The sun., 1900-12-23
CURRENT SPORTING TALK.
CArcHsR zIHHJR nAhIb N66hs7ioN
70 BtsEBALL uIGNATIs
NJ. scheme to stop Diistor, is'i" on VI"
tisid Appears to lie r'a'ihl' trainer
uutphy's skiifni Methods IN Iend'ins
nIl,nr AthItI.s Mfto,'s Int nnslstrntt,

Dur,ng tho recent meeting Of ~" Npuonm
I.ayu. "A suggestion Wa made - tro Rules
Iomr,,tes b. catcher I,mupf u' o." NUS
burg. which. n adopted, should iua,' tho
game next scar much quicker than la. p''h
the cuetnin Patrons 81 baseball cau"red
last .ca-on for los dcIay b, tie pa err,
who went about their WORK ~ II the, were
suffering from lcthdrgy. irrqu"ut' games
were not completed before two nour' ana
half had eiap ed and -ometm"' three houf'.
That thoy could be pa, ed la much Gul'"cr
time wa, shown b, the American League
who's. pre.ident, ~ i-tcd upon having all
the umpire, hurr. matters, The CLUB o"heis'
too, con peIcd the PLAYERS TO ha-t"n their
movement, with the result that IN man
Instance uinr fun inning v".p finished
inside of hour and - minute, ter"b} s"I'-
llus the public and also making tie sport
more popular than under the long drawn
out conditions. The National League mag
nate. realizing that u similar reform was
demanded by their patrons did hothihH'
which l. their usual custom. They had long
ago refused to suppress di'order on tho
diamond 80 few looked to them for any radi-
cal olangs in other respects.
II remained, however fer practical baIl
player 10 make an deal suggestion Zlnmer
saws that the real cause Of delay Ia ball
players esp peoially the pitcher. catcher and
batsman. between innings He points 10
the fact that when an inning is over the team
in the led walks slowly in while ths men
on the bench go slothfuNy out. Then the
next man at the bat takes all the tiine ha
wants to pick out his stick. receive instfuc-
tions from his captain or manager and con-
sume a larse drinS Of water before he goes 70
the plate. rhs pitcher. in the meantime has
all the time he needs 70 warm up by deliver
ingad dozen or more balls to tho first baseman
The catcher, ia no hurry lounges after his
fnask chest protector and mitt, incidentally
having a conversation with friends in tho
grand stand or with tho umpire Protests
agains: these tactics have been merely
laughed at by the player who knew that
there was no rule by which they could be
forced to do otherwise But thinner solves
the problem by suggesting that rule be
placed on the books to the effect that as soon
as the batsman gets into his box the pitcher
must deliver the ball to the plate ut once
and nowhere else Tho effect Of this pro-
posed rule was explained to q reporter of
Tue S'-N the other dty by thinner as follows.
This rule will Oh nse the whole complexion
OF III .irs he ,t7.udh, WIN the lue' o'
preventing IN" pitcner from warming up,
Will hurry 20 his pl cc. hor'ns TO eet q GOOD
up Tho pitcher, on the other hand. IN order
TO have Glance 70 wqrm ny Will Skip out
to the middle ot the dl1Mond ana pitch Us
many b lls to the lTst b senan as possible
before the bIt,m n ctn get IN his ~ ce
With the tier re- 'dy md the pitcher waiting
to deliver the II go the Plate. IL Will be nec"s-
sary for the e. toh"r to get ! move on with
mask and chest protector Both teams viii
be compelled TO hu-t'" in md out because
OF this Oh nse and much time. rerhaps es
much as thirty minutes, Will be = we'd
Il here should o." InCreased interest IN m"
Years and | believe this Il the rule that Will
work the required reform great deal Of
more has been spent in needless wrangling
with umpires tHt out the kicking and the
laziness and baseball may be made attractive
once more But the magnates are the ones
force them They are almost wholly TO blame
for the existing conditions
At the University OF Pennsylvania thcy
want to have Trainer Mike Murphy back to
take charge Of the football and track teams
He signed Il conditional contract II Is said.
with fqie last year. which he can ED at 9py ny
New Haven q even last IA. m - III b en,c
felt at Pennsylvania where Murphy was q
great success for several years lhe noted
Yale trainer was al. Philadelphia the other
day and was asked II he would like to return
% Pennsylvania His reply was evasivo. but
Tor their prlps, campaign MurPhys value
or a sprnter is on edge lie can tell it by
looking into a mans face and eyes on many
OCCASIONS
!ootb ali practice casually watching the mem
bers of tho Varsity ana the scrub" do daily
6a TGen .qdqoNy rob, he has iSkGd 4o% GS' an %
That YIN do for to-day. young man. You
vihG Eayer MAJ msyy,,. have RrGsSes,ed but
s aad ao Gasgral s n,,nc. $gss Mbss So 9sT Ss
a man nt he watches him with increased
care. He never allows him 70 De overworked
4 lanRl 1ft
Murphy's e-tlnptlon means the acne of
hySical strength without unnatural eZer--
la means that ;he man Is right and that he
must be handled with care The trainer
should eat and how much OF it they should
- Mu.. should plvey. have soms,hins
day 70 dey ~. should be the case
sYGs ss IS a9s to saSx
training need ale as a stlniulant. for in his
, opinion 1t provides the necessary Surplus
energy and weight 70 be e.rended in tie
natural state without overexertion There
is such a thns. MGrIhy .2ys. as going TO
success a. well as common sense He does
not believe much in doctors and Ia a strong
aadyGcatc Of nH,nre,s rcn ed e. H,s brother
of the New Fork baseball nrs.
Would a glove fsht pay IN Carson c!ty'
point Yesterday and it was their opinion that
meeting between star rugil.sts IN no wuda
of Nevada would be the worst kind of n frost
So much nchting has been seen In the large
cities during the past two years without
much Inconvenience that II IA believed few
persons would go TO the expense Of a railroad
ride across the continent to see miN-up.
evcn were II a finish affair. When Fitzsiln-
mons whipped Corhett NJ Carson there was
not n very large crowd present even though
II was impossible TO rulI on IN mill any
Nhcr" g. 80 IN the United States without in
rorfercnce from the authorities. II will he
remembered that the receipts, barring those
FROM th" moving pictures ~ the mill, were
Disappointing To Promoter Dan Stuart. who
really lost money when II Is considered tho
amount expended hv him IN other attempts
to hring ON a championships fight. II the
rroros"d Jcnriss- Ruhlin nght NJ Cipolnunu
should 10 prevented IL ia improbable that
e. would be- transferred 70 Nevada The
sTorts had one trip there and that was enough
for them.
Kid Mccoy appears TO he inconsistent.
He l. uosttive that Corhett knocked him
out on IL" l'vol. vet %" = determined to t7cEla
all OF a." h"lyVw"irh's. including Jclrios.
il MC'pN.S showing q .'r>t torb"tt was tha
lost n" C"Nli do u would seem 10 hc in
advisable for him 'o take q chance with men
who can make TO Iompldogr hoyer look
weak. Man" sports 10 OF tho opinion that
Mccoy is hiucnc