The record-union., 1893-07-14
Positions. San Franchises,
BASEBALL NOTES.
Meeting of the Magnates-No More
Sacrifice Hitting.

Sacrifice Hitting.
At a meeting of the Directors of
the California Baseball League, held
in San Francisco, Wednesday, Los
Angeles was awarded the champion
ship pennant for the first half of the
season. Colonel Geischen, Manager of
the Oaklands, protested against the
awarding of the pennant to Los Angeles,
on the ground that William Sunday had
played in the Los Angeles team on sew
eral occasions after having been sus-
pended by Stockton. On the matter be-
ing brought to vote, however, Harris
voted with Hammond, and Colonel Gel
schen was forced TO subside.
Beside, the awarding of the pennant
there was very little business done at the
meeting. Harris suggested that the
pitchers position be moved back to its
old location on California diamonds, stat
ing as his reason for desiring the change
that The games were too one-sided now
and the score too big. Nothing was done
regarding the matter. however.
If any other club than Los Angeles
wins the second half of the season a
series OF eleven games to determine the
championship will be played, five in Los
Angeles and six at such other towns as
the manager of the other winning team
ohdl4 AOClNl6 upOu
SACRIFICE HITS.
The following extract from a letter
written recently by j. w. Stapleton.
chief scorer of the California League. and
addressed TO Scorer VIII Young of this
city, may be of interest to lovers of the
game: In the score OF the opening game
AT Sacramento | observe that several
players are credited with sacrifice hits.
In the California League last year a rule
was adopted-and it has been readopted
TINS year-prohibiting all sacrifice hitting
and all attempts to sacrifice. Therefore
no sacrifice hits are to be credited to
players in the score. When base-runners
advance two bases on singles or one base
on Ily-outs to the outHeld they are to be
credited with a stolen base, provided
there is possible chance and a palpable
attempt made to retire the runner. AS
sacrifice hitting is prohibited in this
league, the National League rule exempt
ing batsman from the charge Of a time
at bat when he makes Il sacrifice hit is,
OF course, imperative and void. | sup
pose, VIII, that as usual, you will credit
stolen bases to runners attempting and
making STEAL whether an error or bat
terry error follows or not. When the error
consists OF muff by tue baseman and it
IS certain and plain that the runner would
have been retired had not the error or
mu4i occurred. charge the baseman with
an error. Do you score likewise? |
learned from several of the players that
in all Eastern leagues misjudged lily balls
are scored as base hits, and in Consequence
in order that the California League bats
men might not suffer ia their batting
averages through comparison with the
averages of players in the Eastern minor
leagues, l concluded at the beginning of
the present year to follow the Eastern
custom, and score all misjudged flies as
base hits. l score errors against all play
ers mutfing foul flies whether or not the
batsman atterward gains first base.
THE NEW PITCHER.
cameron, the tsouth-paw' twirler who
was recently engaged TO play with the
local team, arrived from Oregon City yes
terday morning. He is rather short in
stature, but is solid and muscular, and in
practice yesterday exhibited wonderful
speed and good curves. The management
is not decided about playing him this
week. and will probably not do so, pre-
ferring to save him until next week for
the series with Los Angeles. The Angels
are nearly all leit-handed, and find it
hard to hit a pitcher OF the same breed.
The engagement of Dameron does not
mean that either Harper or Lookabaugh
are to be released. The management pro-
poses to. keep all three.