,' and succeeded in
"touchng homo-pate' before "three hands
were OUT The fact and the rule both be-
ling In agreement, the umpire was wrong,
and MIR. Wright wrong too; and the Clip
per itself unable to discover this very plain
and simple enactment OF the "Code, shows
stseif little wiser than either. Still, there
is little in these rules that is clear. definite
and well expressed, and they might be
amended and condensed greatly to the ad
vantage of all concerned, ...
THE LEAGUE RACE
The dsbandng of the Syracuse Club
makes slight change in the position oi
each club in the League race except the
Troys. Syracuse has played twelve games
with the Cincinnati, Providence and Bos
ton; nine games with Chicago and Cleye-
Hand, eight with the Buffalos and six with
the Troys According to the following
quoted section of the League rules all the
eames with the other clubs except the first
six must be thrown out:
'3. Games participated in by clubs hich
nave WlbUuTdNll, ulSbduUSu Ut lTleiuet
their membership without completing theil
cham mpionship series with all other League
Clubs; such games shall be counted
to the following extent, namely:
The Board shall ascertain the
least number of championship
games played by euch club with any club
remaining in the League, and shall, from
the first games participated in during the
championship season, by such retired club
count in the series of each League Club 8
similar number of games, and all Other
games participated in by such retired
club shall not be counted in the champion
ship series: provided, That if such retired
club shall have failed to play at least one
championship game with every League
Club. all games participated in by it shal
be thown out entirely"
The League Clubs now stand, including
all the Syracuse games, as follows: