The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-24

II Is NV -
oDlirc NE with the follow
As it viii be OF great
~ rcxas league not that
,in ever have an occasion
xnp,y ior my own personal
!, 4, ,h,a auytlins else:
Al II is As turn at bat
s,red ankle and is not able
Hcwever, he hits sale ana
|.t,r which his captain gels
X, opposing captain to al
!, 10 run, and sail suhsti-
II to take the position on
who STEPS oil the bag
4. sutstitutc steps on. The
,.rshes batsman A and tho f
s. out, although the sub
a agreed upon 70 run oy
"a Is on the bag Where
\ 81 his autlicsity to call
M he has any? ! contend
rs the rules strictly he has
/ the last half of TIE
"a The score is tied. The
order reads that 1t is AS
J, Il Is a better hitter than
I'M instead; there are TWO
7, on third AMI one on Sec
als, scoring one man and
,,me. but the error IS dis
,s,tting order and D is called
m n count when scored on the
suppose that the run only
n batting ous of his turn
Ss,s batsmaii out OF sum,
N legal hitter? Are not the
NJ. which afe thro-n ou- OF
tijur out Of tara called out!
rreat deal OF argument on
i,ts, which may be termed
IA i think my points are we'll
.ncerely trust that yon Will
Al the desic'd information.
! beg 10 remain, yours re-
A. p. Bailey
E.uur replied as follows. uin-
tstionary powers In u, first
ga be governed h. tic agree
|4ntaIns. .. A is out. ] inclose
|,A,eh are clear on the sub
Ester questions will be chee.-
|sseides a much mootch paint.
kst umpires in the business
|s,trsry to President loung's
Z ihls gentleman ..eeps posted
matters. and is The head OF
| /; generally correct and his
n. to be enforced.
Zig story comes from the
ksss. The Knox mentioned
Houston last season; Tub
|DltI, Hemp are also we'll
|zr;
he been many stories put In
through the sporting co INNS
bs,rcait about National la;spe
NJ While, no doubt, the.e is
Experiences in this class, yet
)nes when the minor leagues
bAeir share OF funny breaks, =
J HBlll7 Seamon OF the Irwin
Eparty In a little conversation
umpire and a very ambitious
~ made a hit with me was
Ri not very we'll known in this
Gt country. but a star in the
|xup. whose home is in Ricn-
|Esne Of battle was Peoria, Ill, |
vas in TIE i,orthWe.stern |
|el, The opposing team was
3 In which Knox was playing
\ vas at critical point OF the
Tie score standing 3 to 2 in
ltra, With Dayton at the bat.
Welsh, who was catching for !
fu the bat, and very spscdy |
name Of Abbott was on the
tforla. Tub had him in tie
vas either a case of put it over
u hrst. Abbott sent in a slow
vas about Tubs speed, ana
Nsafe on the nose. 'Ducky'
NV. Palmer o'Neil's gang of |
vas In left field, and whtn
Hla The ball 'Ducky' began TO
'na the race track. where he !
y seeing he was not back far |
ai'ed to 20 backwards until
If Track, and, after a vicious
eyes shut, pulled down the !
naaa In tho meantime, Knox |
y me first base line, coacn-
y 10Y his life, and on seeing |
u me ball with one mitt, fell |
" N a faint. got up and ran
nv NC umpire, and protested
syns u was not out. When |
lsplea to know his reason for
batter called safe, he ex-
A, = nol out, because the fielder |
N. came. He was out to, far.'
W nan was out. and Peoria
sn'eh was a heart breaker
Il Fave driven many n PLAYER |
n WIN The bowl OF hilar!ty
\ 'ae primrose path, II Jack |
ys''eved. And II 1t doesn't, |
n'a Doyle to the Washington
un 4 once played under "a
[[N VINO was threatened with |
wye his mitts we're employed
'ssoall hours in discussing
.sussee that we were supposed
WE ga'ne. Sam WISE also
y this signal nonomania
A ~ csrebellum OF this man
!, not exactly an inlellc .tual
sMsfe Is a limit to his neD-
,s,g room every morning
,.sai'y lab the bench signals
~ n the game that after
%ca'f and SO lie got tangled !
M s'gns, One OF the most
y " category was the signal
Nhsh one of the batters
~ was or first or second
cue the backs,op 10 step
.or . ball with a view to
80 OH any attempt to
= snler Was no dummy, AMI
=. oackstop shift the posi-
4, ~, IN, ne knew instantly that
4, s sO'ns IN deliberately pitch
n Wurse, the RUNNER would
n 1H--F the base Finally iha