The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-25
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the hands Of a stranger appears elsewhere
Don,i,,. who Is a very good baseball play
er will be out Of the game Tor some time.
Happily, st. Louis has IN sNceiisnt suosn-
tute to take his place. personally he Is a
weII-meaning excelle!tly disposed boy. but
he lacks sense and Is oNerinucii inclined 70
convivialism and low company. wniem Is a
tunate for th., boy. in SIste 70 his seeming
readiness to act the ruwdy. Is really a very
nice aad !ikabie young man of fine disposi-
tton and excellent paris. His extreme youth
he H. but 2i-and natural nigh SPIRITS ALLOW
him to do many foolish things which no VIII
,te.plv regret when older. ]; Is not prac-
ticabl, To- nut an old head on young shoui-
ders The boys youth may, To a certain
extent. excuse him. D2nIiI WIS vas, very cry p9Pn,
lar in this city His friends viii hope tLat
his most recent experience will be n valua-
hle. If extremely costly. les on 10 him
Manager Teheau heard "i ,ohlln
C.t,a.lc Ncr. .erdly afternoon. lie said that
he would take proper action when nv haii
seen Doniir, AID heard his side OF the story.
Mr. Tebrau mas been very ari;c XIII 70 fram ,h.
latter than ne received. Not the least OF
Doniins regrets should b. the great inJ'.,
tica he has done Hihu any ,,I ", all
manager who has been hiS itie''u 't "
times.
Official scorers are compelled 10 dectHe
MANY points that are not covered in the
rules" says Official Scorer Mciiaie of 81.
Louis. Very often players g"i creuit lui a.
hit IN Erounders that would ne easy on,s IL
the play were tn catch the batter. Iheh.
again. they are robbed OF sure hits on force
plays. \ great deal is ato i.it 20 tne sep,r po.
in deciding whether base is stolen or no..
Very nearly all of the scorers ciiItr on tu.S
point. In One If the recent ~. LouiLn Lnrn
Il,IladclplIa games played at league Park
last month Powell was credited with a hN
which was indeed a lucky one Powell Wis
clearly entitled to it, b1t Il great man,
scorers would have Tailed IL other"s": ~
came about in this way: CriSer was on iirSl.
with nom. out. Powell was sent up 20 sac
ri'ice Lack drspncd pI pTeftS nin' The eIn bail
cleauIy. Thinking he had chance 10 cut
of t'rigcr at second he thfSw 10 La Joie'
Louis beat the hali and both men we're n',- sa,e
A discussion followed in which the occn
pants Of the press box were "" participants
as to what POWELL was entitled 10. SOM
had II that il was fielder choice an" tn'n
lack should be credited with a sacrifice hit
as he had succeeded in advancing his man.
This seemed logical. but then did not lack
made ON the play? Certainly no.. Well
then. WHY should he not be enti't+I tor
to a hit: True, had Maui tried tnr
Powell he would have nailed the boiler
maker a mile. Another puzzier is this;
SGppcse there is a man on second. with two
out when the batter i hts towards hu ee snGf 3b,
shor, fielder. who is waiting for the pan,
and the leather. He prances and Jumps
fumlles the ball The umpire then declares
the base runner out for interference Inc
point is. wha; Is the batter entitled 10 VINO
has not even reached first base? Many nave
II that he should be credited with time AT
bat and receive no credit at all Tor ms ti
fort. These people argue that had mol Ii t1.
base runner interfered the batter Touiu
have been retired without any trouble Ihty
will say that as the ball was taking nice
bounds for the fielder his eiort was con- con-,
plete failure. / think that the batter shouiti
receive credit for making a safe MT as u
Is almos; exactly the same as whtn a taS
runner Is retired for being hit with batteI
h,n Sa 4
fo- the batter when the runner was hit with
the hall the batter National League book o,
rules SAYS to give him hit The arSGmeht
is that the bail might take bad non'iu
before il reaches the fielder
In one of the Philadelphia st. Louis
games at League Park SiaSie was the VIC
tim Of a queer play. Thomas was on nfs'
with none out. Slagle WAS ordered 10 sac;t-
tic- and he did 1T nicely. He dropped me
ball along the third base lire. and would
have had no trouble beating the ball 70 his'
u an attempt was made TO catch him nom
as however. slipped and stumbled wnen ,,nrce
started for second. So there was a chance
to cut off the base runner ana McEraW
made quick throw 10 keister. he snouiu
have had Thomas an mile n.-, n"s s,fn ms sinrI~
although his hunt was a perfect one uid
not get cr-di: for anything In the ssSre,
time a. bat. Had Thomas not slipped he
would have beaten the throw to second ana
Slagle would have been entitled TO MI.
b,It the speedy center fielder would have
been nabbed had the ball been felded clean.
w. This fact robbed Slagle of a hit Had
the error been made In an efort TO eaten
Jimmy at first he would have been credited
with a sacrifice. Ii could not have broken
worse than it did for him. Much is left to
the scorer as to what constitutes a stolen
base. SO much. in fact. that there are Dut
few who score alike.
I'm Baltimore whenever man advances
Il base withou; the assistance of the batter
or fielding error he is credited with u
stolen base. For instance. II a man score
from third base on a long fly to the out
field h- is given stolen base In the score.
1t does not make any difference to the
oriole scorers whether an attempt Is made
to catch the runner or not. With men on
first and second. and a double steal Is pulled
on successfully. both men are credited with
stolen bases on Baltimore grounds. OF
course the ball is always thrown TO third to
'ion is paid TO the runner going from first
to second. He doesn't steal the bag: he
simply goes TO second the third-hase
play. Talking about baserInning and as to
whether a player Is entitled 20 stolen
base. here is a puzzler that great many
scorers differ on. suppose thc baserunner
on first goes to second while the pitcher is
delivering the ball. The catcher has a
chance to nah the runner. but fails 10 take
advantage of it and stands with the ball
In his hands. allowing the runner to pro-
Rress unmolsted. | would certainly credit
the runner with stolen base. but I know
Of scorers who would refuse to do So. They
steal when no attempt was made To catch
him"
IT wonder why Il was" said Jere Hunt
that the baseball piayers did not make
Johnny Ward counsel for their new organi-
zation. Surely he did more for them than
| any othed ball player. His knowledge of
| the law resulted in a more liberal contract
being framed and In all the baseball legis-
lstion secured bv the players. or in behalf
of the plavers. Wards hand can be plainly
seen. Only recently he won Tfeffer's case
without the mitter ever being presented to
| the jury
II guess the players have always been
more less down him since the col
lapse of the Brotherhood said Pass Censor
Harry Mcclure. Ward did not lose much
| by IT, while some o: the men had their
salaries lopped I'm two after the crisis came
They thought that Ward considered himself
| little above them. and that did not serve
Jaw Amt that at all" interrupted John
Sumptar. who had overheard the converse =
| tion. WARD plavs golf. aud they've got
| II IN for him for that"
when Davis was off the New York
team the remainder of the nine PLAYED a
Weary Willie game" saws Sam Crane
-There wasn't energy enough on the part
OF the men to have kept paper windmill
In motion. They dawled ground the fell
stubbed their toes on the bases. and their
knees almost sank beneath them from pure
iazIness. When Davis got back the re,Iiva-
nation was Overwhelming. Each player
| seemed bent upon doing little better
| than his neishhor. The team played ball
| that was fit TO look upon as the brightly
a farmhouse.
s.Wbat * tr1ra nf Davis so far no tho