Telegram-herald., 1888-08-19
WORLD Of SPORTS
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rhs L@s 6sssssiax tiss calitas 90 e.Esks-
saa Banfea b@iis-A k8ss % 80
ss4kss fss tns h<e.s 90
fsEosss F4Ek.

Have seem "a fasss of 10 Associates
EI rs sel a. 80 49, a. ~ ssslnzfoa
ferE lrcasiFa sl-1 ss4soa. ~sLss Ch&or
esf - s..sst.ge LHs. aaa accce tasg 4Fs
- 'ro4 Hf.ns -n@aiass,.s Is t-eir nrerpre-
ttfloa ai I4s ra.as. - a. lCT snt0reisE tns
es-ses vi ~ ezHrsssiT groaet 4ieElaz-
fss Ire 80 49, a 1An lnpoytsat fe4l l~ct
Daf rl-re S sas .lr ssrtsas Eosnt IN fnasr m
bfafa-.al ef the raies covering tae ca.i-
ug stokes la W9.el Fer-gt.ayn sfAncs
sle esa-llas aorrsstlY. @ceoF-sss q ny
TeN "a fae las ia saesflan. and th4t = -
a. slt rf sfs.ses "a rls oa1sUen Saea
- s tsreael 20 aa al a beA aos over tae
p.4ss. "a uE.ea N9,-.a staerw.ss Do
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Ee-ra1a rals strikes On tle oalslnsn
ese7v same as sV-ags The bss i0FWafd " 1T
saE 40 uailtr H4stler ne 49, .
cves rea .l..ls a1oFu tas shoulder or Deio~
a. itaee. aaa I tl.lk ms i us right n
terrre. f.au - a. rris I ciAlm has y
b4fssaa 4. ssmatsd 10 ait a. such QafAlr
hss - fhose. ~ should have ssEl1es caif7d
ear.a IN - very p.a.A - - soes ~ tae
unr.rs .ssetser tae balsnsn sntsaaed -
Elf taa baIer soc when hs swlngs hls bat
frrv. sfl >. meet it in sach case. aad there
Are . s3 - tsnptsd - ~ at ~ics BAL,
though e b. oniy a. attcngt tns penalty
81 cl..cc strikes sheu1 b. nzfhcts.A iA<s
mlrl Is h.s molten iu Essl0zlAS Tie b>.l
forrrrd % make a iegisill zis slrike ~ tns
taf Is very alIrrees from taat ae naaes
b. moving 80 BAY forward While IA the act
o. trying lo avoid being az oY The wide
pitched ball
"a regard % calling strikes on ouut-d
baiIs wllra 60 foul az four q the umpires
Interpret thr rsis la q manner which 40
so TANK tle rule was inicndsd 10 adInlt of.
sad ilal 10 thai they call strikes On every
tslrist sau which goes foul no matter
whether Il was an accidental bit or eOL
Rule a., section 8 says, that Ehe betsfaan
Il oot VI after two strikes have been called,
t1o batsman ubrsotaslg nt'espts 70 make
foll nit OBVIOUSLY means. easlly seen a--d
uedcrs-oot, and unless the attempt Is
plainly intent,onal strike ca such hit
can nos De legally called. A caaa in point
occurred In the So. Louis Brooisiyn game Of
August o. Br.en WAS on second base and
no man vas OUT. and Caruthsrs was az the
hat with two called strikes charged 70 him
He then made an effort "a III short ground
BAL 70 right short, IA order 20 get @ Brien
round % third on s4crlliee. Ia doing this
ns bslafsd The call and it rolled 20 foul
ground. and under the illegal interpreta-
ton u fhc rules adopted by al four OF tne
umplres. The hit Was called . strike because
IL was ounted
There was certainly no ''ohvious attempt
- hlt tho ball foul IN this ease, for Caruth-
era point OF play was the very reverse !.
consequently. whether the bali was hunted
or regularly struck at-a ''buDtr beinS tho
p1shing Of tie bal by the bat and not
swinging she bat 10 meet it--the decision
was an illegal Interpretation OF the rules,
but 10 was an Interpretation agreed on al
the meeting of the presideut and the un1.
pires last April and IN the assocIasiCn book
ar the end % the code OF rules, the uInpires
are instructed % enforce Rule 81, Section \
"a follows. ~An balls that are bunted font
wll DC called strikes oy the umpire" Ruls
81. Section 3, SIMPLY says: II strSss 10 anv OBJ
rl0s1s atksIayk 9 fsass . 1olslh1" In thus case
there ysss 10 such obvious attempt, nor 10
there N one instance cut OK twenty m which
balls are hunted. The misinterprctstion OF
tue rules by tne uunpires has almost put .
atop a bunting. simply because IL Ia taken
for granted that every ball that "a hunted
foul q an ~obvious attempt 20 hit . foul
ball"
arr becoming tired Of trying 70 get UNI
pres "a obey tho plain rule OF the law,
which givss a base runner his bose IN every
Instance IN which tAs bell IL held on the
bass az ths ssas TINS that the runner
touches ~ The ruls explicitly states
that the ball must be held on the base
"bef9rs' tho runner touched IL, or tho latter
can not legally decide the runner out, and
Jet whore a toe umpire Who correctly in
terprsts this rglei have jet to see him